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Art & Architecture

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Art & Architecture

Paperback. Chronically associates artistic maturity either with transcendence, degeneration, or irrelevance. This volume looks to the non-representational arts of music, abstract painting and sculpture, and architecture for fresh insight into the juncture of aesthetics and mortality. Editor(s): Painter, Karen; Crow, Thomas. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 b&w and 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892368136
ISBN
9780892368136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Hardcover. Explores the ways in which the aesthetics of public art were affected by the social, political, and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. This book chronicles the transformation of public art in eighteenth-century France. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33 colour & 78 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369591
ISBN
9780892369591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.03

Paperback. Celebrating twenty years of collecting photographs at the Getty Museum Photographers of Genius at the Getty spolights the genius of thirty- eight seminal photographers selected from the hundreds of artists represented in the collection. Num Pages: 176 pages, 114 illustrations, (60 colour ). BIC Classification: AGC; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367498
ISBN
9780892367498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. This volume is devoted to the smaller and more unusually-shaped works of Carleton E. Watkins, many of which have not been published before. The book also contains an overview of his life, and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 55 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363995
ISBN
9780892363995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.98

Paperback. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 148 pages, 60 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892362905
ISBN
9780892362905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.92

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060056
ISBN
9781606060056
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.30
€ 145.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 49 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363247
ISBN
9780892363247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.94

Paperback. This text aims to define the elements of early modernist architecture according to notions of realism and simplicity. Its critique of stylistic architecture is not only linked to the development of the Deutsche Werkbund movement, but also can be viewed as a cornerstone of the modern movement. Translator(s): Anderson, Stanford. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 259 x 192 x 11. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892362837
ISBN
9780892362837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.35

Hardcover. Jean-Honore Fragonard was a French painter whose manner is distinguished by remarkable facility, exuberance, and hedonism. His series of works known as the 'Allegories of Love' display an atmosphere of intimacy. This volume presents an analysis of the compositions, iconography and sources of the Allegories in their historical and artistic context. Num Pages: 128 pages, 53 full-colour & 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368976
ISBN
9780892368976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. Through a series of texts and images, this work explores how extreme sensations such as wonder, misery, ecstasy and rage have been portrayed at different times in Western culture. It covers multiple fields of creative endeavour and intellectual inquiry - from Descartes's writings to the Internet. Editor(s): Meyer, Richard. Series: Issues & Debates. Num Pages: 312 pages, 93 illustrations, (14 colour ). BIC Classification: AB; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366767
ISBN
9780892366767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. Born in Dresden in 1932, Gerhard Richter was first educated under the prevailing doctrine of Socialist Realism, but retrained after emigrating to West Germany, thus uniquely embodying the division of Germany during the Cold War. This volume takes a look at the unique work and artistic vision of Gerhard Richter. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 colour & 67 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060407
ISBN
9781606060407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.14

Hardcover. Reproduces 14 images from a 15th century manuscript, now in the J. Paul Getty Musuem. The commentary places the manuscript within its context as an account of Alexander's life. Series: Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts. Num Pages: 117 pages, 29 col and 13 b/w plates. BIC Classification: AC; AFT; AKLB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 430 x 349 x 44. Weight in Grams: 3992.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363711
ISBN
9780892363711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.18
€ 107.88

Paperback. "The texts by John McHale that comprise this volume were first published in a variety of different publications." Editor(s): Kitnick, Alex. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 illus., b&w. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 118 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
GSAPP Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883584702
ISBN
9781883584702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061350
ISBN
9781606061350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.32

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

Hardcover. The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, then rediscovered in 1750 contained a large collection of bronze and marble statuary and busts. Num Pages: 390 pages, 239ill.261col.ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 222 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892367221
ISBN
9780892367221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.81
€ 72.88

Hardcover. In the 1920s, a young American - Paul Outerbridge (1896-1958) burst onto the photographic art scene with images that were visually fresh, technically adept, and decidedly Modernist. This book features one hundred photographs from the whole of Outerbridge's career, including his Cubist still-life images, commercial, and nude photography. Num Pages: 144 pages, 48 colour & 62 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 249 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369614
ISBN
9780892369614
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Hardback. A visual celebration of one of photography's most enduring and evocative subjects. It surveys the subject of nudity from the earliest surviving images of Greek and Roman sculpture through studies of living nude models to the burgeoning practice of exploring the human body as pure form. Num Pages: 112 pages, 89 full-colour & 3 b&w. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 191 x 12. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606062661
ISBN
9781606062661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.28

Hardback. Eliot Porter was a pioneer in use of colour photography. His work also became a powerful visual argument for environmental conservation. Possessing a gift for close observation, Porter explored new ways of depicting nature, building blinds in trees so he could study his avian subjects at closer vantage. Num Pages: 144 pages, 80 full-colour & 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1220.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061190
ISBN
9781606061190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. Herb Ritts (1952-2002) was a Los Angeles-based photographer who established an international reputation for distinctive images of fashion models, nudes, and celebrity portraits. This book traces the life and career of the iconic photographer through a selection of photographs and two insightful essays. Num Pages: 224 pages, 43 colour & 155 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 249 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1956.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061008
ISBN
9781606061008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.13
€ 53.50

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