"Explores the work of the Prairie School, the world-renowned architectural movement that began in Chicago. Essays on Prairie School works in the Art Institute of Chicago collection. Christa C. Mayer Thurman on a rare textile sample book designed by Frank Lloyd Wright. Janice Pregliasco on Marion Mahony Griffin. Title in The Art Institute of Chicago Museum Studies series. 192p."
"The contributions of artists Pierre Bonnard, Edouard Vuillard, Maurice Denis and Ker-Xavier Roussel to the avant-garde of the 1890s as members of the group known as the Nabis are widely recognised. What is less known about these artists' careers is their work in decorative painting - work on a large or unusual scale. This gorgeous book reproduces 85 decorative works carried out by the four artists between 1890 and 1930, when each moved ..."
"From the prophetic vision of a lunar voyage in Fritz Lang’s science fiction film Woman in the Moon to the multistage rocket that propelled astronauts to the moon 40 years later, this bold, original work examines design for space travel in both fantasy and reality. A breathtaking look at the structures built to follow humankind’s dreams out into the cosmos, it accompanies an exhibition at the Art Institute of Chicago and at the Museum ..."
"Siena of the thirteenth and fourteenth centuries was one of the great cities of Europe and its artists—Duccio, Simone Martini, and Ambrogio and Pietro Lorenzetti—were among those who reshaped the nature and place of painting first in Italy, then across Europe. Drawing on the extraordinary riches of Sienese archives, on early unpublished secondary sources, and on the recent work of historians, Hayden Maginnis situates early Sienese paint ..."
Cal 96 Images of Women/Engagement by ArtecheConsultantsStaff Agenda Ou Calendário, Published 1995 by Universe Pub ISBN-13: 978-1-55550-469-4, ISBN: 1-55550-469-8
"An in-depth discussion of eighty-nine paintings and twenty-eight drawings and studies by the French impressionist Gustave Caillebotte."
Monet Norway Christmas Book/Christmas Books by ArtecheConsultantsStaff, Henry Beard Stationery, Published 1994 by St Martins Pr ISBN-13: 978-1-55550-979-8, ISBN: 1-55550-979-7
"Trained as an artist, Irving Penn began photographing for "Vogue" in the 1940s and went on to become an accomplished and versatile image-maker. This retrospective showcases 90 images covering the whole of his career."
"In the pantheon of Western art, no master occupies a higher place than Michelangelo, and his drawings, at the core of his achievement as painter, sculptor and architect, have long been sought by collectors. The collection of drawings by Michelangelo at the Royal Library at Windsor is extraordinarily rich, particularly in presentation sheets - elaborately finished drawings made by the master as gifts for friends or, occasionally, as desi ..."