Moe's: Renaissance related catalog
Robert Eliason
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Subject: Architecture (Alberti, L., Inv # 4242)
Borsi, Franco. LEON BATTISTA ALBERTI: L'OPERA COMPLETA. Electa,
1980 (new boards). Original Italian edition of this catalog
raisonnee. Slipcase. $90.00.
Subject: Architecture (Anderson, W., Inv # 9535)
Anderson, William. CASTLES OF EUROPE FROM CHARLEMAGNE TO THE
RENAISSANCE. Elek, 1970 (cloth). very good copy rather worn dust
jacket. $75.00.
Subject: Architecture (Brunelleschi, F., Inv # 7812)
Klotz, Heinrich. FILIPPO BRUNELLESCHI: THE EARLY WORKS AND THE
MEDIEVAL TRADITION. Rizzoli, 1990 (cloth). Brunelleschi's work as
the first Renaissance architect was, the author argues, not just
a classical revival but depended on the continuing tradition of
the trecento. $50.00.
Subject: architecture (Coffin, D., Inv # 800453)
Coffin, David. THE VILLA IN THE LIFE OF RENAISSANCE ROME. , 9999
(paper). An analysis of the social function of the Roman villa as
well as its architectural qualities, illustrated with
black-and-white photographs and scale drawings. $10.00.
Subject: Architecture (Garnier, C., Inv # 4734)
Mead, Christopher. CHARLES GARNIER'S PARIS OPERA: ARCHITECTURAL
EMPATHY AND THE RENAISSANCE OF FRENCH CLASSICISM. MIT, 1991 (new
cloth). Makes use for the first time of the entire Garnier
archive at the Paris Opera the author traces the history of each
stage of the competitions, composition, and construction of the
Opera, 343 pages. $54.00.
Subject: Architecture (Garnier, C., Inv # 4895)
Mead, Christopher Curtis. CHARLES GARNIER'S PARIS OPERA:
ARCHITECTURAL EMPATHY AND THE RENAISSANCE OF FRENCH CLASSICISM.
MIT, 1991 (new cloth). An Architectural History Foundation book.
$54.00.
Subject: Architecture (Hopkins, H., Inv # 8400)
Hopkins, Henry. SOURCES OF MEMORIAL ORNAMENTATION. Vermont Marble
Company: Proctor, Vermont, 1924 (cloth). Primarily for the
memorial craftsman and his salesmen, includes Egyptian, Greek,
Roman, Celtic, Gothic, Renaissance and Colonial-each with its own
chapter, 44pp thin decorated boards, good condition. $50.00.
Subject: Architecture (Michelangelo, Inv # 7242)
Argan Giulio Carlo and Bruno Contardi. MICHELANGELO ARCHITECT.
Abrams, 1990 (new cloth). Splendid survey. With dust jacket.
$112.50.
Subject: Architecture (Palladio, Inv # 7278)
Boucher, Bruce. ANDREA PALLADIO: THE ARCHITECT IN HIS TIME.
Abbeville, 1994 (new cloth). Fine survey with splendid photos.
$85.50.
Subject: Architecture (Palladio, Inv # 7283)
Puppi, Lionello. PALLADIO DRAWINGS. Rizzoli, 1989 (new cloth).
Carefully colored, overized survey. Fine with dust jacket.
$85.50.
Subject: Architecture (Palladio, Inv # 7282)
Roop, Guy. VILLAS and PALACES OF ANDREA PALLADIO, 1508-1580. Arte
Grafiche Francesco Ghezzi, 1968 (cloth). Nice copy of an
often-shaken book. The top part of the slip-case is missing.
$225.00.
Subject: architecture (Palladio, A., Inv # 800018)
Wundram, Manfred and Thomas Pape and Paolo Marton. ANDREA
PALLADIO: ARCHITECT BETWEEN THE RENAISSANCE AND BAROQUE. Taschen,
9999 (paper). A thorough introduction to the architecture of
Palladio. Numerous high quality, large format photographs.
