books by Baltimore Museum of Art (baltimore furniture 1680-1880)

books by Baltimore Museum of Art

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1 review

Pennsylvania State University Press, 2003

a well written survey
I purchased this book after seeing an interesting reference to Work Ethic in a journal article. It is supposedly a catalogue, but it reads like a book (and is certainly large enough to be one) and serves as an excellent reference tool. It is made up of a number of different essays and has profiles on a number of key artists who have addressed the issue of 'work' in art, grouped into three ...

Chokwe: Art and Initiation Among Chokwe and Related Peoples

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Ala.) Birmingham Museum of Art (Birmingham

Prestel, 1998

An Excellent Book about the Chokwe Artists of Angola!
Chokwe! Art and Initian Among Chokwe and Related Peoples, is a stunning accomplishment! This exhibition catalogue shows some of the finest works of Angolan art by the Chokwe people. Significant, because much of what is in this book has been selected from not only museum collections but from top notch private ones as well. the one hundred fifty pieces selected include Royal Art (figures of ...

American Furniture, 1680-1880 from the Collection of the Baltimore Museum of Art
Baltimore Museum of Art

Baltimore Museum of Art, 1987

The Alan Wurtzburger Collection of Oceanic Art (January 7 - March 4, 1956)
Adelyn D. Breeskin, Paul S. Wingert

Baltimore Museum of Art, 1956

4to. Many b/w illustrations, one tipped-in color plate.

Desire and Devotion: Art from India, Nepal, and Tibet : In the John and Berthe Ford Collection

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Pratapaditya Pal, Hiram W., Jr. Woodward, ...

Philip Wilson Publishers, 2001

A Simple, Untainted Introduction to the Magnificent Art of India, Nepal, and Tibet
The spiritual essence of the art of Tibet and Nepal is particularly difficult to translate into book form, but in this stunning catalogue of the John and Berthe Ford Collection, created to accompany a traveling exhibition of the collection, the writers and designers come as close as possible. Not only are many of the works in this book seen for the first time, the explanations of their ...