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Paperback. In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese artist in the modern age? This title traces its evolution chronologically and thematically from the Age of Imperialism to the present day. Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 color illustrations, 214 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1256. 384 pages, illustrations. In the early twenty-first century, China occupies a place on center stage in the international art world. But what does it mean to be a Chinese artist in the modern age? This title traces its evolution chronologically and thematically from the Age of Imperialism to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 24. Weight: 1252.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271067
ISBN
9780520271067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 34.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 90 color plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226077819
ISBN
9780226077819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.98
€ 50.94

Paperback. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers'. This book examines this movement. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 578. Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era. 294 pages, Illustrations (some col.). During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers'. This book examines this movement. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 13. Weight: 522.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269750
ISBN
9780520269750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Hardcover. The first catalogue ever published of Herbert Katzman's New York City work. Num Pages: 144 pages, 110 col. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 317 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1168.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832836
ISBN
9781904832836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness which left him stone deaf. The author follows Goya through the remaining thirty-five years of his life. He writes of the elderly painter with the intimacy of an old friend, seeing through his eyes and sharing the silence in his head. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACV; AFC; AGB; BGH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437253
ISBN
9780099437253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.76

hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 69. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JH; ACVT; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 5. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801444708
ISBN
9780801444708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Straub, Julia. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 137 x 21. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837618198
ISBN
9783837618198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.80

Paperback. Published in conjunction with an exhibition presented at the Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art, Tacoma, Wash. July 1-Dec. 31, 2006. Num Pages: 64 pages, 49 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 4531 x 5. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Museum of Glass: International Center for Contemporary Art United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780972664929
ISBN
9780972664929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 b/w & 14 color illus. BIC Classification: AC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837626094
ISBN
9783837626094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.24

Hardcover. Recounts the story of a marriage arranged between the son of a spendthrift nobleman who needs cash and the daughter of a rich City of London merchant who hopes to buy social status. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 80 pages, 11 black-&-white illustrations + 34 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 188 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Har/DVD
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857095104
ISBN
9781857095104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Hardback. George Stubbs is rightly recognised as one of the greatest and most original artists of the eighteenth century. This is the catalogue of Stubbs' paintings and drawings. The catalogue entries are preceded by a study of Stubbs' art and career that sets his work in context. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 700 pages, 30 b&w illustrations, 485 colour images. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 272 x 355 x 52. Weight in Grams: 4350.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
700
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300125092
ISBN
9780300125092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 89.80

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472449603
ISBN
9781472449603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.37

Paperback. A guide to the art, architecture and timeless human passion of Rome. It focuses on famous and forgotten monuments, and the artists and patrons who brought them into being. For Judith Testa, the ancient wordplay on "Roma" and "amor" holds the key to unravelling some fascinating cultural puzzles. Num Pages: 304 pages, 52 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1QDAR; AC; AM; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875805764
ISBN
9780875805764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.62

Paperback. Offers a fresh perspective on the rich and brilliant art of the Florentine Renaissance. Focusing on a number of works, by such masters as Botticelli and Michelangelo, this book explains each piece in terms of what it meant to the people who produced it and to those for whom they made it. Num Pages: 306 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806808
ISBN
9780875806808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. This evocative collection of natural history drawings, produced over a period of more than two hundred and fifty years, captures the rich variety of animals, birds and insects to be found in India and the magnificent flora of the different regions. Series: Images of Nature. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 217 x 10. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
The Natural History Museum United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780565093105
ISBN
9780565093105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; ACX; AMKH; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518663
ISBN
9780500518663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.04

paperback. This richly illustrated, four-colour textbook introduces the art and architecture of ancient Greece with an emphasis on function and context. Num Pages: 445 pages, 84 b/w illus. 400 colour illus. 9 maps 1 table. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 283 x 220 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1612.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521171809
ISBN
9780521171809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

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
€ 28.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 47 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; ACXJ8; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The MIT Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262526128
ISBN
9780262526128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.38

Hardback. Artist Eduardo Paolozzi (1924-2005) was a unique cultural figure. His varied yet instantly recognisable work chronicles the significant changes in British art from the austere 1950s to the post-post-modern late 1990s. This highly illustrated and visually exciting book provides the first comprehensive overview of the career of a major. Num Pages: 304 pages, Includes 180 colour and 80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 258 x 299 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1968.
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848221314
ISBN
9781848221314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.95

Hardback. William Holman Hunt was one of the major artistic talents of the Pre-Raphaelite brotherhood, founded in 1848. Hunt's work was always characterised by great seriousness of purpose and his paintings include many of its most beautiful and powerful images. This two volume set takes an in-depth look at his work. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 800 pages, 500 b&w illustrations, 150 colour images. BIC Classification: ACVM; AFC; AGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 307 x 260 x 64. Weight in Grams: 4612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300102352
ISBN
9780300102352
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.81
€ 158.43

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300124903
ISBN
9780300124903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Hardback. Focusing on the Art Institute's outstanding collection of American modernism, this title includes over 175 important paintings, sculptures, decorative art objects, and works on paper made in North America between World War II and 1955. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 376 pages, 140 black-&-white illustrations + 250 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 241 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300117387
ISBN
9780300117387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 53.74

Paperback. The first art treatise specifically directed toward non-practitioners, Il Riposo gives unique insight into the early stages of art history as a discipline, late Renaissance art and theory, and the Counter-Reformation in Italy. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442614932
ISBN
9781442614932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.12

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