Beautiful! $20.00.
Subject: architecture (Palladio, A., Inv # 800342)
Wundram, Manfred and Thomas Pape. PALLADIO. Taschen, 9999
(paper). An introduction to the work of the 16th-century Italian
architect, heavily illustrated with color photographs and scale
drawings. $20.00.
Subject: Architecture (Portoghesi, P., Inv # 8438)
Portoghesi, Paolo. ROME OF THE RENAISSANCE. Phaidon, 1972
(cloth). Wonderful survey, largly in black and white. very good,
with dust jacket. $150.00.
Subject: Architecture (Thornton, P., Inv # 8437)
Thornton, Peter. THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE INTERIOR: 1400-1600.
Abrams, 1991 (new cloth). Intriguing treatment. Fine, with dust
jacket. $112.50.
Subject: art history (CD-ROM: Windows, Inv # 303760)
Ebook, Inc.. RENAISSANCE MASTERS I. Ebook, Inc., 1994 (new
==d==). 1000's of full-color images, indexed and accompanied by
explanatory text and audio. $90.00.
Subject: art history (CD-ROM: Windows, Inv # 303545)
Ebook, Inc.. RENAISSANCE MASTERS II. Ebook, Inc., 1994 (new
==d==). Study indexed images of Renaissance paintings in fine
detail, and enjoy an array of other educational features on the
artists and their masterworks. $90.00.
Subject: Art history (Dunkerton, Jill et.al., Inv # 703693)
Dunkerton, Jill et. al.. GIOTTO TO DURER: EARLY RENAISSANCE
PAINTING IN THE NATIONAL GALLERY. Yale, 1994 (new paper). Gives
religious and technical background to the paintings as well as an
in-depth discussion of 70 individual paintings. "...most
original, most interesting, most useful, and most readable art
book of the year"N Y Times $31.50.
Subject: Art History (Freedberg, S., Inv # 3521)
Freedberg, S.J.. PAINTING OF THE HIGH RENAISSANCE IN ROME AND
FLORENCE. Harvard, 1961 (cloth). Two volumes, fine in dust
jacket. $200.00.
Subject: Art History (Gombrich, E., Inv # 9237)
Gombrich, E.H.. HERITAGE OF APELLES: STUDIES IN THE ART OF THE
RENAISSANCE. Cornell, 1976 (cloth). Fine copy with dust jacket.
$45.00.
Subject: Art History (Luitjen, G., Inv # 4205)
Luitjen, Ger et al.. DAWN OF THE GOLDEN AGE: NORTHERN
NETHERLANDISH ART 1580-1620. Rijksmuseum: Amsterdam, 1993 (new
cloth). Massive exhibition catalog documenting the recent show.
$81.00.
Subject: Art History (Swaan, W., Inv # 4101)
Swaan, W.. THE LATE MIDDLE AGES: ART AND ARCHITECTURE FROM 1350
TO THE ADVENT OF THE RENAISSANCE (WITH PHOTOGRAPHS BY THE
AUTHOR). Cornell, 1977 (cloth). Comprehensive survey; very good
with dust jacket. $60.00.
Subject: Art History (Turner, A. Richard, Inv # 703681)
Turner, A. Richard. INVENTING LEONARDO. University of California,
1994 (new paper). Examines the changing views of Leonardo since
the sixteenth century. $13.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Altdorfer, A., Inv # 2413)
Wood, Christopher S.. ALBRECHT ALTDORFER AND THE ORIGINS OF
LANDSCAPE. University of Chicago, 1993 (new cloth). First major
English-language study of Altdorfer. $58.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Anguissola, S., Inv # 1140)
Perlingieri, Ilya Sandra. SOFONISBA ANGUISSOLA: THE FIRST GREAT
WOMAN ARTIST OF THE RENAISSANCE. Rizzoli, 1992 (new cloth).
