Книги видавництва Abbeville Press

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...

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...

It seems familiar because it was everyone's dream of America; and it was unique because only Rockwell managed to bring it to life with such authority. This was, perhaps, an America that never existed, but it was an America the public wanted to ex...

It is our most passionate music, rooted in ancient Africa but brought to blossom in America at the doorstep of the twentieth century. It is a living heritage of song born in poverty, persecution, and hard labor, born of love and love betrayed, of hol...

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...

This fascinating full-length study examines all works by the great Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel within the wider setting of art during his lifetime. The recent rediscovery in Spain of Pieter Bruegel the Elder’s lost painting, The Wine of S...

The definitive monograph on one of the world's best-loved artists, sumptuously illustrated in full color. Pierre-Auguste Renoir (1841-1919) stands out among the great artists for his willingness to paint pictures that are straightforwardly pre...

A dazzling successor to Abbeville's The Art of Florence, this two-volume tour de force sweeps through the entire history of the arts in Paris, from the Stone Age to the pyramid at the Louvre. Contains Vol 1 and Vol 2, slipcased. All ...

A beautiful facsimile edition of the last masterpiece of ukiyo-e Yoshitoshi (1839 - 1892) was the last virtuoso of the Japanese woodblock print, and the One Hundred Aspects of the Moon, published between 1885 and 1892, were his crowning achie...

An expanded and revised edition of this elegant and definitive volume, which helped establish the ever-growing passion for American Impressionism. With brilliant scholarship and a wealth of stunning illustrations, American Impressionism provides a...

A dazzlingly illustrated history of Bulgari jewelry, this engaging book tells the story of the world’s most famous family of jewelers, goldsmiths, and silversmiths, and the pieces that made their name. New photography and archival pictures t...

Every extant work by Caravaggio is reproduced in color in this lavish newly updated volume, the long-awaited result of more than 20 years of research by a leading authority on the artist. In an engaging and informed text, John T. Spike explores in...

1270 illustrations, most in full color Updated every two years, Classic Wristwatches deals solely with vintage watches, that is, watches no longer in current production. This easy-to-use guide fully describes and illustrates each timepiece feature...