Burris-Meyer, Elizabeth

Color and Design in the Decorative Arts

New York, Prentice Hall, Inc, 1935. Hardcover. Brown cloth boards with light green lettering and design; (xx) 572 pp; illustrations in bw; includes color card and color plates. The plates are mounted samples of colored paper."Reading list": pages 549-554; "Periodicals": pages 555 -- website. G. Ex-lib with minimal markings, only a spine sticker and some marking inside.

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Book number: 191464

Catalogue: General Reference - American Decorative Arts

Keywords: Color and Design ; Color and Design ; ; Color and Design

Charlot, Jean

The Mexican Mural Renaissance, 1920-1925

Massachusetts, Yale University Press, 1967. Hardcover. A red hardback book with the title gilted on a black square on the spine. There is a yellow dust jacket with two illustrations on the front cover. Pages: (8), vii-xv, 1-328, (40). Contains at least fifty black-and-white illustrations and photographs. This is the first book-length study of the Early Colonial manuscript painting of Mexico - a fusion of the arts of Pre-Conquest America and fifteenth-century Spain. Former studies, mainly in the hands of anthropologists and historians , have been limited by their disciplines. This book says in effect that the paintings are works of art worthy to stand beside the jades and terra cottas now so sought after by collectors. The definitions of the styles of the various Colonial schools are demonstrations of survival of Pre-Conquest schools and artistic attitudes and thus suggest directions that investigations may take into the Pre-Conquest styles of other arts. VG: A book in great condition. There is a small tear in the dust jacket at the top of the spine. There is a plate from a previous owner on the front free end page. Pencil marks in the body of the book. Solid binding.

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Book number: 201976

Catalogue: General Reference - American Decorative Arts

Keywords: ; Mexican Murals ; ;

Tapert, Annette

Swid Powell: Objects by Architects

New York, Rizzoli, 1990. Hardcover. Bw illustrated dustjacket with white text, yellow spine. Black cloth boards with stamped lettering. 144 pp. BW and color illustrations. "The Swid Powell firm produces a full range of architect-designed objects for use in the home. Strikingly beautiful plates, cups. bowls, flatware, candlesticks, serving trays, glassware, picture frames, vases, pitchers, and many other items are created by some of the most celebrated names on the international architecture scene." -Jacket. VG, dj in mylar wrap, no other signs of being exlib .

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Book number: 206851

Catalogue: General Reference - American Decorative Arts

Keywords: Decorative Arts ; Architect-Designed Objects ; ;