Snodin michael ed (9 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Fair. First Edition. The item might be beaten up but readable. May contain markings or highlighting, as well as stains, bent corners, or any other major defect, but the text is not obscured in any way.

Zustand: Good. Pages intact with minimal writing/highlighting. The binding may be loose and creased. Dust jackets/supplements are not included. Stock photo provided. Product includes identifying sticker. Better World Books: Buy Books. Do Good.

Zustand: Used - Good. Good paperback. 1st edition. Exhibition catalogue, eith B&W & colour illustrations. Internally VG, but with some wear to cover. Used - Good. Good paperback.

Zustand: Gut. 4to. 218 S. Illustrierter OKt. Einband leicht berieben, Ecken leicht knickspurig, sonst gut erhaltenes Exemplar.

219pp,many ills, bibliog etc. Wraps. 28x24. Fine Fine informative monograph, covering all aspects of Schinkel's work.

219pp, many ills, bibliog etc. 28x24, illustrated wraps. Good Fine informative monograph, covering all aspects of Schinkel's work; a catalogue of an exhibition at the V&A.

Sewn as issued, pictorial wrappers. Date of purchase neatly noted in ink. Very fine. Newspaper clipping with a review of the exhibition loosely laid in (The Times, Aug. 23, 1991). New Haven, Yale University Press in association with the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 1991. 4to. 27,5 x 24,5 cms. xii + 220 pp. Richly illustrated, partly in colour. Published for an exhibition held at The Victoria and Albert Museum in London. - - - Karl Friedrich Schinkel was a Prussian artist and architect, born in Neuruppin, Margraviate of Brandenburg. He became a student of architect Friedrich Gilly (1772-1800). After returning to Berlin from his first trip to Italy in 1805, he started to earn his living as a painter. When he saw Caspar David Friedrich's painting Wanderer above the Sea of Fog at the 1810 Berlin art exhibition he decided that he would never reach such mastery of painting and turned to architecture. After Napoleon's defeat, Schinkel oversaw the Prussian Building Commission. In this position, he was not only responsible for reshaping the still relatively unspectacular city of Berlin into a representative capital for Prussia. From 1808 to 1817 Schinkel renovated and reconstructed Schloss Rosenau, Coburg, in the Gothic Revival style and rebuilt the ruins of Chorin Abbey. Architecture Works Schinkel's style, in his most productive period, is defined by a turn to Greek rather than Imperial Roman architecture, an attempt to turn away from the style that was linked to the recent French occupiers. …

333 S. Kartoniert. 4°. Zahlreiche Abbildungen und Tafeln. Einband an Kanten minimal berieben, Ecken minimal bestoßen, sonst gut erhalten. Sprache: deu.

Cloth. Zustand: Very Good Indeed. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Near Fine. First edition. A first edition of this detailed study of Sir William Chambers, architect to George III, examining his lasting influence on eighteenth-century British architecture. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. First edition. Richly illustrated throughout, with many illustrations in colour. A scholarly study of the life and work of Sir William Chambers (17231796), one of the leading architects of the Georgian era and architect to George III. The book examines his major works, including Somerset House, the Pagoda at Kew, and numerous royal commissions, alongside his influential writings on architecture and design. In the publisher"s original cloth binding. Externally, lovely, with just the slightest trace of shelf wear to extremities. Dust wrapper, very smart. Unclipped. Fading to extremities, more apparent to front wrap. Very slight rubbing and bumping to extremities. Internally, firmly bound. Pages bright and clean. Very Good Indeed. Various (illustrator). book. …