History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. Art is often appreciated for its ability to delight our eyes and refresh our minds. But it can also serve as a powerful vehicle for exploring darker emotions, such as fear, sadness, and grief. This title examines the richly varied representation of tragedy in the European artistic tradition over the course of two centuries. Num Pages: 128 pages, 75 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACQ; ACV; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935573497
- ISBN
- 9780935573497
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.41
€ 30.99
€ 24.41
Paperback. Abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock is famous for the highly textured works created through his trademark "drip" technique in which he poured paint from its can directly onto the canvas. This book explores the personal and artistic interrelationship between him and Swiss-born photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter. Editor(s): Landau, Ellen G.; Cernuschi, Claude. Num Pages: 178 pages, 282 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 281 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- McMullen Museum of Art United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781892850133
- ISBN
- 9781892850133
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 42.34
€ 54.99
€ 42.34
paperback. Explorations of contemporary art have focused on issues of identity and race for some time. Few, however, have sought to investigate these themes by juxtaposing historical and contemporary frameworks. This book examines an especially charged icon - the black female body. Editor(s): Thompson, Barbara. Num Pages: 376 pages, 250 illus., 212 in color. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 304 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987712
- ISBN
- 9780295987712
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.00
€ 51.99
€ 46.00
Hardcover. This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic, but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions. Editor(s): Denham, Alison. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: ACG; DSBB; HPCA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314405
- ISBN
- 9780230314405
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.75
€ 145.75
Paperback. This book is a companion to the catalogue for California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way, an exhibition on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from October 1, 2011, through June 3, 2012. Editor(s): Tigerman, Bobbye. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 color illus., 140 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACXJ8; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262518383
- ISBN
- 9780262518383
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.54
€ 40.99
€ 31.54
Paperback. Examines the ways in which Indians and their cultures have been represented by museums and presents new directions. Num Pages: 119 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984599
- ISBN
- 9780295984599
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Condition: New
€ 30.82
€ 30.82
Hardcover. Captures a record of Trimpin's journey and places his work in the context of visual art, music composition, performance, ambitious engineering, acoustics, and installation art Editor(s): Focke, Anne. Num Pages: 208 pages, 110 illus., 100 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991092
- ISBN
- 9780295991092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.77
€ 42.99
€ 38.77
Hardback. This work offers a tour of Romantic visual culture, from the West End stage to the Scottish Highlands, from Leicester Square to the photography studios of Second Empire Paris. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACVC; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312226541
- ISBN
- 9780312226541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.06
€ 65.06
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- THAMES & HUDSON
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500970454
- ISBN
- 9780500970454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.48€ 85.88
€ 89.48
€ 85.88
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; ACX; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853773
- ISBN
- 9780522853773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.69
€ 43.69
Paperback. Brings together thirteen critics and scholars to explore children's art and its documented influence on the evolution of modern art. This book shows that children's art and childhood have inspired major works of art, served as central metaphors for artistic spontaneity and honesty, and provided a window into the fundamental human qualities. Editor(s): Fineberg, Jonathan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 161 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086828
- ISBN
- 9780691086828
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Condition: New
€ 83.18€ 63.58
€ 83.18
€ 63.58
Paperback. Established in 1917, the Index of Christian Art, located at Princeton University, is the largest archive of medieval art in existence and the most specialized resource for the iconographer. This book features essays that highlight some of the research in the archive and the scholarship for which it has been renowned. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Series: Index of Christian Art Occasional Papers. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK; AGR; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691099910
- ISBN
- 9780691099910
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Condition: New
€ 46.13
€ 46.13
Paperback. Explores the 19th century's fascination with Dutch painting, as well as its doubts about an art that had long challenged traditional values. This book shows how persistent tensions between high theory and low genre shaped criticism of novels and pictures alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 color plates. 55 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2AB; 2ADF; ACQ; AFC; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691143231
- ISBN
- 9780691143231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.01
€ 43.99
€ 31.01
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718829421
- ISBN
- 9780718829421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.13
€ 60.13
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718830595
- ISBN
- 9780718830595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.43
€ 44.43
William Holman Hunt was self-styled leader of the Pre-Raphaelites and a major figure of nineteenth century art. This book is a fundamental reassessment of his work, the first critical text to reproduce his pictures in colour and to set him on an international stage. Num Pages: 288 pages, 48 black & white illustrations, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVM; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 180 x 24. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719072888
- ISBN
- 9780719072888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 142.89
€ 142.89
Hardcover. Editor(s): Marcus, Leonard S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), photographs. BIC Classification: AC; DSB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 240 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 859.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Candlewick Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Candlewick ed.
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780763635060
- ISBN
- 9780763635060
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.72
€ 26.99
€ 25.72
Paperback. More than 300 historic fabric samples from the mid-1920s and 1930s provide a visual textbook of design ideas prevalent during the Art Deco era. These were the everyday fabrics used for housedresses and curtains that is an invaluable reference for costume historians and a treasure trove of inspiration for designers. Num Pages: 112 pages, 317 color photos. BIC Classification: ACVY; ACXD3; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 279 x 10. Weight in Grams: 576. 112 pages, 317col.ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACVY; ACXD3; WFB. Dimension: 217 x 279 x 10. Weight: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764306501
- ISBN
- 9780764306501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.06
€ 25.99
€ 18.06
Imari, Satsuma, Banko and Sumida wares, the best known of the old Japanese export ceramics, are shown here in 600 photos of variations by skilled decorators. Makers' and decorators' marks, unusual shapes, design variations, and hard-to-find examples appear with identifying captions and concise text. Num Pages: 204 pages, 600 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1446. 204 pages, 600col.ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; WCN. Dimension: 287 x 225 x 24. Weight: 1404.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764309908
- ISBN
- 9780764309908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 39.25
€ 52.99
€ 39.25
Paperback. Authentic Indian-made items of both old and new vintage are showcased. Nearly 800 color photos present clothing and accessories, basketry, pottery, musical instruments, toys and games, textiles, and beadwork. Includes detailed descriptions, current pricing, bead glossary. An essential and comprehensive reference for every collector's bookshelf. Num Pages: 192 pages, 775 color & 7 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 948. 192 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; WF. Dimension: 277 x 215 x 15. Weight: 942.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764323911
- ISBN
- 9780764323911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 25.12
€ 37.99
€ 25.12