Masterpieces of Primitive Art The Nelson A Rockefeller Collection Hardcover Book

MASTERPIECES OF TRADITIONAL INDIAN ARCHITECTURE Satish Grover. Publisher: India: Lustre Press/Roli Books Publication Date: 2004 Binding: Hardcover B...

Africa Aeterna The Pictorial Chronicle of a Continent New York: International Book Society Time Life Books, 1965. Henry, Paul Marc; Carmichael, Joel (translator) Published by Sed...

The Cooking of Provincial France hardcover by M. F. K. Fisher (Author), Mark Kauffman (Photographer) Title: Recipes: The Cooking of Provincial Fra...

History of Italian Renaissance Art hardcover – January 1, 1969 by Frederick Hartt (Author), Color and B&W Illustration. History of Itali...

Ancient Japan Hardcover book – October 1, 1992 by Richard J. Pearson This is a beautiful large coffee table Art and Photography book. Black cloth over boards with gilt lettering on...

Call of the Desert: The Sahara Hardcover Book. Philippe Bourseiller Harry N. Abrams, Nov 1, 2004 - Nature - 424 pages Photographer Bourseiller embarked on the first truly comprehe...

Collection of Leather Bound Art Deco Photo Albums of European Travel, the actual albums are probably French, circa 1920's. They document fabulous trips throughout Europe in the 1920'...

This Sumo-sized art edition (No. 301–400), designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado and signed by Sebastião Salgado, is presented with a clothbound companion volume, the signed print The Par...

This is the 25th anniversary edition of Visionaire, which is a collection of greatest hits and brand new work - hence the size being the same as a twe...

This Sumo-sized Art Edition (No. 201–300), designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado and signed by Sebastião Salgado, is presented with a clothbound companion volume, the signed print Marauiá...

This Sumo-sized Art Edition (No. 101–200), designed by Lélia Wanick Salgado and signed by Sebastião Salgado, is presented with a clothbound companion volume, the signed print Young H...

The Gernsheim Collection, Edited by Roy Flukinger. University of Texas Press, Sep 1, 2010. One of the most important collections of photography in the world. Amassed by the renowned husband-and-wife team of Helmut and Alison Gernsheim between 1945 and 1963, it contains an unparalleled range of images, beginning with the world's earliest-known photograph from nature, made by Joseph Nicéphore Niépce in 1826. It includes some 35,000 major and representative photographs from the 19th and 20th c; a research library of some 3,600 books, journals, and published articles; about 250 autographed letters and manuscripts; and more than 200 pieces of early photographic equipment. Its encyclopedic scope—as well as the expertise and taste with which the Gernsheims built the collection—makes the Gernsheim Collection one of the world's premier resources for the study and appreciation of the development of photography. Published to coincide with a landmark exhibition staged by the Harry Ransom Center at the University of Texas at Austin, which owns the collection, this book presents masterpieces of the collection, along with lesser-known images of great historical significance. Arranged in chronological order, this selection effectively constitutes a visual history of photography from its beginnings to the mid-20th c. Each full-page image is accompanied by an extensive annotation in which Roy Flukinger describes the photograph's place in the evolution of photography and also within the Gernsheim Collection. Flukinger also provides an enlightening introduction in which he traces the Gernsheims' passionate careers as collectors and pioneering historians of photography, showing how their untiring efforts significantly contributed to the acceptance of photography as a fine art and as a field worthy of intellectual inquiry. Appreciations of the Gernsheim Collection by Alison Nordström and Mark Haworth...