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Richard HARE
*Tausend Jahre Russische Kunst
308 + (14) p., 178 planches n/b et couleurs. Déchirures à la jaquetteInv. 19114.
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Rimanque Karel - De Glas Kristin
METALEN IKONEN UIT RUSLAND.
, Antwerpen, HBK - Spaarbank, 1988.**, softcover , originele geillustreerde uitgeversomslag in kleur, 21x28,5cm, 187pp, geillustreerd z/w, glossarium.
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: 9861
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Robin CORMACK and Maria VASSILAKI ed
*Byzantium 330-1453
494 p., 323 fig. coul. Catalogue d'exposition, Benaki Museum. Inv. Th 184
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ROUQUIER R - HIEROMOINE J - GRESCHNY C et M - ASSENAT G - BERTRAND P - ROUQUETTE Y
Nicolaï Greschny. Des fresque aux icônes
Editions Grand Sud Albi, Editions Grand Sud, 2010. In-4 relié cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette, 120 pages, photographies de Paul Azam. Très bon état
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Ruth MÜLLER
*Galerie Rheinland. Auktion n°4, 5 September 2012. Afrika. Primitivgeld-Ethnologika
48 p., 370 fig. coul. Inv. 34571
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Saint-Jean Damascène
La foi orthodoxe suivie de Défense des icônes
Institut Orthodoxe Français de Théologie de Paris Saint-Denys 1966 in8. 1966. Broché. Cet ouvrage de saint Jean Damascène (676-749) propose une synthèse des écrits dogmatiques des Pères de l'Église exposant la foi orthodoxe de manière claire et systématique. Il est suivi d'un discours apologétique sur la défense des icônes rédigé durant la querelle iconoclaste. Traduit et annoté par le Dr Emmanuel Ponsoye avec une préface de Mgr Jean Kovalevsky il est publié par l'Institut orthodoxe français de théologie de Paris
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: 100150920
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Santambrogio Giovanni, Sem Elisabetta
Art sacré - Visions de la Passion du Christ
Éditions White Star 2010 In-4 cartonnage éditeur 26,2 cm sur 25,2. Jaquette en assez bon état. Première charnière fendillée. 320 pages avec de nombreuses illustrations en couleurs. Très bon état d’occasion.
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: 59793
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Sandu Publishing Co. and Wang Shaoqiang (Chief Editor)
Infinite Icon. An universally understood pictorial Language that tells a Story succinctly and with Style
Gingko Press, Berkeley, 2016. 240 S. ; 29 x 21,5 cm ; Pp. ;
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Savitsch, (Eugène) de
Collection of Rare Russian Icons and Other Objects of Ecclesiastical Art (XI to XVIII Centuries).
Auction in Zurich, at the Savoy Hotel, Monday, October 1st, 1956, conducted by Eugène REYMOND, Neuchâtel, and August LAUBE, Zurich. 4°, 53(3) S., m. 38 Bilds., OKart. m. mont. Deckelill. in Golddruck. Einband mit leichten Gebrauchsspuren. Erläut. Text in Englisch und Deutsch.
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: EEzz6277
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Selezneva, Ekaterina L
Icônes russes. Galerie Tretiakov, Musée national d'art russe, Moscou. Exposition Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, Suisse, 18 novembre 1997 - 18 janvier 1998
Fondation Pierre Gianadda, Martigny, 1997. 24 cm ; kart.
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: 84295
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Sendler Egon
L’icône. Image de l’invisible. Éléments de théologie, esthétique et technique
Desclée de Brouwer, coll. « Christus », n° 54 1989 In-4 cartonnage éditeur sous jaquette 25 cm sur 19. 251 pages. Jaquette en bon état. Bon état d’occasion.
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: 144420
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SERGUEIEV Valeri
Roublev. texte adapté de l'italien par Philippe Baillet
Desclée de Brouwer Desclée de Brouwer, 1994. Grand In-4 relié toile sous jaquette de 259 pages. Illustrations en noir et en couleurs;
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: 194661
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SERS Philippe
L'énigme de l'icône quadripartite de Saint-Pétersbourg : Etude d'herméneutique iconique
La Lettre Volée, Palimpsestes, 1996, 57 pp., broché, très bon état.
