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Paperback. Over 550 color photographs illustrate this fascinating survey of the majolica ceramic wares made in Victorian England, Europe, and America. Included are a brief explanation of majolica, its manufacture, potters, and wares organized into functional categories such as jardinieres, plates, and platters. Values are provided in the captions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 550+ color photos. BIC Classification: AFPC; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764312755
ISBN
9780764312755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.82

Hardcover. Scrimshaw is a technique of stippling and scratching on fossil ivory, horn, and bone. Its roots lie in the traditional art of whaling men of the 18th and 19th centuries, but it has developed as a recognized art form. Today, fine scrimshaw miniatures adorn Num Pages: 240 pages, 318 color & 390 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AFKC; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764330490
ISBN
9780764330490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. A delightful Pitkin Guide to Burne-Jones, the man and his work. Num Pages: 32 pages, 47ill.(38col.). BIC Classification: ACVM; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pitkin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0006595
ISBN
9780853728832
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 324 pages, 549 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 672. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006628
ISBN
9780500200247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A history of furniture. It documents the aesthetics of furniture, its social and cultural context, the sequence of styles, and the individual touches of craftsmen or designers used to give it character. Works by designers such as Boulle and Chippendale appear in the context of their times. Num Pages: 352 pages, 680 illustrations, 173 in colour. BIC Classification: ACB; AFT; WCL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 250. Weight in Grams: 2450. Clean copy with minor shelf wear. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear and discolouring to edges
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0007012
ISBN
9780500019481
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 7.13

Paperback. Patchwork quilts are hugely evocative emblems of our domestic past. With no two quite the same, each example hints both at the story of the particular household in which it was produced and at a larger piece of social history. This book offers an introduction to an important aspect of British domestic history. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 10 b/w; 60 col. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFWH; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747812418
ISBN
9780747812418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. Reads Rembrandt's painting both as a deliberate parody by the sitters and as the artist's covert parody of the sitters Num Pages: 192 pages, 42 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; AFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225576
ISBN
9780823225576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.16

Paperback. Although Paul Delvaux (born 1897) is an artist of international standing, his work is relatively little known in the Anglo-Saxon world. This book places Delvaux's work in the tradition of European figurative painting, as well as in the context of twentieth-century Surrealism, exploring the relationship between them. Series: Essays in Art & Culture S. Num Pages: 136 pages, 62 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 7. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462399
ISBN
9780948462399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Thomas, Ceri. Num Pages: 152 pages, 70. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854115010
ISBN
9781854115010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 black & white plates. BIC Classification: AFKV; APB; BGF; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816691296
ISBN
9780816691296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Paperback. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 324 pages, 549 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 672. Clean copy with minor shelf wear and some sunning to cover but remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKE0000250
ISBN
9780500200247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This revised edition of Pollock and After features ten new articles and is fully updated to take account of new critical approaches to post-war American art. Editor(s): Frascina, Francis. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACXD9; ACXJ8; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415228671
ISBN
9780415228671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Paperback. Series: Schiffer Book for Woodcarvers. Num Pages: 64 pages, Over 250 color photographs. BIC Classification: AFKC; WD; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 214 x 6. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306495
ISBN
9780764306495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. An account of the life and work of the landmark painter. Num Pages: 320 pages, 167 colour and 82 b&w illustrations, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACV; AFC; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 250 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2006. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0018703
ISBN
9780714838441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 50.00

Hardcover. Places Keller's modern treatment of enigmatic subjects within the cultural mileau of fin de siecle Germany Editor(s): Danzker, Jo-Anne Birnie; Bott, Gian Casper. Num Pages: 104 pages, 54 illus., 34 in color. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 7459 x 17. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990828
ISBN
9780295990828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.39

Hardcover. Beginning in the seventeenth century, many of Europe's greatest writers and artists became embroiled in a debate that centered on the priority of paintings or sculpture, touch or sight, colour or design, ancient or modern. This title lets us eavesdrop on a contentious topic that preoccupied European intellectuals for three hundred years. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 full-colour & 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AFC; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 247 x 24. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368921
ISBN
9780892368921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 114 x 7. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pallas Athene United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843680345
ISBN
9781843680345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.29

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 48 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: ACND; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 208 x 5. Weight in Grams: 157.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Dover Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486238760
ISBN
9780486238760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.15

Paperback. Examines the Hudson River School artists' practice of creating thematically related pairs and series of paintings. This volume reveals the subtleties of the works and discusses their shared iconography, the ways in which artists responded to one another's paintings, and how the paintings reflected 19th-century American cultural and social milieus. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 1KBBEY; ACV; AFC; AGN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 283 x 12. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138215
ISBN
9780231138215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. This volume presents 31 papers grouped into four topic areas: wood science and technology; history of panel manufacturing techniques; history of the structural conservation of panel paintings; and current approaches to the structural conservation of panel paintings. Editor(s): Dardes, Kathleen; Rothe, Andrea. Series: Symposium Proceedings. Num Pages: 588 pages, 103 colour and 353 b&w illustrations, 121 line drawings. BIC Classification: ABC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 298 x 210 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
588
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363841
ISBN
9780892363841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 72.38

Paperback. A study of the paintings of Willem de Kooning (1904-1997), Dutch-born American abstract expressionist painter, from the 1940s through the 1970s. Using scientific examinations of the artist's pigments, binders, and supports, it informs art historical interpretations, presenting a key to the complicated evolution of the artist's work. Num Pages: 112 pages, 34 colour & 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 192 x 9. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781606060216
ISBN
9781606060216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. This work gathers together texts by contemporaries of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) - including artists, critics and writers - that illuminate the painter's philosophy of art, particularly in his later years. Editor(s): Doran, Michael S. Translator(s): Cochran, Julie Lawrence. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520225190
ISBN
9780520225190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. A survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred years Editor(s): Kirkham, Pat; Weber, Susan. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 704 pages, 760 colour + black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFT; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 252 x 39. Weight in Grams: 3096.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300196146
ISBN
9780300196146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 54.98

Hardcover. Assembles the best Spanish paintings to be found on British soil. Num Pages: 264 pages, 250 colour. BIC Classification: 1DSE; AC; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 290 x 25. Weight in Grams: 2404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ediciones El Viso Spain
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9788494441523
ISBN
9788494441523
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.08

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