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History of art / art & design styles

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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Enriched with paintings and archival illustrations, this volume explores the countered conventions and bulldozed buildings behind the canvass creation. Series: MFA Spotlight Series. Num Pages: 76 pages, 35 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878468379
ISBN
9780878468379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Hardcover. Editor(s): Morstad, Erik. Num Pages: 225 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 269 x 200 x 19. Weight in Grams: 958.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Norway
Edition
New title
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9788274772311
ISBN
9788274772311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.62
€ 44.14

Paperback. Deals with Escher's works, from the great master prints to numerous drawings that are arranged to form a cinematic journey of discovery revealing the magical world of the artists mind. This title presents a study of a great maverick who so memorably linked the world of imagemaking with geometry and paradox. Num Pages: 202 pages, 380 illustrations, 330 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 268 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1426.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
202
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500290736
ISBN
9780500290736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.99

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; APF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176934
ISBN
9780231176934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; APF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176927
ISBN
9780231176927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.32

Paperback. A rapid succession of art movements and different styles reflected the extreme changes in US culture and society, as well as America's position within the international art world. All key movements are discussed, including early American Modernism, the New Negro movement, Abstract Expressionism, Pop Art, and Neo-Expressionism. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, numerous colour and halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842398
ISBN
9780192842398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 446 pages, 137 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
446
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226159430
ISBN
9780226159430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.34

Paperback. When we say that 'Love is blind' or 'Time flies' - making concepts sound like living beings - we are using the language of allegory. Painters have long relied on allegory to create 'message pictures'. This guide helps readers understand the language of allegory within Western painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094855
ISBN
9781857094855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.58

Hardcover. Erika Szivos places the fine arts and their practitioners in the political, cultural, and social context of the Austro-Hungarian monarchy. She investigates the influence of European patterns on the public role of the arts and the changing status of the artist in fin-de-siecle Hungary.

Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVH; 3JH; 3JJC; ACV; ACX; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336703
ISBN
9780880336703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.46

Hardback. The first comprehensive study in English of the Soviet propaganda artist Aleksandr Zhitomirsky, who conceived and deployed his striking photomontages as a political weapon Num Pages: 368 pages, 300 color illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AFJD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 322 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2294.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219180
ISBN
9780300219180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.87

Paperback. Introduces the art of extra-illustration and explores what this personalized form of book design reveals about the history of reading. This work includes an introduction to the concept of designing and creating a unique book by adding external material and an overview of the phenomenon's history and its heyday in the later 18th and 19th centuries. Num Pages: 40 pages, 20 color illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; AKLB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 296 x 202 x 4. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990231
ISBN
9780295990231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.46

Hardback. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 84 color + 46 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AC; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 216. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300214000
ISBN
9780300214000
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.77

Paperback. Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, drunkenness, and heat exhaustion. This title presents a chronicle of this journey. Series: Culture Trails. Num Pages: 190 pages, 26 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226348469
ISBN
9780226348469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.97

paperback. According to most of the critical commentary on Francis Bacon, the paintings by this crucially important artist are about violence, torment, fragmentation and loss. This title argues that it is the violence done to the viewer that needs to be addressed if we are to understand how these works function. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 98 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462344
ISBN
9780948462344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.89

Hardcover. These radiant images from the renowned 19th-century biologist and illustrator Ernst Haeckel, featuring marine microorganisms, will enthrall fans of his previous collections and garner-renewed attention for Haeckel's unparalleled artistry. Num Pages: 16 pages, 7 colour pop-ups. BIC Classification: ACX; AFH; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 210. .
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Pop
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791372310
ISBN
9783791372310
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.73

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
630
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828432
ISBN
9781899828432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.44

Paperback. .
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780233727
ISBN
9781780233727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.48

Hardback. This gorgeously illustrated book explores how Rembrandt achieved mastery by systematic exploration of the 'foundations of the art of painting'. Editor(s): Poelstra, Wardy. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 245. .
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462981522
ISBN
9789462981522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.02

Paperback. This gorgeously illustrated book explores how Rembrandt achieved mastery by systematic exploration of the 'foundations of the art of painting'. Editor(s): Poelstra, Wardy. Num Pages: 356 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 245. .
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089645616
ISBN
9789089645616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.66

Paperback. Winner of the prestigious College Art Association/Heritage Preservation Award, this is a fully updated, colour-illustrated new edition of the bestselling study of Rembrandt's working methods. Num Pages: 356 pages, 228 colour 119 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1772.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089640338
ISBN
9789089640338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.19

Paperback. Erwin Panofsky's Perspective as Symbolic Form is one of the great works of modern intellectual history, the legendary text that has dominated all art historical and philosophical discussions on the topic of perspective in this century. Translator(s): Wood, Christopher S. Num Pages: 198 pages, 63. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299533
ISBN
9780942299533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Westview Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Condition
New
SKU
V9780064300254
ISBN
9780064300254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Ridinghouse
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905464951
ISBN
9781905464951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.51

Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFH; AGB; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764349379
ISBN
9780764349379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.71

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