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Paperback. Painters have always drawn on the classics to find myths and symbols which will answer to contemporary problems. In Black Light , Francis Gooding examines four modern paintings in the light of ancient themes, and illuminates the permanence and power of the mythic imagination. Series: Critical Quarterly Book Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405191142
ISBN
9781405191142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.24

Hardback. A study of an important but anonymous part of the history of American art: the materials and techniques used by American painters. Based on research including artists' recipe books, letters, journals, and painting manuals, it includes topics such as the quest for the 'secrets' of the Old Masters; the application of 'toning' layers; and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACQ; ACV; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060773
ISBN
9781606060773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.32

Paperback. Precisely rendered to dazzle the eye with their botanical accuracy, the sumptuous arrays of fruit and flowers by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) were among the most avidly collected paintings of the 18th century. This little book explores two of Van Huysum's most important still-life paintings, "Vase of Flowers" and "Fruit Piece". Num Pages: 48 pages, 24 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 122 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060902
ISBN
9781606060902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.01

Paperback. Examines the making of the first modern catalogue - La galerie electorale de Dusseldorff. This book showcases this one of the most important European painting collections of the eighteenth century, reflecting a pivotal moment in the history of art as well as the history of the art museum. Num Pages: 104 pages, 70 colour illustrations & 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DFG; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 206 x 8. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060926
ISBN
9781606060926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.94

Paperback. Lucio Fontana (1899-1968) is widely regarded as one of the most influential and innovative post-World War II Italian artists. This title presents a technical study in English of this important painter and an informative overview of Fontana's life and work. Num Pages: 152 pages, 76 full-colour & 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061145
ISBN
9781606061145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.46

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061404
ISBN
9781606061404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. In the summer of 1874, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) and Claude Monet (1840-1926), two outstanding painters of the nascent Impressionist movement, spent their holidays together in Argenteuil on the Seine River. Their growing friendship is expressed in their artwork. This book offers a look at one of the defining images of the Impressionist movement. Translator(s): Dollenmayer, David. Num Pages: 80 pages, 30 colour & 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064283
ISBN
9781606064283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.94

Paperback. The six scenes that make up the Triumph of the Eucharist series by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) are highlights of the Museo Nacional del Prado's collection of Remish paintings. This illustrated volume provides fresh insight into the history of the Eucharist series of paintings and tapestries and attests to Rubens' exhilarating art. Num Pages: 112 pages, 88 full-colour & 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 280 x 12. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064306
ISBN
9781606064306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.24

Hardcover. Offers a collection of paintings by 16th-century Netherlandish artists, including Joachim Beuckelaer, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jean Gossart, and Quinten Massys. This title includes discoveries about artists' techniques and practices that have led to many reattributions, and the rescue from anonymity of over twenty paintings. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 900 pages, 700 colour images + 175 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 227 x 76. Weight in Grams: 4810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
National Gallery London
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857093704
ISBN
9781857093704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.49
€ 90.50

Paperback. Accompanies the National Gallery's display of its Italian Renaissance paintings - one of the richest collections of its kind in the world. This book focuses on Italian masterpieces made between 1250 and 1500. It includes highlights such as Leonardo's "Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" and "Saint John the Baptist". Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 72 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094213
ISBN
9781857094213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.85

Paperback. When we say that 'Love is blind' or 'Time flies' - making concepts sound like living beings - we are using the language of allegory. Painters have long relied on allegory to create 'message pictures'. This guide helps readers understand the language of allegory within Western painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094855
ISBN
9781857094855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.85

Hardcover. Recounts the story of a marriage arranged between the son of a spendthrift nobleman who needs cash and the daughter of a rich City of London merchant who hopes to buy social status. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 80 pages, 11 black-&-white illustrations + 34 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 188 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Har/DVD
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857095104
ISBN
9781857095104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.19

Hardcover. The English romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was hailed as the painter of light for his brilliantly coloured landscapes and seascapes. This book examines the ways in which Turner consistently strove to confront Claude's achievement and legacy. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 160 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 293 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857095371
ISBN
9781857095371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Titian is acknowledged as the greatest of the sixteenth-century Venetian painters. The author's carefully chosen comparisons of paintings, prints, drawings and details of works by the young Titian, Durer and their contemporaries suggest that Titian was as innovative and as influential in his unique view of nature as he was in portraiture. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 80 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 211 x 4. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857095449
ISBN
9781857095449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.88

Hardback. A fresh look at the multiplicity of meanings in Leonardo's Last Supper. Num Pages: 312 pages, 187 illus., fold-out color insert. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 272 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951184
ISBN
9781890951184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.14

Hardcover. A stunning visual celebration of the art of painting, bring together contemporary works from all over the world Num Pages: 192 pages, Full-colour throughout. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 188 x 20. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Instituto Monsa de Ediciones
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788416500048
ISBN
9788416500048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.73

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Jan Vermeer. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour and 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 514. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0015191
ISBN
9780714834634
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Situating his study in the gaps between conventional categories such as Buddhism, Daoism and Chinese popular art, Stanley K. Abe examines the large body of sculpture, paintings and other religious imagery produced for China's common classes from the third to the sixth centuries CE. Num Pages: 408 pages, 20 line drawings, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3F; 3H; AFC; AFK; AGR; HBJF; HRE; HRKN5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 225 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226000442
ISBN
9780226000442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.20
€ 86.69

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
€ 31.64

Hardback. Num Pages: 108 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 8. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231068642
ISBN
9780231068642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.20
€ 80.00

Hardback. Features a range of canvases by Charles Francis Browne, Alice Kellogg Tyler, Frank Peyraud, Alfred Juergens, and other notable painters. This title presents 78 paintings of their collection to art lovers the world over. It also includes biographies of 49 painters and commentary on each painting. Num Pages: 256 pages, 83 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7747 x 5817 x 534. Weight in Grams: 1406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252072222
ISBN
9780252072222
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.31

Paperback. Born in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arreguin has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. This work reveals Alfredo Arreguin as "a genuinely American painter, in the real, hemispheric sense of this term" - an artist of magic, mystery, and revelation. Series: Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists. Num Pages: 208 pages, 176 illus., 163 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987347
ISBN
9780295987347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.75

Paperback. Posters provide an instructive glimpse of an era's prevailing ideals, prejudices, and presumptions. This title suggests how a famous face can enhance the message of the poster and, conversely, how posters have defined and disseminated images of prominent Americans. Num Pages: 160 pages, 68 color illus. BIC Classification: AFC; AGHF; AKLP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 4217 x 11. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988627
ISBN
9780295988627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. Tells the story of Women Painters of Washington Num Pages: 128 pages, 120 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; ACX; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 10. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295991931
ISBN
9780295991931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.92

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