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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. William Hogarth was an artist with overflowing imagination and his prints hang in our pubs and leap out from our history-books. This book showcases the portrait of a proud, stubborn, comic, vulnerable man. Num Pages: 816 pages, 8pp colour & 190 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ACV; AFC; AFH; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 233 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1052.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571193769
ISBN
9780571193769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.22

Hardcover. The art of the Pacific Islands is exciting, varied, vibrant and ever-changing. This book draws on colourful examples from the Pacifics major cultural regions: Polynesia, Melanesia and Micronesia, beginning with an introduction asking What is Pacific art? Series: Art in Detail. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1M; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714125909
ISBN
9780714125909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF; AGB; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
powerHouse Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781576877265
ISBN
9781576877265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.23

Hardcover. American-born artist R B Kitaj (1932-2007) was one of the most controversial artists of the second-half of the twentieth century. His distinctive, highly personal and often challenging works drew on many influences ranging from literature to politics and film. This book offers a collection of the artists graphic works. Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 253 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1602.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714126852
ISBN
9780714126852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.07

Hardback. In Remote Avant-Garde Jennifer Loureide Biddle interrogates the avant-garde art of Aboriginal communities in the Australian desert, showing how it is an act of survival in the face of state occupation and a means to revive at-risk vernacular languages and cultural heritages. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 280 pages, 112 illustrations, incl. 20 in color. BIC Classification: 1M; ACBS; HBJM; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822360551
ISBN
9780822360551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.33

Hardback. Taking seriously the complications involved in moving pictures through the physical world - the sheer bulk and weight of artworks, the long delays inherent in long-distance reception, the uneasy mingling of artworks with other kinds of things in transit, the author forges a model for a material history of visual communication in early America. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 color, 50 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520251847
ISBN
9780520251847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.46

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
€ 36.72

Paperback. In Hold It Against Me, Jennifer Doyle explores the relationship between difficulty and emotion in contemporary art, treating emotion as an artist's medium. Num Pages: 232 pages, 45 illustrations, including 17 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353133
ISBN
9780822353133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: ACQB; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810861831
ISBN
9780810861831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.21

Paperback. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Institute for the Study of the Ancient World at New York University, New York, February 12-June 7, 2015. Editor(s): Chi, Jennifer Y.; Azara, Pedro. Num Pages: 168 pages, 125 color illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: AC; HBLA; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 270 x 22. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691166469
ISBN
9780691166469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: ACB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 263 x 13. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Guggenheim Museum Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892075218
ISBN
9780892075218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 42.55

Hardback. Looks at late-nineteenth-century American art, and demonstrates the profound role humor played in determining the course of culture in the Gilded Age. This title examines how ambitious artists like Winslow Homer and Augustus Saint-Gaudens rethought the place of humor in their work. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272453
ISBN
9780520272453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 303 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Graffeg
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905582891
ISBN
9781905582891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Truman State University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931112437
ISBN
9781931112437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.13

Hardback. Published to accompany a major exhibition originating at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, this volume illuminates Picasso's radical reformulation of human physiognomy. Containing eighty-two color illustrations and sixty-eight duotones, this catalogue explores the Fernande portraits and related works as a single oeuvre. Num Pages: 192 pages, 82 color plates. 68 duotones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1285.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117416
ISBN
9780691117416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.81
€ 61.86

Paperback. Looks at the pivotal role played by speed in modern life: from art and architecture to graphics and design to the material culture. Editor(s): Schnapp, Jeffrey T. Num Pages: 320 pages, 120 illustrations, 60 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 171 x 30. Weight in Grams: 880.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857201757
ISBN
9788857201757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526118851
ISBN
9781526118851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrated with an 8-page colour plate section. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845198114
ISBN
9781845198114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.18

Paperback. Meikle explores the history of American design, from the industrialization of the 19th century and the mass production of the 'machine age' to the information-based society of the present, examining how design, consumerism, and culture connect. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones and full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; ACXD2; ACXJ8; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842190
ISBN
9780192842190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Hardback. Identifying sacramentalism as the key to the poetry and spirituality of Gerard Manley Hopkins, this study suggests that Hopkins most dominantly emphasized the sacramental Mystical Body of the Church and that his poems aspire to see past the outscape of nature and humanity to revelations of spiritual inscape. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: AC; DCF; DSBF; DSC; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838751381
ISBN
9780838751381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 914.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801494017
ISBN
9780801494017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Hardcover. This text is an account of the changing roles of images in German medieval monasticism from the 12th-century to the Reformation. The author explores the interrelationships between the visual arts and female spirituality in the context of the "cura monialium", the pastoral care of nuns. Num Pages: 580 pages, 246 illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACK; AGR; HRCX8; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 282 x 190 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1611.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299458
ISBN
9780942299458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Paperback.
Publisher
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976547280
ISBN
9780976547280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Hardcover. The fantastic book is now available again in new smaller format edition with a lower price Num Pages: 528 pages, 600 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 240 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2762.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847842988
ISBN
9780847842988
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 40.67

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