Книги издательства Abbeville Press

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 insightful, lavishly illustrated history of self-portraits by well-known artists including Velázquez, Edgar Degas and Frida Kahlo In his fascinating survey, art historian Omar Calabrese reveals that self-portraits through the ages are bo...

The Baby Elephant Folio presents all 435 of Audubon’s brilliant hand-colored engravings in exquisite reproductions derived from the original plates of the National Audubon Society’s archival copy of the rare Double Elephant Folio. Althoug...

This sparkling Tiny Folio™ edition of Audubon's Birds of America displays all 435 of Audubon's hand–colored engravings, graced with an illuminating introduction by Roger Tory Peterson that places Audubon in his ornithological and ...

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 ...

Fallingwater is the most famous modern house in America. Indeed, readers of the Journal of the American Institute of Architects voted it the best American building of the last 125 years! Annually, more than 128,000 visitors seek out Fallingwater in i...

A visual history of fashion that fits in the palm of your hand Drawing from the extensive Textile and Fashion Arts Collection of the Museum of Fine Arts, this miniature history of European and American fashion features some 275 garments, accessori...

In this luxurious cloth-bound hardcover with glossy slipcase, renowned botanical photographer Jonathan Singer presents his breathtaking images of the world's most notable bonsai. In Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature, the finest extant achieve...

In this luxurious cloth-bound hardcover with glossy slipcase, renowned botanical photographer Jonathan Singer presents his breathtaking images of the world's most notable bonsai. In Fine Bonsai: Art & Nature, the finest extant achieve...

A monograph of works dedicated to Giotto with author Francesca Flores d'Arcais drawing on an impressive range of sources, from 14th-century documents to the most recent art-historical investigations Vasari famously wrote that Giotto "reco...

Four hundred little people frolic au naturel with overgrown songbirds and raspberries; a pudgy blue demon serenades a fashionable young couple with a tune piped through his own elongated nose; a knife-wielding set of disembodied ears stalks the damne...

A lavishly illustrated history of Japanese screens — limited to 3,000 numbered copies Japanese screens (byobu, meaning “barrier against the wind”) are made of wooden lattices with two to twelve panels, covered with a paper or fab...

The classic monograph on a much-loved artist — reissued in a spectacular oversize format In the early work of John Singer Sargent (1856–1925), Henry James saw “the slightly ‘uncanny’ spectacle of a talent which on the...

Breathtaking photographs and details provide a tour through the rich sites of this legendary city. Tracing Munich’s history from the 12th century through the present, this sumptuous book illustrates the city’s treasures, from the colle...