Art in America

Feigenbaum, Gail: Degas and New Orleans, a french impressionist in America. New Orleans Museum of Art 1999.

[english]Folio, original cloth & DW. With lots of bl/w photos and ills of his work in colour. 301p.

[KW: moderne kunst, french painting, 19th century, impressionisme]

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Lipman, Jean: American Folk Art in Wood, Metal and Stone. (New York), Pantheon, 1948.
Binding sunned, with a label and handwritten number and title on the spine. 2 stains on the board. 1 Lable on the lining and on the title page. 2 stamps on the title page, 1 stamp on the last page. Paper slightly age toned. - Einband fleckig, Klebeetikett auf dem Rücken, Spuren eines Klebeetiketts auf dem Deckelinneren. Klebeetikett und 2 Stempel auf der Titelseite. 1 Stempel auf dem letzten Blatt. Im Gelenk restauriert.

4°. With 4 tipped-in colour plates and 183 b/w illustrations on plates. 193 pp. Paperboard. - Mit 4 montierten Farbtafeln und 183 s/w Illustrationen auf zahlreichen Tafeln. Privater Pappband. - Contents: Ship figureheads and ornaments; Weathervanes; Cigar-store Figures and other trade signs; Circus and carrousel carvings; toys, decoys; sculptures für house and garden.

[KW: Amerikanische Kunst, Volkskunst, Kunstgewerbe, Amerika, America]

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Griffith, Richard/ Mayer, Arthur. The Movies. The sixty-year Story of the World of Hollywood and its Effect on America, from Pro-Nickelodeon Days to the Present. New York, Simon and Schuster, 1957. ISBN: 0671427652
[The Volume contains the following Chapters: "The Birth of the Movies" ('The Nickelodeon Age' and 'The Development of Narrative'), "The Formative Years" ('The Movie Family', 'Comedy', 'Serials', 'World War I', etc.), "The Golden Twenties" ('Latin Lovers', 'Ruritania', 'Comedy in the Twenties', 'Westerns', 'War in Retrospect', 'Screen Art', 'Stars of the Twenties', 'The Talkie Revolution', etc.), "The Grim Thirties" ('The Gangster Film', 'The Confession Film', 'Topical Films' and 'Decency'), "The New Deal" ('Comedy and Comedians', 'The Message Pictures', 'Stars of the Thirties', 'Hollywood in the Thirties', 'World War II', etc.), and "The Postwar Decade" (''Mature' Films', 'Old Reliables', 'Stars of the Forties and Fifties', and 'Hollywood today'). Epilogue and Index at the End. Many Black-and-White-Photographs in the Text.].

4°. Eleven nn. Pages, 442 Pages. Verlag Simon and Schuster (1957). 442 Pages. Original Cloth-Volume (gilt Lettering on the Spine). The Cover is loosened from the Bookblock. The Volume is slightly rubbed and slightly bumped.

[KW: Amerikanische Geschichte; Film; Filmgeschichte; Hollywood; Kino; Kinogeschichte]

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Ford, Hannah * Sawyers, Bridget: International Architecture Centres, ISBN: 0470853271, Academy Press, 2003,

OPBd., 208 S., 4° mit farbigen Bild-Tafeln im Text. Neues Exemplar/Brand new. Following the Value of Architecture Centres conference hosted in the UK in June 2002 this is the first comprehensive guide to architecture centres in Europe and North America. Public interest in architecture has increased significantly over the last few years. This, combined with social developments of increased democracy, citizenship and public participation has brought about the development of architecture centres around the world. Many have different directions but they all overlap in their aim to provide education and information about architecture at all levels. The first and only directoryto present all architecture centres in Europe and North America Includes contributions and important essays from key thinkers/activists in the field, including: Charles Landry (Comedia), Joe Kerr (Royal College of Art), Ben Rogers (Institute of Public Policy Research), Janice Kirkpatrick (Graven Images) and Tom Dyckhoff (Architecture Critic, The Times) Packed with case studies and images of the activities undertaken by the centres Includes a definitive international directory of centres. * Wir haben während des Jahres 2008 völlige Produktion von Gesellschaft Fraktaly Publishers, GmbH eingekauft. Es sind diese Bereiche: Architektur, Design (Ladislav Sutnar etc.) und ihre Herstellung. Falls Sie interessiert wird, teilen Sie uns mit: info@valentinska.cz During the year 2008 we have purchased the whole production of company Fraktaly Publishers, s.r.o. .We can offer the books focused on:Architecture, Design (Ladislav Sutnar, etc.) and the production of Fraktaly Publishers, s.r.o. . Any question, please , don't hesitate to contact us on this e-mail: info@valentinska.cz *

[KW: Architektur; F.]

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