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Hardback. Philip de Lszl (1869-1937) was the pre-eminent portrait artist working in Britain between 1907 and 1937. He painted nearly 3,000 portraits, including those of kings and queens, four American presidents and members of the European nobility. This title gives an account of both his life and his work. Num Pages: 448 pages, 100 black-&-white illustrations + 45 colour images. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300137163
ISBN
9780300137163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.44
€ 58.48

Hardback. During the 1960s and 1970s, a loosely affiliated group of Los Angeles artists embraced light as their primary medium. This title explores and documents the unique traits of the work produced in Southern California during the 1960s and 1970s and traces its influence on different generations of international artists. Editor(s): Clark, Robin Lee. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 color illustrations, 75 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 247 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First edition.
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270602
ISBN
9780520270602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.94

Paperback. Fresh attention to contemporary black British art, exploring its political power through phenomenological attention to art and embodied experience, the senses and perception, affectivity and the emotions. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ABA; ACX; AF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781384176
ISBN
9781781384176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.21

Hardback. A fresh look at the British Museum's celebrated and extensive ancient Egyptian collection from across three thousand years Num Pages: 176 pages, 280 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AGC; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 273. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218381
ISBN
9780300218381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.15

Hardback. A biography of Peter Selz that traces the journey of this Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. It illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century, describing Selz's extraordinary career. Num Pages: 321 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269354
ISBN
9780520269354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.00

Hardcover. Peter Hubner began his career as an orthopaedic shoemaker and moved on to cabinet-making before studying architecture. In the 1960s, he became a successful designer of prefabricated buildings and sanitary units. This book explores various issues. Num Pages: 358 pages, 500 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AMB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 310 x 289 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2708.
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
358
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565021
ISBN
9783932565021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.63
€ 45.01

Hardcover. Now updated and available in a new price and format, this is the most comprehensive monograph on Turner Prize-nominated artist Peter Doig. Num Pages: 432 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 282 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2452.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847849796
ISBN
9780847849796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.23

Hardcover. Pop artist Peter Blake has an eye for the quirky and the overlooked. As well as being known as a painter, Blake is renowned for his works on paper and as a leading exponent of collage. This work displays the strong graphic sensibility and the love of popular culture for which the artist has long been renowned. Num Pages: 64 pages, 56 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854378163
ISBN
9781854378163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.91

Hardcover. Best known of the British pop artists, Peter Blake came to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s with iconic works like "On the Balcony" and "First Real Target". His famous works for album covers such as the Band Aid single "Do They Know Its Christmas", brought him to a wider audience. This title features the design work of Blake. Series: Design. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 col. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AFC; AGB; AKB; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851496181
ISBN
9781851496181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854374196
ISBN
9781854374196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 325+ color and b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 324 x 243 x 68. Weight in Grams: 4300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764336829
ISBN
9780764336829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.68

Hardcover. Examines medieval culture from different viewpoints to reveal how the art of the Middle Ages can provide an insight into the wider issues of medieval politics and culture. This title includes the essays that address the teaching of medieval art and architecture as well as examine society's longing for ecclesiastical drama. Editor(s): Heller, Ena; Pongracz, Patricia C. Num Pages: 224 pages, 90 col. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832690
ISBN
9781904832690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 35.66

Paperback. Erwin Panofsky's Perspective as Symbolic Form is one of the great works of modern intellectual history, the legendary text that has dominated all art historical and philosophical discussions on the topic of perspective in this century. Translator(s): Wood, Christopher S. Num Pages: 198 pages, 63. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299533
ISBN
9780942299533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.64

Hardcover. Suitable for scholars, curators, and critics invested in modern and contemporary German art, this title explores the work of three generations of German artists who, beginning in the 1960s, turned to jokes and wit in an effort to confront complex questions regarding German politics and history. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 colour plates, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 255 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1168.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226898957
ISBN
9780226898957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 54.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: AC; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 213 x 11. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Indra Publishing Australia
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781920787004
ISBN
9781920787004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 33.48

Hardcover. Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane as well as the heroic. This text explores not merely the range of performances under the banner of everyday, but also meanings inherent in these attempts to create art out of experience of the "real." Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Alden. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139709
ISBN
9780874139709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.67

Paperback. A companion volume to the exhibition of the same name at the Smart Museum of Art. With over eighty illustrated catalogue entries, it offers fresh insight into traditional Chinese culture, visual arts, and theater, and reveals how Chinese visual and performing traditions were aesthetically, ritually, and commercially intertwined. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573558
ISBN
9780935573558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 27.98

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719095917
ISBN
9780719095917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.56

Hardback. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores the multiple and overlapping meanings of performance, showing how it can convey everything from artistic, economic, and sexual performance, to providing ways of understanding how race, gender, identity, and power are performed. Num Pages: 240 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBS; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5193 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359548
ISBN
9780822359548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.99

Paperback. Explores questions surrounding stem cell research, public perceptions of biotechnology, and the parallels and differences between creative and scientific practices Editor(s): Caulfield, Sean; Gillespie, Curtis; Caulfield, Timothy. Num Pages: 47 illus., 30 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Alberta. Department of Art and Design Canada
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780969989844
ISBN
9780969989844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.53

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