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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. A handbook for practical living in posthuman world - all by way of examining the imagined 1916 chess game between Tristan Tzara, the daddy of Dada, and V I Lenin, the daddy of communism. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; D; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 107 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137780
ISBN
9780691137780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.01

Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, 200 woodblock prints. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 215 x 20. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Hardcover with Jacket
Condition
New
SKU
V9784805313107
ISBN
9784805313107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.15

Hardcover. Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen (b 1961, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (b 1969, Norway) have worked as a collaborative team since the mid-1990s. This book shows how the artists' sculptures and installations reconfigure the familiar with characteristic wit and subversive humour. It also includes interviews with the duo. Editor(s): Weibel, Peter; Beitin, Andreas F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 200 illustrations, 96 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 256 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Condition
New
SKU
9780500093641
ISBN
9780500093641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. This book presents classic-era Hopi and Zuni carved dolls made between the 1880s and 1940s that have been rarely seen. Num Pages: 186 pages, 84 colour & 31 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135969
ISBN
9780890135969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.66

Hardcover. Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) arresting pictures were in many ways expressions of trauma. This richly illustrated Basic Art book offers a both accessible and informed introduction to Kahlo's life and work, looking at the artist's dramatic, colourful canvases which combined religious Mexican tradition with Surrealist elements. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
TASCHEN GmbH
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836500852
ISBN
9783836500852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

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
€ 44.25

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

€ 69.90

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

€ 74.72

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
€ 22.00

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

€ 53.49
€ 42.14

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

€ 84.39
€ 64.45

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

€ 32.48

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

€ 48.21

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

€ 51.64
€ 48.66

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

€ 59.43
€ 50.28

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
€ 39.83

Paperback. Series: Recovering Languages and Literacies of the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 25 color and 49 b&w photos, 8 b&w illus., 1 b&w map. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; 3J; ACBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309551
ISBN
9781477309551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

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
€ 23.87

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
€ 33.37

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