Buckland Books

Present a selection of the latest and best books on

TILES and MOSAICS

from: ANTIOCH MOSAICS, A Corpus, p135

0163 ANTIOCH MOSAICS £100.00
Fatih Cimok, A Turizm Yayinlari, Turkey, 2000, English text, 318pp, over 250 colour illus, boards
We have now received our stock of this beautiful book which illustrates all the extant mosaics from Antioch, including those in museums overseas.  In many cases, a restoration of the original layout is included, drawing together for the first time in print, all the pieces which had been scattered following excavation.  The quality of the pictures is first-rate making this the definitive work on Antioch Mosaics.

1406 NITTOLO, Un Sogno di Mosaico, Byzantium, Faventia, Venetiĉ £35.00
Felice Nittolo and various other authors, privately published by F Nittolo, Italy, 2000, parallel English and Italian texts, 126pp, 120 colour + 3 b & w illus, cloth
Felice Nittolo’s fabulous mosaics will be familiar to all who have visited the ‘Mosaic - A Living Art’ exhibition at Exeter or Sheffield (Catalogue still available: ref 1374, £7.00).  This beautiful record of his recent works in mosaic, paint and glass/ceramics will serve to reinforce his prominence as one of the world’s leading mosaicists. 

1382 THE MOSAIC DECORATOR’S SOURCEBOOK £15.99
Roasalind Wates, David and Charles, 2000, 128pp, illus throughout in colour
Unlike most other ‘how-to’ books, this one concentrates on the various motifs and how they can be adapted to different techniques and colourways.  The instructions are simple but comprehensive, and each project has a ‘real’ mosaic plus a number of computer generated ‘variations’, showing how the design can be adapted.  A useful gallery at the end gives further inspiration.  Recommended.

0164 ATTI DEL VI COLLOQUIO Dell’Associazione Italiana per lo Studio e la Conservazione del Mosaico (AISCOM) £60.00
Various authors, Edizioni del Girasole, Italy, 2000, mainly Italian text, 790pp, 546 b & w illus/drawings/plans, paperback
The complete report on the Sixth Colloquium of AISCOM, held in Venice on 20-23 January 1999.  A complete index of the contents is available on request.  All previous volumes are still available from stock.

0361 CREATIVE MOSAICS £16.99
Monica Cresci & Chiara di Pinto, Sterling, USA, 2000, 160pp, fully illus in colour throughout, boards
Yet another ‘how-to’ mosaic book, but with a number of interesting and novel techniques and materials.  Had you ever thought of using coloured wax, cut into shapes to make a mosaic?  Or metal foil, plastic washing up liquid bottles (shades of Blue Peter!) or eggshells?  This book has them all and more!

1509 ORNAMENT AND DECORATION IN ISLAMIC ARCHITECTURE £36.00
Dominique Clévenot & Gérard Degeorge, Thames and Hudson, 2000, 224pp, 330 colour illus, cloth
A wide-ranging survey of Islamic architecture subdivided by style, material, ornament and construction. Features many tile and mosaic decorations as well as wood and metal, stucco and stone.  Superbly illustrated.

from: THE DECORATIVE TILE, Page 92

0414 THE DECORATIVE TILE, paperback edition £19.95
Tony Herbert & Kathryn Huggins, Phaidon, 2000, 240pp, illus throughout in colour, paperback
An affordable paperback version of one of the classics of tile literature!  Detailed history, concentrating on the mass-production of the Victorian age.

1644 QUELUZ, THE PALACE AND GARDENS £19.95
Maria Inêz Ferro, Scala Books, 1997, 128pp, illus throughout in colour, cloth
A history and description of this magnificent Portuguese palace and its occupants.  This Palace is famed for its tiled ‘Corridor of Sleeves’ and the fantastic tiled canal in the gardens, but these have been only given fairly scant coverage in the otherwise excellent text.

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