‎MARKS, A. A. (manufacturer).‎
‎Nature and Art.‎

‎Peter Paul Rubens and His Landscapes: Ideas on Nature and Art ‎

‎be-, Brepols - Harvey Miller, 2014 Hardback, 300 pages., 38 b/w ill. 12 colour ill., 190 x 250 mm, Languages: English fine! . ISBN 9782503550381.‎

‎Painting landscapes was very much a private activity for Peter Paul Rubens. Whilst the majority of his other works were commissioned, the landscapes seem to have been painted for his own pleasure and delight and stayed in the artist?s possession until his death. Most of them were painted in the last decade of his life; a happy period, in which Rubens retired from public duties and spent most of his free time studying the antique and enjoying sojourns on his country estate, castle Het Steen. To grasp this profoundly personal character of Rubens?s landscapes, this book considers the artist?s highly complex method of pictorial invention to illuminate the perception, implementation, dissemination, and posthumous reception of views on nature and landscape as depicted in Rubens?s landscape art. By investigating contemporary notions on the changing perception of nature and landscape in late 16th and early 17th-century southern Netherlandish culture, Rubens?s position within this socio-cultural matrix will be established, thus shedding new light on the artist?s own perception of nature and landscape. The re-assessment of the influence of classical and contemporary ideas about nature and landscape, as well as Rubens?s personal sense of place, will illuminate important characteristics which further define Rubens?s ideas about nature implemented in his landscape art. Also, fresh light will be cast on the sudden promulgation and dissemination of Rubens?s apparently private views on nature and landscape through a novel examination of the print series of the Small and Large Landscapes, reproducing the artist?s landscapes. The final theme in this illuminating book considers the posthumous reception of Rubens?s ?painted ideas of landscape?. The book also contains an updated version of the catalogue raisonne of Rubens?s landscape art, supplemented by a record of the Small and Large Landscapes prints series‎

‎A natural history of NEVIS and the rest of the English Leeward Charibee Islands in America : with many other observations on nature and art, particularly an introduction to the art of decyphering.‎

‎J. Bentham Cambridge 1745 In-8 ( 220 X 145 mm ) de 3 ffnch. 318 pages et 5 ffnch., demi-veau fauve, dos à nerfs janséniste avec pièce de titre de maroquin noisette. Reliure frottée, usures aux coupes et aux coiffes. Bon exemplaire, très pur et non rogné. Edition originale très rare. De la bibliothèque Daniel MATHEW ( Ex-Libris ).‎

‎Nature of Art. Pliny the Elder on Materials‎

‎, Brepols, 2021 Hardback, 372 pages, Size:180 x 265 mm, Illustrations:80 col., Language: English. ISBN 9782503591179.‎

