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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. Originally created by the artists of the ukiyo-e school of the floating world to advertise brothels in 17th-century Yoshiwara, this book includes spring pictures (shunga) that transcended class and gender in Japan the years. This book focuses on this art form within Japanese social and cultural history. Editor(s): Clark, Timothy; Gerstle, C.Andrew; Ishigami, Aki. Num Pages: 566 pages, 420 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFC; AFH; AGHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 297 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3076.
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
566
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124766
ISBN
9780714124766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 49.81

Hardcover. Robert Gober rose to prominence in the mid-1980s and was quickly acknowledged as one of the most significant artists of his generation. In the years since, his reputation has continued to grow, commensurate with the rich and complex body of work he has produced. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 992.
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870709463
ISBN
9780870709463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.80

Hardback. Reaching an apogee of 6,000 members in the years just before the American Civil War, the Shaker movement was the most enduring, and successful utopian society established in America. This book presents an array of fine examples of Shaker furniture, household objects, textiles, religious drawings, and items made to sell to the 'world's people'. Series: Published in Association with the Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 350 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 292 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1618.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300137286
ISBN
9780300137286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 59.26

Paperback. Twenty-five leading artist duos and collectives give insight into how and why to work collaboratively Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 22. .
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714872889
ISBN
9780714872889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.72

Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages, 30 colour photographs. BIC Classification: ACB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 136 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Landmark Trust
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526201850
ISBN
9781526201850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.87

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 210. .
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836504423
ISBN
9783836504423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. The reader is invited to view Islamic art as no more and no less than ordinary art, neither better nor worse than anything else that counts as art. It follows that there are no special techniques required in Islamic aesthetics as compared with any other form of aesthetics. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ABA; ACBP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617357
ISBN
9780748617357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.20

Hardback. Beverly Pepper has spent her lifetime at the forefront of monumental sculpture worldwide. From her first twenty-foot sculpture in Spoleto in 1962 to her four forty-foot columns in the Federal Plaza, New York, her work ranges in varying scales across three continents. This title presents an illustrated biography of her life's work. Editor(s): Hobbs, Robert; Tuchman, Phyllis. Num Pages: 300 pages, 185 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 305 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2480.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857210629
ISBN
9788857210629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 58.19

Hardcover. The golden age of ocean liners is inextricably linked with the key decorative trends of the 20th century Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Modernism. This lavish visual feast explores the technical, aesthetic, cultural, and political factors that came together to define such an iconic mode of travel. Editor(s): Finamore, Daniel; Wood, Ghislaine. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACVY; ACXD3; HBTB; JFCK; WTHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 247. .
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851779062
ISBN
9781851779062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 39.55

Paperback. Challenges the conventional wisdom that digital arts arose out of Silicon Valley's technological revolutions in 1970s. This title demonstrates that the radical and experimental aesthetics and political and cultural engagements of early digital art stand as precursors for the mobility among technological platforms, artistic forms, and social sites. Editor(s): Higgins, Hannah B.; Kahn, Douglas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572. Early Computing and the Foundations of the Digital Arts. 376 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Higgins, Hannah B.; Kahn, Douglas. Challenges the conventional wisdom that digital arts arose out of Silicon Valley's technological revolutions in 1970s. This title demonstrates that the radical and experimental aesthetics and political and cultural engagements of early digital art stand as precursors for the mobility among technological platforms, artistic forms, and social sites. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; AJR. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight: 538.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268388
ISBN
9780520268388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. The richly illustrated bookk carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 252 pages, 0 black and white; 99 full color. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; 3JM; ACX; AMVD; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 109.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462981119
ISBN
9789462981119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 266 x 14. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Benedikt Taschen Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836528955
ISBN
9783836528955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Hardback. "There is scarcely one letter by Van Gogh which I, who am certainly no expert, do not find fascinating." --W. H. Auden Editor(s): Jansen, Leo; Luijten, Hans; Bakker, Nienke. Num Pages: 880 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 195 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1656.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209471
ISBN
9780300209471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. A collection of dialogues, talks, and writings by Philip Guston (1913-1980), one of the most intellectually adventurous and poetically gifted of modern painters. It lets us hear Guston's voice - as the artist delivers a lecture on Renaissance painting, instructs students in a classroom setting, and discusses various artists and writers. Editor(s): Coolidge, Clark. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 b/w scattered. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257160
ISBN
9780520257160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. This study presents the complete works of the great Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. The text includes a short essay and commentaries on each of the paintings, and incorporates new research on Vermeer's life and extraordinary artistic achievements. Num Pages: 72 pages, 44 colour and 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 370 x 268 x 9. Weight in Grams: 794. The Complete Works. 72 pages, 44 colour and 24 b&w illustrations. This study presents the complete works of the great Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. The text includes a short essay and commentaries on each of the paintings, and incorporates new research on Vermeer's life and extraordinary artistic achievements. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JD; ACQB; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 370 x 268 x 9. Weight: 784.
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810927513
ISBN
9780810927513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; ACBP; AKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611801347
ISBN
9781611801347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.97

Hardcover. Having trained with modern masters from the late 1940s to mid-1950s, Lygia Clark was at the forefront of Constructivist and Neo-Concretist movements in Brazil. This title examines Clarks output from her early abstract compositions to the biological architectures and relational objects she created late in her career. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2422.
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870708909
ISBN
9780870708909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 58.35

Hardcover. Illustrating that product marketing, patent litigation, and even ghostwriting pervaded natural history and medicine - the "big sciences" of the early modern era, this book argues that the growth of global trade during the Dutch Golden Age gave rise to an entrepreneurial network of transnational science. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 colour plates, 39 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ACQ; KCLT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226117744
ISBN
9780226117744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 632 pages, 100 full colour pictures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 230 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Publisher
Viking
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670922307
ISBN
9780670922307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1390.
Publisher
Red Lemon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783420025
ISBN
9781783420025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

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