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Simon Morsink
De kracht van ikonen - Russische en Griekse ikonen 15e-19e eeuw : collectie Morsink
2006 SNOECK Hardcover As New
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: 026169
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SIRARPIE DER NERSESSIAN
L'Art Arménien
Paris Arts et Métiers Graphiques 1977 Gd In-4° 271 pp. petit choc sur une coupe sans gravité
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: 16139
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SKROBUCHA (Heinz).-
Le message des Icônes.
Fribourg, Editions Saint Paul, 1966, in 8° carré, reliure toile de léditeur, 136 pages, 46 planches hors-texte en couleurs.
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: 21744
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SKROBUCHA, Heinz:
Les icônes.
Paris, Presses de la Renaissance, 1971, in-4to, XXIV + 60 planches en couleurs, reliure en toile originale.
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SKROBUCHA, Heinz
Les icônes
1971 Editions Presses de la Renaissance - 1971 - In-4, cartonnage toilé beige, sous jaquette illustrée en couleurs - sans pagination - 60 planches illustrées en couleurs et contrecollées hors-texte
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: 112572
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SKROBUCHA, Heinz:
Meisterwerke der Ikonenmalerei.
Recklinghausen, Aurel Bongers, 1961, gr. in-4to, 296 S., 144 Farbreproduktionen, Original-Leinenband, mit OU.
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: 69115aaf
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Skrobucha (Heinz).
Les Icônes.
Artia, Prague et Paris, Presses de la Renaissance, 1971. Un volume de format in 4° de XXVIpp. Suivies de 60 planches en couleurs contrecollées, avec une page explicative en regard. Reliure de l'éditeur en pleine toile grise. Titre doré. Jaquette illustrée en couleurs. Etui carton. Petit manque de papier à la jaquette, sinon état de neuf.
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Sotheby & Co and Christie's - Russian and Greek Icons
AUCTION CATALOGUES OF RUSSIAN AND GREEK ICONS - 1967 1970 1977 1977 1977 5 catalogues
London. 1967 and 1977. first edition. All octavo wraps. 1-Sotheby's sale April 1967. Sm.4to. 47p. 13 plates original wraps. VG plus. No ownership marks. 2- Sotheby's 1970 191 items illustrated. 3-Christies June 21 1977. 18 monotone and one color plates Near Fine owner signed. 4-Christie's April 7 1977. 35p. monotone illus. prices realized laid in Near Fine; 5-Christie's July 22 1977. 32p. owner initialed. Group of 5 catalogues: . paperback
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: a87171
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SpaceJunk Gallery
SpaceJunk Gallery. Annual Catalog 2005-2006
2005 - broché - Numéro annuel 2005-2006 - Numéro 3 - In-folio (33 x 24 cm) broché - 150 pages - Très nombreuses photographies - ISBN : 9782952600224 - Publication SpaceJunk /Jérome CATZ - Jérome CATZ (Programmation) - Textes en français et en anglais - A PROPOS : Spacejunk, le réseau dédié au Street Art, au Lowbrow et au Pop Surrealism, dévoile son catalogue annuel. Cet ouvrage visuel, issu des cinq expositions organisées sur ses sites de Grenoble et Lyon, constitue une documentation complète et accessible de la programmation artistique de l'année. Riche en photographies et illustrations, ce beau livre s'adresse aussi bien aux collectionneurs qu'aux amateurs d'art urbain. - SOMMAIRE : Bertrand TRICHET & Stéphanie SOLINAS - A collective show on Board - Adam NEATE - Icônes - Nicolas THOMAS - Philippe DEDIOT - Girls by Girls - Will BARRAS - Peter WEBB - ...
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: 531
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Steven Heller, Mirko Ilic
Icons of Graphic Design
London, Thames & Hudson, 2001 Hardcover with dustjacket, 208pp., 23.5x31cm., illustr. troughout in col., good cond. ISBN 9780500510414.