‎Summary In his Natural History, Pliny the Elder organises his discussion of crafts according to the raw materials they utilize. However, scholarly literature has paid little attention to the aspect of materiality, preferring to focus on the biographies and achievements of ancient Greek artists. This collection instead addresses the presentation of artistic processes and their materials in the Natural History. This approach corresponds with current developments in the study of Greco-Roman art, wherein scientific analysis of artistic materials including stones, pigments, and metal alloys, as well as a deeper understanding of workshop practices, has imposed profound changes on the methods used in the study of ancient artefacts. TABLE OF CONTENTS Editorial note and abbreviations INTRODUCTION Anna Anguissola and Andreas Gr ner Nature and Culture in the Natural History PROPERTIES Courtney Roby Parasite, Infused: Pliny on Leeches Annette Haug Silver and Obsidian: Shine and Reflection Julian Schreyer Pliny on the Sensory Qualities of Tin Verity Platt Beeswax: The Natural History of an Archetypal Medium Nadia J. Koch Caeruleum and the Pigments of Greek Painting: A Comedy of Mistaken Identity Simona Rinaldi The Renaissance Reception of Pliny's Atramentum PROCESSES Giovan Battista Fidanza Wood and Architecture: Pliny's Legacy in the Treatises of Alberti and Cataneo Clarissa Blume-Jung Ganosis and Kosmesis in Pliny's Natural History. On the Polishing of Marble Sculptures with Wax Emily Margaret Cook Pliny the Elder in the Workshop of Zenodorus and the Materiality of Facture in the Natural History Elena Calandra Material Substitutions. The Second Life of the Aphrodite anadyomene Anna Anguissola The Materiality of Creation. Integrity, Deception, and the Process of Art Felix Henke Gypsum, the Invention of Bronze Casting, and the Triumph of Form Maria Luisa Catoni Parian Marble and Quella che si fa per forza di levare Nikolaus Dietrich Ex uno lapide and the Meaning of Monolithic Sculpture in the Natural History VALUES Massimiliano Papini Pretia and auctoritas rerum. Evaluation of Materials and Artefacts in Books 33-37 Hilary Becker Grading for Colour: Pliny's Hierarchy of Pigment Quality Mathilde Bert Plinian Monochromy in Renaissance Italy Stefano Rocchi Corinthian Bronzes and Vases from Pliny the Elder to Pliny the Younger (In the Light of a Passage by Cicero) Lucia Faedo Gilding. Art and Technique, Vision and Morals Paolo Coen Pliny, Stones in the Natural History, and their Re-use in the Trattato of Antonio Averlino, called Filarete (1462-1465) Patrick R. Crowley Factitious Gems and the Matter of Facts in Pliny's Natural History SEMANTICS Michael Squire Veritas repraesentata ? Zeuxis, Parrhasius, and the Nature of Pictorial Representation in Pliny's Natural History J rn Lang Purple Stones. Pliny on Amethysts Maria Elisa Micheli Agate: Fortunes and Misfortunes Alexander Heinemann Skin and Bone. Lala of Cyzicus and the Softness of Ivory Carlo Berardi Flawless Transparency: On Rock Crystal and its Fortune in the Middle Ages POSTFACE Irving Lavin Pliny's History of Materials and its Readers:From ex uno lapide to Bernini's figura serpentinata PLATES INDICES Index of passages from the Natural History Index of Greek and Latin sources Index of relevant names and places List of contributors‎

‎Maria Sibylla Merian : Changing the Nature of Art and Science‎

‎, Uitgeverij Lannoo 2022, 23-08-2022 Hardcover, 304 pages, ENG, 265 x 215 mm, NEW, dustjacket, gorgeous illustrations in bright colours, . ISBN 9789401485333.‎

‎Maria Sibylla Merian (1647-1717), a German-born woman later living in the Netherlands, is famous for her groundbreaking work on caterpillars, moths and butterflies. Her extraordinary story and her contributions to art and science have fascinated many scholars and nature and art lovers, and have inspired artists and writers alike. In 2017 an international conference in Amsterdam celebrated the conjunction of new scholarship and artistic works related to this pioneering naturalist and artist. This book is the result of this cross-pollination. Maria Sibylla Merian. Changing the Nature of Art and Science provides new insights into Merian's life and work, re-examines the existing canon, and explores her influence on the contemporary arts. The contributing authors variously investigate her network, her processes and products, and her impact on art and natural history. Her work is compared to that of artists and scientists who preceded and followed her, as well as to that of contemporaries, both male and female. Altogether, this richly illustrated volume presents the most recent knowledge about one of the most remarkable women of the early modern period. The book is edited by Bert van de Roemer, Florence Pieters, Hans Mulder, Kay Etheridge and Marieke van Delft, all members of the Maria Sibylla Merian Society.‎

‎Nature et art du mouvement .. perception visuelle du mouvement .. Richement illustré de documents et de figures.‎

‎Bruxelles, Ed. la Connaissance 1968. Exemplaire relié, reliure pleine toile d'éditeur, in-4, XVIII 1 198 pages sur papier cartonné avec présentation, illustrations, notes, notices sur les auteurs.‎