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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. Analyzing the rise of art in the 18th century, this treatise demonstrates how painting, sculpture and literature were not regarded as valuable art forms before the emergence of a new bourgeois culture. The author reveals how Romantic poets and philosophers invented "art" as we know it today. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACV; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231106016
- ISBN
- 9780231106016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777424491
- ISBN
- 9783777424491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.43
€ 47.99
€ 40.43
Paperback. An account of a significant development in the history of photography: the first commercial studio to mass-produce photographs, set up in Reading in 1843. Num Pages: 88 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: ACV; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Two Rivers Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901677980
- ISBN
- 9781901677980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. The definitive work on Anthony Green RA, featuring paintings that span the whole of his career. Num Pages: 224 pages, 200 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 289 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1416.
- Publisher
- Royal Academy Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910350553
- ISBN
- 9781910350553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 46.32
€ 48.99
€ 46.32
Paperback. An introduction to the work of Jan Vermeer. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour and 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 514. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0015191
- ISBN
- 9780714834634
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages, integrated b&w. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 146 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1346.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241299425
- ISBN
- 9780241299425
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.04
€ 40.99
€ 27.04
Paperback. John Constable and Maria Bicknell might have been in love but their marriage was a most unlikely prospect. For seven long years the couple were forced to correspond and meet clandestinely. But it was during this period of longing that Constable developed as a painter. Num Pages: 384 pages, b&w integrated. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141031965
- ISBN
- 9780141031965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Paperback. does drawing make one 'see things clearer, and clearer, and clearer still', as Hockney suggests? What significance do different media - from a Lascaux cave wall to an iPad - have for the way we see? What is the relationship between the images we make and the reality around us? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 181 illustrations, 174 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 269 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500292259
- ISBN
- 9780500292259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.70
€ 21.99
€ 17.70
paperback. An account of the tumultuous nine weeks in which the famous nineteenth century artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a house in the small French town of Arles. It is an exploration of a fragile friendship, art, madness, genius behind a shocking act of self-mutilation that the world has sought to explain. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141016733
- ISBN
- 9780141016733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.47
€ 17.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. Edward Schroder Prior designed the cathedral of the Arts and Crafts Movement (St Andrew's Church, Roker), perfected the popular butterfly plan in his houses, and published what is still the seminal work on medieval gothic art in England in 1900. This book deals with Prior's architecture, life and scolarship. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVN; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 255 x 20. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- The Crowood Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785000119
- ISBN
- 9781785000119
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.03
€ 40.99
€ 34.03
Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 240 colour illus. BIC Classification: ACBP; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Grantha Corporation United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935677017
- ISBN
- 9781935677017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.24
€ 72.24
Hardcover. The perfect introduction to the life and work of Francis Bacon. Series: Phaidon Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 120. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 187 x 16. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714861333
- ISBN
- 9780714861333
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.73
€ 29.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages, illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 303 x 14. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Timothy Taylor Gallery
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780992930929
- ISBN
- 9780992930929
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Condition: New
€ 28.55
€ 28.55
Hardback. A Companion to Chinese Art explores one of the world s greatest and richest artistic traditions. Including over two dozen newly-commissioned essays written by an international team of scholars from East and West, it examines the multi-faceted theories, genres, and media central to Chinese art throughout its history. Editor(s): Powers, Martin J.; Tsiang, Katherine R. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 180 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1208.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781444339130
- ISBN
- 9781444339130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 213.33
€ 213.33
Paperback. Informed by fossil discoveries, scientists and artists collaborated during the years before Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published to produce images of a prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. This book explores the implications of reconstructing a past humans have never seen. Num Pages: 294 pages, 107 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: AC; AKL; PDX; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226731056
- ISBN
- 9780226731056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. An examination of the major optically oriented examples of artistic theory and practice, from Brunelleschi's invention of perspective and its exploitation by Leonardo and Duerer to the beginnings of photography. It discusses colour theory and shows the interaction between art and science. Num Pages: 383 pages, 549 b&w illustrations, 16 colour plates, select bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 282 x 254 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1806.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300052411
- ISBN
- 9780300052411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.01€ 45.65
€ 57.01
€ 45.65
Paperback. A journey through the history of art from religious painting to postmodernism by one of the world's greatest art historians Series: Ideas in Profile. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Profile Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781253366
- ISBN
- 9781781253366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.61
€ 14.99
€ 12.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 608 pages, 96 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; DSB; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166324
- ISBN
- 9780231166324
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ACQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 279 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691612935
- ISBN
- 9780691612935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.87€ 57.47
€ 72.87
€ 57.47
Hardback. Shows the intensity of authors gaze that explores what the appearance of the world has to offer to a virtuoso colourist for a painting. Num Pages: 336 pages, 970 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 313 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2242.
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777424378
- ISBN
- 9783777424378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 90.66
€ 95.17
€ 90.66
Paperback. In a career that ranged over an era in European history, William Blake (1757-1827) produced one of the most singular body of works in the history of art. This title provides introduction to the life and work of this man. It draws on an array of contemporary scholarship, providing an overview of Blake's writings and paintings. Num Pages: 224 pages, 112 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 19. Weight in Grams: 768.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854377272
- ISBN
- 9781854377272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.11
€ 33.99
€ 29.11
Hardback. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 352 pages, 140 b/w + 30 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DB; ACQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 264 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300110050
- ISBN
- 9780300110050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 51.34
€ 64.65
€ 51.34
Hardback. The 18th-century painter Johan Zoffany (1733-1810) was an astute observer of the many social circles in which he functioned as an artist. This catalogue investigates his sharp wit, shrewd political appraisal, and perceptive social commentary - all achieved while presenting his subjects as delightful and sophisticated members of polite society. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, 225 colour images + 5 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACQ; AGB; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2076.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300176049
- ISBN
- 9780300176049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.40€ 64.13
€ 76.40
€ 64.13
Editor(s): Harrison, Sara; Unterdorfer, Michaela. Num Pages: 72 pages, 60 colour ilustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- JRP Ringier Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037641439
- ISBN
- 9783037641439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.60
€ 40.60