Bath & Mirror, Beauty Care and Cosmetics from Antiquity to the Renaissance

Published by Assouline 2002 written by Diana SacirsbrickA sumptuous selection of jewelry made to adorn the head - tiaras, aigrettes and bandeaux. Emblems of success and happiness, tiaras are some of the most beautifully crafted jewelry pieces of the past two centuries. The House of Chaumet has continuously excelled in this art, from the papal tiara offered by Napoleon to Pius VII, to the hundreds of hair adornments created over the last decades, always reflecting the period's most formidable fashions and decorative arts. An exquisite selection from unknown Chaumet archives representing the most aesthetic portraits of head jewelry...

1st US edition Published by Rizzoli 1998 Revealing the secrets of bathrooms from the hedonistic world of the Roman "thermae" to the medieval bath-house, and from the 19th-century "c...

Published by Academy Editions, 1990. Text by Charles Jencks. A comprehensive analysis from one of the late 20th Century's great architects, Jencks explores the question: 'why has New Modern architecture emerged?' Having continuously discovered and conceptually formed new trends in architecture, here Jencks adds to his former definitions, Post- and Late-Modernism, through a comprehensive critical and amusing synthesis of major architects of the 20th century, including Frank Gehry, Rem Koolhaas, Norman Foster, Richard Rogers, Ricardo Bofill...

Published by SteidlMack 2003 large format hardback In 2001, as part of their ongoing obsession with Francisco Goya's work, Jake and Dinos Chapman purcha...

First Edition, published by Steidl, 2006. Essay by Lucy Raven, Afterword by Arthur Miller. Joining Magnum Photos in 1955, Inge Morath travelled and photographed extensively througho...

How the "unique" look of African art captured the imagination of artists such as Picasso and Stieglitz is well known. But how do art aficionados today see African objects? And how do...

Pisanello, Painter to the Renaissance Court by Luke Syson and Dillian Gordon. London: National Gallery Company, 2001. First edition hardcover with dust jacket. 264 pp. A book on the works of Pisanello by London's National Gallery to accompany the exhibition. Pisanello (1395-1455) was one of the most distinguished painters of the early Italian Renaissance. He is known for his amazing large murals, elegant portraits, small easel...

Antiquities from The Collection of the Late Christos G. Bastis, Sale 7404. Sotheby's (New York). 1st Ed hardcover with dust jacket. In 1987, 188 antiquities assembled by Christos G....

Antique map titled 'Turquie d'Europe'. Map of the european parts of Turkey. The map covers from Moldova to Thessaly and from the Adriatic to the Black Sea. Greece and the island ...

by Jonathan Bourne and Vanessa Brett Art and literature portray the very different way of life before the introduction of electric light. The daily schedule of previous generations w...

2 Volumes. N.P. Willis & J. Stirling Coyne, The Scenery and Antiquities of Ireland. Bound in full green morocco, gilt-tooled detailing, and raised band spines. All edges gilt with gi...

Selections from the Paintings and Calligraphy Donated to the Shanghai Museum from the Ching Banlee Liangtuxuan Collection. Published by Shanghai Museum, Shangahai, China, 2002. 1st E...