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Art & Architecture
Hardback. The friendship between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones began when they met as undergraduates in 1853 and lasted until Morris' death in 1896, despite their differences in temperament and in attitudes to political engagement. This book explores particular aspects of the paintings of Burne-Jones and the designs of Morris. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black & white illustrations + 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACVM; AFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1421.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300140934
- ISBN
- 9780300140934
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.21
€ 52.99
€ 37.21
Hardback. Examines the addition to the Art Institute of Chicago, designed by Renzo Piano; this expansion to The Art Institute of Chicago, already one of the largest museums in the country, adds galleries for modern and contemporary painting and sculpture, as well as for photography, film and video, and architecture and design. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 duotone illustrations + 120 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AGC; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300141122
- ISBN
- 9780300141122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. Explores the role of mirrors, spinning, and "neurotic" architecture - a feeling of psychological breakdown - in the work of one of America's contemporary artists, Paul McCarthy. Series: Whitney Museum of American Art. Num Pages: 80 pages, 5 black & white illustrations + 25 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 222 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300141382
- ISBN
- 9780300141382
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.50
€ 14.99
€ 12.50
Hardback. The genre of Rajput painting flourished between the 16th and 19th centuries in the kingdoms that ruled what is now the Indian state of Rajasthan (place of rajas). This title surveys the overall tradition of Indian Rajput painting, while developing new methods to ask unprecedented questions about meaning. Num Pages: 352 pages, 175 black-&-white illustrations & 54 colour images. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACB; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300142297
- ISBN
- 9780300142297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 62.74
€ 82.32
€ 62.74
Hardback. Matthew Boulton was an 18th-century designer, inventor, and industrialist, a consummate businessman, and co-founder of the influential Lunar Society. This book explains how Boulton, a Birmingham 'toy'-maker producing buttons, buckles and silverware, went into business with James Watt and exported Boulton & Watt steam engines all over the world. Editor(s): Mason, Shena. Num Pages: 304 pages, 300 colour images + 50 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEMW; AKP; KJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1860.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300143584
- ISBN
- 9780300143584
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.33
€ 54.99
€ 39.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300144932
- ISBN
- 9780300144932
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. The Lone Star State is home to a dazzling array of world-class artworks, many in private collections and rarely exhibited. Reflecting the Kimbell Art Museum's own collecting strengths, this book focuses on the art of Europe and the ancient Mediterranean from about 700 BC to around 1950. Series: Kimbell Art Museum. Num Pages: 344 pages, 25 black-&-white illustrations + 200 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 3324.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300144949
- ISBN
- 9780300144949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 49.38
€ 58.80
€ 49.38
Hardback. Few, if any, early modern European cities boasted a population as racially, ethnically and religiously diverse as Renaissance Venice, from German merchants living in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi to the Jewish inhabitants of the Ghetto. This book focuses on the wealthy elite of that immigrant population. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 black-&-white illustrations & 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DST; ABQ; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 232 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300148817
- ISBN
- 9780300148817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Hardback. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) produced a body of work that strongly appealed to his contemporaries while disconcerting them. This book offers an account on various aspects of Ingres' achievement. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 black-&-white illustrations + 40 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 201 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1934.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300148831
- ISBN
- 9780300148831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 62.46
€ 76.44
€ 62.46
Hardback. Surveys a fresh chapter in the history of environmental art, one in which space, geopolitics, human relations, urbanism, and utopian dreamwork play as important a role as, if not more than, raw earth. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 144 pages, 11 b/w + 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 3JMC; ACXJ5; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1014.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300149289
- ISBN
- 9780300149289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. In 1891, Paul Gauguin (1848-1903) traveled to Tahiti in an effort to live simply and to draw inspiration from what he saw as the island's exotic native culture. This book addresses both the artist's representation of Tahiti in the woodcut medium and the impact these works had on his artistic practice. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 136 pages, 6 black-&-white illustrations + 87 colour images. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300149296
- ISBN
- 9780300149296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Includes essays that examine sequentiality and serialism in the practice of photography from the medium's earliest years. This title explores nuances of syntax and sense raised by works like photographic albums, books, thematic portfolios, journalistic photo features, and documentations of performance art. Editor(s): Smith, Joel. Series: Princeton University Art Museum Monographs S. Num Pages: 120 pages, 32 black-&-white illustrations + 61 colour images. BIC Classification: ACB; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300149302
- ISBN
- 9780300149302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.04
€ 19.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. The Princeton University Art Museum's collection of Spanish drawings includes masterworks by artists such as Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), and Salvador Dali (1904-1989). In this book, each of the 95 drawings is reproduced in colour, often accompanied by comparative illustrations. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 286 pages, 195 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; AC; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300149319
- ISBN
- 9780300149319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
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
€ 94.08€ 75.55
€ 94.08
€ 75.55
Hardback. The spread of Renaissance culture in England coincided with the birth of the profession of architecture, whose practitioners became superior to simple builders in social standing and perceived intellectual prowess. This book explores the extent to which this professional identity was based on expertise in the mathematical arts and sciences. Num Pages: 192 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300150933
- ISBN
- 9780300150933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Paperback. Accompanies the first exhibition in North America of Grcic's work, highlighting the innovative archetypes of form and concept that have marked his remarkable output since 2004. Series: A+D Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Spi
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151046
- ISBN
- 9780300151046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.20
€ 17.99
€ 14.20
American Moderns on Paper: Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Mus...
