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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Shows that any of us can appreciate art. Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this title presents the author's personal journey through the art world that answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979618
ISBN
9780141979618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

hardcover. Showcases the author' images of Charlottesville, Virginia - many of them multipanel compositions featuring the University of Virginia and its environs - accompanied by an essay and interview by his wife, the writer Ann Beattie. This book gives us a view of Charlottesville, of place and artistic production. Num Pages: 112 pages, 160 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925035
ISBN
9780813925035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 41.25

Hardcover. This volume brings together new research by some of the world's leading experts, exploring the artistic production and cultural context of Renaissance sculpture from Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise to the small bronzes of Giambologna and his followers. Editor(s): Motture, Peta; Jones, Emma; Zikos, Dimitrios. Num Pages: 384 pages, 170 colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851776405
ISBN
9781851776405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.21

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Lee, Joe. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389003
ISBN
9781934389003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.96

Hardcover. Pop artist Peter Blake has an eye for the quirky and the overlooked. As well as being known as a painter, Blake is renowned for his works on paper and as a leading exponent of collage. This work displays the strong graphic sensibility and the love of popular culture for which the artist has long been renowned. Num Pages: 64 pages, 56 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854378163
ISBN
9781854378163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.97

Hardcover. Peter Hubner began his career as an orthopaedic shoemaker and moved on to cabinet-making before studying architecture. In the 1960s, he became a successful designer of prefabricated buildings and sanitary units. This book explores various issues. Num Pages: 358 pages, 500 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AMB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 310 x 289 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2708.
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
358
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565021
ISBN
9783932565021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 45.45

Hardback. Over the course of several decades, George and Maida Abrams amassed perhaps the finest private collection of Dutch Old Master drawings in the world. This title presents a selection of these works, and explores the role of drawing in the creative process in Rembrandt's studio and wider circle. Series: Bruce Museum. Num Pages: 208 pages, 175 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFF; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 240 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300176063
ISBN
9780300176063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Carlaftes, Peter; Georges, Kat. Series: Maintenant. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 color images. BIC Classification: ACX; DCQ; GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Three Rooms Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941110447
ISBN
9781941110447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.32

Paperback. .
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789200365
ISBN
9780789200365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 261 x 11. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408178577
ISBN
9781408178577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.76

Paperback. An exploration of modern assumptions about God, social, economic, and political structures, through the analysis of contemporary cultural expression. This is combined with a study of the locations that successively became the frontiers of modernity, such as Vienna, Moscow, Paris and Berlin, as well as America. Num Pages: 752 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AB; ACX; AV; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0006766
ISBN
9780500281512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the eye and to explain how aesthetic contemplation may, once more, be open to all who have eyes to look. Num Pages: 296 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748001
ISBN
9780804748001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. Now updated and available in a new price and format, this is the most comprehensive monograph on Turner Prize-nominated artist Peter Doig. Num Pages: 432 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 282 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2452.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847849796
ISBN
9780847849796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 49.19

Paperback. A collection of 10 original essays that explore the social context in which paintings, statues, textiles, maps, and other artifacts were produced and consumed in Renaissance England. Editor(s): Erickson, Peter; Hulse, Clark. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 133 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217346
ISBN
9780812217346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.06

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1814.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Hardcover with Jacket
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804843737
ISBN
9780804843737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.88

paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Walther Konig, Koln
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9783883757230
ISBN
9783883757230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.53

Paperback. This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, numerous colour and haltones; 6 maps; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842619
ISBN
9780192842619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. Explores the rise of Modernism in the arts, the cultural movement that heralded and shaped the modern world, dominating western high culture for over a century. This title traces the revolutionary path of modernism from its Parisian origins to its emergence as the dominant cultural movement in world capitals such as Berlin and New York. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AB; ACV; ACXD2; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099441960
ISBN
9780099441960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.22

Hardcover. Historic photographs of Chaco Canyon from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s are juxtaposed with contemporary "rephotographs." Num Pages: 224 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AC; AGN; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 258 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135778
ISBN
9780890135778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.68

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Condition
New
SKU
V9782906571822
ISBN
9782906571822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.23

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