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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. Florence Cathedral, familiarly called Il Duomo, is an architectural masterpiece and home to celebrated works of art. Perhaps the most beloved example is Luca della Robbia's sculptural programme for the organ loft. In this title, Luca's sculptures are examined alongside illuminated manuscripts commissioned for musical performances. Series: High Museum of Art Series. Num Pages: 104 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AMN; AVGC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209181
ISBN
9780300209181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.08

Hardback. As the focal point of numerous high-profile exhibitions, the sculpture of Richard Serra (b. 1939) has drawn international acclaim. This title brings together the Serra's drawn work, considering the artist's investigation of medium as an activity both independent from and linked to his pioneering sculptural practice. Editor(s): Garrels, Gary; Rose, Bernice; White, Michelle. Series: Menil Collection. Num Pages: 176 pages, 160 tritone illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 249 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1728.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300169379
ISBN
9780300169379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.54

Num Pages: 240 pages, 273 color & 118 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JJC; 3JJG; ACX; AFC; AFF; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1712.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764340543
ISBN
9780764340543
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.26
€ 52.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 24 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; AFC; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309705
ISBN
9780226309705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.39

Hardcover. Offering an original theory of perspective's impact on pictorial representation, the act of looking, and the understanding of truth in painting, Grootenboer, shows how these paintings both question the status of representation and explore the limits and credibility of perception. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 color plates, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; AFC; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309682
ISBN
9780226309682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 78.06

Hardback. "Three features make this book remarkable. First, its scholarship is impeccable, unusually broad, and complete. Second, its author has a clear story to tell. Third, it illuminates the world of Late Antiquity, which is only now beginning to be understood."--Oleg Grabar, author of "The Shape of the Holy " Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 419 pages, 60 b/w photographs, 11 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1QDA; AB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
419
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520236653
ISBN
9780520236653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.50
€ 63.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857226842
ISBN
9788857226842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 57.24

Hardcover. Gallery 1988's annual Crazy 4 Cult art show has quickly become a phenomenon, with huge crowds and high profile buyers like Kevin Smith and Joss Whedon snapping up work by the cream of the underground/urban scene. Following 2011's critically acclaimed first volume, this is a second selection of the cult movie-inspired artwork. Editor(s): Gallery 1988. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour art throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 311 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781167519
ISBN
9781781167519
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.71

Paperback. Bringing together advice and information from a group of eminent scholars, this title aims to develop in the reader an informed and realistic approach to the mechanisms for accessing and handling manuscripts in what may be limited time. It is suitable for students and fledgling researchers in Anglo-Saxon history and literature. Editor(s): Owen-Crocker, Gale R. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, c. 50 b&w, c. 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; ACK; CFL; DSBB; HBLC; HDDM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 846.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859898416
ISBN
9780859898416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.47

Paperback. This work compares paintings by Edward Hopper with photographs of the subjects of paintings done in New York, Maine, Gloucester, Cape Cod, Charleston, Mexico and Paris. It demonstrates how Hopper made art of everyday scenes and how he sometimes made intentional changes from what he observed. Num Pages: 145 pages, 90 color photos and 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
145
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520216761
ISBN
9780520216761
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.10

Paperback. Accompanying an exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery and the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, this book offers material that is chronologically and geographically distant from imperial Rome, the better to characterize and understand local responses and identities within the provinces as they were expressed through material culture. Editor(s): Brody, Lisa R.; Hoffman, Gail L. Num Pages: 300 pages, 75 colour plates, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 26. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mcmullen Museum Of Art, Boston College
Condition
New
SKU
V9781892850225
ISBN
9781892850225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 37.97

hardcover. With a contextual approach that encompasses the full range of media, from textiles to stucco, this study traces the concept of a unified interior. It argues that art history - even the emergence of the modern category of fine art - was worked out as much in the rooms of palaces as in the printed pages of Vasari and other early writers on art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 colour & 116 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606062982
ISBN
9781606062982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 59.01

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149389
ISBN
9780231149389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.92
€ 55.92

Hardcover. Since the 1990s, acclaimed Norwegian and London-based artist AK Dolven has produced a substantial body of work that explores the relationship between individuals and the perception of their environment, the connections that bind inner and outer realities. Coinciding with a solo exhibition at the Ikon Gallery, this book presents her oeuvre. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1556.
Publisher
Art / Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908970190
ISBN
9781908970190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.61

Hardcover. Luminous and revealing, a daughter's memoir of the art world and a larger-than-life father. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 illlustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; BGFA; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780393239171
ISBN
9780393239171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.37

Paperback. Lavishly illustrated, Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love and Betrayal in the Court of Duke Cosimo I is an indispensable work for anyone with a passion for Italian renaissance history, art, and court culture. Num Pages: 480 pages, 83 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AGHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802095268
ISBN
9780802095268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.95

paperback. Argues that art should address a broad audience and explains the painter's responsibility to his spectators. This book explains how - even if the archbishop did not succeed in reforming the arts - Paleotti's treatise constituted one last synthesis of art as a reading of creation and salvation history, and "sacred" art as a vehicle of devotion. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Publications
Condition
New
SKU
9781606061169
ISBN
9781606061169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.99
€ 41.02

Paperback. This generously illustrated volume on the work of Turner makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 colour. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 515.
Publisher
Prestel
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791346212
ISBN
9783791346212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.09

Hardback. Editor(s): Weisberg, Gabriel P.; Bonsdorff, Anna-Maria von. Num Pages: 256 pages, 170 color + 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; ACBP; ACX; AGC; HBJD; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 292 x 235. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300220117
ISBN
9780300220117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80
€ 49.38

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Jean Baptiste Chardin. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour and 40 b&w illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780714833361
ISBN
9780714833361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.41

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