hess thomas john ashbery edited (2 Ergebnisse)

Soft cover. Zustand: Very Good. Various (illustrator). First Edition. PB first Collier Books edition. 17.8 x 10.5cm. 186 pages. b/w plates. 'Academic, Academician, the Academy.words as dirty as words can get in discussions of art. Why? How did the ideas and styles of Academic art fall into such disrepute? When did they become synonymous with 'worship of the past', 'doctrinaire', 'systematic' 'imitative' '? The answers and many more emerge as 14 distinguished artists and critics define and reexamine the art, architecture and philosophy of the Academy through four centuries of development and change. Condtion: slight rippled on spine. Slight cover corner rub. o/p has small green ink annotation top right corner. Internally clean, little wear, tight binding, good colour. Overall VGC.

Softcover. Zustand: Fine. First edition by this publisher. Fine in pictorial wrappers. Inscribed by Ashbery.