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History of art / art & design styles
Hardcover. Presents a new way of understanding the great Gothic churches of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: as rhetorical constructs. The author traces common analogies between rhetoric and architectural space that date back to late antiquity, and then shows how those links were translated into wood, stone, and space under specific local conditions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACK; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226191805
- ISBN
- 9780226191805
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 39.37
€ 50.99
€ 39.37
Hardback. "The exhibition is organized by the Centraal Museum Utrecht; the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation." Num Pages: 240 pages, 170 color illus. BIC Classification: ACNH; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 290 x 252 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1580.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691166063
- ISBN
- 9780691166063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 54.40
€ 70.56
€ 54.40
Paperback. Shows that any of us can appreciate art. Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this title presents the author's personal journey through the art world that answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 181 x 111. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141979618
- ISBN
- 9780141979618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Hardback. Looks at late-nineteenth-century American art, and demonstrates the profound role humor played in determining the course of culture in the Gilded Age. This title examines how ambitious artists like Winslow Homer and Augustus Saint-Gaudens rethought the place of humor in their work. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272453
- ISBN
- 9780520272453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Paperback. Plains Indian Rock Art is the ultimate guide to the art form. It covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology, and dating; and offers interpretations of images and compositions. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 692 pages, Over 300 illustrations, 50 in colour; 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; ACC; ACG; HBJK; HBLC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 692
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295980942
- ISBN
- 9780295980942
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 31.64
€ 35.99
€ 31.64
Hardcover. Explores the relationship between English country houses and the portraits they contain Editor(s): Perry, Gill; Retford, Kate; Vibert, Jordan. Num Pages: 320 pages, Halftones, black & white|Illustrations, colour|Maps. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGHF; AMKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090394
- ISBN
- 9780719090394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.65
€ 101.65
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Edition Reuss Germany
- Number of pages
- 118
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783980501767
- ISBN
- 9783980501767
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.78€ 54.85
€ 78.78
€ 54.85
Hardcover. The most comprehensive monograph to date on the groundbreaking Swiss artist and international art star, Pipilotti Rist Editor(s): Gioni, Massimiliano. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 335 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1240.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714872766
- ISBN
- 9780714872766
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.74€ 41.78
€ 58.74
€ 41.78
Paperback. In their protracted search for divinity, Western European Christians follwed many paths to personal connection with the eternal, including the acquisition of art, objects and artifacts. The essays in this work consider the role these objects and images played in these spiritual journeys. Num Pages: 92 pages, 8 colour plates, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 205 x 9. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935573305
- ISBN
- 9780935573305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 18.61
€ 21.99
€ 18.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Gagosian / Rizzoli
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847846887
- ISBN
- 9780847846887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 47.31
€ 49.99
€ 47.31
Hardcover. Pindar's Eyes is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary exploration of the interactions between Greek lyric poetry and visual and material culture in the early fifth century BCE, drawing on case studies to open up analysis of the genre to the wider theme of aesthetic experience in early classical Greece. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; ACG; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198746379
- ISBN
- 9780198746379
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.70
€ 165.70
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 310 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Cernunnos
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782374950204
- ISBN
- 9782374950204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.51
€ 30.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. This richly illustrated history of the pin-up since its birth more than 150 years ago reveals how the development of the pin-up is intimately connected to the history of feminism Num Pages: 464 pages, 103 photographs (incl. 9 in color). BIC Classification: AC; JFFK; VFVC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822337461
- ISBN
- 9780822337461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.47
€ 34.99
€ 33.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 color + 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ABQ; ACND; AGC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300219197
- ISBN
- 9780300219197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Paperback. Examines the painting in relation to the artist's life and works, explores his stylistic development, and considers as well, his often complex relationship with other artists. This work also looks at the subject matter of the piece within the broader historical context of 17th-century Dutch concepts of domesticity and parenthood. Num Pages: 96 pages, 34 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892368440
- ISBN
- 9780892368440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.25
€ 26.99
€ 20.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Silvana
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788836629206
- ISBN
- 9788836629206
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.50
€ 33.99
€ 28.50
Hardback. Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described as a supremely comic artist. This book explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, and also examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch. Num Pages: 287 pages, 84 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245211
- ISBN
- 9780520245211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Hardback. Featuring a fascinating introduction to Piet Mondrian's life and art, this stunning new book brings together a wide selection of Mondrian's magnificent work. Series: Masterpieces of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783613557
- ISBN
- 9781783613557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.46
€ 12.46
Paperback. This study examines the sexual, historical and artistic contexts in which Renoir's "La Promenade" was created, and what it reveals about Renoir as man and artist. The reader is invited to see the work as a rejection of the idealist world of academic art and as a challenge to social and moral norms. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 96 pages, 25 colour and 32 b&w illustrations, 1 colour foldout. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 192 x 8. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- J. Paul Getty Museum Los Angeles California
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- SKU
- KEX0212702
- ISBN
- 9780892363650
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 8 page color insert. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Pegasus Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781605986937
- ISBN
- 9781605986937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.04
€ 16.99
€ 16.04