$45.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (Bellini, G., Inv # 3341)
(Bellini, Giovanni) Walker, John. BELLINI AND TITIAN AT FERRARA:
A STUDY OF STYLES AND TASTE. Phaidon, 1956 (cloth). very good in
dust jacket. $75.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (Bellini, G., Inv # 7760)
Goffen, Rona. GIOVANNI BELLINI. Yale, 1989 (new cloth). $59.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Bellini, J., Inv # 5810)
Eisler, Colin. THE GENIUS OF JACOPO BELLINI: THE COMPLETE
PAINTINGS AND DRAWINGS. Abrams, 1989 (cloth). Massive catalogue
of the Venetian artist. very good, with dust jacket. $100.00.
Subject: Art monograph (Christus, P., Inv # 8186)
Ainsworth, Maryan W.. PETRUS CHRISTUS: RENAISSANCE MASTER OF
BRUGES. Metropolitan Museum, 1994 (new cloth). $5.00.
Subject: Art monograph (Clark, K., Inv # 9158)
Clark, Kenneth. REMBRANDT AND THE ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. New York
University, 1966 (cloth). Fine copy with dust jacket. $65.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (da Vinci, L., Inv # 300142)
Bramly, Serge. LEONARDO: THE ARTIST AND THE MAN. Penguin, 1994
(new paper). This outstanding biography vibrantly portrays the
life and times of the man behind the legend. Translated by Sian
Reynolds. $14.36.
Subject: Art Monograph (di Cosimo, P., Inv # 3373)
Fermor, Sharon. PIERO DI COSIMO: FICTION, INVENTION AND FASTASIA.
Reaktion Press: London, 1993 (cloth). $49.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Donatello, Inv # 5990)
Bennett, Bonnie A and David G. Wilkins. DONATELLO. Moyer Bell: Mt
Kisco (NY) / Phaidon, 1984 (new cloth). Fine compact monograph. $54.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (Donatello, Inv # 2581)
Pope-Hennessy, John. DONATELLO SCULPTOR. Abbeville, 1993 (new
cloth). Major new work on Donatello, superbly illustrated.
$85.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Donatello, Inv # 2163)
Poeschke, Joachim. DONATELLO AND HIS WORLD: SCULPTURE OF THE
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. Abrams, 1993 (new cloth). $85.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Donatello, Inv # 2730)
Poeschke, Joachim. DONATELLO AND HIS WORLD: SCULPTURE OF THE
ITALIAN RENAISSANCE. Abrams, 1993 (new cloth). $85.50.
Subject: Art monograph (Durer, A., Inv # 7515)
Koreny, Fritz. ALBRECHT DURERA AND THE ANIMAL AND PLANT STUDIES
OF THE RENAISSANCE. New York Graphic Society, 1985 (cloth).
$75.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (Fra Bartolommeo, Inv # 1368)
Fischer, Chris. FRA BARTOLOMMEO: MASTER DRAUGHTSMAN OF THE HIGH
RENAISSANCE. University of Washington, 1990 (cloth). $60.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (Gentileschi, A., Inv # 1996)
(Gentileschi, Artemisia) Contini, Roberto and Gianni Papi.
ARTEMISIA. Leonardo-de Luca Editori: Firenze, 1991 (new paper).
Well-illustrated exhibition catalog with many color plates, in
Italian. $82.50.
Subject: art monograph (Ghiberti, L., Inv # 800275)
Krautheimer, Richard. LORENZO GHIBERTI. Princeton, 1990 (paper).
The standard work on the creator of the Bronze Doors of the
Baptistery at Florence, Italy. $17.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Jordaens, J., Inv # 2541)
d'Hulst, R. A. and Nora De Poorter and Marc Vandenven. JACOB
JORDAENS (1593-1678): TABLEAUX ET TAPISSERIES. Koninklijk Mus.
voor Schone Kunsten, 1993 (new cloth). exhibition catalog for a
major Jordaens retrospective. $85.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (Masaccio, Inv # 2145)
Joannides, Paul. MASACCIO AND MASOLINO: A COMPLETE CATALOGUE.