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
Hardback. A catalogue that presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolours, pastels, and drawings by American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. It features two essays exploring the historical significance of the collection and the importance to American modernists of working on paper. Series: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AFCC; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151664
- ISBN
- 9780300151664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 58.48
€ 76.44
€ 58.48
Hardback. Offers an analysis of the seismic shift that took place when the modernist formalism which had underpinned thinking about art in the first half of the late twentieth-century. This book shows how the diverse art of this period is to be understood and on what basis judgments are to be made about the merits of specific works. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151862
- ISBN
- 9780300151862
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.84
€ 36.99
€ 26.84
Hardback. The early twentieth century is usually remembered as an era of rising nationalism and military hostility, culminating in the disaster of the First World War. This book explores the role of artists and writers in the formation of a modern, secular peace movement in Britain, and the impact of ideas about 'positive peace' on their artistic practice. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 244 pages, 40 colour images + 100 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; ACXD2; DSBH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151954
- ISBN
- 9780300151954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.29
€ 46.99
€ 33.29
Hardback. Celebrates the achievements of Alice Guy Blache (1873-1968), the first woman motion picture director and producer. This book presents Guy Blache's film oeuvre in an effort that restores her to the rightful place in film history. Editor(s): Simon, Joan. Series: Whitney Museum of American Art. Num Pages: 168 pages, 60 black-&-white illustrations + 8 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFB; KNTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300152500
- ISBN
- 9780300152500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.82
€ 43.99
€ 30.82
Hardback. Richard Brown Baker (1912-2002) began collecting works by emerging artists in the 1940s, becoming one of the first collectors to actively embrace both Abstract Expressionism and Pop Art and eventually amassing more than 1,600 works from the postwar period. Highlighting 130 works, this title presents the complete history of Baker's collection. Series: Yale University Art Gallery. Num Pages: 261 pages, 185 colour images + 35 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2070.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300153026
- ISBN
- 9780300153026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.29
€ 46.99
€ 36.29
Hardback. Accompanying the first US museum exhibition devoted to contemporary art from Pakistan, this catalogue provides a look at the trends in Pakistani art. It covers a range of subjects and media, from installation and video art to sculpture, drawing, and paintings in the 'contemporary miniature' tradition. Series: Asia Society. Num Pages: 160 pages, 17 b/w + 78 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FKP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1160.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300154184
- ISBN
- 9780300154184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.21
€ 52.99
€ 37.21
Hardback. Focuses on Homer Page's New York photographs taken while he was a Guggenheim Fellow during the late '40s. Series: Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art. Num Pages: 144 pages, 98 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 284 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300154436
- ISBN
- 9780300154436
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.50
€ 49.99
€ 35.50
Hardback. When Margrieta came to New York in 1686 with her husband and set up a shop, she brought an astonishing array of Eastern goods, many of which were documented in an inventory made after her death in 1695. This book explores the life and times of the fascinating woman, her family, and her things. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, 100 black-&-white illustrations + 275 colour images. BIC Classification: 1FMM; ACBS; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 227 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300154672
- ISBN
- 9780300154672
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.32€ 66.83
€ 82.32
€ 66.83