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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. This is a vivid record, in words, illustrations and working diagrams, of a section of women's clothing design from 1600 to 1930. The author was in charge of costume at the Theatre Studio run by Michel Saint-Denis in the 1930s. Num Pages: 336 pages, a colour plate and 58 black and white plates and many drawings. BIC Classification: 3J; AC; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 227 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571085941
ISBN
9780571085941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.11
€ 50.58

Hardcover. Includes texts by notable scholars and art historians, writers, artists, and collectors, and features archival material and personal photographs. Accompanies a vast, non-travelling retrospective at the Centre Pompidou with works from public and private collections worldwide. Num Pages: 320 pages, 314 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 293 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2256.
Publisher
Sieveking
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783944874616
ISBN
9783944874616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.42

Paperback. Czech action art emerged out of the political and social turmoil of the 1960s. This title explains the various forms of action art, from the actions and happenings of the 1960s; to the actions of land art; to the actions of a new generation of artists, who are using the principles of action art in contemporary postconceptual and participative art. Translator(s): Morgan, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages, 200 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJP; ACXJ5; AFKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024623177
ISBN
9788024623177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.50

Paperback. Towering across time as the painter of the "Mona Lisa", forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. This title includes a selection of sketches, diagrams and writings from his notebooks. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861979872
ISBN
9781861979872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.86

Notebook / blank book. A beautiful, luxurious notebook from Flame Tree. Combining high-quality production with magnificent fine art, the covers are printed on foil in five colours, embossed then foil stamped. And they're powerfully practical: a pocket at the back for receipts and scraps, two bookmarks and a solid magnetic side flap. The Vitruvian Man by Leonardo da Vinci Series: Flame Tree Notebooks. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACND; WZS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Jou
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783616671
ISBN
9781783616671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.89

Hardcover. Features MoMAs collection of Dada works. This title contains essays that focus on a selection of the museums important Dada works. It highlights works in many media, including books, journals, assemblages, collages, drawings, films, paintings, photographs, photomontages, prints, readymades and reliefs. Editor(s): Dickerman, Leah; Umland, Anne; Sudhalter, Adrian. Num Pages: 352 pages, 242 illustrations, 192 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 230 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1908.
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870706684
ISBN
9780870706684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.00
€ 43.61

Hardcover. This book presents theoretical engagements with Dada - the cultural formation routinely characterised as 'revolutionary' - in order to contest perpetuated assumptions that underlie the popular myth. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781380208
ISBN
9781781380208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.02

Paperback. Explores the range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism, whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. This book also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the Surrealists' return to the fetishized/eroticized body. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802545
ISBN
9780192802545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Lee, Joe. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389003
ISBN
9781934389003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.62

Paperback. Rather than exploring the Dada movement from the usual perspective of its strategies of shock and opposition, this book gives us a new picture of Dada art and writings as a lucid reflection on history and the role of art therein. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 218 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804798129
ISBN
9780804798129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.32

Hardback. Rather than exploring the Dada movement from the usual perspective of its strategies of shock and opposition, this book gives us a new picture of Dada art and writings as a lucid reflection on history and the role of art therein. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804794244
ISBN
9780804794244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 776 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 241 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1016.
Publisher
Wilfrid Laurier University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781771121996
ISBN
9781771121996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.85

Hardback. Contributes to the discussion about 'a crisis in masculinity', addressing the homosocial structures in Dada and Surrealist art and their relevance to the artistic and theoretical debate. This book deals with specific moments in the careers of Duchamp and some of his associates and discusses the reception of Duchamp's ideas in the post-war period. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 b&w illustrations + 20 colour images. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 256 x 192 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1148.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300108958
ISBN
9780300108958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.78

paperback. In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, this title invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins. Num Pages: 483 pages, 63 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0033164
ISBN
9780691001609
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. A re-evaluation of the provocative, visually influential work of Salvador Dali. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714834115
ISBN
9780714834115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Salvador Dali. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. Dimension: 302 x 220 x 9. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714833385
ISBN
9780714833385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.62

Hardcover. "Les diners de Gala is uniquely devoted to the pleasures of taste .. If you are a disciple of one of those calorie-counters who turn the joys of eating into a form of punishment, close this book at once; it is too lively, too aggressive, and far too impertinent for you."-Salvador Dali Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 317 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1992.
Publisher
TASCHEN GmbH
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836508766
ISBN
9783836508766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.78
€ 48.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Editions Flammarion France
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9782080304667
ISBN
9782080304667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. Features 15 internationally recognised contemporary artists whose work, in painting, sculpture, installations, and photography based media, belongs neither to a style nor a traditional 'school', but is thematically linked by a visual representation of how stubborn optimism, rather than utopianism, triumphs in the face of daily adversity. Num Pages: 136 pages, 6 b/w, 130 col. BIC Classification: ACVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 240 x 12. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832515
ISBN
9781904832515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.57

Hardcover. Num Pages: 22 pages, 48 colour and black and white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ5; AFKN; AGB; AGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 205 x 23. Weight in Grams: 788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Other Criteria
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906967727
ISBN
9781906967727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.86
€ 86.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 80 pages, 90 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ5; AFF; AGB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 247 x 16. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Other Criteria
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906967710
ISBN
9781906967710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.83
€ 47.65

hardcover. Num Pages: 324 pages, Colour throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 235 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1922.
Publisher
Other Criteria
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906967680
ISBN
9781906967680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.66
€ 101.49

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gagosian / Rizzoli
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847844319
ISBN
9780847844319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 33.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. Num Pages: 96 pages, 113. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037783009
ISBN
9783037783009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.24

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