History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. This book brings together 150 of Kodojin's Chinese poems (introduced and translated by Jonathan Chaves). Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 halftones, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 2GDC; 2GJ; ACBP; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116572
- ISBN
- 9780231116572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.11
€ 42.99
€ 31.11
Hardback. Rather than simply tracing the rise of Modernism in the 19th century, this book reconstitutes the period's cultural milieu through a series of case studies written with an eye to overarching forces at play. It surveys the field as a whole and discusses the relationships between the various media in the context of an overall "visual economy". Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 colour images + 95 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177275
- ISBN
- 9780300177275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.83€ 44.78
€ 55.83
€ 44.78
Hardback. A new look at the art of one of the most charming and idiosyncratic personalities of early 20th-century New York Num Pages: 168 pages, 150 color illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300221985
- ISBN
- 9780300221985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 36.02
€ 49.99
€ 36.02
Hardcover. This text examines the widespread response in British artistic media to the death in childbirth in 1817 of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, showing how both in print materials and extra-literary artifacts her life and death were invested with the qualities of myth. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; ACV; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695807
- ISBN
- 9780333695807
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.20
€ 128.20
Paperback. An examination and celebration of the Baroque culture of excess. Translator(s): Fontanive, Karen. Num Pages: 240 pages. Dimension: 253 x 291 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714838601
- ISBN
- 9780714838601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.33
€ 52.33
Hardcover. Follows the rise of a distinctive school of Australian art that first emerged in the 1940s. This book includes a substantial essay outlining the major developments in Australian art since the 1940s, the reception of Australian art in Britain and the rise of Aboriginal printmaking. Num Pages: 240 pages, 195 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; ACX; AFF; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 239 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714126722
- ISBN
- 9780714126722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.98
€ 33.99
€ 28.98
Hardback. A systematic study of how the ancient Maya peoples perceived and used colour. Series: The William and Bettye Nowlin Series in Art, History, and Culture of the Western Hemisphere. Num Pages: 162 pages, 24 color, 25 line drawings, 2 maps, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ACG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 282 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780292719002
- ISBN
- 9780292719002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; HP; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231158220
- ISBN
- 9780231158220
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.43€ 80.25
€ 103.43
€ 80.25
Hardback. A lavish, full-colour hardcover art book taking readers on a visual guide through Stephen Hickman's artwork. The collection focuses on his book covers for famous SFF authors such as Harlan Ellison, Robert Heinlein, Anne McCaffrey, and Larry Niven. Num Pages: 160 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 324 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783298457
- ISBN
- 9781783298457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.07
€ 33.99
€ 22.07
Hardback. Watson investigates the responses of of key twentieth-century philosophers to the work of artist Paul Klee and reveals how the art and philosophy mutually illuminate each other through these encounters. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 figure, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD1; ACXD5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761253
- ISBN
- 9780804761253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 color photos; 134 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXJ8; AMX; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 22. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262035736
- ISBN
- 9780262035736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.22
€ 43.99
€ 38.22
Electronic book text. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Film and Intermediality Eup. BIC Classification: ACXJ; APFA; GBC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474425971
- ISBN
- 9781474425971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.85
€ 33.99
€ 29.85
Hardcover. Presents a new way of understanding the great Gothic churches of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: as rhetorical constructs. The author traces common analogies between rhetoric and architectural space that date back to late antiquity, and then shows how those links were translated into wood, stone, and space under specific local conditions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACK; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226191805
- ISBN
- 9780226191805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.43
€ 50.99
€ 40.43
Paperback. Focuses on one of the most remarkable examples of gothic art to have survived, a unique functioning table decoration. Series: Cleveland Masterwork. BIC Classification: ACK; AGC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 222 x 15. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804946
- ISBN
- 9781907804946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.72
€ 26.99
€ 19.72
Hardcover. A compendium of the typical objects found within medieval church treasuries and includes a discussion of their form and function and their significance in the medieval religious service. It is suitable for art historians, those interested in the history of religion and liturgical practices, and nonspecialists who appreciate medieval art. Series Editor(s): Tevesz, Michael J. Series: The Sacred Landmarks Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 70 full-colour illustrations, notes, biblio., glossary, index. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 17. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Kent State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873389792
- ISBN
- 9780873389792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.87
€ 34.87
Hardback. A fascinating exploration of the visual culture of mortality in Renaissance Europe Num Pages: 240 pages, 190 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; ACND; AFF; AFKB; AGC; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300225952
- ISBN
- 9780300225952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.20
€ 52.99
€ 38.20
Hardcover. Did portraits exist in the medieval era? This title challenges the canonical account of the invention of modern portrait practices, offering a case against the tendency of the scholarship to identify late medieval likenesses of historical personages as 'the first modern portraits'. Num Pages: 400 pages, 96 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; ACK; AGHF. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226658797
- ISBN
- 9780226658797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.52€ 60.49
€ 70.52
€ 60.49
Paperback. Addresses the imagery of space exploration as a field of mythical representation informed by Cold War politics and acted out in an expansive variety of media, from the picture press to comic books. This book offers various ways to think about the historical emergence of pop, conceptual, postmodern, and installation art. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 colour/113 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 245 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271033426
- ISBN
- 9780271033426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 88.09€ 74.79
€ 88.09
€ 74.79
Hardback. Examines the changing relationship between the Bible and the arts, showing how the arts portray biblical stories in various ways and through various media, and how 'the' Bible is actually multiple entities: fiercely contested translations in many languages. Generously illustrated with examples including painting, architecture and stained glass. Editor(s): Prickett, Stephen. Num Pages: 768 pages, 66 b+w illus; 72 colour illus. BIC Classification: ACB; AGR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 245 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1428.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639335
- ISBN
- 9780748639335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 217.44€ 198.27
€ 217.44
€ 198.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: AC; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819166784
- ISBN
- 9780819166784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.77
€ 67.77