Phaidon/Abrams, 1992 (new cloth). $175.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Michelangelo, Inv # 5272)
Pietrangeli, Carlo. THE SISTINE CHAPEL: A GLORIOUS RESTORATION.
Abrams, 1993 (new cloth). $67.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Pisano, A., Inv # 2761)
Moskowitz, Anita Fiderer. THE SCULPTURE OF ANDREA AND NINI
PISANO. Cambridge, 1986 (cloth). $120.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (Titian, Inv # 2706)
(Palazzo Ducale). TITIAN. Prestel, 1991 (new cloth). $76.50.
Subject: Art Monograph (Titian, Inv # 7252)
Detlev Baron Von Hadeln. TITIAN'S DRAWINGS. Macmillan, 1927
(cloth). Beautiful copy of a scarce book; in Lucas, Freitag
#9458. Buckram, with plain printed dust jacket. $225.00.
Subject: Art Monograph (Verrocchio, A., Inv # 2488)
Dolcini, Loretta. VERROCCHIO'S CHRIST AND ST. THOMAS: A
MASTERPIECE OF SCULPTURE FROM RENAISSANCE FLORENCE. Metropolitan
Museum/Abrams, 1992 (new cloth). exhibition catalog: Florence and
New York $44.55.
Subject: Asia (Kondo, I., Inv # 4573)
Kondo, Ichitaro. JAPANESE GENRE PAINTING: THE LIVELY ART OF
RENAISSANCE JAPAN. Tuttle, 1961 (cloth). Very good copy, dust
jacket damaged - bottom quarter of front missing, with slip case.
$75.00.
Subject: Book Arts (Alexander, J., Inv # 9135)
Alexander, (ed.) Jonathan J.G.. THE PAINTED PAGE: ITALIAN
RENAISSANCE BOOK ILLUMINATION 1450-1550. Prestel, 1995 (new
cloth). Contributions by Alexander, Armstrong, Canova, Toniolo,
Voelkle, Wieck. exhibition catalog. Fine, with dust jacket.
$67.50.
Subject: Children's (Viking Children's, Inv # 300028)
Viking Children's. THE RENAISSANCE. Viking, 1994 (new paper). See
Through History with peel away acetate layers. $13.50.
Subject: Critical theory/philosophy (Goldberg, Jonathan
(edito, Inv # 704017)
Goldberg, Jonathan. QUEERING THE RENAISSANCE. Duke, 1994 (new
paper). Anthology of essays by 16 critics redraws the map of
sexuality and gender studies in the Renaissance. $17.06.
Subject: Cultural Studies (Faderman, L., Inv # 302108)
Faderman, Lillian. SURPASSING THE LOVE OF MEN. Quill, 1981 (new
paper). Romantic Friendship and love between women from the
Renaissance to the present. $13.50.
Subject: Decorative Arts (Bourne, J., Inv # 5178)
Bourne, Jonathan and Vanessa Brett. LIGHTING IN THE DOMESTIC
INTERIOR: RENAISSANCE TO ART NOUVEAU. Sotheby's, 1991 (new
cloth). Fine, with dust jacket. $85.50.
Subject: Decorative Arts (Gans, E., Inv # 4364)
Gans, Edward. GOETHE'S ITALIAN RENAISSANCE MEDALS.
Malter-Westerfield Publ: San Diego, 1969 (cloth). First
reprinting of an 1810 article; 8 plates of medals owned by Goethe
and others discussed by Goethe from the British Museum. $50.00.
Subject: Decorative Arts (Gruber, A., Inv # 7510)
Gruber, Alain, et al.. HISTORY OF DECORATIVE ARTS: THE
RENAISSANCE AND MANNERISM IN EUROPE. Abbeville, 1994 (new cloth).
$135.00.
Subject: Decorative Arts (Hill, G., Inv # 4373)
Hill, G.F.. PORTRAIT MEDALS OF ITALIAN ARTIST'S OF THE
RENAISSANCE. Medici Society, 1912 (cloth). Flyleaf missing; spine
frayed. Otherwise very good. $75.00.
