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  • Trompe L'Oeil: Italy Ancient and Modern

    Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad

    Paperback

    For centuries Italy has exuded a mythical aura: in no other country do antiquity and modernity, history, art, landscape, and the graceful art of living seem to merge and coexist with such simple elegance as in this land steeped in over two millennia of cultural heritage.

  • Trompe L'Oeil: Sky and Sea

    Martin Benad, Ursula E. Benad

    Paperback

    Sky and sea are the trompe l'oeil painter's favorite motifs for contemporary interiors.

  • Garden Guide: New York City

    Nancy Berner, Susan Lowry, Joseph De Sciose

    Revised Edition

    Paperback

    A horticultural escape and guided tour through all the best- and little-known gardens in New York City’s five boroughs.

  • The Nature of Ornament: Rhythm and Metamorphosis in Architecture

    Kent Bloomer

    Hardback

    A treasure trove of ideas and encouragement for architects looking for alternatives to the severity of modernism and graceless postmodernism.

  • Buildings, Landscapes, and Memory: Case Studies in Historic Preservation

    Daniel Bluestone

    Hardback

    Winner of the Society of Architectural Historians' 2013 Antionette Forrester Downing Book Award, this provocative analysis of historic preservation's past and future will transform contemporary understanding of the movement.