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Paperback. Featuring a highly provocative series of interviews conducted in early 1969 with some of the most dynamic, daring, and innovative artists of the tumultous 1960s. The nine individuals - eight artists and one art dealer - are now known as major contributors to Conceptual art. Editor(s): Alberro, Alexander; Norvell, Patricia. Num Pages: 177 pages, 39 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 174 x 10. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220119
ISBN
9780520220119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Paperback. Exploring the political forces that shaped Impressionism, this work proposes that at the heart of the modern is a "guilty secret" - the need of the dominant, mainly bourgeois, classes in Paris to expunge from historical memory the haunting nightmare of the Commune and its socialist ideology. Series: Princeton Series in Nineteenth-Century Art, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 162 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACVT; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 254 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780691015552
ISBN
9780691015552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.24
€ 51.02

Paperback. Series: Social History of Modern Art. Num Pages: 550 pages, 283 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
550
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226063348
ISBN
9780226063348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 180. BIC Classification: ACV; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bauhan (William L.),U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872332423
ISBN
9780872332423
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.50

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 285 pages, 346ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACND; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748. 285 pages, 346ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACND; AFH; AGB. Dimension: 307 x 216 x 20. Weight: 924.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
285
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Edition
Dover Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486210971
ISBN
9780486210971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 26.00

Hardback. Presents a Portrait of a Lady from the Poldi Pezzoli museum in Milan, one of the greatest masterpieces of Florentine portraiture from the latter half of the 15th century, investigates the art of the Pollaiolo brothers: Antonio, a goldsmith, painter and sculptor, and the most famous of the three; Piero, a painter; and Silvestro. Num Pages: 288 pages, 203 illustrations, 184 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFC; AFKG; AFW; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 311 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1866.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857224749
ISBN
9788857224749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 36.80

Paperback. Features essays that examine three generations of international scholars of muralism - Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros - to their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. This title shows how these artists' murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by different modernity. Editor(s): Anreus, Alejandro; Greeley, Robin Adele; Folgarait, Leonard. Num Pages: 394 pages, 10 color illustrations, 96 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; ACXD; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896. A Critical History. 394 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Anreus, Alejandro; Greeley, Robin Adele; Folgarait, Leonard. Features essays that examine three generations of international scholars of muralism - Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros - to their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. This title shows how these artists' murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by different modernity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; ACXD; AFC. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 28. Weight: 896.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271623
ISBN
9780520271623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.85

Hardcover. By the age of just twenty-two, Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) had produced over 160 paintings, many of them ambitious compositions of remarkable quality. This book offers a study of the artists early career, spanning the eight years between 1613, when the artist was just fourteen, to his departure for Italy from Antwerp in October 1621. Editor(s): Vergara, Alejandro; Lammertse, Friso. Num Pages: 416 pages, 278 illustrations, 242 in colour. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 248 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2650.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970508
ISBN
9780500970508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.07

Paperback. Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan's Constructivism was the first theoretical treatise of postrevolutionary Russia's emergent Constructivist movement. This edition replicates Gan's original layout, which was one of the first experiments in Constructivist typography and graphic design, and also presents an introductory essay. Num Pages: 178 pages, 12 colour plates, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Editorial Tenov S.L.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788493923129
ISBN
9788493923129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.44

Paperback. Today we view Cezanne as a monumental figure, but during his lifetime (1839-1906), many did not understand him or his work. This book tells the story of an artist who was never accepted into the official Salon: he was considered a revolutionary at best and a barbarian at worst, whose paintings were unfinished, distorted and strange. Num Pages: 608 pages, 40 pp colour plates. BIC Classification: ACVT; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 232 x 40. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Profile Books Ltd
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846681707
ISBN
9781846681707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.54

Hardback. How can works of the imagination help us to understand good and evil in the modern world? In this new collection of essays, Alex Danchev treats the artist as a crucial moral witness of our troubled times, and puts art to work in the service of political and ethical inquiry. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AC; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474428002
ISBN
9781474428002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. A collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years is cacophony of voices from such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Destructivism, and Stuckism, taking in along the way film, architecture, fashion, and cookery. It gathers together an international array of artists of every stripe, including Kandinsky, Gilbert and George. Editor(s): Danchev, Alex. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191799
ISBN
9780141191799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. The Visionary Art of Alex Grey. 96 pages, 50 colour plates. Illustrator(s): Grey, Alexander. Alex Grey sees in the human anatomy a microcosm of the many levels of order in nature. His paintings in Sacred Mirrors take the viewer on an extraordinary visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; VXA. Dimension: 342 x 270 x 8. Weight: 728.
Publisher
Inner Traditions
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892813148
ISBN
9780892813148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 22.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 175 pages, 160 colour illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 213 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Jeske, Otger, u. Matthias Mader. I.P. Verlag Germany
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9783940822000
ISBN
9783940822000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.73

Hardback. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 960 pages, 350 color + 1600 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 320 x 267 x 92. Weight in Grams: 6480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209693
ISBN
9780300209693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.50
€ 156.41

Hardcover. This collection of writings by specialists from many disciplines explores a range of topics relating to English painter George Romney (1734-1802). The contributors address not only Romney's personality and artistic practice, but also key themes in his work and aspects of its cultural context. Editor(s): Kidson, Alex. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 colour pl 105 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094589
ISBN
9780300094589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Paperback. Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and sexuality. The results can be sexy or serious, satirical or tender, discreetly coded or defiantly outspoken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 140. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849765039
ISBN
9781849765039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 58 color plates, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACXD9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226393957
ISBN
9780226393957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.19
€ 44.93

Paperback. Well-known art historians from Europe and the Americas discuss the influence of conceptualism on art since the 1970s. Editor(s): Alberro, Alexander; Buchmann, Sabeth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262511957
ISBN
9780262511957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 41.43

Paperback. On July 9, 1975, artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, for Palmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled In Search of the Miraculous. He was never seen again. This book features biography, theoretical reflection, and archival research to draw a detailed picture of the world in which Aders' work. Num Pages: 200 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226269856
ISBN
9780226269856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. An engaging account of today's contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world. Editor(s): Dumbadze, Alexander; Hudson, Suzanne. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444338669
ISBN
9781444338669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.53

Hardcover. On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. The damaged boat was found south of the western tip of Ireland nearly a year later. Ader was never seen again. The author resituates Ader's art and life within the conceptual art world of Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038537
ISBN
9780226038537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.89
€ 79.10

Paperback. The Museum Wiesbaden is one of three important Hessian state museums and holds world-class collections in the fields of art and naturalhistory. This book provides an introduction to the museum's art collections, which span the period from the Middle ages to contemporary art with an emphasis on the art of the nineteenth and twentieth century. Num Pages: 378 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 221 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1742.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424644
ISBN
9783777424644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.01

Hardcover. Explores the connections between modern and premodern art, offering a radical reading that reveals the underlying patterns and ideas traversing centuries of artistic practice. This book reconsiders from a double perspective some key issues in the history of art, from iconoclasm and illusionism to the status of painting, and installation. Num Pages: 312 pages, 134 illustrations, 104 in colour. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 177 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1196.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238974
ISBN
9780500238974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.89

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