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STOCK Andreas Jacobsz (Anversa 1580 circa – Amsterdam 1648)
Petrus Snayers
Incisione tratta dalla celebre Icones principum, virorum, doctorum, pictorum, chalcographorum, di Anton van Dyck, edita per la prima volta ad Anversa nel 1645. Opera celebre ed importante, vero monumento dell’arte incisoria fiamminga del sec. XVIII, contiene le biografie ed i ritratti degli uomini illustri che Van Dyck aveva conosciuto econ i quali aveva avuto importanti rapporti. L’artista ne eseguì le effigi in numerosi dipinti e disegni che poi decise di pubblicare, affidandone la trasposizione calcografica ai migliori incisori del suo tempo, come Bolswert, Pontius, Vorsterman, de Jode, Hollar, molti dei quali aveva avuto come condiscepoli nell’atelier di Rubens. Acquaforte con ritocchi al bulino, stampata su carta vergata coeva, con margini, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Etching and engraving, circa 1645, signed on plate at lower edge. A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, very good condition. From Icones principum, virorum, doctorum, pictorum, chalcographorum by Anton van Dyck, printed for the first time in Antwerp, 1645. A famous and important work, a real monument of the Flemish engraving art of the XVIII century, containing the biographies and portraits of the famous artists Van Dyck had met and with whom he had worked. Following the success of his portrait paintings and in the tradition of Italian and Flemish portrait series, Van Dyck decided to organise a print publication containing portraits of the most prominent men during his lifetime, divided into three categories: princes, politicians and soldiers (16), statesmen and scholars (12), artists and art connoisseurs (52). The initial idea could have been that Van Dyck would etch the faces (a process possibly learnt from Vorsterman) while others would finish the plates in engraving. Designs were needed for the plates and several drawings and oil sketches (grisailles, sometimes in different versions) have survived. Van Dyck only etched 17 plates himself, while he commissioned others to complete the set, overseen by Lucas Vorsterman I (especially after Van Dyck settled in England in the Spring of 1632). Although this project was started by Van Dyck around 1630, he never saw it completed. The Antwerp publisher Maarten van den Enden may have been involved from the start as eighty early impressions bear Van den Enden's address. They are engraved by Paulus Pontius (30 plates), Lucas Vorsterman I (22), Pieter de Jode II (12), Schelte a Bolswert (7), Robert van Voerst (4), Willem Hondius (2), Willem Jacobsz Delff (1), Cornelis Galle (1), and Nicolaes Lauwers (1). It is known that Van den Enden was in debt to Gillis Hendricx around 1644, the Antwerp publisher who must have obtained Van den Enden's plates which he published in 1645 in the first edition of these plates (containing between 100 and 104 portrait plates). Hendricx continued to publish these plates until his death in 1677 when they were auctioned off by the St Luke guild (keeping the Iconography plates together). It is not clear who bought these plates but they re-appeared around 1720 when they were published by Hendrick and Cornelis Verdussen in Antwerp.
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Stubbe Achille, Daniel-Rops
La Madone dans l'art : Par A. Stubbe,... Préface de Daniel-Rops
1958 In-4 relié. Bon état d’occasion.
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SVV Farrando & Lemoine (commissaire-priseur)
Paris, Drouot (salle 2). 19 mars 2010 [19/03/2010]. Icônes russes et grecques. Archéologie américaine, Equateur, Pérou, Colombie. Art et ethnographie d'Afrique.
Paris: SVV Farrando & Lemoine, 2010 in-8. Broché.
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SWARZENSKI, Hanns:
Monuments of romanesque art.
London, Faber and Faber, s.d., vers 1960, in-4to, 102 p., + 238 planches n./b., reliure en toile originale.
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Sylva, Elegia, Epitaphia, Epigrammata, Icones, Emb
Theodori Bezae Vezelii Poemata Varia
paperback. Good. Access codes and supplements are not guaranteed with used items. May be an ex-library book. paperback
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: 028206561X.G ISBN : 028206561X 9780282065614
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TALBOT RICE T.
Iconen
Lisse, Rebo 1991 143pp.waarvan 65pp.kleurenillustraties, gecart.band, geïll.stofwikkel, 34cm.
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: S57394
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TALBOT RICE T.
Iconen
143pp.waarvan 65pp.kleurenillustraties, gecart.band, geïll.stofwikkel, 34cm.
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Tataryn, Myroslav
How to Pray with Icons
[Original title " Praying with icons: an introduction for children"] Small publication describing the religious significance of Icons in simple language. The Icons are from the Ukrainian Catholic Church of St, Sophia, in Rome. 32p. illus (col)f, Book
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TEMPLE Richard
Icons. Divine Beauty. FINE COPY IN UNCLIPPED DUSTWRAPPER
4to., First Edition, with numerous fine coloured photographs (many full-page) throughout; terracotta cloth, gilt back, a fine copy in unclipped dustwrapper.
