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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over, the economy was doing well, and the arts were invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists, institutions, and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Translator(s): Kahn, Dr. Peter. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 illustrations (22 color/16 pg insert, 41 b&w). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338932
ISBN
9780822338932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.41

Stewards of the Nation's Art examines the internal tensions between Britain's four main public art galleries' administrative directors, the aristocrats dominating the boards of trustees, and those in the Treasury who controlled the funds as well as board appointments. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; AC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 639.
Publication date
1910
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099600
ISBN
9780802099600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardcover. Intended for all those interested in architecture and the visual arts, this book ranges from the Neoclassicism of Thomas Jefferson design of Monticello and sketches of the White House, to allitaliana gardens and parks, to the strong Roman classicism of the Jefferson Memorial, to Costantino Brumidis frescoes in Congress and the National Library. Num Pages: 214 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFC; ACQ; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1580.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
214
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9788861303041
ISBN
9788861303041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.98

Hardcover. Series: Detail Development. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1439.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Condition
New
SKU
V9783920034324
ISBN
9783920034324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.84

Hardback. Postscript is the first collection of writings on the subject of conceptual writing by a diverse field of scholars in the realms of art, literature, media, as well as the artists themselves Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649842
ISBN
9781442649842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.53

Hardcover. The author's movie poster art is among the most iconic of the last 40 years, from Disney films such as Beauty and the Beast and Pinocchio, to Empire of the Sun, Gremlins, Blazing Saddles, Predator, and Star Wars 30th anniversary posters. This book collects some of his finest work, and also includes comprehensives and in progress sketches. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AKLP; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 315 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1196.
Publisher
Titan Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857689290
ISBN
9780857689290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.02

Paperback. Iconoclastic study of the meanings of art in which the author designs a new set of categories for the artistic process and views artists and their work from a unique point of view. Translator(s): Gilbert, Stuart. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 664 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
661
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018218
ISBN
9780691018218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.43
€ 41.75

Hardback. Offers an original approach to early French modernism, one informed by the art's unprecedented psychological intensity. Focusing on the early work of Paul Cezanne, this title offers a competing version for modern painting rooted in the evocation of emotive "expression," emblematized by scenes of murder, sexual violence, and anxious domesticity. Series: The Phillips Book Prize Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 color illustrations and 99 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 956. Series: The Phillips Book Prize Series. 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Offers an original approach to early French modernism, one informed by the art's unprecedented psychological intensity. Focusing on the early work of Paul Cezanne, this title offers a competing version for modern painting rooted in the evocation of emotive "expression," emblematized by scenes of murder, sexual violence, and anxious domesticity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 23. Weight: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273399
ISBN
9780520273399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.30
€ 64.59

Paperback. Presents the essential ideas of the founder of French surrealism Translator(s): Lane, H. R.; Seaver, R. Series: Ann Arbor Paperbacks. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472061822
ISBN
9780472061822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.75

Hardback. Editor(s): Szanto, Andras. Num Pages: 192 pages, 80. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783775741705
ISBN
9783775741705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.86

Hardback. Editor(s): Folie, Sabine; Titz, Susanne. Num Pages: 244 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 208 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1038.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863351694
ISBN
9783863351694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.22
€ 51.45

Hardback. Features nearly all of the ancient glass objects in the collection of the Princeton University Art Museum. In this title, an introductory essay by an award-winning scholar summarizes the history of Greek, Roman, and Byzantine glass, with a special emphasis on people and on the processes they used to create and decorate these artefacts. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 408 pages, 556 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 1QDAZ; ACG; ACK; AFP; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 264 x 45. Weight in Grams: 2902.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179811
ISBN
9780300179811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.37
€ 50.14

Hardback. The Rat Bastard Protective Association was an inflammatory, close-knit community of artists who lived and worked in a building they dubbed Painterland in the Fillmore neighborhood of midcentury San Francisco. This book presents new and little-known archival material in this authorized account of these artists and their circle. Num Pages: 352 pages, 53 color photographs, 57 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 186 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289451
ISBN
9780520289451
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.22

Paperback. In the late 1960s and '70s, artists in Yugoslavia rejected the official language of expression licensed by the regime, abstract art, and replaced it with "anti-art". This book explores this crucial period in the Yugoslav art scene and situates it in the broader cultural context of Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 40 colour plates, 120 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Poland
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9788392404439
ISBN
9788392404439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 376 pages, 8 color illus., 80 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACK; AFC; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935408208
ISBN
9781935408208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Hardback. Offers an exploration of how surrealist visual production was shaped by constructions of gender and sexuality, particularly masculinity, in the 1920s and early 1930s. This book analyzes surrealist work in relation to the history of surrealism and investigates how surrealist artists and writers appropriated advertising, and sexology. Num Pages: 251 pages, 103 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520246409
ISBN
9780520246409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.30
€ 64.27

Paperback. Extraordinary lives, tangled relationships, innovative art: the story of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf and their Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; ACX; BGF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660080
ISBN
9781445660080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.11

Hardcover. Catalog of an exhibition co-organized by Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, and Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, held at Blaffer Art Museum from September 26, 2015-March 19, 2016 and at Krannert Art Museum from November 10, 2016-March 25, 2017. Num Pages: 120 pages, 61 color illus. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBS; AFKV; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Krannert Art Museum,US United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781883015480
ISBN
9781883015480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 35.56

Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AMX; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679614
ISBN
9780816679614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.75

hardcover. Editor(s): Fisher, Anna. Num Pages: 92 pages, 34 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 294 x 13. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
JRP | Ringier Switzerland
Edition
1.,
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037641071
ISBN
9783037641071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
South Dakota State Historical Society United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941813003
ISBN
9781941813003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 300+ fonts. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764327704
ISBN
9780764327704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.02

paperback. Including over 100 illustrations from mainstream film to independent film, video art, performance and the visual arts, this book explores how technology has affected artist's abilities and forms to express themselves. It makes a companion to studies of contemporary art history, and media and cultural studies in the post-1960 period. Num Pages: 280 pages, 101 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415345224
ISBN
9780415345224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
412
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719096426
ISBN
9780719096426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.57

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