Purtle (48 results)

Trade Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Dust Jacket Condition: No Jacket as Issued. First Printing. CF5 - Book lightly curled, light discoloration and shelf wear otherwise very good. Signed by the editors except for Twyla Wright and couple of contributors namely Dottie Fitchett and Susan M. Purtle with some inscription to previous owner on the title page. Spiritual Autographs will be a companion and beacon for persons searching for their spiritual voice, and a window for those whose stories remain undiscovered. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Signed.…

Paperback. Condition: Good+. Creased back cover else VG; 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall.

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Soft cover. Condition: Very Good. Top corners of the first page and the inside back cover have a small red heart stamp (the latter rubbing off slightly onto the top margin opposite); volume has minor wear; tight, text clean. 170 p., well illustrated. Published at $22. Oversize [br 18].

Condition: New.

Condition: 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.

Hardcover. Condition: New. Dust Jacket Condition: New. New hardcover in a new dust jacket. Pages are clean and free of marks or underlining. (7.5 x 1 x 10.5 inches) Includes a glossary, index, and photos. 360 pp. Fast shipping in a secure book box mailer with tracking. Looking Modern: East Asian Visual Culture from Treaty Ports to World War II examines multiple dimensions of visual modernity in East Asia from the nineteenth century through the early decades of the twentieth. The papers were drawn from two symposia held at the Center for the Art of East Asia in the Department of Art History, the University of Chicago, which brought out important themes in East Asian Art and visual culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including photography, cinema, and fashion, changing roles of women, commercialization of art, and the impact of Western cultures. They undertook a broad interpretation of visual modernity to include visual dimensions of human endeavor traditionally seen as outside of artistic production in order to encourage exploration of new and understudied materials across disciplinary boundaries. This volume not only provides important background in the growth of modern visual culture in East Asia, but also is a collection of seminal research on specific topics that have a broad impact upon present-day visual arts of China and Japan.…

Pamphlet. Condition: Good. Not marked; Ex-Library; 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Condition: Fair. Acceptable condition. 2nd edition. (Medicine, Pathology, Microscopes, Reference) A readable, intact copy that may have noticeable tears and wear to the spine. All pages of text are present, but they may include extensive notes and highlighting or be heavily stained. Includes reading copy only books. Bundled media such as CDs, DVDs, floppy disks or access codes may not be included.…

stiff paper wrappers. 8vo. stiff paper wrappers. 114 pages. Preface by Anne Dondertman, introduction by Riolfo, note to the reader regarding Romanization of Chinese characters and translations from the Chinese, acknowledgments, bibliography. Contributions by Stephen Qiao. Catalogue of an exhibition (June-September 2016) in observance of the 50th anniversary of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China. Color illustrations throughout. Includes Chinese titles of many of the exhibited items. Highlights include: a selection of rare propaganda posters from the seminal phase of the Cultural Revolution (1966-69); contemporaneous books such as The Selected Works of Mao Zedong and The Quotations of Chairman Mao (as well as translations of Mao's works); and artifacts from the Cultural Revolution related to literacy and the practice of reading, including Mao badges, paper cuts, archival photographs, pamphlets, postcards, and children's toys. This exhibition was curated by Jennifer Purtle, Associate Professor of Chinese and East Asian Art Department of Art, Department of East Asian Studies at the University of Toronto, with assistance from Stephen Qiao of the East Asian Library at the University of Toronto and Liz Ridolo, Special Projects Librarian at the Fisher Library. China (illustrator).…

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. Dust Jacket Condition: Fine. 1st. Pictorial boards, 327 pages, 32 pages of plates, illustrations (some colour), portraits (some colour); 27 cm. Tight, clean copy. Dust jacket protected in a mylar cover. *** "Looking Modern: East Asian Visual Culture from Treaty Ports to World War II examines multiple dimensions of visual modernity in East Asia from the nineteenth century through the early decades of the twentieth. The papers were drawn from two symposia held at the Center for the Art of East Asia in the Department of Art History, the University of Chicago, which brought out important themes in East Asian Art and visual culture in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries including photography, cinema, and fashion, changing roles of women, commercialization of art, and the impact of Western cultures. They undertook a broad interpretation of visual modernity to include visual dimensions of human endeavor traditionally seen as outside of artistic production in order to encourage exploration of new and understudied materials across disciplinary boundaries. This volume not only provides important background in the growth of modern visual culture in East Asia, but also is a collection of seminal research on specific topics that have a broad impact upon present-day visual arts of China and Japan." - Publisher. *** CONTENTS: CHINA. Introduction: twin stars of the silver screen and modern looking China, by Jennifer Purtle; The crisis of the real: portraiture and photography in late nineteenth century Shanghai, by Chia-ling Yang; Between the boudoir and the global market: Shen Shou, embroidery, and modernity at the turn of the twentieth century, by Dorothy Ko; Picture calendars in late imperial China: art and commerce, by Ellen Johnston Laing; An entrepreneur in an "adventurer's paradise": Star Talbot and his innovative contributions to the art business of modern Shanghai, by Zaixin Hong; Money making nation: picturing political economy in banknotes of the Qing-Republican transition, by Jennifer Purtle; Renewing, remapping, and redefining Guangzhou, 1910s-1930s, by Delin Lai; JAPAN. Introduction: looking modern in Japan, by Hans Bjarne Thomsen; Marketing health and the modern body: patent medicine advertisements in Meiji-Taisho Japan, by Susan L. Burns; The girl with the horse-dung hairdo, by David L. Howell; Japan's national treasure system and the commodification of art, by Julie Christ Oakes; Planes, trains and games: selling Japan's war in Asia, by Barak Kushner; Capturing visions of Japan's prehistoric past: Torii Ryuzo's field photographs of "primitive" races and lost civilizations (1896-1915), by Hyung Il Pai. Size: 4to. Collectible.…

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. 79 pages. No marks. Minimal wear. Very nice clean used book.

