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Paperback. The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting? Num Pages: 360 pages, 325 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 289 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2188.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239490
ISBN
9780500239490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.76

Hardback. Presents the history of artists' film and video in Britain. Structured in two parts ('Institutions' and 'Artists and Movements'), this work considers the work of some 300 artists, including Kenneth Macpherson, Basil Wright, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, Margaret Tait, Jeff Keen, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono, Malcolm Le Grice, and Peter Gidal. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AFKV; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 205 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1254.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844570959
ISBN
9781844570959
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 165.99
€ 147.36

Paperback. Presents the history of artists' film and video in Britain. Structured in two parts ('Institutions' and 'Artists and Movements'), this work considers the work of some 300 artists, including Kenneth Macpherson, Basil Wright, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, Margaret Tait, Jeff Keen, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono, Malcolm Le Grice, and Peter Gidal. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AFKV; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844570966
ISBN
9781844570966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.14

Hardback. Whistler embarked on a new project in the 1880s, working on a small scale in oil, pastel and watercolour, representing new London subjects and painting portraits of new urban types. This book studies Whistler and his Impressionist followers and offers an analysis of Whistler's art as well as fresh insights into his modernist project. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 b&w illustrations and 40 colour images. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 192 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300135459
ISBN
9780300135459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 250+ color photos, 11 patterns. BIC Classification: 5HC; AFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887408816
ISBN
9780887408816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACX; AFC; AGNB; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927330050
ISBN
9781927330050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.63

Hardcover. Focuses on an overlooked strand in British painting of the 1930s. This title reveals a small group of figure painters, situated stylistically between the avant-garde abstractionists and the entrenched Edwardian traditions of belle peinture, who were looking for ways of being both modern and in touch with a wide public. Num Pages: 112 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; AFC; AGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794.
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Number of pages
112
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856676192
ISBN
9780856676192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.38

paperback. Series: Rembrandt Research Project Foundation. Num Pages: 748 pages, 197 black & white illustrations, 1135 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 335 x 255 x 107. Weight in Grams: 4785.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
2014th Edition
Number of pages
748
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9789401792547
ISBN
9789401792547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 1,811.58

Hardback. This series isolates authentic works from the great volume of Rembrandt-like paintings produced by his pupils and followers. The fifth volume covers his small-scale history and genre works, revealing fresh understanding of the painter's artistic evolution. Editor(s): Wetering, Ernst van de. Series: Rembrandt Research Project Foundation. Num Pages: 674 pages, 269 black & white illustrations, 629 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 406 x 315 x 109. Weight in Grams: 4559.
Publisher
Springer-Verlag New York Inc.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2011 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781402046070
ISBN
9781402046070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 656.13

Hardcover. This unrivalled new companion to the dynamic and fast-moving world of digital art gives readers an in-depth understanding of the form, covering its history and evolution, aesthetics, and politics, as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutions. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: AFKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118475201
ISBN
9781118475201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 215.26

Paperback. This big book presents a wide range of cast metal bookend designs shown in over 500 color photos. Each is identified and there are histories of the manufacturers, book racks, catalogs and a useful identification and buyers' guide. Num Pages: 192 pages, 573 color photos. BIC Classification: AFT; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 281 x 12. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764300400
ISBN
9780764300400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Publisher
National Gallery London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857096163
ISBN
9781857096163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.84

Paperback. How faces are captured shows in striking ways the artistic aims of those who painted them. But how can the depiction of a face suggest a personality? This book tackles this and other questions, and introduces such issues as the ideals of beauty and how portrait painters have captured a likeness and convey character. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
National Gallery London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094640
ISBN
9781857094640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. Piero della Francesca's "Madonna del Parto", a celebrated fifteenth-century Tuscan fresco in which the Virgin gestures to her partially open dress and her pregnant womb, is unusual in its iconography. This book uses Piero's enigmatic painting to narrate our archaic memories. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 280. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734424
ISBN
9780804734424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 306 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. .
Publisher
Hayward Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853323454
ISBN
9781853323454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.16

Hardcover. The amazing story of the life and work of the renowned botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian is told alongside her beautiful illustrations of butterflies in this charming and elegant book. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791381497
ISBN
9783791381497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Hardback. A dictionary that provides information on the work of over 3,000 sculptors working in Britain between 1660 and 1851. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 617 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFKB; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 176 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
617
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300149654
ISBN
9780300149654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.85
€ 76.54

Paperback. Offers a look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting from 1950 onwards. Moving through half a century of work in painting, video and photography, and including archival and documentary material, this book shows how performance art has challenged and energised the medium of painting for successive generations. Editor(s): Wood, Catherine. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120 colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AFKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849760201
ISBN
9781849760201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.72

Paperback. does drawing make one 'see things clearer, and clearer, and clearer still', as Hockney suggests? What significance do different media - from a Lascaux cave wall to an iPad - have for the way we see? What is the relationship between the images we make and the reality around us? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 181 illustrations, 174 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 269 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292259
ISBN
9780500292259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. Includes drawings of street wear, active wear, bridal wear, swim wear and lingerie. This title covers the topics of composition how best to group together figures when illustrating a line of garments; concept drawings developing the skills necessary to make quick studies or to jot down ideas; and, more. Num Pages: 576 pages, Illustrations (some col.), col. ports. BIC Classification: AFF; AGZ; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 330 x 232 x 39. Weight in Grams: 3012.
Publisher
9 Heads Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780970246356
ISBN
9780970246356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 46.24

Hardback. 7 Reece Mews, South Kensington, was the artist Francis Bacon's home and studio for over 30 years. On his death in 1992, access was granted to photographer Perry Ogden to work undisturbed for days on end to produce this fascinating record of the artist's private space and its contents. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ACX; AFC; AGB; AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500510346
ISBN
9780500510346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. This deceptively simple and addictive sketchbook-with-content includes tons of hip and entertaining things to draw. Encourages artists to try their hands at things like a bike, mistakes, Fred Astaire, synchronized swimmers, a sippy cup, RUN DMC, feelings, a waffle, the view from an airplane, and many many more. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 722. 304 pages. This deceptively simple and addictive sketchbook-with-content includes tons of hip and entertaining things to draw. Encourages artists to try their hands at things like a bike, mistakes, Fred Astaire, synchronized swimmers, a sippy cup, RUN DMC, feelings, a waffle, the view from an airplane, and many many more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AFF. Dimension: 229 x 192 x 27. Weight: 706.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Ntb
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811876445
ISBN
9780811876445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.03

Paperback. This wonderful book will spur hopelessly addicted Santa carvers to new heights and depths. Here are 60 of Al Streetmans whimsical, humorous caricature patterns, bringing exciting new dimensions to Santa carving. Al takes the carver step-by-step through the carving of a Santa flying on a candy cane to deliver his goods. Num Pages: 64 pages, 105 color photos, patterns for 60 Santas. BIC Classification: AFKC; WD; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 278 x 8. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887409967
ISBN
9780887409967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. A colour compendium of tile art and production from around the world, ranging from ancient times onwards. Placing the tiles firmly in their historical and cultural context, it highlights the continuity and diversity of tiles, examining how tile art in one time and place has inspired and rejuvenated those in others. Num Pages: 304 pages, 330 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFP; AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1366.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714150994
ISBN
9780714150994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

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