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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. Marking the centenary of the birth of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), this book offers a fresh approach to the Bauhaus artist and theorist's multifaceted life and work - an approach that redefines the very idea of biographical writing. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315926
- ISBN
- 9780822315926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.03
€ 28.03
Paperback. This text, first published in France in 1977, presents cultural critic Louis Marin's theories about the aims of painting in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. It explores a number of notions implied by theories of painting and offers insight into the aims and effects of visual representaion. Translator(s): Hjort, Mette. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; ABA; ACN; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505350
- ISBN
- 9780226505350
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.41
€ 32.99
€ 25.41
Paperback. As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of sixteenth-century patriarchal English society. This title illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction. It is suitable for historians, literary scholars, and art historians of the period. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; AG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534756
- ISBN
- 9780226534756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.97
€ 40.99
€ 30.97
Paperback. Narrates the history of a single object - a tea-leaf storage jar created in southern China during the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries - and describes how its role changed after it was imported to Japan and passed from owner to owner there. Num Pages: 208 pages, , colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 277 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1096.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934686259
- ISBN
- 9780934686259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.12
€ 40.99
€ 38.12
Paperback. A remarkable group of seven bronze figures was unearthed in Kampong Cham province, Cambodia, in 2006. This book celebrates the collaborative efforts of the Cambodian and US museums to restore and interpret these important images, and also the accomplishments of Khmer bronze casters from the fourth century BCE to the fourteenth century CE. Editor(s): Cort, Louise Allison; Jett, Paul. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FMC; ACBP; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 194 x 16. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295990422
- ISBN
- 9780295990422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Hardcover. Features pinks, purples, reds and blues that describe bodies comprising swollen bellies, heavy breasts, engorged phalluses and stooped torsos. Num Pages: 76 pages, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Violette Editions United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 76
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Limited
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900828369
- ISBN
- 9781900828369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 36.50
€ 52.99
€ 36.50
Hardcover. Presents one hundred great works from the National Gallery Collection, each by a different artist. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 252 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Publisher
- National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857094930
- ISBN
- 9781857094930
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.69
€ 33.99
€ 24.69
paperback. Explores the visualization of geometry and geometrical forms through history with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art. This work visual journey that records not only the commonalities of human perception throughout the ages and in different cultures, but also the continuing dialogue of vanguard art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Num Pages: 128 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cleveland Museum of Art United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780940717862
- ISBN
- 9780940717862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.89
€ 27.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 265 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858946412
- ISBN
- 9781858946412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.49
€ 46.99
€ 38.49
Hardback. Translator(s): Levie, Alison. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFH; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1360.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764304743
- ISBN
- 9780764304743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.09€ 38.92
€ 54.09
€ 38.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 184 illustrations, 62 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 240. .
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857232737
- ISBN
- 9788857232737
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.21€ 63.08
€ 68.21
€ 63.08
Hardcover. On museum visits, we pass by beautiful, well-preserved vases from ancient Greece - but how often do we understand what the images on them depict? Covering the range of Greek style and its growth between the early Archaic and Hellenistic periods, the author describes the intellectual, social, and artistic contexts in which the images were created. Translator(s): O'Donnell, Joseph. Num Pages: 384 pages, 87 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1074.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226297651
- ISBN
- 9780226297651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 59.33
€ 70.56
€ 59.33
Hardback. Starts with the astonishing corpus of figural works and culminates in the artists original invention of spatial art, which led to the creation and development of the highly individual holes, environments and slashes. Num Pages: 1186 pages, 6224 illustrations, 339 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 360 x 270 x 130. Weight in Grams: 8310.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857204826
- ISBN
- 9788857204826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 393.98€ 350.73
€ 393.98
€ 350.73
Hardcover. Featuring artists such as Leger, Ernst, Picasso, Mattisse, Dali, Fontana, Beuys, Oldenberg, Lichtenstein and Rauschenberg, This book focuses on art, history and culture from 1948 to 1986. Num Pages: 328 pages, 900 colour, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 295 x 247 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2244.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788876247446
- ISBN
- 9788876247446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.22
€ 47.99
€ 43.22
Paperback. Provides an exploration of the relationship between art and video games. This title underlines how the video game (an interactive multimedia work) is an art form that has yet to be understood by the world of culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 230 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857211640
- ISBN
- 9788857211640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.22
€ 29.99
€ 25.22
Num Pages: 205 pages, 378 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1772.
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764318078
- ISBN
- 9780764318078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.67€ 45.85
€ 64.67
€ 45.85
Paperback. In this book leading Chinese experts review the life, career, and artistic development of the pioneering Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu, whose diverse works speak to China's past and present, the relationship between Asia and the West, and canonical Western art. Editor(s): Lee, Luchia Meihua; Silbergeld, Jerome. Num Pages: 120 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBS; AGB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 231 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1905.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822360421
- ISBN
- 9780822360421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.33
€ 50.33
Paperback. This guide aims to help readers recognize the legendary characters of classical antiquity in art. The characters are described in entries summarizing their stories, special attributes, and the ways in which artists have depicted them. Each entry is illustrated with reproductions of artworks. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: AC; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 818.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892367023
- ISBN
- 9780892367023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.87
€ 29.99
€ 21.87
Hardcover. Lucian Freud is the most celebrated artist in England. Following the publication of his work by Jonathan Cape in the autumn of 2005, the painter talks in a series of conversations rather than formal interviews. He talks about painting itself, the demands of his own work, and the painters he admires. Num Pages: 256 pages, 125 full-colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1522.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224078719
- ISBN
- 9780224078719
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 33.99
€ 52.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. This title emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult. 296 pages, illustrations. Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. This title emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AVH. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270640
- ISBN
- 9780520270640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.77
€ 41.99
€ 29.77
This is a completely new study of American art pottery by the author of the leading, pioneer. Arranged alphabetically by the potteries, the text includes important historical data, photographs of each pottery's representative forms, a complete series of t Num Pages: 368 pages, 549 color & b/w photos. BIC Classification: ACVN; TDCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 226 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2128.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764328794
- ISBN
- 9780764328794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.38
€ 53.99
€ 38.38
Paperback. This roll-call of British artists confirms the dominance and excellence of British art across five centuries, from Blake to Banksy, Turner to Tracey Emin. Num Pages: 160 pages, 140. BIC Classification: 1DB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791345383
- ISBN
- 9783791345383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.68
€ 19.99
€ 15.68
Num Pages: 240 pages, 310 color & 34 b/w color photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1538.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322754
- ISBN
- 9780764322754
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.09€ 39.04
€ 54.09
€ 39.04
Hardcover. The author is Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of Art History emerita at New York University, Institute of Fine Arts , and a leading authority on English medieval manuscript illumination. Num Pages: 806 pages, 218 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 2178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 806
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904597391
- ISBN
- 9781904597391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 238.43
€ 238.43