History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. Series: Negro American Biographies & Autobiographies. Num Pages: 278 pages, 16 pp photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AGB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 200 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226510064
- ISBN
- 9780226510064
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€ 40.99€ 31.82
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Paperback. As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of sixteenth-century patriarchal English society. This title illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction. It is suitable for historians, literary scholars, and art historians of the period. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; AG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226534756
- ISBN
- 9780226534756
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, xviii, 324 p., 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ABA; ACV; ACX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226555843
- ISBN
- 9780226555843
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
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Hardcover. A study of the controversies over religious images that pervaded Italian life both before and parallel to the Reformation north of the Alps. Num Pages: 448 pages, 60 colour plates, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1592.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226567723
- ISBN
- 9780226567723
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€ 77.33€ 65.28
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Hardcover. In the fifth century BCE, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed the ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. This title tells the story of Greek sculpture. It provides the ways to understand classical sculpture in Greek terms, and analyzes the relationship between political and stylistic histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour plates, 130 halftones, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFKB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 2232.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226570631
- ISBN
- 9780226570631
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Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 84.13
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Paperback. Wonder, not accuracy, realism, naturalism, or truth, was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors. This tile offers a fresh way to understand the epoch-making sculpture of classical Greece. It traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour plates, 1 map, 142 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 952.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226570648
- ISBN
- 9780226570648
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
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Hardcover. Throughout human history, people have imagined inanimate objects to have intelligence, language, and even souls. This book examines ideas about simulated movement and inorganic life during and after the turn of the twentieth century - a period of great technical innovation whose effects continue to reverberate today. Num Pages: 440 pages, 10 colour plates, 164 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 189 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1288.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226645681
- ISBN
- 9780226645681
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€ 95.17€ 79.61
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Paperback. This examination of the flourishing of Futurist aesthetics in European art and literature of the twentieth century, offers considerations of futurist work from Russia to Italy. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 476.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226657387
- ISBN
- 9780226657387
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
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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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 71.38€ 60.49
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Paperback. What is so "primitive" about primitive art? And how do we dare to use our standards to judge? Drawing on a mixture of sources, this text explores the cultural arrogance implicit in Westerners' appropriation of non-Western art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 298.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226680675
- ISBN
- 9780226680675
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
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Paperback. Argues that preoccupation with vision as a key to religious knowledge profoundly affected a broad range of late medieval works. This title explores key religious buildings throughout Europe to reveal how their grand designs supported this profusion of images that made visible the signs of scripture. Translator(s): Whittall, Mary. Num Pages: 392 pages, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226706078
- ISBN
- 9780226706078
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Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1 colour plate, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226753065
- ISBN
- 9780226753065
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
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Paperback. Num Pages: 528 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 933.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763477
- ISBN
- 9780226763477
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Condition: New
€ 65.43€ 55.72
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Hardback. Uncovers the story of how modernism and network television converged and intertwined in their mutual ascent during the decades of the cold war. This title shows how TV was instrumental in introducing the public to the different trends in art and design. Num Pages: 384 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; APT; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226769684
- ISBN
- 9780226769684
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
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Paperback. In his exhibition and accompanying essay for the "Taking Sides" programme at the Louvre, Jean Starobinski explores the theme of largesse in its broadest sense. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 220 pages, 30 colour plates, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 298 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1150.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771366
- ISBN
- 9780226771366
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Condition: New
€ 59.48€ 50.94
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Paperback. An exploration of the possibilities of representation after modernism, this study charts the logic and continuity of Mark Tansey's painting by considering the philosophical ideas behind his art. The book examines how Tansey uses structuralist and poststructuralist thought to create paintings. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791296
- ISBN
- 9780226791296
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
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Hardcover. Today, the moving image is ubiquitous in global contemporary art. This book tells the story of the postwar expanded cinema. It travels back to the 1950s and 1960s when the rise of television caused movie theaters to lose their monopoly over the moving image, leading cinema to be installed directly alongside other forms of modern art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKV; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 70 x 100 x 23. Weight in Grams: 726.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226842981
- ISBN
- 9780226842981
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Condition: New
€ 99.93€ 83.43
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Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1018.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893587
- ISBN
- 9780226893587
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Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 79.61
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Hardcover. Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. This book reveals how Renaissance artworks were designed to be not only beautiful but also - perhaps even primarily - functional. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 colour plates, 12 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226922843
- ISBN
- 9780226922843
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Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 79.61
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Paperback. Concentrating on canonical critical texts and images, the book examines modern art through a rhetoric of representation rather than through formalist criticism or the history of the avant-garde. Series: Interpretations in Art S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080835
- ISBN
- 9780231080835
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
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