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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. A study of a largely forgotten optical device and its relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination. Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: ACB; AGZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951481
ISBN
9781890951481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.39

paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Snoeck Publishing Company Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9783864420108
ISBN
9783864420108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.53
€ 49.83

Hardcover. Proposes a fresh assessment of the artist, firmly re-establishing his place as a national figure in the canon of American painting Editor(s): Plotek, Ariel. Num Pages: 95 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACVT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 243 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
San Diego Museum of Art United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780937108505
ISBN
9780937108505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.27

Hardcover. A survey of 21 contemporary artists who specialise in painting gardens; beautifully illustrated. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 287 x 15. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
A & C Black Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713682069
ISBN
9780713682069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.71

Hardback. Presents some of the most outstanding and hilarious examples of Jewish dialect humour drawn from the five books Milt Gross (1895-1953) published between 1926 and 1928 - "Nize Baby", "De Night in de Front from Chreesmas", "Hiawatta", "Dunt Esk", and "Famous Fimmales". Editor(s): Kelman, Ari Y. Series: Goldstein-Goren Series in American Jewish History. Num Pages: 308 pages, 120 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; AC; AKLC; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
New York University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814748237
ISBN
9780814748237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 159 x 4. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9782906571921
ISBN
9782906571921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. Americans, on average, spend between six and ten seconds looking at individual artworks in museums or galleries. This book dwells upon various media-photography, painting, sculpture, "living pictures," film, video, digital and performance art - and even light, time, and space, from both the present and past. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 color photographs, 99 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285507
ISBN
9780520285507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.20
€ 46.26

Hardcover. Over a period of 100 days from July to October 2009, 2,400 people stood on the fourth plinth in Trafalgar Square for one hour. They were free to do as they chose during this period in the spotlight. This book contains studio portraits of various 'plinthers' prior to their appearance. Num Pages: 700 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JMC; ACXJ; AFK; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 183 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2158.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224090780
ISBN
9780224090780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.12

Hardcover. A celebration of the finest 300 works of Byzantine art. Num Pages: 304 pages. Dimension: 298 x 264 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2250.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714848105
ISBN
9780714848105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.98
€ 54.17

Hardback.
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037783702
ISBN
9783037783702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.74

Hardback. * This book tells the remarkable story of the discovery of two lost paintings by Michelangelo D one held in a private collection in the US and the other held by an Oxford college. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745652030
ISBN
9780745652030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.68

Hardback. * A major new biography on one of the greatest artists of all time, Raphael Sanzio, written by a leading Renaissance expert. * Retraces Raphael s career by re-examining contemporary documents and accounts and interpreting the artist s works with the eye of an expert restorer. Translator(s): Byatt, Lucinda. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 682.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644110
ISBN
9780745644110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.84

Paperback. * A major new biography on one of the greatest artists of all time, Raphael Sanzio, written by a leading Renaissance expert. * Retraces Raphael s career by re-examining contemporary documents and accounts and interpreting the artist s works with the eye of an expert restorer. Translator(s): Byatt, Lucinda. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745644127
ISBN
9780745644127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.07

Paperback. * This major new biography recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most creative figures in Western culture. * Antonio Forcellino is one of the world s leading authorities on Michelangelo and an expert art historian and restorer. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640068
ISBN
9780745640068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Lee, Pamela M.; Douroux, Xavier. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9783905770353
ISBN
9783905770353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: ACVY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486797335
ISBN
9780486797335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.75

hardcover. Translator(s): Gertraud, Hechl. Num Pages: 224 pages, 414 photos. BIC Classification: ACX; TDPB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764300585
ISBN
9780764300585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.11
€ 46.36

Paperback. Offers an English translation of French art critic Quatermere de Quincy's controversial series of letters about the removal of antiquities from Rome and Athens. Num Pages: 208 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; ABK; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 12. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060995
ISBN
9781606060995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.07

paperback. This treatise on modernism and postmodernism establishes that modernists' faith in the cult of novelty inevitably led to its destruction. Exploring the paradoxical nature of the modernist tradition in literature and the arts, the author considers its aesthetic and moral contradictions. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034332
ISBN
9780231075770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 650 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ4; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 190. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863357047
ISBN
9783863357047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.14

Hardback. This innovative new history examines in-depth how the growing popularity of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or 'biennials', has influenced global contemporary art since the 1950s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444336641
ISBN
9781444336641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.40

Paperback. This innovative new history examines in-depth how the growing popularity of large-scale international survey exhibitions, or 'biennials', has influenced global contemporary art since the 1950s. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444336658
ISBN
9781444336658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.50

hardcover. This selection of seventeen papers by Professor Anthony Cutler falls into three broad groups, all including topics with which the author has been concerned for many years. Chapters III-VIII are concerned primarily with Byzantine subjects, and with their historiography. Num Pages: 530 pages, 246 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828302
ISBN
9781899828302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.78

Paperback. This work seeks to broaden the comprehension of the student of Italian Renaissance painting by concentrating not on the works of art themselves, but on the various artistic theories which influenced them or were expressed by them. The text includes the writings of Michelangelo and Vasari. Num Pages: 208 pages, 12 halftone plates. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198810506
ISBN
9780198810506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.37

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