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Vizcaya: An American Villa and Its Makers (Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture)

4 reviews
Witold Rybczynski, Laurie Olin

University of Pennsylvania Press, 2006

Very strongly recommended
An impressive architectural achievement of the Gilded Age when country manors and their gardens were a conspicuous documentation of personal wealth and power by their owners, the Miami estate of Vizcaya was the equal to such famous contemporary structures as the Bilmore and the San Simeon. The collaborative work of Witold Rybczynski (Martin and Margy Meyerson Professor of Urbanism, University of ...

Uffizi Gallery Museum and the Pitti Palace Collections Boxed Set

3 reviews
Alexandra Bonfante-Warren

Universe, 2006

Even better than I had wished for!!!
After I went to Florence and saw both the Pitti Palace and the Uffizi, I searched in vain for a coffee-table quality book on both- and was thrilled with these! I have to admit I was a little put off by not having a picture or example of the book on amazon, but I took a risk. It is an excellent quality/heavy stock boxed set, with fabulous photos of not only the buildings, but the majority of ...

The Amber Room: The Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Treasure

24 reviews
Catherine Scott-Clark, Adrian Levy

Berkley Trade, 2005

Thorough, responsible, a bit repetitive
On the whole, I enjoyed this book because I am interested in art history, the political history of WWII and the Cold War, and mysteries. I did feel, however, that the the authors could have trusted us to remember people and events a bit more than they did. There was a fair amount of restatement and reintroduction. The speculative conclusion they arrive at seems reasonable. The authors display a ...

Thomas Jefferson's Monticello

5 reviews
William L. Beiswanger, Peter J. Hatch, ...

The University of North Carolina Press, 2002

A Great Look at a Great Home
This work successfully links the many unique qualities of Thomas Jefferson's personality to the unique qualities of the home that he designed and spent most of his life building and rebuilding. All of the intriguing features of this home are covered. Anyone interested in this remarkable man and his home who is unable to visit Monticello in person should strongly consider this work.

The Land of Ludwig II: The Royal Castles and Residences in Upper Bavaria and Swabia (Prestel Museum Guides ...

1 review
Peter O. Kruckmann, Prestel, ...

Prestel Publishing, 2000

Excellent overview
A very nice illustration of the best sights in Southern Bavaria including world-famous Castle Neuschwanstein. Always the perfect present on my journeys to give people an idea of my home country!

National Geographic Guide to Americas Great Houses (National Geographic Guide to America's Great Houses)

8 reviews
Henry Wiencek

National Geographic, 1999

Awesome!
I am 10 years old and I got this book as a present from my parents. I am a big huge fan of old things and this was the perfect book for me. If you like historical things like huge houses and fancy dresses this is the book to get. It lists a ton of houses - over 150!! So far we have gone to the biltmore estate (INCREDIBLE!!!!!!!!!!!) and plan on going to the hearst castle and others. I highly ...

Saint Petersburg: Museums, Palaces, and Historic Collections: A Guide to the Lesser Known Treasures of St. ...

4 reviews
Cathy Giangrande

Bunker Hill Publishing, 2003

An outstanding guidebook to St. Petersburg
I began reading Cathy Giandrande's little guide to St. Petersburg with a great deal of skepticism. As I kept exploring the book, all my doubts quickly disappeared. That alone came to me as a surprise. Unlike most Russians who still suffer from a mild identity disorder, Petersburgers have a strong sense of local patriotism and know what they are and what their city is about. From time to time, ...

Art of the Royal Court: Treasures in Pietre Dure from the Palaces of Europe (Metropolitan Museum of Art)

2 reviews

Metropolitan Museum of Art, 2008

It's got to be seen to be believed!
I've just returned from seeing the exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, and now I can't wait to have the book. I saw the book while I was in the Met's Book Shop and it is absolutely great with so many pictures of the items on exhibit. If you can't get to the exhibit which is on thru Sept. 21st, this book is the next best thing!

The Memory Palace of Isabella Stewart Gardner
Patricia Vigderman

Sarabande Books, 2007

"A searching, sensitive, and engagingly witty meditation." -Lyndall Gordon "What a great pleasure this gorgeous little book has given me! It should be offered everywhere indeed, and at every museum shop on earth."-Honor Moore A fascinating meditation on art and personality, Patricia Vigderman's exploration of Isabella Stewart Gardner's famous Boston museum radiates out from its subject to investigate Garnder's legacy of luxury and ...

