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Hardback. A strong and insightful work which argues that skin is not just any surface an artist can represent, but a highly overdetermined one. Focusing on five French painters - Fragonard, David, Girodet, Benoit and Ingres - it spans the fields of history of art and of medicine. Series Editor(s): Jones, Amelia; Meskimmon, Marsha. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, 76 colour illustrations, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACQ; ACV; AFC; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087967
ISBN
9780719087967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.80

Paperback. Picasso's extraordinary capacity to work in a variety of mediums and styles amazed his critics since the first years of the century. This collection of critical and personal reactions to Picasso provides an account of the many innovations and changes of direction that baffled his contemporaries. It also reveals his working methods and attitudes. Editor(s): McCully, Marilyn. Num Pages: 288 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003481
ISBN
9780691003481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. The Chinese often use the expression du hua, 'to read a painting', in connection with their study and appreciation of such works. This volume 'reads' thirty-six masterpieces of Chinese painting from the encyclopaedic collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art in order to reveal the major characteristics and themes of this pictorial tradition. Series: The Metropolitan Museum of Art - How to Read. Num Pages: 184 pages, 175 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1016.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300141870
ISBN
9780300141870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.37

Paperback. This work reveals German artist Max Beckmann's experience of life from the first years of his career in Berlin and Paris through his final years in the United States. The collection of Beckmann's writings serves as a companion to his art and a testament to the complexities of his life. Translator(s): Buenger, Barbara Copeland (Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin, USA); Heller, Reinhold (Professor of Art and German, University of Chicago, USA); Britt, David. Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041360
ISBN
9780226041360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. Series: Portfolio. Num Pages: 128 pages, 300 color photos. BIC Classification: AFCC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 280 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Walter Foster Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633221079
ISBN
9781633221079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.63

Paperback. For Duffy, pictures are magical creations and recreations of the visible world - of history, mythologies, landscape, love and death - where the artists who make them attempt risk-taking feats analogous to a poet's with words. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392249
ISBN
9781910392249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. An accessible survey on a genius artist, published to accompany the 500th anniversary of Bosch's death Num Pages: 192 pages, 140 color illus. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 248. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300220131
ISBN
9780300220131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.63

paperback. Expert tuition from a high-profile author with an accessible style, plenty of tips and tricks from beginners and his own range of brushes and colours to simplify things. Num Pages: 128 pages, 566 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFCC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 222 x 11. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Search Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781844488254
ISBN
9781844488254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.32

Paperback. Learn how to use and enjoy one of the most satisfying painting mediums with this handy compact guide. Step-by-step sequences show how to paint a range of themes, from still life to portraits and landscapes, with advice on more difficult subjects. Series: New Artist's Bibles. Num Pages: 192 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFCL; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 178. .
Publisher
Search Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782213925
ISBN
9781782213925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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

Hardback. Universally recognised as a brilliant and gifted eighteenth-century artist, Zoffany was regarded by Horace Walpole as one of the three greatest painters in England, along with his friends Reynolds and Gainsborough. This title presents a detailed study of his life and works. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 416 pages, 180 colour images + 175 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 258 x 49. Weight in Grams: 3902.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300162783
ISBN
9780300162783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.82
€ 72.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 96 color illus. 37 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 290 x 271 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170725
ISBN
9780691170725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

paperback. A court-painter to Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun was rediscovered in the 1970s as part of the "hidden feminist heritage". This text uses her career to explore the position of "woman-artist" in the moral, philosophical, professional and medical debates about women in 18th-century France. Num Pages: 368 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; BG; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752822
ISBN
9780226752822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Taking as case studies two paintings of circa 1621-22 attributed to Artemisia, this text examines the ways that identity, gender and market pressures interact both in the artist's work and in the criticism and conoisseurship that have surrounded it. Series: The Discovery Series. Num Pages: 201 pages, 8 color illustrations, 57 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AFC; AGB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 175 x 10. Weight in Grams: 536. The Shaping and Reshaping of an Artistic Identity. Series: Discovery Series. 201 pages, 8 colour illustrations, 57 b&w photographs. Taking as case studies two paintings of circa 1621-22 attributed to Artemisia, this text examines the ways that identity, gender and market pressures interact both in the artist's work and in the criticism and conoisseurship that have surrounded it. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AFC; AGB; JFSJ. Dimension: 252 x 175 x 10. Weight: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
Copyright 2001
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520228412
ISBN
9780520228412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque painter of the seventeenth century and the only female follower of Caravaggio. This work shows that her original treatments of mythic-heroic female subjects depart radically from traditional interpretations of the same themes. Num Pages: 664 pages, colour and b&w illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACQB; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 220 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2064.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002859
ISBN
9780691002859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.14
€ 53.35

Multiple-component retail product. Ford Madox Brown (1821-1893) is known predominantly for his close association, from 1848, with the "Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood" and for his masterpiece, "The Last of England" (1852-5). This catalogue provides coverage of various Madox Brown's work. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 686 pages, 458 colour images & 522 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVM; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 317 x 69. Weight in Grams: 4934.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
686
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300165913
ISBN
9780300165913
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 148.03
€ 117.63

Paperback. Presents a study and appraisal of paintings, drawings and prints. This book shows how you can develop visual, analytical and historical skills in learning to look at and understand an image by analyzing how it works, what its pictorial elements are and how they relate to each other. It contains images by such artists as Rembrandt and Tacita Dean. Num Pages: 304 pages, 83 black & white halftones, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415435185
ISBN
9780415435185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.18

Num Pages: 304 pages, 352 color photos. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1820.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764324628
ISBN
9780764324628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.78
€ 53.37

Paperback. In a career that ranged over an era in European history, William Blake (1757-1827) produced one of the most singular body of works in the history of art. This title provides introduction to the life and work of this man. It draws on an array of contemporary scholarship, providing an overview of Blake's writings and paintings. Num Pages: 224 pages, 112 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854377272
ISBN
9781854377272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.93

Hardback. Shows the intensity of authors gaze that explores what the appearance of the world has to offer to a virtuoso colourist for a painting. Num Pages: 336 pages, 970 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 313 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2242.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424378
ISBN
9783777424378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 89.74

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