Description: Discover the beauty and richness of French and European architecture with the book "Chinoiseries" by Bernd H. Dams and Andrew Zega. Published in 2008 by Rizzoli International Publications.Hardcover with dust jacket.Lovely illustrations. Trained as both architects and historians, Andrew Zega and Bernd H. Dams are skilled artists known for their expert restitutions of historic buildings, rendered in a realistic watercolor technique that has become their trademark. Originally published as a limited-edition collector’s item that sold for $1,100, this affordable reprinted edition presents fifty charming images, the results of more than a decade of study of historic European and American architecture and garden ornament. Thirty-six of the works presented here delve into the past, reconstructing exceptional historical structures from the seventeenth to the nineteenth century with a predominately French style. The remaining are the authors’ original designs, beautifully detailed works inspired by these exotic and whimsical structures. Hubert de Givenchy, in his preface to Chinoiseries,
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Book Title: Chinoiseries
Item Length: 11.6 in
Original Language: English
Vintage: No
Format: Hardcover
Publication Date: 2008-04-22
Language: English
Item Height: 1 in
Personalized: No
Features: Dust Jacket, Illustrated
Preface: Hubert de Givenchy
Topic: Decoration & Ornament, Buildings / General, Decorative Arts
Item Width: 9.4 in
Signed: No
Ex Libris: No
Narrative Type: Nonfiction
Publisher: Rizzoli International Publications, Incorporated
Intended Audience: Young Adults, Adults
Inscribed: No
Publication Year: 2008
Illustrator: Yes
Era: 2000s
Author: Bernd H. Dams, Andrew Zega
Genre: Design, Architecture
Country/Region of Manufacture: United States
Item Weight: 42.6 Oz
Number of Pages: 164 Pages
