RECENT PORTUGUESE PUBLICATIONS BULLETIN 63

August 2008

PART IV:
Art & Art History, Architecture,
Archeology, Applied Arts


See also items 5, 12, 52, 68, 114, 117, 123, 137, 147, 195, 196, 197, 206 & 213.
16. ALMEIDA, Bernardo Frey Pinto de. Animi Strenui: para uma teoria de readymade. Lisbon: Black Son Editores, 1991. 8°, orig. prtd. wrps. 50 pp., (1 l.), illus. One of 400 copies. ISBN: none. $25.00
The author, born in 1954, is a distinguished art historian and critic. At the time this volume appeared he was professor of the history and theory of art at the Faculdade de Belas Artes, Porto. He has published over 20 books, mostly of art history and criticism, but including at least three books for children and seven volumes of poetry.


17. BESSONE, Silvana, ed. D. Carlos, um homem do seu tempo. English translations by Cristina Guerra and Ana Araújo. Lisbon: Museu Nacional dos Coches/ Ministério da Cultura / Instituto dos Museus e da Conservasão, 2008. Folio (28 x 22.1 cm.), orig. illus. wrps. 106 pp., (1 l.), profusely and very well illus., mostly in color (including black and white photographs reproduced in color). Text in Portuguese and English. ISBN: 978-972-776-370-2. $50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museu Nacional dos Coches, Lisboa, 28 May 2008 to 25 January 2009. Texts by Eduardo Nobre, Joaquim Vieira, Luís Filipe Marque da Gama, and Rui Ramos.


18. CONEFREY, Diniz, and Herberto Helder. Arquipélagos. Almada: Íman Edições, n.d. [2001?]. Folio (30.4 x 21.6 cm.), publ. illus. bds. (32 ll.), profusely illus. in color. ISBN: 972-8665-12-1. $35.00
Adaptation of two texts by Herberto Helder: "Aquele que dá a vida" in "Os passos em volta," in comic book form; followed by "(Uma ilha em sketches)" in "Photomaton & Vox," which contains illustration only.


19. EÇA, Teresa de Almeida d', Clara Mineiro, and Margarida Sotto-Mayor Moreira, eds. Museu dos Biscainhos: Guide. Braga: Museu dos Biscainhos, and Lisbon: Ministério da Cultura / Instituto dos Museus e da Conservasão, 2008 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 99, (1) pp., profusely and very nicely illus. in color, title in purple, black and grey, text in purple, red and black. One of 1,000 copies. ISBN: 978-972-776-362-7. $38.00


20. FRANÇA, José-Augusto. O essencial sobre José Malhoa. Lisbon: Imprensa Nacional, 2008. Colecção Essencial, 104. 16°, orig. prtd. wrps. 111, (1) pp., illus., brief bibliographies. One of 800 copies. ISBN: 978-972-27-1675-8. $18.00


21. HENRIQUES, Paulo, and Helena de Freitas. Museum Rui Sanches: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Rui Sanches and José Alberto Seabra Carvalho, eds. Lisbon: Museu de Arte Antiga / Ministério da Cultura / Instituto dos Museus e da Conservasão, 2008. Folio (28.8 x 23 cm.), publ. blind-stamped cloth with d.j. 80 pp., profusely and excellently illus. in color. ISBN: 978-972-776-367-2. $50.00
Catalogue of an exhibition held at the Museu de Arte Antiga, Lisboa, 17 May to 31 August 2008.


22. MUSEU NACIONAL DE ARTE ANTIGA. European painting: guide. Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga. Substantial introductory essays by José Luís Porfirio. Lisbon: Museu Nacional de Arte Antiga / Instituto Português de Museus / Ministério de Cultura, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 171 pp., profusely illus., mostly in color, with high quality photographs ISBN: 972-776-299-9. $38.00


23. OLIVEIRA, Jorge de, Sérgio Pereira, and João Parreira. Nova carta arqueológica do Concelho de Marvão. Lisbon: Colibri, and Marvão: Câmara Municipal, 2007. Ibn Maruán, nº 14: Revista Cultural do Concelho de Marvão (Número Especial). Lge. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 299 pp., (1 l.), folding map, many illus., maps, plans, tables and graph in text, bibliography. ISBN: 978-972–772–769–8; ISSN: 0872-1017. $40.00


24. OLIVEIRA, Valerio Martins de. Advertencias aos modernos, que aprendem os officios de pedreiro e carpinteiro. Lisbon: Arquimedes Livros, 2008. 16°, orig. prtd. wrps. (5 ll.), 172 pp., (12 ll. analytical index), numerous tables, illus., and diagrams in text. One of 80 copies. ISBN: 978-972-8917-44-9. $25.00
Facsimile reprint of the rare edition of Lisbon: Na Offic. de Antonio da Sylva, 1748. There were also editions of 1739, 1757 and 1826. The author of this “book of secrets” was a master stonemason working in Lisbon, and various times represented his guild at the “Casa dos Vinte e Quatro”. See InnocÍncio VII, 400.


25. TEIXEIRA, Madalena Braz, Rui Rosário Costa, Vítor Antero Oura, et al. Museu Nacional do Traje / National Costume Museum; Parque do Monteiro-Mor / Monteiro-Mor Park: Guide. Lisbon: Museu Nacional do Traje / Ministério da Cultura / Instituto Português de Museus, 2005. 8°, orig. illus. wrps. 175, (1) pp., profusely and very nicely illustrated, mostly in color. Text in English. ISBN: 972-776-274-3. $30.00



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