Книги видавництва Abbeville Press

This full-sized album of Saturday Evening Post covers captures everyday events and historic moments in American history. Although technically Norman Rockwell was an academic painter, he had the eye of a photographer and, as he became a mature arti...

An up-to-date edition of the authoritative history of photography widely embraced by both students and general readers Naomi Rosenblum's classic history of photography traces the evolution of this young art form chronologically and thematicall...

An up-to-date edition of the authoritative history of photography widely embraced by both students and general readers Naomi Rosenblum's classic history of photography traces the evolution of this young art form chronologically and thematicall...

Ansel Adams photographed America's national parks before the project was suspended due to World War II In 1941, Ansel Adams photographed America's national parks for a series of murals that would celebrate the country's natural heritag...

The invitation to photograph the nation's parklands was the perfect assignment for Adams, as it allowed him to express his deepest convictions as artist, conservationist, and citizen. These stunning photographs of the natural geysers and terraces...

An exclusive tour through the breathtaking and inspirational interiors of Manhattan’s houses of worship For the past 15 years, Michael L. Horowitz has been photographing the interiors of Manhattan’s historic churches and synagogues. Th...

The life of America’s most beloved artist, in his own words — back in print with restored text and drawings, new illustrations, and more. The wit, humanity, and many-sided talent of Norman Rockwell (1894-1978) are on full display in hi...

The first book on the brilliant yet little-seen drawings of Norman Rockwell — including side-by-side comparisons of his drawings and his finished paintings. Before Norman Rockwell put paintbrush to canvas, he had a precise idea of what he wa...

The dazzling life story of the quintessential painter of the Art Deco twenties - as she told it to her own daughter Illustrated with vibrant colour reproductions of Lempicka's finest works, and exclusive family photos. Out of print for ten yea...

A crimson fish wrestles a man. A horned demon stares menacingly.  These vivid scenes are tattoos, created in pain, incised in the flesh of the Yakuza, Japan's feared secret society of gangsters. They are the visions of the Irezumi, the le...

Mandy Aftel is one of the world’s preeminent natural perfumers, with a clientele ranging from the singer-songwriter Leonard Cohen to Ivy Ross, head of hardware design at Google. Eschewing the synthetic molecules that dominate commercial perfume...

Beautifully executed illustrations and in-depth commentry are presented in this excellent introduction to the Chinese language and its millieu Written Chinese can call upon about 40,000 characters, many of which originated some 6,000 years ago as ...

A complete edition of the first herbal published by a woman artist — which has a remarkable backstory. In the 1730s, Elizabeth Blackwell (1699–c. 1758) found herself penniless, with her ne’er-do-well husband confined to a London ...

A groundbreaking survey of the school of expressive, symbolic landscape painting that gave rise to American modernism — newly revised and updated This magnificent volume, featuring more than 750 illustrations, is the first definitive account...

A landmark volume on one of the world’s major art forms, and an important influence on contemporary fashion3 The African continent is home to numerous outstanding textile traditions, many dating to antiquity and all playing a multifaceted ro...