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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. An examination of the major optically oriented examples of artistic theory and practice, from Brunelleschi's invention of perspective and its exploitation by Leonardo and Duerer to the beginnings of photography. It discusses colour theory and shows the interaction between art and science. Num Pages: 383 pages, 549 b&w illustrations, 16 colour plates, select bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 282 x 254 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1806.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
383
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300052411
ISBN
9780300052411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.64
€ 45.04

Paperback. Informed by fossil discoveries, scientists and artists collaborated during the years before Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published to produce images of a prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. This book explores the implications of reconstructing a past humans have never seen. Num Pages: 294 pages, 107 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: AC; AKL; PDX; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
n
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731056
ISBN
9780226731056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.52

Hardback. A Companion to Chinese Art explores one of the world s greatest and richest artistic traditions. Including over two dozen newly-commissioned essays written by an international team of scholars from East and West, it examines the multi-faceted theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art throughout its history. Editor(s): Powers, Martin J.; Tsiang, Katherine R. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1208.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781444339130
ISBN
9781444339130
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages, illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 303 x 14. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Timothy Taylor Gallery
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992930929
ISBN
9780992930929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.27

Hardcover. The perfect introduction to the life and work of Francis Bacon. Series: Phaidon Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 120. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 187 x 16. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714861333
ISBN
9780714861333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.66

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 240 colour illus. BIC Classification: ACBP; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Grantha Corporation United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935677017
ISBN
9781935677017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.38

Hardback. Edward Schroder Prior designed the cathedral of the Arts and Crafts Movement (St Andrew's Church, Roker), perfected the popular butterfly plan in his houses, and published what is still the seminal work on medieval gothic art in England in 1900. This book deals with Prior's architecture, life and scolarship. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVN; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 838.
Publisher
The Crowood Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785000119
ISBN
9781785000119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

paperback. An account of the tumultuous nine weeks in which the famous nineteenth century artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a house in the small French town of Arles. It is an exploration of a fragile friendship, art, madness, genius behind a shocking act of self-mutilation that the world has sought to explain. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Penguin
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780141016733
ISBN
9780141016733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. does drawing make one 'see things clearer, and clearer, and clearer still', as Hockney suggests? What significance do different media - from a Lascaux cave wall to an iPad - have for the way we see? What is the relationship between the images we make and the reality around us? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 181 illustrations, 174 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 269 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292259
ISBN
9780500292259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. John Constable and Maria Bicknell might have been in love but their marriage was a most unlikely prospect. For seven long years the couple were forced to correspond and meet clandestinely. But it was during this period of longing that Constable developed as a painter. Num Pages: 384 pages, b&w integrated. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141031965
ISBN
9780141031965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages, integrated b&w. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 146 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241299425
ISBN
9780241299425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.77

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. The definitive work on Anthony Green RA, featuring paintings that span the whole of his career. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 289 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1416.
Publisher
Royal Academy Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910350553
ISBN
9781910350553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 44.33

Paperback. An account of a significant development in the history of photography: the first commercial studio to mass-produce photographs, set up in Reading in 1843. Num Pages: 88 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: ACV; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Two Rivers Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
88
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901677980
ISBN
9781901677980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag Germany
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424491
ISBN
9783777424491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.01

Paperback. Analyzing the rise of art in the 18th century, this treatise demonstrates how painting, sculpture and literature were not regarded as valuable art forms before the emergence of a new bourgeois culture. The author reveals how Romantic poets and philosophers invented "art" as we know it today. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACV; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106016
ISBN
9780231106016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Provides an overview of French art circa 1500, a dynamic, transitional period when the country, resurgent after the dislocations of the Hundred Years' War, invaded Italy and all media flourished. Editor(s): Wolff, Martha. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 208 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; ACND; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170252
ISBN
9780300170252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Documenting the work of graffiti writers who illegally painted subway cars in New York City, the authors recall how they gained entry to the New York graffiti community in the 1970s and 1980s and describe the techniques that they used to photograph it. Num Pages: 128 pages, 153 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPN; ACXJ; AFJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 338 x 11. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292129
ISBN
9780500292129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. Ion Grigorescu, born in 1945 in Bucharest and educated as a painter, was one of the first Romanian conceptual artists and advocates of anti-art, postulating a radical consolidation of artistic activities with quotidian life. This book considers the oeuvre of Grigorescu. Num Pages: 312 pages, 20 colour plates, 117 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVWR; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 241 x 16. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Poland
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9788392404415
ISBN
9788392404415
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.06

Paperback. By placing emerging artists in their political and social contexts, this collection attempts to confront the new activist scene that has arisen in the Russian art world during the past few years. It brings to light the important work of Russian artists today and to explicate the political environment that has given rise to such work. Editor(s): Dziewanska, Marta; Degot, Ekaterina; Budratskis, Ilya. Translator(s): Aslanyan, Anna. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JM; ACXJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Poland
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9788393381845
ISBN
9788393381845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.87

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