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Texts by CYRIL MANGO.
Chora: The scroll of heaven. Photos by Ahmet Ertug.
New English Original bdg. HC. In special publisher's box. Folio. (41 x 30 cm). In English. 257 p., 107 numerous color plts. Chora: The scroll of heaven. Photos by Ahmet Ertug. First Edition. The building that was originally the Monastery of the Holy Savior in Chora is regarded as one of the most sublime examples of Byzantine art because of its early 14th century mosaics and frescoes. The level of artistic achievement attained in the Chora frescoes parallels the Pre-Renaissance movement that began in Italy and heralds the advent of a new style in Byzantine art. Chora: The Scroll of Heaven takes the reader on a scholarly and artistic journey that delves all the details of this jewel-like structure. The book's text was written by Cyril Mango, one of the most respected names today in the field of Byzantine art history, while its photographs were taken by Ahmet Ertug, an internationally recognized architect and photographer. The photographs appearing in the book were exhibited at the International Byzantine Congress held in Paris in 2002, where they received many accolades. The exhibition was repeated at the Japan Foundation in Tokyo during August 2003 and at the New York Art Institute in May 2004. 30 by 41 cms., hardbound covered with Japanese cloth, presented in a slipcase. BYZANTIUM Byzantine art Architecture Constantinople Istanbul Kariye Church Mosque History of art Mosaic Christian art Icon.
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Tomov, Evtim
Bulgarische Ikonen. Holzschnitte und Metallstiche. Übersetzung und deutsche Bearbeitung Hans-Joachim Härtel.
Ramerding, Berghaus 1982. gr.-4°. 153 S., 20 ganzs. mont. farb. Abb. auf Tafeln u. 106 ganzs. s/w Abb. OLn. mit OUmschl. Neuwertig.
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TOURNES Jean De
Insignium aliquot virorum iconesJacobi Raevardi brugensis protribunalium liber singularis
1559 Lugduni, Apud Ioan. Tornaesium (Lyon, Jean de Tournes) – 1559 – 236 pages + Index.Marque de Jean de Jean de Tournae sur le titre Reliure plein veau , dos lisse décoré . Format in-12°(16, 5 11 cm).Première édition : 145 médaillons avec les effigies de différents personnages de l’antiquité grecque et romaine, gravés sur bois , ils sont gravés par Bernars Salomon , dit le petit Bernard , célèbre artiste Lyonnais « Les notices de cet ouvrage sont attribuées soit à Jean I de Tournes, d’après la date de publication, soit à Jean II d’après l’épître dédicatoire dont l’intitulé porte « J. T. F. : Johannes Tornaesius Filius »dans ce même volume, un deuxième ouvrage relié sous le meme volume .... Jacobi Raevardi Brugensis protribunalium liber singularis , 1565, brugis Fland Goltzil
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: 7312
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Tsukanov, M. P. and Philippe de Montebello (Forewords)
Treasures from the Kremlin. An Exhibition from the State Museums of the Moscow Kremlin at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, May 19 - September 2, 1979 and the Grand Palais, Paris, October 12, 1979 - January 7, 1980
The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York - Harry N. Abrams Publishers, New York, 1979. 25 cm , Leinen
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: 100094
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TZAFERIS (Solon)
Constantinople : Le patriarcat oecuménique et les monuments byzantins
Genève Athènes, Centre orthodoxe du patriarcat oecuménique , E. Tzaferis 1989 In-folio. Reliure pleine toile toile grenat, jaquette illustrée en couleurs, étui carton illustrée, 374 pp., 463 reproductions, plans et figures en couleurs. Emboîtage défectueux, sinon très bon.
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: 85652
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Union Centrale Des Arts Décoratifs
Icônes de Macédoine du XIe au XVIIe siècle
Palais du louvre 1965 43 pages in8. 1965. broché. 43 pages. Catalogue publié à l'occasion de l'exposition "Icônes de Macédoine du XIe au XVIIe siècle" présentée au Palais du Louvre en 1965. L'ouvrage documente des collections yougoslaves d'art sacré byzantin avec une préface d'André Grabar et un texte de K. Balabanov
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: 3860
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USUN TÜKEL, SERAP YÜZGÜLLER ARSAL.
