Carvings: artworks books

506 books were found.

Maori Carving: The Art of Preserving Maori History

Maori Carving: The Art of Preserving Maori History

Author: Huia Publishers
ISBN: 9781775501916
Format: Paperback
$38.68

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The Best Kept Secrets of the Western Marches

The Best Kept Secrets of the Western Marches

Author: H. G. Wills
ISBN: 9780722345368
Format: Paperback
$15.40

A unique medieval story, told over a 400-year period in the form of carvings, created by illiterate garrison soldiers,...  Read More >>

The Art of Whittling: Classic Woodworking Projects for Beginners and Hobbyists

The Art of Whittling: Classic Woodworking Projects for...

Author: Walter L. Faurot
ISBN: 9781629145372
Format: Paperback
$17.99

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The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making

The Lost Carving: A Journey to the Heart of Making

Author: David Esterly ,  Jenny Uglow
ISBN: 9780715649190
Format: Paperback
$19.99

'This is a strange and wonderful book, simultaneously a meditation on the nature of making and a reflection on time....  Read More >>

Netsuke: 100 miniature masterpieces from Japan

Netsuke: 100 miniature masterpieces from Japan

Author: Noriko Tsuchiya
ISBN: 9780714124810
Format: Paperback
$29.99

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Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550

Medieval Ivory Carvings 1200-1550

Author: Paul Williamson
ISBN: 9781851778119
Format: Hardback
$300.00

The V&A's collection of ivory carvings from the period 1200-1550 is one of the most important in the world, and...  Read More >>

Methodological Issues for Characterisation and Provenance Studies of Obsidian in Northeast Asia

Methodological Issues for Characterisation and Provenance...

Author: Colin Renfrew ,  Michael D. Glascock
ISBN: 9781407312552
Format: Paperback
$126.79

This volume is a collection of papers related to different aspects of obsidian studies (mainly geology, geochemistry,...  Read More >>

Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery: The Gambier Parry Collection

Medieval and Later Ivories in the Courtauld Gallery:...

Author: John Lowden
ISBN: 9781907372605
Format: Hardback
$103.50

In 1966 Mark Gambier-Parry bequeathed to the Courtauld the art collection formed by his grandfather Thomas Gambier...  Read More >>

Charles Edenshaw

Charles Edenshaw

Author: Dana Augaitis ,  Jim Hart
ISBN: 9781908966209
Format: Hardback
$64.56

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Restoration Stone Carving

Restoration Stone Carving

Author: Alan Micklethwaite
ISBN: 9780709090236
Format: Hardback
$77.63

Alan Micklethwaite, a stone carver with many years' experience in the conservation of historic monuments and sculpture,...  Read More >>

Raising the Dead: Early Medieval Names Stones in Northumbria

Raising the Dead: Early Medieval Names Stones in Northumbria...

Author: Christine Maddern
ISBN: 9782503532189
Format: Hardback
$364.32

This is the first work to explore and explain the form, function, and theological meaning of Northumbrian name stones,...  Read More >>

African Fetishes and Ancestral Objects

African Fetishes and Ancestral Objects

Author: Francois Neyt ,  Patric Didier Claes
ISBN: 9788874396542
Format: Hardback
$125.00

The seventy-plus carved objects from the Democratic Republic of the Congo presented in this book have something...  Read More >>

English Medieval Misericords: The Margins of Meaning

English Medieval Misericords: The Margins of Meaning...

Author: Paul Hardwick
ISBN: 9781843838272
Format: Paperback
$51.72

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David Nash: A Natural Gallery

David Nash: A Natural Gallery

Author: Michelle Payne
ISBN: 9781842464632
Format: Hardback
$65.00

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The Franks Casket

The Franks Casket

Author: Leslie Webster
ISBN: 9780714128184
Format: Paperback
$14.95

This concise, beautifully illustrated guide explores the enigmatic Franks Casket, carved from whalebone in 8th century...  Read More >>

Fashion, Devotion and Contemplation: The Status and Functions of Italian Renaissance Plaquettes

Fashion, Devotion and Contemplation: The Status and...

Author: Marika Leino
ISBN: 9783039110681
Format: Paperback
$176.99

This book examines the use, status and context of Italian Renaissance plaquettes, whether they were articles for...  Read More >>

Nash at Kew Souvenir Guide

Nash at Kew Souvenir Guide

Author: Michelle Payne
ISBN: 9781842464625
Format: Paperback
$24.99

This book marks the major exhibition David Nash at Kew Gardens opening in June 2012 through to April 2013.  Read More >>

Woodcut

Woodcut

Author: Bryan Nash Gill
ISBN: 9781616890483
Format: Hardback
$79.07

If there is, indeed, nothing lovelier than a tree, Connecticut-based artist Bryan Nash Gill shows us why. Creating...  Read More >>

Carving Animal Caricatures

Carving Animal Caricatures

Author: Elma Waltner
ISBN: 9780486228136
Format: Paperback
$52.99

"Specific instructions, photographs, and angle sketches for 24 projects - from Bolivar Bull through Casper Camel....  Read More >>

Benjamin Cheverton (1794-1876) in the Thomson Collection: Artist in Ivory

Benjamin Cheverton (1794-1876) in the Thomson Collection:...

Author: J. C. Cheverton Shrewsbury ,  Anthony Burton
ISBN: 9781907372315
Format: Paperback
$77.63

From this detailed examination of his life, English sculptor Benjamin Cheverton emerges as an exceptionally talented...  Read More >>

Siculo-Arabic Ivories and Islamic Painting 1100–1300

Siculo-Arabic Ivories and Islamic Painting 1100–1300...

Author: David Knipp ,  Elisabeth Kieven
ISBN: 9783777443119
Format: Hardback
$250.00

The painted ivories of Norman Sicily count among the most original creations known from medieval Palermo. These...  Read More >>

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