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ART:

Abstract Expressionist Painting in America: William C. Seitz; Dore Ashton; Robert Motherwell; Hardcover 1983

Byzantium: Rowena Loverance; In this introduction to the history of Byzantium, from the fourth to the fourteenth century, Rowena Loverance draws on the British Museum's rich collections of spectacular Byzantine silver, ivories, jewelry, and icons, as well as pieces from the empire's Persian and Germanic neighbors. This revised edition, featuring a new introduction, is updated to include the most recent finds and interpretations.; Paperback 2004

Early Mughal Painting: Milo Cleveland Beach; Beach traces, with an abundance of captivating illustrations, the evolution of the Mughal style. While acknowledging the influence of Akbar the Great's interests and changing tastes, he shows that many of the new tendencies were evident during the short reign of Akbar's father, the Emperor Humayun, whose role as patron of the arts is thereby reassessed. Beach also stresses the traditionalism of the individual painters, who only gradually changed their concepts and compositions in response to foreign influences and to imperial taste.; Hardcover 1987

Edward Lear as a Landscape Draughtsman: Philip Hofer; Edward Lear has been known best as the author of "The Owl and the Pussycat," the famous Nonsense Books, and other verses and songs. But landscape drawing and painting were his lifelong profession--the nonsense a side line. In this volume, Hofer presents a selection of Lear's landscape drawings chosen from his own collection.; Hardcover 1967