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History of art / art & design styles
Hardcover. The first book by Helene Cixous on painting and the contemporary arts. These 11 chapters bring together Helene Cixous' writings about specific contemporary artists and artworks. Neither simply 'art criticism' nor critical essays, Cixous responds to these artworks as a poet, reading them as if they were poems. Editor(s): Segarra, Marta; Maso, Dr. Joana. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390. Writings on Contemporary Arts and Aesthetics. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 160 pages, 8 colour illustrations. Editor(s): Segarra, Marta; Maso, Dr. Joana. The first book by Helene Cixous on painting and the contemporary arts. These 11 chapters bring together Helene Cixous' writings about specific contemporary artists and artworks. Neither simply 'art criticism' nor critical essays, Cixous responds to these artworks as a poet, reading them as if they were poems. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSA. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 14. Weight: 386.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748647446
- ISBN
- 9780748647446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.03
€ 106.95
€ 102.03
Hardcover. Now available in a new format, this opulent book presents Vasily Kandinsky s major paintings from all phases of his artistic career and celebrates the artist and his groundbreaking work." Editor(s): Friedel, Helmut; Hoberg, Annegret. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 331 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2088.
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791382920
- ISBN
- 9783791382920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.11
€ 52.99
€ 41.11
Hardcover. Illuminates the role of icons and relics in Buddhist writing and practice Series: Franklin D. Murphey Lecture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 116 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; HREC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4531 x 6466 x 20. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990897
- ISBN
- 9780295990897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
hardcover. Hans Hofmann (1880-1966) is one of the most important figures of post-war American art, for both his own abstract paintings and his influence as the legendary teacher of generations of artists in Germany, New York, and Provincetown. Num Pages: 128 pages, 32 colour & 6 b/w. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1002.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Hudson Hills Press Inc.,U.S.
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KJH0000257
- ISBN
- 9781555951542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.04
€ 8.04
Paperback. Presents the development and aesthetic theories of the symbolist movement in art and literature. This book traces symbolism and its roots from artist to artist and critic to critic from the 1860s to the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 396 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520077683
- ISBN
- 9780520077683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Presents a comprehensive examination of Paul Gauguin's symbolism. This book provides insights into and interpretations of Gauguin's multilayered symbolism. It is illustrated with a visual compendium of the artist's prodigious output. It offers an interpretation of recurrent images and their interrelationships in the artistic and social context. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 color illustrations, 110 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 266 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241305
- ISBN
- 9780520241305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.37€ 64.45
€ 84.37
€ 64.45
Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 20 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 224. .
- Publisher
- George Braziller Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807600184
- ISBN
- 9780807600184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.05
€ 29.99
€ 24.05
Hardcover. How Matisse bowed out in a riot of colorful shapes and patterns BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJ; ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836534277
- ISBN
- 9783836534277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.47
€ 21.47
Hardcover. Editor(s): Guilbaut, Serge. Translator(s): Miller, Chris, (Ph. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Getty Research Institute
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061299
- ISBN
- 9781606061299
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.04€ 44.75
€ 57.04
€ 44.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ACBP; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 233 x 32. Weight in Grams: 860.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500094037
- ISBN
- 9780500094037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.41
€ 33.99
€ 24.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1185.
- Publisher
- Booth-Clibborn Editions United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861543240
- ISBN
- 9781861543240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.81
€ 52.99
€ 43.81
Paperback. Presents a major part of the extraordinary corpus of ancient Ife art in terra-cotta, stone, and metal, dating from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. This title explores the purposes for which this art may have been made and its relationship to Yoruba ideas about leadership, divinity, gender, and aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 150 illus., 140 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945802532
- ISBN
- 9780945802532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. A book on the contemporary painter and printmaker James B Thompson. It places Thompson's work in the context of landscape painting as a whole and offers the viewer with an insight into the meaning of the works themselves. Num Pages: 52 pages, 72 illus., 45 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 280 x 9. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Hallie Ford Museum of Art,US United States
- Number of pages
- 52
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781930957619
- ISBN
- 9781930957619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.13
€ 26.13
Paperback. The Byzantines surrounded themselves with their saints, invisible but constant companions, who were made visible by dreams, visions, and art. This book aims to analyze the logic of the saint's image in Byzantium, both in portraits and in narrative scenes. It emphasizes on the poems inscribed by the Byzantines upon their icons. Num Pages: 240 pages, 163 halftones, 4 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAZ; ACK; AGR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691050072
- ISBN
- 9780691050072
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 68.07
€ 89.13
€ 68.07
Hardcover. Investigates how reformers, conservatives, and radicals used portraiture to connect with supporters and build identity in Victorian politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090844
- ISBN
- 9780719090844
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.88
€ 149.88
Paperback. In 1972 Henry Moore's sculpture studios in the English countryside at Much Hadham were filled with preparations for his retrospective exhibition in Florence. A small room overlooked a field of sheep, which he began to draw, returning later in the year when they had been shorn. Illustrator(s): Moore, Henry. Num Pages: 112 pages, 96 illustrations, 4 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 252 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500280720
- ISBN
- 9780500280720
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardcover. An introduction to 1,400 years of Islamic art and culture as seen through the stunning and diverse masterpieces of the new Aga Khan Museum. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 1QFM; ACB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 253 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1348.
- Publisher
- Skira Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847844296
- ISBN
- 9780847844296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.77
€ 52.99
€ 46.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 339 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486807409
- ISBN
- 9780486807409
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Studies in Early Christian and Medieval Irish Art, Volume II: Manuscri...
Henry, Francoise; Marsh-Micheli, Genevieve
hardcover. Over the past fifty years, Francoise Henry has been the leading authority on the history of early Irish art. Num Pages: 356 pages, 145 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 160. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780907132226
- ISBN
- 9780907132226
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.27
€ 92.27
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hentschel, Martin. Num Pages: 152 pages, 49 colour, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 296 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1241.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Kerber Verlag Germany
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783866788800
- ISBN
- 9783866788800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.24
€ 62.24
Paperback. A visually stunning compilation of modern Indian design and architecture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 109 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AC; AK; AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 250 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1494.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714836461
- ISBN
- 9780714836461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.81
€ 26.99
€ 18.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 400 pages, 500 color illus. BIC Classification: 1H; AC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 299 x 241. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300229158
- ISBN
- 9780300229158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.18€ 63.58
€ 83.18
€ 63.58
Hardback. Originally published: Kunst als Experiment: Marcel Duchamps "3 Kunststopf-Normalmasse." Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. Translator(s): Brogden, John. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 240 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406. Art as Experiment. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts S. 240 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. Originally published: Kunst als Experiment: Marcel Duchamps "3 Kunststopf-Normalmasse." Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; HPN. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight: 406. Translator(s): Brogden, John.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147620
- ISBN
- 9780231147620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Explains the persistence of certain principles and aspirations throughout the history of art. This title provides a basis for the appreciation of paintings, sculpture and art-objects of all periods by defining the elements that went into their making. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Faber Modern Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571329755
- ISBN
- 9780571329755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.48
€ 15.99
€ 11.48