Sözden imgeye Bati sanatinda ikonografi.
New English Paperback. Pbo. Roy. 8vo. (24 x 17 cm). In Turkish. 360 p., ills. A study on Western iconographic art. Sözden imgeye Bati sanatinda ikonografi.
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V.N. LAZAREV
*Les icônes de l'Ecole de Moscou
235 p., 88 pl. coul. Petites taches sur la jaquette. En français et en russe. Inv. 31988
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Various
1992 Souvenir Collection of the Postage Stamps of Canada (Bilingual English-French)
56 pages. "...the stamps of Canada are a unique form of communication. They are themselves national icons, which embody in their design, and their ubiquitousness, a representation of the country's experience that enhances everyone's understanding and pride. The philatelists know it, and I think, whenever those of us who are not stamp collectors stop to think about it, we know it too." - Patrick Watson, from front flap of dust jacket. Small faint erasure to decorated front endpaper, else unmarked. Light wear to book and dust jacket. Sorry but no actual stamps included. A very attractive volume none-the-less. Book
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Vasilake Maria
Images of the Mother of God: Perceptions of the Theotokos in Byzantium
Routledge 2005 383 pages 18x3 4x24 6cm. 2005. Cartonné jaquette. 383 pages. Cet ouvrage collectif dirigé par Maria Vassilaki rassemble les contributions de spécialistes internationaux issues d'un congrès tenu en 2001. Il propose une étude interdisciplinaire large sur la perception et la représentation de la Vierge Marie (Theotokos) dans le monde byzantin en lien avec une exposition majeure au Musée Benaki d'Athènes
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: 100146247 ISBN : 754636038
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VASILES PAN. KEKES.
[Our trial of Cappadocia. A wandering pilgrimage]. E dikia mas Kappadokia. Ena odoiporiko proskunema.
Fine Greek, Modern (post 1453) Paperback. Small. 4to. (26 x 20 cm). In Greek. 171, [2] p., color and b/w ills. [Our trial of Cappadocia. A wandering pilgrimage]. E dikia mas Kappadokia. Ena odoiporiko proskunema. Signed and inscribed by Kekes.
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Vavala Sandberg E.
La Croce Dipinta Italiana e l’Iconografia della passione
Multigrafica Editrice 1980 Un des 300 exemplaires numérotés. Livre en italien. In-4 reliure toile orange. 29 cm sur 23. Ouvrage comprenant 585 illustrations et 4 planches hors-texte en noir et blanc / 585 illustrazioni e 4 tavole fuori testo in bianco e nero. XIII-941 pages. Jaquette légèrement frottée avec déchirures marginales. Tranches, gouttière et page de titre avec quelques rousseurs / Sovraccoperta leggermente rovinata con strappi marginali. Bordi, grondaia e frontespizio con qualche fioritura. Bon état d’occasion.
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: 125469
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Velmans Tania
La Fabuleuse Histoire de l'icône
Editions du Rocher 2005 In-4 broché 23,6 cm sur 14,2. 255 pages. Bon état d’occasion.
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: 59848
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VELMANS Tania,
La peinture murale byzantine à la fin du Moyen Âge,
Klincksieck, Bibliothèque des cahiers Archéologiques, 1977, ENVOI autographe de l'auteur à Guy Rosolato, 316 pp. + cartes et illustrations, relié, jaquette un peu fendillée, bon état général.
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: 53535
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VELMANS Tania
La peinture murale byzantine à la fin du Moyen Âge
Klincksieck, Bibliothèque des cahiers Archéologiques, 1977, ENVOI autographe de l'auteur à Guy Rosolato, 316 pp. + cartes et illustrations, relié, jaquette un peu fendillée, bon état général.
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Verdon Timothy
Mary in Western Art
Pope John Paul II Cultural Center 2005 In-4 cartonnage éditeur, jaquette légèrement fendillée. 32,5 cm sur 25,4. 230 pages, illustrations en couleurs. Bon état d’occasion.
