History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Hardcover. Figurative art is currently riding high. Contemporary works depicting the human form grace the walls of public institutions and commercial galleries alike. This book explores the reasons behind this resurgence and considers what the figure means to the artists who depict it in their practice. Num Pages: 192 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 285 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1272.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239384
- ISBN
- 9780500239384
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.98
€ 33.99
€ 23.98
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060692
- ISBN
- 9780674060692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.74€ 70.47
€ 78.74
€ 70.47
Hardback. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: 1FBH; ACK; ACND; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1538.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271061221
- ISBN
- 9780271061221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73€ 81.37
€ 98.73
€ 81.37
Hardback. Series: Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC; AJC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063317
- ISBN
- 9780271063317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.82
€ 40.99
€ 30.82
Paperback. Since South Africa's transition to democracy, many universities have acquired new works of art for key spaces on their campuses. The new works convey messages about the advantages of cultural diversity, and many engage critically with histories of racial intolerance and conflict. Num Pages: 256 pages, Full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145805
- ISBN
- 9781868145805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.57
€ 32.99
€ 31.57
Hardback. From fine art paintings by such artists as Stubbs and Landseer to zoological illustrations and popular prints, a vast array of animal images was created in Britain during the century from 1750 to 1850. This book investigates the rich meanings of these visual representations as well as the ways in which animals were actually used and abused. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 b&w illustrations + 140 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 277 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126792
- ISBN
- 9780300126792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.22
€ 52.99
€ 41.22
Paperback. Editor(s): DeLue, Rachael Z. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Terra Foundation for the Arts,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780932171573
- ISBN
- 9780932171573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.79
€ 25.99
€ 20.79
Hardback. What is abstract art good for? What's the use - for us as individuals, or for any society - of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves? This book presents an account of abstract art. Series: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 132 color plates. 129 halftones. 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 246 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1496.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126784
- ISBN
- 9780691126784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.41
€ 64.68
€ 50.41
Hardback. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 122 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1430. Vernacular Painting in High Qing China. 280 pages, col. Illustrations. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Dimension: 257 x 216 x 31. Weight: 1438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258570
- ISBN
- 9780520258570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 64.51
€ 83.50
€ 64.51
Paperback. James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Drawing upon anecdotes related to individual works of art, he provides a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 88 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415970532
- ISBN
- 9780415970532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.88
€ 48.99
€ 48.88
Hardback. Editor(s): Kummerling-Meibauer, Bettina. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AKLB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415818018
- ISBN
- 9780415818018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.35
€ 184.35
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Halsgrove United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841147345
- ISBN
- 9781841147345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.80
€ 46.99
€ 38.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 194 color photos. BIC Classification: ACBK; WFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 215 x 6. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887403187
- ISBN
- 9780887403187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.46
€ 16.99
€ 12.46
Paperback. Translator(s): Polan, Dana. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816648597
- ISBN
- 9780816648597
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
€ 26.95
Hardback. Brings together psychological, feminist, historical, and post-colonial perspectives on a significant twentieth-century work. Editor(s): Green, Christopher. Series: Masterpieces of Western Painting. Num Pages: 174 pages, facsimiles, portraits. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 417.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 174
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521583671
- ISBN
- 9780521583671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.91
€ 100.91
Hardback. This beautifully designed book is filled with illustrations and photographs of the many animals in Picasso's life - those he painted and drew, as well as those he loved. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60, 40 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791349909
- ISBN
- 9783791349909
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.34
€ 24.99
€ 18.34
Hardback. Published to accompany a major exhibition originating at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, this volume illuminates Picasso's radical reformulation of human physiognomy. Containing eighty-two color illustrations and sixty-eight duotones, this catalogue explores the Fernande portraits and related works as a single oeuvre. Num Pages: 192 pages, 82 color plates. 68 duotones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1285.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691117416
- ISBN
- 9780691117416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.97€ 61.03
€ 79.97
€ 61.03
Hardcover. Focuses on a single work, Picasso's "Head" of 1913, and in doing so demonstrates how scrupulous focus can open out challenging perspectives in the work of a great master. This lecture was given by Neil Cox of the University of Essex, one of Britain's leading scholars of Cubism and Surrealism, and a particular authority on Picasso. Num Pages: 48 pages, 18 col, 3 b&w. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AGC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 213 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- National Galleries Of Scotland
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906270261
- ISBN
- 9781906270261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.57
€ 13.99
€ 13.57
Paperback. Picasso's extraordinary capacity to work in a variety of mediums and styles amazed his critics since the first years of the century. This collection of critical and personal reactions to Picasso provides an account of the many innovations and changes of direction that baffled his contemporaries. It also reveals his working methods and attitudes. Editor(s): McCully, Marilyn. Num Pages: 288 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691003481
- ISBN
- 9780691003481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.94
€ 46.99
€ 32.94
Hardback. One of Pablo Picasso's most important muses is the subject of this diverse and beautiful collection of drawings, paintings, sculpture, and ceramics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 270 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 245 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1776.
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791353623
- ISBN
- 9783791353623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.25
€ 23.25
Paperback. Analyzes the circus and related spectacles in fin-de-siecle Paris, and how they were interpreted by print arts of the era Editor(s): Earenfight, Phillip J. Num Pages: 72 pages, 83 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- The Trout Gallery United States
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780982615621
- ISBN
- 9780982615621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.72
€ 19.99
€ 19.72
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135466
- ISBN
- 9780300135466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 30.82
€ 43.99
€ 30.82
hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; ACX; AGB; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Pointed Leaf Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781938461330
- ISBN
- 9781938461330
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.56€ 64.26
€ 70.56
€ 64.26
Paperback. An introduction to the work of Picasso. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. Dimension: 300 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 126
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714827087
- ISBN
- 9780714827087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.72
€ 19.99
€ 14.72