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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. This children's book takes a tour through the Getty Museum, adjacent gardens, conservation laboratories and other sites at the Getty Center. It features the colourful, humorous characters Milli Ennium, Quincy and their cohorts. Illustrator(s): Seibold, J.otto. Num Pages: 32 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB; GM; WTHM; YNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 305 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
32
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892364930
ISBN
9780892364930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 17.07

Paperback. A catalogue of the European decorative art in the Getty Museum. It features photographs of each object, and identifies its creator or manufacturer, its materials, and the date it was created. Provenance information is provided for each object along with a bibliography of related reading. Num Pages: 320 pages, 596 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBBWF; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892366323
ISBN
9780892366323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. Investigates the idea of beauty over time and space. This book offers a chronological account whose conceptual and historical paradigms have been reiterated and contested into the twentieth century. It not only sketches the circumstances that shaped Winckelmann's project but also assesses this scholar's influence on European intellectual life. Translator(s): Mallgrave, Harry Francis. Series: Getty Research Institute Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 456 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACC; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 253 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366682
ISBN
9780892366682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 55.14

Paperback. A catalogue of the almost life-size porcelain animals created for the elector of Saxony and king of Poland, Augustus the Strong, in 1735. This was perhaps the most significant commission for porcelain ever executed in Europe. The text discusses the challenges and solutions the work demanded. Num Pages: 48 pages, 30 colour & 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; ACQ; AFPC; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 205 x 3. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892366446
ISBN
9780892366446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 17.05

Paperback. The Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage Site in northwestern China, are located along the ancient caravan routes, collectively known as the Silk Road, that once linked China with the West. This book gives an account of a ground-breaking conservation project to conserve the cave paintings of the Mogao Grottoes in China. Editor(s): Agnew, Neville. Num Pages: 458 pages, 500 colour & 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABC; ACBP; AGR; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061572
ISBN
9781606061572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.46

Paperback. Precisely rendered to dazzle the eye with their botanical accuracy, the sumptuous arrays of fruit and flowers by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) were among the most avidly collected paintings of the 18th century. This little book explores two of Van Huysum's most important still-life paintings, "Vase of Flowers" and "Fruit Piece". Num Pages: 48 pages, 24 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 122 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060902
ISBN
9781606060902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. Offers fresh insights into the evolution of the forms and meanings of Roman art. The author offers a cultural history of the functions of the visual arts, the messages that these images carried, and the values that they affirmed in late Republican Rome and the Empire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 60 full-colour & 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061015
ISBN
9781606061015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.69

Paperback. Takes readers on a romp through the portrayal of love and sexuality in Western art - ranging from chaste tenderness to overwhelming frenzies of the senses, and from Classical allusion to sexual fantasy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060094
ISBN
9781606060094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. In the sixteenth century, the humanist values and admiration for classical antiquity that marked the early Renaissance spread from Italy throughout the rest of the continent. Part of the "Art through the Centuries" series, this volume is divided into three sections that discuss the important people, concepts, and artistic centres of this period. Series: Art Through the Centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368464
ISBN
9780892368464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.27

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACXJ; AGB; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Korero Press
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993337406
ISBN
9780993337406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.78

Hardcover. The brave new forms of Marcel Breuer Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD2; AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 282 x 2. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836544733
ISBN
9783836544733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.42

Paperback. 155 pristine negatives recently turned up in some forgotten storage. They were taken while the Wild West show was on tour between 1900 and 1905 by cowboy/amateur photographer Harry Bock. This is a photo documentary without parallel and offers western, historical, and tent show buffs a visual look back in time with exceptional detail and clarity. Num Pages: 128 pages, 155 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; AC; AJC; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 281 x 12. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887404375
ISBN
9780887404375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. Series: Dover Pictorial Archive. Num Pages: 48 pages, 175 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3D; ACG; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 209 x 4. Weight in Grams: 180.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486404691
ISBN
9780486404691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.99

Hardcover. This source lists some 41,000 artists and contains much information that has not previously been published. Editor(s): Johnson, J.; Greutzner, A. Series: Dictionary of British Art. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; ACN; ACV; AFC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 221 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780902028364
ISBN
9780902028364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.67

Paperback. Series: Dover Pictorial Archive. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AK; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 206 x 4. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486491219
ISBN
9780486491219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.20

Paperback. This collection of seventeen essays explores the dramatic changes in Western conceptions of the body, encompassing the cultural shifts that occurred across Empire, religion and science, from antiquity to the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 266 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
British School at Rome United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780904152449
ISBN
9780904152449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 40.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; CFA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226033433
ISBN
9780226033433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.51

Hardback. A comprehensive study of Impressionism in Canada. Num Pages: 802 pages, 650 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACVT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 240 x 61. Weight in Grams: 4604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Arnoldsche Germany
Number of pages
802
Condition
New
SKU
V9783897904552
ISBN
9783897904552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.62

Paperback. Series: Close Up. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124865
ISBN
9780714124865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAM; ACG; HBJF1; HBLA; HD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 136 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226631875
ISBN
9780226631875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

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