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: 59794 ISBN : 97129819
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Victor LASAREFF
ICONES RUSSES
Un ouvrage de 30 pages, format 170 x 110 mm, illustré, broché couverture couleurs, publié en 1962, Editions Flammarion/UNESCO, Collection "Le Grand Art en Livres de Poche"
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: LFA00a37
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VOSTERMAN Lucas (Bommel, 1595 - Anversa, 1675)
Antonius Cornelissen
Incisione tratta dalla celebre raccolta Icones principum, virorum, doctorum, pictorum, chalcographorum, di Anton van Dyck, edita per la prima volta ad Anversa verso il 1640. Opera celebre ed importante, vero monumento dell’arte incisoria fiamminga del sec. XVIII, contiene le biografie ed i ritratti degli uomini illustri che Van Dyck aveva conosciuto e con i quali aveva avuto importanti rapporti. L’artista ne eseguì le effigi in numerosi dipinti e disegni che poi decise di pubblicare, affidandone la trasposizione calcografica ai migliori incisori del suo tempo, come Bolswert, Pontius, Vorsterman, de Jode, Hollar, molti dei quali aveva avuto come condiscepoli nell’atelier di Rubens. "Sir Anthony Van Dyck stands out as the solitary great etcher of the school. Portrait etching had scarcely had an existence before his time, and in his work it suddenly appears at the highest point ever reached in the art" (Hind, p. 165). "The plan of this publication took shape after Van Dyck returned from Italy (1626) and before he went to England (1632). He made careful preparatory drawings in chalk and brush for the publication. He directed and revised the work of the engravers, the best of the Rubens circle; he collaborated with his etching needle in some of the plates and himself etched the most beautiful set, mainly portraits of artists. One of the most brilliant in human characterization is the portrait of Peter Brueghel the Younger, son of the great Peasant Brueghel. It is remarkable that the etching appeared in this sketchy form in the book, proving that the master regarded it as finished. All interest is focussed on the wonderful had. The first edition was published in Antwerp in 1635-1636. Yet it was not complete, and the title-page did not appear before the Gillis Hendricx edition of 1645, engraved by Jacob Neels" (Benesch, Artistic and Intellectual Trends, p. 32.) Hofer, Baroque Book Illustrations 132. Acquaforte con ritocchi al bulino, stampata su carta vergata coeva, filigrana del “giullare”, con margini, in ottimo stato di conservazione. Etching and engraving, circa 1645, signed on plate at lower edge. A fine impression, printed on contemporary laid paper, with margins, very good condition. From Icones principum, virorum, doctorum, pictorum, chalcographorum by Anton van Dyck, printed for the first time in Antwerp, 1645. A famous and important work, a real monument of the Flemish engraving art of the XVIII century, containing the biographies and portraits of the famous artists Van Dyck had met and with whom he had worked. Following the success of his portrait paintings and in the tradition of Italian and Flemish portrait series, Van Dyck decided to organise a print publication containing portraits of the most prominent men during his lifetime, divided into three categories: princes, politicians and soldiers (16), statesmen and scholars (12), artists and art connoisseurs (52). The initial idea could have been that Van Dyck would etch the faces (a process possibly learnt from Vorsterman) while others would finish the plates in engraving. Designs were needed for the plates and several drawings and oil sketches (grisailles, sometimes in different versions) have survived. Van Dyck only etched 17 plates himself, while he commissioned others to complete the set, overseen by Lucas Vorsterman I (especially after Van Dyck settled in England in the Spring of 1632). Although this project was started by Van Dyck around 1630, he never saw it completed. The Antwerp publisher Maarten van den Enden may have been involved from the start as eighty early impressions bear Van den Enden's address. They are engraved by Paulus Pontius (30 plates), Lucas Vorsterman I (22), Pieter de Jode II (12), Schelte a Bolswert (7), Robert van Voerst (4), Willem Hondius (2), Willem Jacobsz Delff (1), Cornelis Galle (1), and Nicolaes Lauwers (1). It is known that Van den Enden was in debt to Gillis Hendricx around 1644, the Antwerp publisher who must have obtained Van den Enden's plates which he published in 1645 in the first edition of these plates (containing between 100 and 104 portrait plates). Hendricx continued to publish these plates until his death in 1677 when they were auctioned off by the St Luke guild (keeping the Iconography plates together). It is not clear who bought these plates but they re-appeared around 1720 when they were published by Hendrick and Cornelis Verdussen in Antwerp.
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