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History of art / art & design styles

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
€ 30.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Buchhandlung Walther Konig GmbH & Co. KG. Abt. Verlag Germany
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9783865609052
ISBN
9783865609052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.38

paperback. Editor(s): Fenlon, Jane; Kenny, Ruth; Pegum, Caroline; Rooney, Brendan. Num Pages: 276 pages, 120 colour & b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
9781911024354
ISBN
9781911024354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.15

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Jean Baptiste Chardin. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour and 40 b&w illustrations, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 227 x 9. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780714833361
ISBN
9780714833361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.41

Hardcover. Num Pages: 1016 pages, 171 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; ACQ; AFKB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 188 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1619.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022228
ISBN
9780268022228
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.89

Hardback. Editor(s): Sala, Teresa-M. Num Pages: 196 pages, 192. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801446573
ISBN
9780801446573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Paperback. Brings together cutting-edge scholarship devoted to the Romanesque and Gothic traditions in Northern Europe. Contains over 30 original theoretical, historical, and historiographic essays by renowned and emergent scholars. Covers the vibrancy of medieval art from both thematic and sub-disciplinary perspectives. Editor(s): Rudolph, Conrad. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1DN; ACK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 247 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405198783
ISBN
9781405198783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.09

Hardcover. Featuring text in English and German, this book presents a selection from all Tesar's creative periods. It includes an essay which introduces the background to this art and its positioning, which not least raises theoretical questions about the relationship between pictorial art and architecture. Num Pages: 188 pages, 272 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 312 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1292.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565311
ISBN
9783932565311
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.59
€ 43.02

Hardcover. Presents a collection of Robert Crumb sketches. This title includes over 600 unseen drawings created between 1996 and 2011. Num Pages: 1322 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 90 x 80. Weight in Grams: 9999.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Taschen GmbH
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KBS0000378
ISBN
9783836524797
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 1,100.99
€ 908.51

Paperback. Presents an account of conceptualism in Latin American art. Placing the evolution of conceptualism within the history Latin America, this work explores conceptualism as a strategy, rather than a style, in Latin American culture. It shows how the roots of conceptualism reach back to the early nineteenth century in the work of Simon Rodriguez. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 364 pages, 85 color and 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716292
ISBN
9780292716292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Presents a major part of the extraordinary corpus of ancient Ife art in terra-cotta, stone, and metal, dating from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. This title explores the purposes for which this art may have been made and its relationship to Yoruba ideas about leadership, divinity, gender, and aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 150 illus., 140 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780945802532
ISBN
9780945802532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.32

Hardback. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Skira Italy
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9788857232393
ISBN
9788857232393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 261.07
€ 189.60

Hardcover. A stunning look at the work of some of the world's finest lettering and typographic artists. Num Pages: 144 pages, Full-colour thorughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 254 x 17. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Instituto Monsa de Ediciones
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788416500321
ISBN
9788416500321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Tantra is a set of beliefs and practices that originates in India and combines eroticism, magic and metaphysics. This book provides an account of a much-misunderstood ancient mystical tradition that has long aroused spiritual and artistic curiosity in the West. Series: Art & Imagination. Num Pages: 128 pages, 186 illustrations, 37 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP; HRE; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500810484
ISBN
9780500810484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. A consistent undercurrent has been Britain's preference for the real world (landscape and portraiture) as against "high" art and abstraction. This is a survey of the personalities of British painting and an assessment of its latest flowering. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 183 illustrations, 71 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500203491
ISBN
9780500203491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.75

Hardback. In a world where 'smart' objects can talk to each other and a gun can be printed with a desktop 3D printer, the conditions for contemporary design are nothing if not surreal. This book charts the development of this fertile relationship, revealing how these ideas are being put to use by contemporary architects in extraordinary ways. Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 290 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500343203
ISBN
9780500343203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00

Hardcover. Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen (b 1961, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (b 1969, Norway) have worked as a collaborative team since the mid-1990s. This book shows how the artists' sculptures and installations reconfigure the familiar with characteristic wit and subversive humour. It also includes interviews with the duo. Editor(s): Weibel, Peter; Beitin, Andreas F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 200 illustrations, 96 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 256 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Condition
New
SKU
9780500093641
ISBN
9780500093641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 6.75

Hardcover. Taking as his subject icons of consumerism and American popular culture, Derek Boshier made his name in the 1960s as one of the key proponents of British Pop Art, along with contemporaries David Hockney, Peter Blake and Pauline Boty. This book traces Boshier's formidable career. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 295 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1866.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500093887
ISBN
9780500093887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art. This title surveys developments in digital art from its appearance from 1980s onwards, and looks at what that future may hold. It investigates the emergence and impact of mobile and locative (site-specific) media, social networks and the next generation of virtual worlds. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 323 illustrations, 253 in colour. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500203989
ISBN
9780500203989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.75

Hardcover. A translation of the correspondence of Paul Cezanne, known as the father of modern art. This book paints a picture of Cezanne as a singular thinker and an uncompromising seeker after artistic truth qualities that shine through in the letters, but that many of his contemporaries failed to appreciate or comprehend. Num Pages: 392 pages, 75 illustrations, 55 in colour. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1008. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing minor shelf wear with sticker to top front, otherwise remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
9780500239087
ISBN
9780500239087
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 36.99
€ 5.70

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