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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. Francis Bacon possessed the rare ability to transform unconscious compulsions into figurative, human-like forms that seem to evoke the raw emotions that bore them. Mixing realism and abstraction, Bacon delves beneath the surfaces of things, opening up the human body to reveal the chaos that lies within and struggling with all that is inexplicable. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; ACXD7; ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836559690
ISBN
9783836559690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.82

Hardcover. This analysis of grassroots art focuses on examples from environments in Kansas, Nebraska, Iowa, Missouri and Oklahoma. It looks at the work of artists such as Samuel P. Dinsmoor, Dave Wood and Ed Galloway, describing their cultural contexts and influences. There are photographs of their creations. Editor(s): Brackman, Barbara; Dwigans, Cathy. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 colour photographs, 125 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of Kansas
Condition
New
SKU
V9780700609048
ISBN
9780700609048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.44

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175746
ISBN
9780231175746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.61
€ 88.69

Paperback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175753
ISBN
9780231175753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. In 1957 the UK Design Centre launched the first annual Designs of the Year Awards to identify the very best of British design. This beautifully designed book introduces and illustrates the quirky breadth of the awards. Iconic objects by Kenneth Grange and David Mellor sit alongside such retro classics as the Barbican basin and Globoot wellies. Num Pages: 108 pages, 85 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; ACXJ; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 264 x 10. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851776733
ISBN
9781851776733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.18

Hardback. Otherworldly, provocative, and strange, the author's art is a vital a part of her vision as her best-selling novels The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry. This is a mid-career retrospective of her work, reflecting her talent for cultivating a narrative through pictures and her own confrontations with life, mortality, and magic. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 240. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910702598
ISBN
9781910702598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over, the economy was doing well, and the arts were invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists, institutions, and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Translator(s): Kahn, Dr. Peter. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 illustrations (22 color/16 pg insert, 41 b&w). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338932
ISBN
9780822338932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Paperback. An investigation of the central role that theories of the visual arts and creativity played in the development of fascism in France between 1909 and 1939. Num Pages: 376 pages, 67 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ACX; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340348
ISBN
9780822340348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardcover. This book is essential for understanding culture and the vanguard artistic production of the late Franco dictatorship, discussing the intellectual and cultural field as an important battlefield for fighting the dictatorship from within. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383223
ISBN
9781781383223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.50

Paperback. Contemporary feminist critics have often described Surrealism as a misogynist movement. This work addresses this issue, confirming some feminist allegations while qualifying and overturning others. Through insightful analyses of works by a range of writers and artists, it develops a complex view of Surrealist portrayals of woman. Num Pages: 189 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGH; JFSJ1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 350.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803218420
ISBN
9780803218420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.55

Hardback. Editor(s): Fresco, Karen L. Series: MIP Studies in Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 250 pages, 8 full color. BIC Classification: ACK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 41.
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442206
ISBN
9781580442206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.72

Hardback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821421901
ISBN
9780821421901
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.61

Paperback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACBS; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421918
ISBN
9780821421918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.86

hardcover. An artistic reflection on modern heroes and modes of distinction, to accompany the international exhibition of the same name in Chemnitz, Germany, from November 2015 to February 2016. Num Pages: 200 pages, 191 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 259 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783897904583
ISBN
9783897904583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.21
€ 54.72

Paperback. Augustus John studied at the Slade with his sister Gwen before both of them went to Paris. He lived and worked at feverish speed and his drawings were astonishing for their fluid lyrical line, their vigor and spontaneity. His life became a complex tale of two cities, London and Paris, of two wives and many families. Num Pages: 752 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 41. Weight in Grams: 928.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951849
ISBN
9781845951849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.35

Paperback. Grand political accomplishment and artistic productivity were the hallmarks of Augustus Caesar's reign (31 BC to AD 14), which has served as a powerful model of achievement for societies throughout Western history. This book presents an overview, one that brings together political and social history, art, literature, architecture, and religion. Num Pages: 496 pages, 11 color plates 164 halftones 10 line illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 848.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691058900
ISBN
9780691058900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.40

Hardcover. August Benziger was one of the most sought-after portrait painters of his time. His subjects ranged from Popes to princes, from presidents to businessmen. This biography brings us closer to his subjects who carried history from the 19th to the 20th century. Num Pages: 355 pages, 15ill. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 236 x 33. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Sheed & Ward
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
355
Condition
New
SKU
V9781556126147
ISBN
9781556126147
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.89

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847834839
ISBN
9780847834839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.69

Multiple copy pack. A comprehensive presentation of the provocative, modernist graphic works of Britain's creator of Art Nouveau Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 1112 pages, 75 color + 1,145 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACVY; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 320 x 267 x 94. Weight in Grams: 6638.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111279
ISBN
9780300111279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.81
€ 158.36

Hardback. This richly illustrated book represents the first interpretive analysis of the Grosvenor Gallerys history in terms of changing attitudes about art and institutions at the end of the Victorian period. The study establishes the Grosvenors key place in the history of modernism through its cultural elevation of the artist to a spiritual realm. Num Pages: 263 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
263
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471885
ISBN
9781611471885
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 255 x 25. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311004
ISBN
9781477311004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.45

Paperback. How should Germany commemorate the mass murder of Jews once committed in its name? James E. Young - the only foreigner and Jew to serve on the German commission to select a design for a national Holocaust memorial - tells the inside story of this controversial project. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 colour plates, 56 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACX; AG; AMGD; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094138
ISBN
9780300094138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.57

Hardcover. This book showcases a major exhibition of site-specific, multimedia installations and sculptures Ai Weiwei has created for the island. Featuring beautiful photographs and thought-provoking text, At Large is the essential document of this remarkable happening from one of today's most celebrated artists. Editor(s): Spalding, David. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452142760
ISBN
9781452142760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.77

Paperback. Presents analysis of occult iconography in many of the masterpieces of Western art - from the astrological symbols that decorated churches and illuminated manuscripts, through the work of a range of Renaissance artists, including Bosch, Brueghel, Durer and Caravaggio, to the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists, such as Fuseli and Blake. Series: Guide to Imagery. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACX; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369072
ISBN
9780892369072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.04

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