Frameworks: Form, Function & Ornament in European Portrait Frames
by Mitchell, Paul and Lynn Roberts
- Used
- Hardcover
- Condition
- VG (Missing dust jacket. Small ink number on top of front end page, otherwise, an excellent copy with clean and tight contents.
- ISBN 10
- 1858940370
- ISBN 13
- 9781858940373
- Seller
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Columbia, Pennsylvania, United States
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About This Item
London: Merrell Holberton Publishers, 1996. Hardcover. VG (Missing dust jacket. Small ink number on top of front end page, otherwise, an excellent copy with clean and tight contents.. Black boards with gilt lettering. Illustrated endpapers. 480 pp. 315 illus, mostly color. "Virtually all pictures illustrated are reproduced in their frame for the first time, including works by Bellini, Degas, Liotard, Manet, Nattier, Rosetti, Titian, Van Dyck, and Velasquez. Many stimulating juxtapositions appear, with Old Master and modern paintings bearing the same frame styles. At each stage, the relationship between the picture and frame is discussed in terms of form, decoration, and colour. " - publisher's description.
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- Bookseller
- Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB (US)
- Bookseller's Inventory #
- 165268
- Title
- Frameworks: Form, Function & Ornament in European Portrait Frames
- Author
- Mitchell, Paul and Lynn Roberts
- Format/Binding
- Hardcover
- Book Condition
- Used - VG (Missing dust jacket. Small ink number on top of front end page, otherwise, an excellent copy with clean and tight contents.
- Quantity Available
- 1
- ISBN 10
- 1858940370
- ISBN 13
- 9781858940373
- Publisher
- Merrell Holberton Publishers
- Place of Publication
- London
- Date Published
- 1996
- Keywords
- European Art; Frames; Portraits ; European Portrait Frames ; ;
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About the Seller
Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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About Mullen Books, Inc. ABAA / ILAB
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