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H.C.ANDERSEN 40 PAPER CUTS.
Author: de Mylius, Johan
Country: Latvia
Code: 7211
Language: English/Danish
Year Published: 2019
No. of pages: 87
Illustrations: 28 Color Illustrations. 9 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 7 1/2”x 10’
Weight: 1.00
Price: 65.00
Cut paper figures and designs and poetry by Hans Christian Andersen. Commentary on the artist and his work, his life, and these creations.
ICELANDIC MANUSCRIPTS. Sagas, History and Art
Author: Jónas Kristjánsson
Country: Iceland
Code: 2355
Language: English
Year Published: 1996
No. of pages: 145
Illustrations: 38 Color Illustrations. 40 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 10 1/2”x 8”
Weight: 2.00
Price: 69.50
This fascinating book presents the treasury of Iceland’s medieval literature against a background of the country’s history and political development. The vigor and beauty of these manuscripts are revealed in a wealth of color and monochrome photographs, and choice translated excerpts from the sagas and poems give the reader tantalizing samples of the works themselves. They are the national treasures of Iceland, reproduced for the layman to enjoy.
KABAKOV, ILYA: 5 ALBUMS. Installation Operation Room (Mother and Son)
Author: Ilya Kabakov
Country: Finland
Code: 1320
Language: Finnish/ Norwegian/ English/ Russian
Year Published: 1994
No. of pages: 231
Illustrations: 222 Color Illustrations. 10 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 12”x 10”
Weight: 4.00
Price: 150.00
Russian artist Ilya Kabakov has participated in all the major surveys of western art, such as those at the Carnegie International in Pittsburgh, the Kassel Documenta, and the Venice Biennale. In addition, he has constructed installations in art museums and galleries around the world. Many works of fine illustration by this bold, versatile artist are displayed here.
LIVING WORDS & LUMINOUS PICTURES. Medieval Book Culture in Denmark
Author: Petersen, Erik
Country: Denmark
Code: 4125
Language: English
Year Published: 1999
No. of pages: 116
Illustrations: 102 Color Illustrations.
Size: 10 1/2”x 9”
Weight: 1.00
Price: 29.50
Enter into the magical world of the illuminated manuscript, one of the richest art forms from the Middle Ages in Europe. Living Words originated from a desire to make the contents of these manuscripts more accessible, thus exposing the various hidden facets of Middle Age life. This book explores the use and significance of the new book form-the codex-that revolutionized both the history of bookmaking and the history of civilization itself, as the written word now achieved a more flexible and durable medium. Chapters also deal more specifically with the role of the book in Medieval Denmark as well as Danish collections of the 18th Century. Written in striking detail and filled with colorful, illustrative pictures, this book provides fascinating glimpses of the life and light of the Middle Age period in Europe.
ON PARCHMENT, PAPER AND PALM LEAVES.... Treasures of the Royal Library, Denmark
Author: Harald Ilsø, ed
Country: Denmark
Code: 1847
Language: English
Year Published: 1993
No. of pages: 364
Illustrations: 422 Color Illustrations. 405 B&W Illustrations.
Size: 12”x 10 1/2”
Weight: 5.00
Price: 250.00
To commemorate its 200th anniversary as a public national library, the collections of the Royal Library’s rare and significant books, manuscripts, archival materials, maps, pictures, and music, which are too often only made familiar to specialists, are here for all the world to admire. The foreign collections reach back to classical antiquity and the middle ages, ranging wide geographically. Of particular note are the valuable Asian collections, the roots of which go back as far as Carsten Niebuhr’s expedition in the 1760s and Rasmus Rasta’s collecting in India in the 1820s. This book, a compilation of treasures in print, is itself a glorious treasure. Exquisitely illustrated in color and black and white.