Subject: Decorative Arts (Praz, M, Inv # 5967)
Praz, Mario. ILLUSTRATED HISTORY OF FURNISHING FROM THE
RENAISSANCE TO THE TWEENTIETH CENTURY. Braziller, 1964 (cloth).
Fine copy with dust jacket. $75.00.
Subject: Decorative Arts (Von Fabriczy, C., Inv # 4383)
Von Fabriczy, Cornelius. MEDAILLEN DER ITALIENISCHEN RENAISSANCE.
Verlag Von Hermann Seemann Nachfolger, 9999 (cloth). Spine faded;
otherwise very good. $35.00.
Subject: food and drink (Willan, A., Inv # 800698)
Willan, Anne. GREAT COOKS AND THEIR RECIPES: FROM TAILLEVANT TO
ESCOFFIER. Pavilion, 1992 (cloth). Willan surveys the techniques
and practices of 14 great cooks ranging from the Renaissance
courts of Europe (Scappi, La Varenne) to the kitchens of America
(Amelia Simmons, Fanny Farmer). Includes original and updated
recipes $20.00.
Subject: gardening/horticulture (Mosser, M., Inv # 800029)
Mosser, Monique and Georges Teyssot. ARCHITECTURE OF WESTERN
GARDENS: A DESIGN HISTORY .. RENAISS. TO PRESENT. MIT, 1991
(cloth). An international tour in time and space of garden design
from the Renaissance to the present. More than 70 essays by
scholars from Europe and America. Over 650 illustrations and
photographs. A great buy! $50.00.
Subject: history/exploration (Bonfil, R., Inv # 302975)
Bonfil, Robert. JEWISH LIFE IN RENAISSANCE ITALY. University of
California, 1994 (new cloth). Bonfil recreates the richnessof
Jewish life in Renaissance Italy. One of Bonfils claims is that
the ghetto experience did more to intensify Jewish
self-perception in early modern Europe than did the Renaissance.
$27.00.
Subject: history/exploration (de Certeau, M., Inv # 800732)
de Certeau, Michel. MYSTIC FABLE, VOLUME ONE: THE SIXTEENTH AND
SEVENTEENTH CENTURIES. University Of Chicago, 1992 (cloth). A
fascinating analysis of the competing sects of Christian
mysticism in late-Renaissance Europe by the acclaimed social and
cultural historian. $20.00.
Subject: Islamic Art (Badeau, J., Inv # 9470)
Badeau, John S., et al.. THE GENIUS OF ARAB CIVILIZATION, SOURCE
OF RENAISSANCE. New York University Press, 1975 (cloth). Fine
copy with dust jacket. $65.00.
Subject: Literature (Grabhorn, R., Inv # 3541)
Grabhorn, R., ed.. SHORT ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE AND WORK OF WYNKYN
DE WORDE WITH A LEAF FROM THE GOLDEN LEGEND PRINTED BY HIM. Book
Club of Calif, 1949 (boards). Printed at the Grabhorn Press and
limited to 375 copies. Includes a tipped-in leaf from Wynkyn de
Worde's printing of The Golden Legend. Text compiled from various
sources by Robert Grabhorn. Fine. $250.00.
Subject: Literature (Merwin, W., Inv # 3633)
Merwin, W.S., tr.. ROBERT THE DEVIL. Windhover Press at the
University of Iowa, 1981 (cloth). W.S. Merwin's translation of an
anonymous French play of the fourteenth-century. With
wood-engravings by Roxanne Sexauer. Limited to 310 copies. Sold
as-is, with soiled front and back covers. $45.00.
Subject: science/nature (Reston, J., Inv # 300463)
Reston, James, Jr.. GALILEO: A LIFE. Harper Collins, 1994 (new
cloth). Reston writes a dramatic life of Galileo, one that not
only takes us to the heart of this passionate, embattled,
brilliant man, but also paints a vivid picture of renaissance
Italy. $22.50.
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