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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. These essays show how unpredictable attitudes to classical art turn out to be in Britain during the period 1550-1650. They aim to show how British artists, patrons and builders made informed choices from the classical vocabulary while working within systems distinct from those of classicism. Editor(s): Gent, Lucy. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 478 pages, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300063813
ISBN
9780300063813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.32

Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 colour plates, 64 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVY; ACX; AK; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175029
ISBN
9780231175029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.67

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 colour plates, 64 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVY; ACX; AK; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175036
ISBN
9780231175036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardcover. The author is Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of Art History emerita at New York University, Institute of Fine Arts , and a leading authority on English medieval manuscript illumination. Num Pages: 806 pages, 218 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 2178.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
806
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904597391
ISBN
9781904597391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 245.76

Num Pages: 240 pages, 310 color & 34 b/w color photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1538.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764322754
ISBN
9780764322754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.65
€ 39.57

Paperback. This roll-call of British artists confirms the dominance and excellence of British art across five centuries, from Blake to Banksy, Turner to Tracey Emin. Num Pages: 160 pages, 140. BIC Classification: 1DB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 628.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Prestel
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791345383
ISBN
9783791345383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

This is a completely new study of American art pottery by the author of the leading, pioneer. Arranged alphabetically by the potteries, the text includes important historical data, photographs of each pottery's representative forms, a complete series of t Num Pages: 368 pages, 549 color & b/w photos. BIC Classification: ACVN; TDCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 226 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2128.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764328794
ISBN
9780764328794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.72

Paperback. Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. This title emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult. 296 pages, illustrations. Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. This title emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AVH. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270640
ISBN
9780520270640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.15

Hardcover. Lucian Freud is the most celebrated artist in England. Following the publication of his work by Jonathan Cape in the autumn of 2005, the painter talks in a series of conversations rather than formal interviews. He talks about painting itself, the demands of his own work, and the painters he admires. Num Pages: 256 pages, 125 full-colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1522.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224078719
ISBN
9780224078719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 34.51

Paperback. This guide aims to help readers recognize the legendary characters of classical antiquity in art. The characters are described in entries summarizing their stories, special attributes, and the ways in which artists have depicted them. Each entry is illustrated with reproductions of artworks. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: AC; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367023
ISBN
9780892367023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.14

Paperback. In this book leading Chinese experts review the life, career, and artistic development of the pioneering Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu, whose diverse works speak to China's past and present, the relationship between Asia and the West, and canonical Western art. Editor(s): Lee, Luchia Meihua; Silbergeld, Jerome. Num Pages: 120 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBS; AGB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 231 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1905.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360421
ISBN
9780822360421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 45.16

Num Pages: 205 pages, 378 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1772.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764318078
ISBN
9780764318078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 46.30

Paperback. Provides an exploration of the relationship between art and video games. This title underlines how the video game (an interactive multimedia work) is an art form that has yet to be understood by the world of culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 230 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857211640
ISBN
9788857211640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.60

Hardcover. Featuring artists such as Leger, Ernst, Picasso, Mattisse, Dali, Fontana, Beuys, Oldenberg, Lichtenstein and Rauschenberg, This book focuses on art, history and culture from 1948 to 1986. Num Pages: 328 pages, 900 colour, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 295 x 247 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2244.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788876247446
ISBN
9788876247446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 43.55

Hardback. Starts with the astonishing corpus of figural works and culminates in the artists original invention of spatial art, which led to the creation and development of the highly individual holes, environments and slashes. Num Pages: 1186 pages, 6224 illustrations, 339 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 360 x 270 x 130. Weight in Grams: 8310.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857204826
ISBN
9788857204826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 398.10
€ 357.03

Hardcover. On museum visits, we pass by beautiful, well-preserved vases from ancient Greece - but how often do we understand what the images on them depict? Covering the range of Greek style and its growth between the early Archaic and Hellenistic periods, the author describes the intellectual, social, and artistic contexts in which the images were created. Translator(s): O'Donnell, Joseph. Num Pages: 384 pages, 87 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226297651
ISBN
9780226297651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 60.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 184 illustrations, 62 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 240. .
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232737
ISBN
9788857232737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 63.96

Hardback. Translator(s): Levie, Alison. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFH; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764304743
ISBN
9780764304743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.65
€ 39.38

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 265 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858946412
ISBN
9781858946412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.86

paperback. Explores the visualization of geometry and geometrical forms through history with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art. This work visual journey that records not only the commonalities of human perception throughout the ages and in different cultures, but also the continuing dialogue of vanguard art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Num Pages: 128 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cleveland Museum of Art United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780940717862
ISBN
9780940717862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.10

Hardcover. The story of five rare Buddhist sculptures and their extraordinary histories are the subject of this book. The author became fascinated by them when working as the curator of Asian collections at Liverpool Museum (1996-2003) and selected them for display in the Buddhism section of the World Cultures gallery, which opened in 2005. Series: Museums and Collections. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFKB; AGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452382
ISBN
9780857452382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Hardcover. Presents one hundred great works from the National Gallery Collection, each by a different artist. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 252 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1344.
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094930
ISBN
9781857094930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.81

Hardcover. Features pinks, purples, reds and blues that describe bodies comprising swollen bellies, heavy breasts, engorged phalluses and stooped torsos. Num Pages: 76 pages, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Violette Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
76
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900828369
ISBN
9781900828369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.06

Hardcover. Features approximately 80 writings by Louise Bourgeois, which, combined with eight extensive scholarly essays turns our critical understanding of Bourgeois work on its head. This title shows the enduring presence of psychoanalysis as a motivational force and a site of exploration in her life and work. Num Pages: 504 pages, 123 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 190 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1962.
Publisher
Violette Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Box
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900828376
ISBN
9781900828376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.91

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