fs:Modern Art books

[Nancy & Michael Feldman]

Blue Dutch Colonial Farms
Michael and Nancy Feldman
New York NY 10001

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July 25, 1996
MODERN ART BOOKS

Cheney, Sheldon A Primer of Modern Art Tudor Publishing, 1924,
10th
ed. 6 7/8" x9 1/4".384 pgs.175 illus. Every field of modern art is
embraced--
painting,sculpture, architecture, theatre settings, industrial
design.Some chapts. originally
produced in Theatre Arts Mag, The International Studio, Century Mag,
Shadowland etc.
VG.very good paper,DJ torn $20

Cortissoz, Royal The Painter's Craft NY, Charles
Scribner's Sons,
1930 5 1/2" x 8".473 pages. 31 chapters, 20 illus,.Writes about
specific
exhibits,contains a chapter on a group of American Architects.Cortissoz
was an art critic for 50
years for the Herald Tribune. G- $15

Craven, Thomas Men of Art Simon & Schuster 1931 6 1/2 x 9
1/2" 513
pgs.Thomas Craven was a critic and art historian.He had articles in The
American Mercury, The
Dial, the Nation etc.Contains chapts on Giotto,Florence, Da
Vinci,Velaquz, Goya, Englishmen,
Face-painters and artists, The French, Modernism, etc.Over 40
illus.A little dryness
in spine o/w vg $15

John Canaday Mainstreams of Modern Art Simon & Schuster,
1959 2nd
ptg 8 1/2" x10 1/2". 576pgs 700 illus, 15 clr plates, 14 chapts in 3
parts. The19th C.
in France,The 19th C. outside of France, The 20th C. with appendix on
modern architecture.
VG. sltly sunned spine $15

Mather, Frank Jewett, Jr. Modern Painting NY, Garden City
Publishing Co.
1927 6 1/2" x 9 1/2".385 pgs. Over 100 illus. The history and
appreciation of modern
painting. Ideals and ideas of art. This is a deluxe edition, with fine
paper, bound in buckram with
gold foil stamping. VG, dj is inside book, tattered $15

Myers, Bernard Modern Art in the Making McGraw-Hill, 1950
first 7 1/2"
x 10". 457pgs.Over 400 illus, 6clr plates.Clearly and simply written.
Thread is increasing isolation
of the modern painter . 22 chapters from the French Revolution to the
Modern Artist and
Society.Includes what to read. No jargon. wrn , dry, slight trs and
edgewear o/w vg $8

Myers, Bernard S. Modern Art in the Making McGraw
Hill, 1959 7 1/2" x 10
1/2", 486 pgs, 449 illus, and 5 color plates.From the French Revolution
through the 50's. With a
reading list. Torn dj, bk vg except for sm rubbing, and minor spine
wear $8

Rothstein, Michael Looking at Paintings Routledge, 1947 7
1/1" x
10".64pgs. Michael Rothstein, a painter, chose 20 paintings and wrote
commentaries.David
Jones, Graham Sutherland, Frances Hodgkins. 20 clr illus,notes & writings
VG, 1 bent page and
slight wrn crnrs. $15

Selz, Peter & Constantine, Mildred(ed) Art Nouveau Art and
Design at the Turn of the
Century The Museum of Modern Art, 1959 8 1/2" x 10",186pgs. Graphic
Design,Painting and Sculpture, Prints and Drawings, Decorative Arts,
Architecture notes to the
text bibliographybiographies and catalogue of the, Exhibition.Very
torn dj. Bk,
vg.Many illus. $35

Stange,Martin Symbols of Ideal Life, Social Documentary
Photography in
America: 1890- 1950 1992, Cambridge University Press. PB, VG,
177 pages with
over 65 illustrations. From Art Journal, " an important contribution to
our understanding of the
evolution Near mint $10

McEvilley , Thomas The Exile's Return, Toward a Redefinition
of Painting for the
Post-Modern Era Cambridge University Press.1993 Revisionist view
of the
mainstream of painterly meaning from about 1850 to 1950. PB, VG,
223 pages with over 30
illustrations, $10

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