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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. The definitive monograph on contemporary African American painter Kerry James Marshall, accompanying a major traveling retrospective. Num Pages: 320 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 308 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1826.
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Fourth Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847848331
ISBN
9780847848331
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.98

Hardback. Offers a fresh take on the modernist primitivism of the French painter Paul Gauguin, the nostalgic exoticism of the American John LaFarge, and the elite tourism of the American writer Henry Adams. This title explores how these artists, lured by romantic ideas about travel and exploration, wrestled with the elusiveness of paradise. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 color illustrations, 122 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1MKPFT; ACBS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 184 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1016.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271739
ISBN
9780520271739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.67

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843839415
ISBN
9781843839415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.63

Hardback. Features an account of art, design, and architecture in the Central Europe of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during its last decades. The author integrates political and cultural developments, comparing the situation in eight cities, highlighting the contrasts, rivalries, parallels, and interconnections across this region. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 356 pages, 200 b&w illustrations, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; ACX; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 295 x 225 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111200
ISBN
9780300111200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.21

Paperback. The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts were begun in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art in order to bring the best in contemporary scholarship to the public. This illustrated documentary volume tells the story of the genesis of the lectureship, featuring essays by a variety of scholars. Editor(s): Cropper, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 255 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099614
ISBN
9780300099614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Hardback. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 432 pages, 390 color + 120 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 314 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3000.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300221749
ISBN
9780300221749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 85.19

Hardcover. Drawing on interviews with all the key BritArt players and archival research, this title examines the individual characters, their relationships to one another, crucial events and seminal artworks, considering, the political, economic and artistic context of those years. Num Pages: 288 pages, 170 illustrations, 140 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500239445
ISBN
9780500239445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003443
ISBN
9780691003443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. A collection of notebooks, letters, treatises, and contracts dealing with the art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It gives the reader an insight into the personalities and conditions of the times. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: ACK; ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003337
ISBN
9780691003337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Goizueta, Elizabeth T. Translator(s): Fuentes, Ileana. Num Pages: 200 pages, 90 color plates, 50 figures. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 229. .
Publisher
Mcmullen Museum Of Art, Boston College
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781892850270
ISBN
9781892850270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.34

Hardback. Argues that art, especially architecture, music, and painting, is born from the disruptive forces of sexual selection. This book approaches art as a form of erotic expression that connects sensory richness with primal desire. It argues that the meaning of art comes from the intensities and sensations it inspires, not just its intention. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages, two color images. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition (1st printing)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145183
ISBN
9780231145183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. An examination of visual art in post-independence Senegal. It explores the complex interplay of cultural nationalism, negotiations of postcolonial identity, and an emergent artistic modernism. Highlighting the distinctive cultural history that shaped Sengalese modernism, it reveals its innovations, diversity, and dynamism. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 344 pages, 14 color photos, 78 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1HFDS; ACXJ; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822333951
ISBN
9780822333951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Boone, Elizabeth Hill. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Pre-Columbian Symposia and Colloquia. Num Pages: 368 pages, 108 black-and-white photographs, 2 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; 1QDAK; AC; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library & Collection United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023739
ISBN
9780884023739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.79

Hardback. An historical examination of the early-twentieth-century Indian Craze, a widespread interest in Native American art, that explores its importance for Native Americans, Euro Americans, and the history of modernism. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, 80 b&w illustrations, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 183 x 28. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822343905
ISBN
9780822343905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.29

Paperback. An historical examination of the early-twentieth-century Indian Craze, a widespread interest in Native American art, that explores its importance for Native Americans, Euro Americans, and the history of modernism. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 304 pages, 80 b&w illustrations, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344087
ISBN
9780822344087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.56

Paperback. Documents the search for the origins of the iconic "femme fatale" who was depicted as a dangerous, depraved, and deadly woman. This book argues that the evolution of the femme fatale, with both literary and visual links to the biblical Eve figure, came as a response to increasing feminism and the desire by men to halt its spread. Num Pages: 360 pages, 126 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AC; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 181 x 20. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252073236
ISBN
9780252073236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.04

Hardback. National Treasures explores the fate of French art and heritage during the Nazi occupation of France, revealing the roots of contemporary cultural policy in the Vichy era and exposing a hidden convergence of resistance and collaboration in French museology. Num Pages: 404 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; ABC; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804770187
ISBN
9780804770187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.15

Paperback. This volume traces Yeats' fascination with the visual arts and their influence on his poetry. Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux demonstrates how the influences in Yeats' early years, especially his interest in Pre-Raphaelite painting, helped shape his aesthetic theory and practice as a poet. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 60 photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACVM; AFKB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629955
ISBN
9780815629955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.79

Paperback. Now in paperback, the fascinating story behind the outsiders who staged the 1913 Armory Show in New York, the most important art exhibition in United States history, which introduced Picasso, Duchamp, Matisse, and the rest of Modernism to America. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493000623
ISBN
9781493000623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.29

Hardback. A catalogue that presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolours, pastels, and drawings by American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. It features two essays exploring the historical significance of the collection and the importance to American modernists of working on paper. Series: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AFCC; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151664
ISBN
9780300151664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 59.26

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