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Hardcover. Nontraditional, controversial, rebellious, and politically volatile, the Mexican artists Frida Kahlo and Diego Rivera are remembered for their provocative paintings as well as for their deep love for each other. This insightful dual biography features numerous archival photos and full-colour reproductions of both artists' work. Num Pages: 176 pages, colour photos throughout. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 263 x 205 x 17. Weight in Grams: 827.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Clarion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780547821849
ISBN
9780547821849
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.79

Hardback. An important new way of viewing the prehistoric art of the Americas, The Jaguar Within demonstrates that understanding a work of art's connection with shamanic trance can lead to an appreciation of it as an extremely creative solution to the inherent challenge of giving material form to nonmaterial realities and states of being. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 243 pages, 137 b/w photos, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; ACBK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 22. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292726260
ISBN
9780292726260
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.16

Hardback. Uses the work of contemporary American artist Kara Walker to investigate a range of storytelling traditions with roots in the nineteenth century and ramifications in the present. This book also explores a significant yet neglected aspect of Walker's production: her commitment to examining narrative depictions of race, gender, power, and desire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 24 color photographs, 28 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 188 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288928
ISBN
9780520288928
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

paperback. A look at how prominent Indian visual artists created modern art for the postcolonial nation in the years between India's independence in 1947 and 1980. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 illustrations (incl. 10 in color). BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 4369 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822343752
ISBN
9780822343752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. This companion presents new critical views on crucial aspects of the large and varied field of Asian art and architectural history. The essays collected here provide scholars and the public with an opportunity to engage with the field in all its diversity - from coinage to monastic spaces to imperial commissions and beyond. Editor(s): Brown, Rebecca M.; Hutton, Deborah S. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; ACB; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119019534
ISBN
9781119019534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.46

Paperback. Offers the first comprehensive view of Watt's work, covering a period extending from the mid-1990s to the present Num Pages: 133 color illus. BIC Classification: ACBK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 186 x 9. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hallie Ford Museum of Art,US United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781930957664
ISBN
9781930957664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.66

Paperback. Arising from Plateau Indian iconographic interpretations of the human-environment relationship, the author's prints, weavings, and glass sculptures explore the interrelationships between contemporary urban place markers and indigenous design. Series: The Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists. Num Pages: 128 pages, 95 color illus. BIC Classification: ACBK; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 8. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295988603
ISBN
9780295988603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
358
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843837404
ISBN
9781843837404
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.41

Paperback. Asian Art is the first comprehensive anthology of important primary documents and key contemporary scholarship on Asian art history. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Art History S. Num Pages: 544 pages, 30. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405122412
ISBN
9781405122412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.83

Hardcover. Asian Art is the first comprehensive anthology of important primary documents and key contemporary scholarship on Asian art history. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Art History S. Num Pages: 544 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 187 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1156.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405122405
ISBN
9781405122405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.36

Paperback. An interdisciplinary collection exploring how creative practices broadly conceived to encompass urban design, museums, graffiti, film, music, literature, architecture, and performance art, continually reconstruct the urban scene in Latin America. Editor(s): Biron, Rebecca. Num Pages: 288 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344704
ISBN
9780822344704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.45

Hardback. More than most artists, Henri Matisse conducted an ongoing dialogue with his earlier works, continually questioning himself and his methods in order to, as he put it, "push further and deeper into true painting". This book examines sixty works and more than five decades in a series of chapters by Matisse scholars from the United States and Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour + black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 273 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1504.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300188578
ISBN
9780300188578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.78

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Halsgrove United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841147345
ISBN
9781841147345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 130. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 268 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Publisher
Halstar
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906690236
ISBN
9781906690236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.85

Hardback. Editor(s): Azoulay, Ray. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 285. .
Publisher
Hatje Cantz Germany
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783775740500
ISBN
9783775740500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.96

Paperback. Series: Kelsey Museum Publications. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFCC; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 204 x 7. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990662327
ISBN
9780990662327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.51

hardcover. The Haggadot commissioned by wealthy patrons in the Middle Ages are among the most beautifully decorated Hebrew manuscripts, and The 'Brother' Haggadah is one of the finest of these to have survived. This facsimile edition sets out the background to the Passover and provides an analysis of the manuscript's iconographic scheme. Num Pages: 184 pages, 125 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 326 x 244. .
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500110294
ISBN
9780500110294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 colour and 66 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271023298
ISBN
9780271023298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.39
€ 80.60

Paperback. Series: Ver. Num Pages: 168 pages, 106 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 192 x 12. Weight in Grams: 513.
Publisher
UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press United States
Number of pages
168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780895511508
ISBN
9780895511508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238776
ISBN
9780500238776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

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