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Where art begins, by Nisbet, Hume, 1849-1921?

Table of Contents: “…--Art and its relationship to everyday life.--On picture lighting.--Ships: ancient and modern.--Illustrative art: past and present.…”

The house sale.

Table of Contents: “…Old master paintings -- Old master and 19th century drawings -- 19th century paintings -- British and Irish paintings -- Impressionist and modern pictures -- American art -- Contemporary art -- Latin American art -- Prints -- Silver and objects of virtue -- Glass and ceramics -- Russian works of art -- Chinese and Tibetan works of art -- Japanese and Korean works of art -- Rugs and carpets -- Furniture and decorative works of art.…”

Faking it : manipulated photography before Photoshop by Fineman, Mia

Millicent Garrett Fawcett : selected writings

Table of Contents: “…Reporting Fawcett: The Women of Modern Fiction Lectures, 1874 -- 10. Janet Doncaster, An Excerpt, 1875 -- 11. …”
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Prince Twins Seven-Seven : his art, his life in Nigeria, his exile in America by Glassie, Henry, 1941-

Table of Contents: “…Prince's art: Yoruba art: Representation ; Presentation ; Composition ; Modern art ; Postmodern times : Dreams of the Abiku child -- Prince's exhibitions: a list by Harriet Schiffer.…”

La Pologne immortelle ...

Table of Contents: “…--Les influences artistiques français in Pologne, par C. de Danilowicz.p--Quelques notes sur l'école moderne de peinture et de sculpture en Pologne, par J. …”

Paul Rand, a designer's art by Rand, Paul, 1914-1996

Table of Contents: “…Art for art's sake -- The beautiful and the useful -- The designer's problem -- The symbol in visual communication -- Versatility of the symbol -- The trademark -- Seeing stripes -- Imagination and the image -- Integrating form and content -- Ideas about ideas -- The meaning of repetition -- The role of humor -- The rebus and the visual pun -- Collage and montage -- Yesterday and today -- Typographic form and expression -- Legibility and modernity -- The good old "neue typografie" -- Design and the play instinct -- Black black black -- The art of the package: tomorrow and yesterday -- The third dimension -- The complexity of color -- Word pictures -- The lesson of Cézanne -- Politics of design -- Integrity and invention.…”
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Abstract Pissarro : planting the seeds of abstract art by Saul, Ann

Archéologie, arts d'Orient, Extrême-Orient.

Table of Contents: “…Extrême-Orient: céramiques, laques et pierres dures, ivoires et netsuke, bronzes et émaux cloisonnés, sculptures, textiles, mobilier -- Art d'Orient: peinture moderne et orientaliste, documentation, pages de Coran et calligraphies, manuscrits, laques et miniatures orientales, bijoux, argenterie, armes, métaux et varia, céramique, steles, objets d'art et textiles, collection de Mr. …”

Shifting ground : transformed views of the American landscape by Howard, Rhonda Lane, 1970-

Table of Contents: “…The retreat to nature / Leroy Searle -- Middle ground : reconciling technology and nature. Technology : modernism's muse / Julie R. Johnson -- Framing the landscape : the picture window, TVs, planes, and automobiles. …”

Property from the estate of His Royal Highness the Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester, KG.,KT.,KP.

Table of Contents: “…Silver , Prince Henry, Duke of Gloucester's christening, 17th May, 1900; wedding of the Duke and Duchess of Gloucester, 6th November, 1935; Prince William of Gloucester's christening 22 February 1942; Queen Mary's presents to Prince William of Gloucester; William IV and Queen Adelaide's soup tureen -- Sporting pictures, furniture and works of art, Oriental art, ceramics, glass and fans, children's books -- Sporting library, illuminated manuscripts, early sporting books, 18th century sporting books, 19th century sporting books, modern sporting books.…”

American needlework; the history of decorative stitchery and embroidery from the late 16th to the 20th century. by Harbeson, Georgiana Brown, 1894-1980

Table of Contents: “…American Indian porcupine quill embroidery -- Indian bead needlework -- Indian applique, Alaskan fishskin needlework -- Early stump work, silk and wool needlepoint pictures -- Crewel embroidery in the colonies -- Early quilting, candlewicking and turkey work -- Early samplers -- Philadelphia type samplers, Quaker needlework and Pennsylvania Dutch embroidery -- Later samplers -- Embroidered wedding gowns and waistcoats -- Needle lacework : darning on net and tambour -- White work, costume embroideries and accessories -- Moravian work : memorial samplers and silk on satin embroideries -- Embroidered maps and needlework rugs -- Embroidered coats of arms, banners, flags and flag preservation -- Needlepoint pictures and upholstery -- Godey's, Leslie's, and Peterson's needlework patterns -- Fashionable Berlin wool-work -- Canvas lacework and raised wool-work -- Embroidery on paper : bookmarks and mottoes -- Braiding, velvet-work and chenille stitchery -- Applique arascene embroidery and ribbon-work -- Beadwork with wool combinations -- Sewing accessories -- Deerfield blue and white work revival, candlewicking and netting -- The transition period -- Religious needlework -- The return to silk embroideries -- New uses of the sampler -- Modern crewel embroidery -- Contemporary needlepoint embroidery : screens and covers -- Contemporary needlepoint embroidery (continued) : miscellaneous furnishings, accessories, petit-point pictures -- Needlework of the future -- Bibliography.…”

American needlework : the history of decorative stitchery and embroidery from the late 16th to the 20th century by Harbeson, Georgiana Brown, 1894-1980

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Early English portraits.

German and Austrian art: part II.

Water-colour drawings.

Whole of the works of art and contents of the mansion, no. 27 Queen's Gate.

Engravings.

Important ensemble de bronzes.

Hans Hofmann by Seitz, William C. (William Chapin)

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