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. 2nd Edition. American Forces Institute of Pathology softcover, 1987 (2nd edition) printing; clean/tight, no marks/creases or signs of use; bit of surface wear else Fine. We will bubble wrap the book and ship it in a New BOX- Not a plastic bag like the zombie sellers.…

Soft cover. Condition: Near Fine. Second edition large softcover in excellent, unmarked, near-pristine condition (slight handling). 244 pages, with photographs of antique microscopes throughout. [2 lbs]. Book.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Paperback. Blue softcover with color-illustration and yellow and white text. 221 pages. BW and some color illustrations. Contents: Rogier's St. Luke and the crossroads of scholarship / Carol J. Purtle -- Picturing devotion : Rogier's St. Luke drawing the Virgin / Diane Apostolos-Cappadona -- Rogier's St. Luke : portrait of the artist or portrait of the historian? / Andrea G. Kann -- Luke, Rolin, and seeing relationships / Alfred Acres -- Rogier van der Weyden, Hugo van der Goes, and the making of the Netherlandish St. Luke tradition / Eric Marshall White -- Comment on panel presentations at the Boston meeting of the College Art Association / Colin Eisler -- Artistic identity in early Netherlandish painting : the place of Rogier van der Weyden's St. Luke drawing the Virgin / James H. Marrow. Rogier's St. Luke : the case for corporate identification / Till H. Borchert -- The infrared studies of Rogier van der Weyden's St. Luke drawing the Virgin : stages of investigation and perception / Molly Faries -- A material history of Rogier's St. Luke drawing the Virgin : conservation treatments and findings from technical examinations / Rhona MacBeth, Ron Spronk -- Painting materials used by Rogier van der Weyden in St. Luke drawing the Virgin / Richard Newman -- Appendix I. Correspondence concerning the work from the files of the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston -- Appendix II. Reprint of "a record of restoration" / Helmut Ruhemann. VG- light wear to edges and corners, crease on back cover, previous owner's name on half title in ink. …

Paperback. Condition: Very Good. Paperback, light wear.

Softcover. Condition: Fine. First Edition. Softcover in glossy illustrated wraps. First edition. Fine, unblemished condition. The Me Fecit series of which this is a part is devoted to studying the work of painters of the 15th and 16th century through their most important works. Illustrations are in black and white and color. Slim folio. 221 pp.…

Super octavo, black card boards, VG+; in d/w, VG (photos available on request).

Soft cover. Condition: Fine. 1st Edition. 114 pp, illus, biblio. [26].

paperback. Condition: New. 1st.

Hardcover. Condition: Fine. No Jacket. Burnt orange cover in great condition, gold tet on spine, inside front cover page has owners name/date otherwise pages are very clean and crisp. Binding is tight as if not opened. Book contains some history of the family life and the recipes they used.

Soft Cover. Condition: Near Fine. First Edition. softcover, as issued. only the slightest signs of handling to very small spots on exterior.clean, no writing or markings, strong sewn binding.; english text.; 221pp., 33 color plates, numerous b/w figures throughout text., contains 13 scholarly essays on all aspects of rogier van der weyden's painting, st. luke drawing the virgin, a 15th century netherlandish masterpiece. a substantial portion of the material focuses on scientific analysis of the actual painting, the history of its conservation and precise make-up. true art history. Size: 4to - over 9¾" - 12" tall.…

Soft cover. Condition: As New. 1st Edition. 114 pages. Catalogue of an exhibition (June-September 2016) in observance of the 50th anniversary of the Great Proletarian Cultural Revolution in China. Color illustrations throughout. Includes Chinese titles of many of the exhibited items. Quite scarce. An excellent copy. …

Condition: New.

Hardcover. Condition: Near fine condition. Near fine condition (DJ). First Edition. 327 pages of text including a glossary and an index. Hardcover binding in new condition. Unclipped dustjacket with minimal shelfwear, in almost new condition; protected in archival mylar. Contains numerous black & white illustrations as well as 32 color plates. Includes an errata sheet, correcting numerous textual errors. With contributions by Jennifer Purtle, Chia-ling Yang, Dorothy Ko, Ellen Johnston Laing, Zaixin Hong, Delin Lai, Hans Bjarne Thomsen, Susan L. Burns, David L. Howell, Julie Christ Oakes, Barak Kushner, and Hyung Il Pai. Published by The Center for the Art of East Asia, University of Chicago, by Art Media Resources. Previous owner's gift inscription neatly on the half title page. The text is clean and unmarked. ISBN: 978-1-588886-105-4. First edition. Size: Quarto (4to). Book. …

Hardcover. Condition: Very Good. 1st. #183 of 1000 copies; light foxing to top edge of text block, spotting to rear cover. Profusely illustrated. 210pp 2.12lb 10.7x8.2x0.6in.

Condition: New. Print on Demand.

Condition: New. 1998. Illustrated. paperback. . . . . .