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Anglo-Saxon Art to AD 900
Art and style of the pagan and early Christian Anglo-Saxons. The lengthy text is followed by 104 b&w plates depicting metalwork, manuscripts, jewellery, ornament and many examples of sculptural masonry. Hardback. 228 pages.
Ausstellung Romanische Kunst in Österreich
A very large paperback exhibition catalogue marking every aspect of Austrian Romanesque art. 428 buildings and artefacts are described alongside four fold-out location maps followed by 72 colour and b&w plates. Text in German. Paperback. 366 pages. Good condition.
Icoane Vechi Româneşti [Old Romanian Icons]
Sixty Romanian icons of the C16th and C17th described and illustrated in large colour and b&w plates. Includes a lengthy bibliography. Text throughout is in Romanian (which looks a bit like French - but isn't!). Hardback. 54 pages, plus 79 plates.
The Arab World as Revealed in Orientalist Paintings
An exhibition catalogue of orientalist paintings featuring historic arab scenes, mosques and people. A second section focusses exclusively on paintings of Oman. 18 paintings are shown in excellent colour illustrations. Text and captions in English. Paperback.
Une École Pré-Eyckienne Inconnue [An Unknown Pre-Eyckian School]
A large and detailed study of early Medieval Flemish liturgical paintings that pre-date the later and better-known works of C15th painters such as Jan van Eyck. Text in French. A large volume in card covers. 124 pages (some uncut), plus 130 large b&w plates.
Flower and Bird Painting of The Sung Dynasty
A scholarly introduction to a Chinese art form of the C12th featuring paintings of flowers, birds and animals in a stylised but highly naturalistic manner. Ten of the finest examples are reproduced as full colour large tipped-in plates. Large format paperback. 24 pages.
The Art Colony of Gödöllő 1901-1920
A beautifully produced book commemorating the art nouveau artists of Gödöllő who were active in all fields of art creating paintings and graphic art, book illustrations, designing churches and secular tapestries, stained glass and frescoes.
Secret Revelation of Tibetan Thangkas: Picture Meditation and Interpretation of Lamaist Cult Paintings
A lavish illustrated guide to the iconography of the major religious paintings of Tibet. For the first time, a unique collection of unique Tibetan temple pictures, the John Gilmore Ford Collection, is made available.
Front and Back: Tapestry of the Apocalypse at Angers
A full colour guide to one of the most remarkable medieval tapestries in existence which was created in the C14th and depicts the Revelation of St John. Originally produced in six sections each 24 metres long depicting 90 scenes from the Book of Revelation of which 71 scenes still survive.
Antichi Tessuti e Paramenti Sacri. I Tesori Salvati di Montecassino [Ancient Fabrics and Sacred Vestments. The Saved Treasures of Montecassino]
Catalogue of the exhibition ‘Ancient Fabrics and Sacred Vestments’, organized as part of the events to mark the sixtieth anniversary of the dramatic destruction of Montecassino in 1944, and collects the most significant pieces of the abbey's vast collection, reassembled thanks to the work of resc