The Victoria and Albert Museum - English Culture
One reason to visit the Victoria and Albert Museum (also known as the V & A;) in the South Kensington area of London is that it's the largest museum of decorative arts in the world. It spans over 3,000 years of history and culture with its nearly ... [... more]
Bella Online |
Pre-Raphaelite Art in the Victoria and Albert Museum
 A Stunning Collection: This book is a marvel! The Victoria and Albert Museum itself developed during the time of the Pre-Raphaelites. The Green Dining Room was designed and decorated by Morris, Burne-Jones and Philip Webb, and there are a lot of Pre- [... more]
$45.00
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Dave McKean
Dave McKean is an award-winning, world-renowned mixed media artist, illustrator, and director. He has won numerous awards including the Victoria and Albert Museum Illustrated Book Awards Overall First Prize. He lives in England. [... more]
Harper Collins |
Prints: Art and Techniques (Victoria and Albert Museum ...
Outstanding introduction.: If someone wants a first introduction to fine prints, this is the book to recommend. It is well organized by technical process and well illustrated. As with any specialist topic, detailed discussion of prints and printmaking [... more]
$16.95
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Lace: From the Victoria and Albert Museum
Beautiful images: This lavishly illustrated book has a small amount of text providing a basic history of lace from the seventeenth to twentieth centuries, but its real strength is in its 100 high quality photographs of laces from the Victoria and Albert [... more]
$45.00
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Radical Fashion (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies)
Author: Claire Wilcox Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 746.92 EAN: 9780810965881 ISBN: 0810965887 Number Of Pages: 149 Publication Date: 2001-10-01 [... more]
$45.00
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Chinese Jades (Victoria & Albert Museum Far Eastern Series)
Author: Ming Wilson Binding: Hardcover Dewey Decimal Number: 745 EAN: 9781851774418 ISBN: 1851774416 Number Of Pages: 128 Publication Date: 2004-08-01 [... more]
$55.00
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Ottoman Embroidery (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies)
photos of 155 pieces + a how-to: The vast majority (about 85%) of this book is the 155 colored plates and catalog, some with enough detail to see individual stitches. The catalog information includes the dimensions of the piece, materials used, and [... more]
$45.00
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Song Dynasty Ceramics (Victoria & Albert Museum Far Eastern)
A wonderful experience: With its historical sweep of more than 4000 years, Chinese ceramics is one of the great achievements of world art. It was, after all, the Chinese, who invented porcelain, and that is why we speak of "china" generically [... more]
$55.00
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Victorian Woman (Victoria and Albert Museum Studies)
A beautiful, informative book: Not only is this book filled with beautiful photos and illustrations, it also gives the reader a wonderful glimpse into the lives of women of the 19th century, including everything from the role of women in Victorian [... more]
$16.95
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The Kashmir Shawl (Victoria and Albert Museum Monograph, ...
Author: Victoria and Albert Museum Binding: Paperback EAN: 9780112901648 ISBN: 0112901646 Number Of Pages: 100 Publication Date: 1974-03 [... more]
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Samplers: From the Victoria & Albert Museum (1st Edition)
Absolutely stunning!: If you have an interest in samplers this book is a MUST! The photography is incredible. There are over 100 color plates of a wide range of samplers from the museum. Every plate has a picture of the sampler in its entirety and many [... more]
$45.00
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