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History of art / art & design styles

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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. The definitive overview and anthology of this influential art movement. Editor(s): Morrill, Rebecca. Num Pages: 220 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 252 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Abridged, Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714868592
ISBN
9780714868592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Douglas, Stan. Num Pages: 368 pages, 278 illustrations, 262 in colour. BIC Classification: AB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 169 x 28. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
David Zwirner
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941701522
ISBN
9781941701522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.84

Paperback. An exhilarating tour through Western artistic tradition Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Oneworld
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851688531
ISBN
9781851688531
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.42

Hardcover. Includes five chapters that feature concise essays with profiles of the key designers, break-out stories about the avant- garde projects and interviews with the leading lights of the art-fashion crossover phenomenon. Num Pages: 320 pages, 238 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 219 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1838.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239094
ISBN
9780500239094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 340 pages, 59 b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; JFCA; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837626193
ISBN
9783837626193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.95

Paperback. Since the collapse of the iron curtain, Prague has become one of Europe's - and the world's - most popular tourist destinations. This title presents the monuments and buildings of Prague that are representative of the art nouveau movement and offers insightful commentary on each. Num Pages: 135 pages, 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; ACVY; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 206 x 10. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024613468
ISBN
9788024613468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, 370 colour. BIC Classification: 3J; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777422794
ISBN
9783777422794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.08

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861895202
ISBN
9781861895202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.39

Paperback. A highly illustrated survey of the use of words and language in art, from ancient times to today's digital media. Art, Word and Image examines what happens when a painting is 'invaded' by language - how the two forms interact and combine, and what messages are intended for the viewer. Num Pages: 416 pages, 324 colour illustrations, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 278 x 213 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1626.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861897459
ISBN
9781861897459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.81

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ohta, Alison; Rogers, Michael; Haddon, Rosalind Wade. Series: Gingko Art Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, 185 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ACBP; HBG; HBTB; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 254 x 300 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2064.
Publisher
Gingko Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909942905
ISBN
9781909942905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.14

hardcover. Num Pages: 360 pages, 9 colour & 121 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; 3JB; ACND; AKL; HBJD; HBLH; HRCL; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1229.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271019680
ISBN
9780271019680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.75

Hardcover. A study of the social and cultural context of a women's vocational art school, the Philadelphia School of Design for Women. Nina de Angeli Walls provides an unusual view of the history of higher education for women and the history of American art. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; ACV; ACX; JFSJ1; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897897457
ISBN
9780897897457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.95

Hardback. Features an account of art, design, and architecture in the Central Europe of the Austro-Hungarian Empire during its last decades. The author integrates political and cultural developments, comparing the situation in eight cities, highlighting the contrasts, rivalries, parallels, and interconnections across this region. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 356 pages, 200 b&w illustrations, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; ACX; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 295 x 225 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111200
ISBN
9780300111200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.24

Paperback. This work explores the relationship between creative innovation, deviance and morbidity. It is illustrated by historical case histories of creative deviance and genius madness, and contemporary observations. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: AB; AC; AFC; JKV; JMK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903900062
ISBN
9781903900062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. Bringing together essays on activist and community-based art from the pages of "Afterimage" - one of the most influential journals in the media and visual arts fields, this title demonstrates that activist art, far from being antithetical to the true meaning of the aesthetic, can be its most legitimate expression. Editor(s): Kester, Grant H. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320951
ISBN
9780822320951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.87

Hardback. With reviews and essays composed over the last 20 years and revised for this book, "Art's Prospects" illuminates some of the chief spiritual itineraries of modern art, and argues that the traditional is the enemy, rather than a springboard to originality. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566635097
ISBN
9781566635097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.98

Paperback. A revealing exploration of how art acquires its financial value. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: ABQ; AC; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718192457
ISBN
9780718192457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

Paperback. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers'. This book examines this movement. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 578. Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era. 294 pages, Illustrations (some col.). During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers'. This book examines this movement. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 13. Weight: 522.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269750
ISBN
9780520269750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Hardback. Draws on neuroscience and psychology to understand the way we both perceive and conceive of art, including its resistance to verbal exposition. This book probes the distinction between accepting a tradition and defying it through innovation, which leads to a consideration of the notion of artistic genius. Num Pages: 528 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 853.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226736099
ISBN
9780226736099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.84

Hardback. Series: Modern Language Initiative. Num Pages: 276 pages, 46 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 23. Weight in Grams: 545.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823234554
ISBN
9780823234554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 165 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Granville Island Publishing Canada
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9781894694223
ISBN
9781894694223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.12

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
MANCHESTER UNIVERSITY PRESS
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719096464
ISBN
9780719096464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.72

Paperback. Nuclear bombs and geopolitical controversy are often the first things associated with the isolated Democratic Peoples' Republic of Korea and its volatile leader Kim Jong-il. Yet behind the secretive curtain also lies a little known and slowly expanding world of art. This book explores the role of art in North Korea. Num Pages: 192 pages, 63 black & white illustrations, 72 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPKN; 3JJ; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 188 x 14. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892362
ISBN
9781861892362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.79

Paperback. Artist Bob and Roberta Smith was recently appointed to oversee a project in which five artists were commissioned to create site-specific projects to transform open spaces. This title presents an intimate account of this project, written in diary form. Num Pages: 160 pages, 220 b/w and colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAX; 3JMC; ACXJ; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 182 x 15. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing London UK United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906155162
ISBN
9781906155162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.58

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