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Paperback. Philip Steadman investigates the claims that the 17th-century artist, Johannes Vermeer, used the camera obscura to create some of his artwork. this study reconstructs his studio, complete with camera. He asserts that that this experimentation with new technology enabled his style to develop. Num Pages: 222 pages, numerous halftones and line drawings; 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; AFC; AGB; AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803023
ISBN
9780192803023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Hardback. Provides the account of the life and work of Winifred Knights (1899-1947), the first woman to win the Prix de Rome (1920) and one of the outstanding, but until recently neglected, British women painters of the first half of the 20th century. Num Pages: 208 pages, Includes c.140 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 279 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1342.
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848221772
ISBN
9781848221772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 63.82

Hardcover.
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754820840
ISBN
9780754820840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. Featuring seventy-five countrys contemporary artists, and contributions by experts tracing the origins and history of artistic development in Singapore, this book offers insight on trends arising from the citys young artists and perspectives behind their work. Editor(s): Ciclitira, Serenella. Num Pages: 312 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMS; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 248 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1588.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857224787
ISBN
9788857224787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.21

Hardcover. Provides a narrative about the development of Chinese art across all media from the 1970s to the 2000s. This book offers a chronological survey that considers contemporary Chinese art both in the context of China's specific historical experiences and in a global arena. Num Pages: 456 pages, 425 illustrations, 323 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 238 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2578.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239209
ISBN
9780500239209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.32
€ 66.52

Hardcover. Now available in a new edition, this celebration of the life and art of the Renaissance genius presents Sandro Botticelli's complete paintings and offers a comprehensive and thoroughly up-to-date study of his work Num Pages: 320 pages, 200 colour. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 329 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2020.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791381930
ISBN
9783791381930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.26

Paperback. Artemisia Gentileschi, widely regarded as important woman artist before the modern period, was a major Italian Baroque painter of the seventeenth century and the only female follower of Caravaggio. This work shows that her original treatments of mythic-heroic female subjects depart radically from traditional interpretations of the same themes. Num Pages: 664 pages, colour and b&w illustrations, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACQB; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 220 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2064.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002859
ISBN
9780691002859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.38
€ 52.98

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 285 pages, 346ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACND; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 748. 285 pages, 346ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACND; AFH; AGB. Dimension: 307 x 216 x 20. Weight: 924.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
285
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Edition
Dover Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486210971
ISBN
9780486210971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. Mass culture, popular taste and kitsch, previously considered outside the limits of fine art, were the inspiration and provocative themes of pop art. This book is intended as an accessible introduction to the pop art movement. Series: Movements in Modern Art S. Num Pages: 80 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 173 x 6. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854373045
ISBN
9781854373045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.70

Hardback. Editor(s): Riach, Alan; Moffat, Alexander. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910021897
ISBN
9781910021897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.87

Hardback. Rothko progressed from figurative and symbolist works to eventually using shimmering and enveloping abstract colour to elevate you to a higher spiritual awareness. Discover the themes, thinking and methodology behind the oeuvre, from Greek tragedy and Nietzsche to music and colour, whilst experiencing his pieces displayed in full, free of clutter. Series: Masterworks. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 289 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1642.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783619993
ISBN
9781783619993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854379078
ISBN
9781854379078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Houghton Hall
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993288203
ISBN
9780993288203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.01

Hardback. Demonstrates that the rapidly evolving creative processes and pictorial solutions Martin developed between 1940 and 1967 define all her subsequent art. This title offers descriptions of the networks of art, artists, and information that moved between New Mexico and the creative centers of New York and California in the postwar period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 color photographs, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520288249
ISBN
9780520288249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.83

Paperback. A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. Num Pages: 206 pages, 136, 136 colour illustrations, 136 colour. BIC Classification: ACK; AKLB; DNF; JFHF; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 434. Being an English Version of the Bodleian Library, Oxford, MS Bodley 764. 205 pages, with 136 col illus. A delightful translation of one of the finest, and most beautiful, examples of a medieval Bestiary. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACK; AKLB; DNF; JFHF; WN. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 14. Weight: 426. Translator(s): Barber, Richard.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851157535
ISBN
9780851157535
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097225
ISBN
9780719097225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.38

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857222417
ISBN
9788857222417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 297.16
€ 267.19

Hardcover. An exploration of the idea of the masterpiece, over fifty world masterpieces, from cave paintings to Cezanne. Editor(s): Dell, Christopher. Num Pages: 304 pages, 285 illustrations, 265 in colour. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 210 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1574.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238790
ISBN
9780500238790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
TASCHEN
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836535076
ISBN
9783836535076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.92

Paperback. Award-winning biography of one of Ireland's greatest artists, updated, fresh design, with new images and additional material. Num Pages: 384 pages, 300. BIC Classification: AC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1580.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Rev Upd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845887421
ISBN
9781845887421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.00
€ 30.94

Hardcover. Between the 9th and 7th centuries BC the small kingdom of Assyria in northern Iraq expanded through conquest to dominate the region from Egypt to Iran. This book presents visual introduction to some of the greatest works of art from the ancient world, showcasing a series of photographs of the British Museum's collection of Assyrian sculptures. Num Pages: 144 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAA; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 259 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1086. 144 pages, 130 colour illustrations. Between the 9th and 7th centuries BC the small kingdom of Assyria in northern Iraq expanded through conquest to dominate the region from Egypt to Iran. This book presents visual introduction to some of the greatest works of art from the ancient world, showcasing a series of photographs of the British Museum's collection of Assyrian sculptures. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAA; ACG; AFKB. Dimension: 269 x 259 x 23. Weight: 1130.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714111674
ISBN
9780714111674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.56

Paperback. For over a hundred years 'the avant-garde' has been the most influential concept in modern art; its impact on the history of modern culture has been profound. In this Very Short Introduction, David Cottington explores why the avant-garde carries so much authority, and places it within the context of western modernity and capitalist culture. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 13 black and white images. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 133 x 8. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199582730
ISBN
9780199582730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5; ACXJ8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 41. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141976631
ISBN
9780141976631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. A survey of the explosive rise of Pop from 1950s-60s. Editor(s): Francis, Mark. Num Pages: 204 pages, 255 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 250 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1004.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714856636
ISBN
9780714856636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.98

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