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Hardcover. An exploration of the artists, their lives and contexts, with a gallery of 290 of their paintings. It offers an account of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who sought to defy the modern aesthetic and to return to classical artistic ideals. It documents the artists' lives and the development of their talents. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 500 colour images. BIC Classification: ACVM; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Publisher
Lorenz Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754823797
ISBN
9780754823797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. An introduction to the great masters of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour and 36 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; ACVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 220 x 8. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd London
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714829074
ISBN
9780714829074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.31

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
SB Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857703412
ISBN
9781857703412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.87

Paperback. The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood lent its name to one of the most significant and innovative artistic movements of the Victorian age. In this book, the author offers an account of these remarkable men and women exploring their individual personalities, their close friendships and the artistic force that bound this diverse group together. Series: National Portrait Gallery Companions. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
National Portrait Gallery
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855144798
ISBN
9781855144798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.05

Paperback. Offers various perspectives on the facets of the public art process. This book examines the evolution of public art, from monuments and memorials to socially engaged public art practice. It covers topics such as constructing the models for developing and commissioning public art works. Editor(s): Cartiere, Cameron; Willis, Shelly. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415878395
ISBN
9780415878395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 84 illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Trust for Museum Exhibitions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882507177
ISBN
9781882507177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AM; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 268 x 10. Weight in Grams: 510.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Shambhala
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590302590
ISBN
9781590302590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.76

Paperback. Closes in on intense make-or-break turning points in the lives of eight great artists who, under extreme stress, created something unprecedented, altering the course of art for ever. This title features Caravaggio, Bernini, Rembrandt, David, Turner, Van Gogh, Picasso and Rothko. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1392.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847921185
ISBN
9781847921185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. A handbook for practical living in posthuman world - all by way of examining the imagined 1916 chess game between Tristan Tzara, the daddy of Dada, and V I Lenin, the daddy of communism. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; D; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 107 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137780
ISBN
9780691137780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.01

Paperback. Documents an innovative project from the Spanish Royal Academy in Rome - the creation of a Pop-Up store. This volume showcases each project featured in the pop-up store, and provides a brief introduction to the artist, their works, and the inspiration behind them. Editor(s): La Fabrica. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 266 x 37. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
La Fábrica/aecid
Edition
Bag Pap/Ac
Condition
New
SKU
V9788415691846
ISBN
9788415691846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Colour/B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 195 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911024293
ISBN
9781911024293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 28.42

Paperback. Henry Pearson is often linked to the Op Art movement of the 1960s because his best-known paintings feature a labyrinth of undulating parallel lines. This text accompanied an exhibition of Pearson's drawings from 1959 to the mid-1970s, the years when the artist moved toward geometric abstraction. Illustrator(s): Pearson, Henry. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palmer Museum of Art
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911209549
ISBN
9780911209549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.32

Hardcover. Modernist debates about waste - both aesthetic and economic - often express biases against gender and sexual errancy. The Poetics of Waste looks at writers and artists who resist this ideology and respond by developing an excessive poetics. Series: Modern and Contemporary Poetry and Poetics. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137402783
ISBN
9781137402783
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.66

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991108
ISBN
9780295991108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 58.49

Hardcover. A comprehensive history of antiquity collecting in Great Britain. Jonathan Scott gives portraits of the principal collectors, describes the mechanics of the art trade and collecting, and takes us to beautiful sculpture galleries that were created by such distinguished architects as Robert Adam. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 348 pages, 180 b/w + 24 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JD; 3JF; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 190 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1407.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300098549
ISBN
9780300098549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGHX; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230 x 4. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
S Q Publications,US United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865621015
ISBN
9780865621015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. An exploration of the possibilities of representation after modernism, this study charts the logic and continuity of Mark Tansey's painting by considering the philosophical ideas behind his art. The book examines how Tansey uses structuralist and poststructuralist thought to create paintings. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791296
ISBN
9780226791296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.88

Paperback. Aims to provide a comprehensive guide to all forms of pictorial art - from wall and panel paintings to stained glass windows, mosaics and embroidery - and sets them against the historical and theological influences of the age. This study covers the period from 800 to 1200. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 470 pages, 325 b&w illustrations, 75 colour plates, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3F; 3H; ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2050. Fine clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0017388
ISBN
9780300064933
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 35.00

Paperback. Pablo Ruiz Picasso was the most prolific artist in the history of Western art. Born in 1881 in Malaga, southern Spain, he spent almost all of his productive life in France, dying in Mougins in 1973. This guide provides the essential information on the artist's work and career. Series: Essential Artists. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 193 x 17. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854378439
ISBN
9781854378439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.25

Hardback. In 1970 photography curator Peter C Bunnell organized an exhibition called Photography into Sculpture for the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This title proposes precedents for contemporary artists who continue to challenge traditional practices and categories. Editor(s): Statzer, Mary. Num Pages: 256 pages, 56 color photographs, 23 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281479
ISBN
9780520281479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.68

Paperback. In a series of discussions of major themes and genres, Graham Clarke gives a clear and incisive account of the photograph's historical development, and elucidates the insights of the most interesting thinkers on the subject such as Roland Barthes and Susan Sontag. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 248 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: AC; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842008
ISBN
9780192842008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. Published in 1975, this autobiography of private Andy Warhol talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success; about New York and America; and about himself - his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, good times and bad times in the Big Apple, the explosion of his career in the Sixties, and life among celebrities. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189109
ISBN
9780141189109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardback. "This publication accompanies the exhibition The Philosophy Chamber: Art and Science in Harvard's Teaching Cabinet, 1766-1820, on view at the Harvard Art Museums, Cambridge, Massachusetts, from May 19 through December 31, 2017, and at The Hunterian, University of Glasgow, Scotland, in 2018." Editor(s): Lasser, Ethan W. Num Pages: 312 pages, 326 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; ABC; ACQ; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 299 x 210. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300225921
ISBN
9780300225921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.05
€ 42.28

Hardback. This collection of essays presents an ongoing exploration of the moral character and enlightenment-potential of vision. It examines texts by Descartes, Husserl, Wittgensein, Nietzsche, Heidegger, Benjamin, Merleau-Ponty, and Levinas. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; HPC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
502
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520217805
ISBN
9780520217805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.48
€ 49.32

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