Philadelphia Museum of Art.
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Princeton Architectural Press
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English
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"What do knights in shining armor have to do with turtles, fish, and porcupines? A lot, actually! Find out what helmets, shields, and swords have in common with shells, scales, and spikes in this colorful and imaginative look at how different creatures keep themselves safe"-- Back cover.
2) Chinese calligraphy: Co-published by the Philadelphia Museum of Art and Boston Book &Art, Publisher
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[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
1971.
Language
English
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H.N. Abrams in association with the Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[1995]
Language
English
Description
"This is the first serious art-historical study of the photographic achievement of Tina Modotti (1896-1942). Modotti's photographic career spanned a brief but intense seven years (1923-30) when she lived in Mexico and became committed to revolutionary Communism. The beautifully reproduced duotone images in this book include portraits, still lifes (among them, Modotti's memorable "revolutionary icons" incorporating an ear of dried corn, a bandolier,...
Author
Series
Bulletin ; 1
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
"From Japan's first forays onto the international stage of world's fairs in the late nineteenth century to the dynamic creativity of the 1920s and 1930s, and from the heady post-World War II period to the present day, Japanese craft art has exhibited a rich diversity of media and techniques. One of the first illustrated surveys in English of modern-era Japanese crafts - including ceramics, lacquerware, metalcraft, and wood - this elegant book is an...
Author
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Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Among the most beloved forms of American folk art, fraktur is a Germanic tradition of decorated manuscripts and printed documents noted for its use of bold colors and whimsical motifs. This publication makes a landmark contribution to the study of Pennsylvania German fraktur, and offers the most comprehensive study of the topic in over 50 years. The featured objects, most of which have never been published, accompany significant new information about...
Author
Publisher
Philadelphia Museum of Art
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
"In 1990 archaeologist Charles K. Williams II began seriously to acquire paintings, sculptures, watercolors, and drawings by modern American artists, after about ten years of collecting 19th- and 20th-century American and European prints. Williams amassed an important collection that includes examples by most of the major American artists and movements of the early 20th century." "This fully illustrated catalogue features entries on more than one...
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Philadelphia Museum of Art, in association with Yale University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"American Furniture, 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art show early American furniture participated in an international visual language. This volume provides an important resource for scholars of American furniture, illuminates the cultural and mercantile life of the fledgling nation, and offers a lively introduction to the donors, curators, and personalities who have shaped the institution from its earliest days to the present"--...