Kensington Palace: The Official Illustrated History

1 review
Edward Impey

Merrell, 2003

Informative as a history book not a guide or Royal tell all
An extremely nice paperback history book about Kensington Palace. You get the history of the place from it's beginnings (there's been something built on the site for about a 1000 years) but mostly covering the period from the 17th century onwards through today. There are a lot of photographs of various sections of the building complex, some more than 100 years old,both inside and out as well as ...

Wunderground: Providence, 1995 to the Present
Judith Tannenbaum, Maya Allison, ...

Museum of Art, Rhode Island School of Design, 2006

The Golden Treasure Trove of the Russian Museum

1 review
Yevgenia Petrova

Palace Editions, 2002

Literally The Golden Treasure Trove of the Russian Art!
A profusely illustrated album from the vast collection of the Russian Museum. The beautiful reproductions of works of gold and silver are accompanied by a full catalogue and informative articles by experts on Russian applied art. Probably the best English-language album about Russian works in gold and silver covering religious objects, books, icons, dishes and objects of vertu from XV to ...

Possessing the Past: Treasures from the National Palace Museum, Taipei

2 reviews
Wen Fong, James C. Y. Watt

Harry N Abrams, 1996

A collection of excellent articles
This book was published not only as a catalogue for the great exhibition "Splendors of Imperial China", also as a collection of excellent articles by leading scholars in the field of Chinese art and cultural history. Some of the most precious items selected for the exhibition eventually were not able to make it to the United States, nontheless they are included in the book(now you get a chance to ...

The Making of the Royal Pavilion, Brighton: Design and Drawings
John Morley

Philip Wilson Publishers, 2003

The Royal Pavilion, Brighton, is one of the most famous and opulent royal extravaganzas in existence. This book reproduces all the important surviving designs, used and unused, for the exterior and interior of the Pavilion. It reveals the great variety of brilliant exotic schemes devised for its construction and decoration. It was first built in 1787 for the Prince of Wales as a neo-classical marine villa, and by the time the Prince became king ...

Theatre in Revolution: Russian Avant-Garde Stage Design, 1913-1935

1 review
Nancy Van Norman Baer, John E. Bowlt

Thames & Hudson, 1991

Theatre in Revolution
Theatre has always occupied a central place in Russian artistic life, and in the early twentieth-century avant-garde painters began experimenting with the stage as a visual laboratory. Artist such as Exter, Lissitzky, Malevich, Popova, Rodchenko, Stepanova, and Tatlin revolutionized costume, set, and poster design, bringing an imaginative vitality to the stage that has rarely been equaled. They ...

Kew Palace: The Official Illustrated History
Susanne Groom, Lee Prosser

Merrell, 2006

Kew Palace, which stands in the world-famous Royal Botanic Gardens in south-west London, is Britain's smallest royal palace and the third building to bear that name. Built in 1631 as a merchant's house, it later became the home of George III, Queen Charlotte and their large family, and a private place of recuperation for the so-called 'mad' king during his illness. Around the palace, the eighteenth-century royal pleasure grounds gradually ...

A Guide to the Palace of Nestor: Mycenaean Sites in Its Environs and the Chora Museum
Carl W. Blegen, Marion Rawson, ...

American School of Classical Studies at Athen, 2001

The classic guide to the Palace of Nestor at Pylos (SW Greece), now illustrated in full color, including Piet de Jong's watercolors. Expanded to include descriptions of nearby Mycenaean sites and sites discovered as a result of recent investigations by the Pylos Regional Archaeological Project. An appendix serves as a guide to the Chora Museum.

Horses in Russian Art
Yevgenia Petrova

Palace Editions, 2006

This is the first-ever monograph dedicated to the theme of horses in works of art from the collection of the Russian Museum in St Petersburg. Home to a rich and diverse collection, the museum has embraced the long relationship between man and horse, as well as all the leading themes and genres of equine art. Generations of Russian artists have created an astounding variety of equine images. These works - encompassing painting, sculpture and ...

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