Tajan Art
Tajan SVV – Bijoux Art moderne et contemporain – 02-03 aout 2011
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The magical art of Cartier: An important collection of horology, jewelry, and objects of vertu : the property of various owners from around the world … Bergues, Geneva on Tuesday 19 November 1996 … |
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Arts Decoratifs XXe Siecle / 20th Century Decorative Arts – Tajan – Paris – 17 Mars (March), 2004 – (ART AUCTION CATALOGUE) … |
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Portraits of the Renaissance $500 Portraits of the Renaissance About the Book Memling, Van Eyck, Antonello da Messina, Raphael, Holbein, Titian, Leonardo . . . these are the greatest names of the Renaissance which symbolize the ultimate in artistic achievement. Now their work is reproduced in this spectacular, luxury volume printed on cotton paper and exquisitely presented in a brown and turquoise linen case. Whether Italian, Flemish, or German, all were masters of the portrait, a style that was popular and much appreciated during the fifteenth and sixteenth centuries. The genius of these artists allowed them to overcome the limits of the genre and inscribe the art of portraiture into the universal history of mankind. Sharply focused and featuring meticulously researched illustrations, this beautiful book is the first of its kind to shed light on some of the most familiar images in art history. About the Author A graduate from ESSEC business school in 1987, Nathalie Mandel discovered the art market when she worked for the great Parisian auctioneer, Jacques Tajan. She has been working for Sotheby’s since 2001 as an expert in the Old Master paintings department. – Cloth hinged box with glued image and gold foil lettering – Cloth hardcover that matches the box – Printed on a beautiful cotton paper with gold foil edges – Silk marker ribbon 128 Pages 13 x 16 2/3x 2.5” 32.8 x 42.4x 6 cm 70 Illustrations ISBN – 9782759402052 Tell your friends! var addthis_pub=”burkedecor”; |
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Not Art $4.99 “I will write about all that in more detail later.” The final sentence of Helping Verbs of the Heart – was it a promise, a threat, a quote? In 1985, when Péter Esterházy’s book came out on unnumbered, black-edged pages, this much-cited sentence seemed most likely to be the manifestation of authorial posturing. After the publication of his books on his father Celestial Harmonies and Revised Edition, this sentence and the preceding book on his mother’s death, broken up into auxiliary verbs, now gain new meaning twenty-three years later in Not Art. Not Art is the book of the reawakened mother, a mother who knows the offside rule, and whose language, which determines her relationship to the world, is the language of football. The son only exists in relation to it, just as everything and everyone else only exists in relation to this mother’s football language. Football, in the author’s last book a stage and a medium for private historiography, now acts as a worldview, its roots in his relationship to his mother and his mother tongue: a mother’s language complex. |
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But Is It Art? $2.29 When Natalie responds to an article requesting a life model she knows she’s pushing her own boundaries. What she doesn’t realise is the artist wants more than just a model. As Natalie tries things she’s only fantasised about before she finds she’s more adventurous than she ever thought, but as for the artists’ work the question remains is it art?Warnings: This title contains graphic language and sex.Excerpt: "So, if you could take up a pose that you think is, well, alluring something that makes you feel sexual and we’ll start from there."Natalie walked over to the platform, incredibly aware of her bare bottom jiggling as she moved, and even more aware of Richard’s eyes on her. Her mind raced what would be alluring? Sexual? She so desperately wanted to impress Richard. If he liked her work he’d ask her back again and she would get more money and well, she just wanted to impress him.Thinking back over all the poses she had seen in his drawings, she tried to pick something inspired: something that hadn’t already been seen. The one thing that seemed to run through all the drawings was explicitness perhaps something more subtle would make a stronger impression?Stepping onto the platform she sat down, side-on to Richard. She tucked the leg closest to him underneath her and put her other foot on the platform, leg bent at the knee. Twisting her torso slightly more towards him, she pulled her long, caramel-coloured hair over her shoulder, dipped her chin and peeped up at him from under lowered lashes.One of her breasts was only just visible under the shower of silky hair, and her pubis was completely hidden by her pose, yet something in Richard’s gaze told her she had achieved the desired effect.He cleared his throat dryly. "That’s good, yeah."Natalie smirked a little, and licked her lips to wet them, watching smugly as he gulped in response. Suddenly the scales seemed to have tipped a little in her favour, and Richard was not in such complete control any more |
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