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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. This book will transform the way you think about design by showing how integral it is to our daily lives, from the spoon we use to eat our breakfast cereal to the medical equipment used to save lives. John Heskett goes beyond style and taste to look at how different cultures and individuals personalise objects. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 168 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ACB; ACXD2; ACXJ8; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 10. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780192854469
- ISBN
- 9780192854469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.61
€ 12.99
€ 11.61
Num Pages: 256 pages, 400+ illus. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 235 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1976.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764322235
- ISBN
- 9780764322235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.96€ 65.34
€ 85.96
€ 65.34
Paperback. Editor(s): Margolin, Victor. Num Pages: 302 pages, 71 halftones, 30 line drawings. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 17. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505145
- ISBN
- 9780226505145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. This well-known book is a must for all those interested in design and its disciplines. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6 figs. BIC Classification: AC; AKC; AKL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745305226
- ISBN
- 9780745305226
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.05
€ 40.99
€ 27.05
Paperback. Meikle explores the history of American design, from the industrialization of the 19th century and the mass production of the 'machine age' to the information-based society of the present, examining how design, consumerism, and culture connect. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones and full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; ACXD2; ACXJ8; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842190
- ISBN
- 9780192842190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.94
€ 38.94
Hardcover. Num Pages: 415 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 159 x 36. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907155154
- ISBN
- 9781907155154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.81
€ 26.99
€ 23.81
Hardback. Designing Modern Japan is a unique, comprehensive history of Japanese design, exploring the emergence and development of fashion, graphic, product and automotive design in Japan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 colour, 80 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; AKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780232027
- ISBN
- 9781780232027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.40
€ 46.99
€ 39.40
Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AMX; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816679614
- ISBN
- 9780816679614
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.45
€ 36.99
€ 34.45
Hardback. In design history, globalization is deeply intertwined with a long-held bias towards Western, industrialized nations. By reassessing the role of regional and national design histories and challenging the claim that nation states are obsolete in identity construction, Designing Worlds reflects on new national narratives from around the world. Editor(s): Fallan, Kjetil; Lees-Maffei, Grace. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 302 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331558
- ISBN
- 9781785331558
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.60
€ 137.60
Paperback. A sourcebook of hundreds of designs drawn from the work of artists and craftsmen throughout time, from the Pacific cultures of Oceania to the rich and varied heritage of Ancient Greece. It includes an informative introduction and a selection of illustrated patterns. Series: British Museum Pattern Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, 512 illustrations, 12 in colour. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 277 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1204. Series: British Museum Pattern Books. 240 pages, 512 illustrations, 12 in colour. A sourcebook of hundreds of designs drawn from the work of artists and craftsmen throughout time, from the Pacific cultures of Oceania to the rich and varied heritage of Ancient Greece. It includes an informative introduction and a selection of illustrated patterns. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACG. Dimension: 246 x 277 x 21. Weight: 1206.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714150888
- ISBN
- 9780714150888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.82
€ 25.99
€ 22.82
Paperback. Whilst there are some studies of architecture in Scotland post-devolution, writings on design are largely non-existent. This book tells a story about Scotland's creatives - where they work and how their ideas and what they create and design contribute to Scotland's democratic culture and identity. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780996387
- ISBN
- 9781780996387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.56
€ 16.99
€ 15.56
Paperback. Offering a look at the creative power of institutions, this book explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the 19th century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Drawing upon neoclassical art and theory, it aims to bring to life the artistic passions and anxieties of an entire era. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; DSBF; DSC; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 382
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691049144
- ISBN
- 9780691049144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 46.96
€ 58.89
€ 46.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AFC; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Ridinghouse
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909932258
- ISBN
- 9781909932258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.35
€ 27.99
€ 24.35
Paperback. Presents the scandalous saga of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood whose Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs shockingly broke 19th Century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp inset section. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACVM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848540507
- ISBN
- 9781848540507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Hardcover. "Modernist scholar Jed Rasula presents the first narrative history of the emergence, decline, and legacy of Dada, showing how this strange artistic phenomenon spread across Europe and then the world in the wake of the Great War, fundamentally reshaping modern culture in ways we're still struggling to understand today"-- Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; ACXJ; AGB; BGF; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 618.
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465089963
- ISBN
- 9780465089963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.05
€ 33.99
€ 27.05
paperback. Addresses the complex relationship between the way we think we see and the way that the brain actually processes images. Num Pages: 56 pages, 46 color illus.trations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 5193 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989600
- ISBN
- 9780295989600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.63
€ 29.63
Hardcover. Museum visitors today usually see pre-16th-century Italian painted altarpieces exhibited alone, as single paintings. This catalogue shows that these works were once part of decorative, integrated schemes, and the original experience for viewers of the paintings was significantly different from our own. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Publisher
- National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857095258
- ISBN
- 9781857095258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.41
€ 26.99
€ 20.41
Hardcover. This is the first book about one of the most celebrated art critics in US history, Donald Kuspit, whose intertwined careers as a philosopher, art historian, and psychoanalyst have yielded a type of criticism with unrivalled range in Western history. Editor(s): Craven, David; Winkenweder, Brian. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781846314797
- ISBN
- 9781846314797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.32
€ 142.32
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231149389
- ISBN
- 9780231149389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.02€ 57.47
€ 73.02
€ 57.47
Paperback. This illuminating book brings together interviews with contemporary women artists whose work was exhibited in Ireland in the 1990s - a significant decade for art in Ireland, particularly for women artists. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; ACX; AGB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 72. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- I. B. Tauris
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850436218
- ISBN
- 9781850436218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.55
€ 37.55
Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 29 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 263 x 23. Weight in Grams: 796.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857232003
- ISBN
- 9788857232003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.21
€ 40.99
€ 34.21
Hardcover. This source lists some 41,000 artists and contains much information that has not previously been published. Editor(s): Johnson, J.; Greutzner, A. Series: Dictionary of British Art. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; ACN; ACV; AFC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 221 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors Club Dist
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780902028364
- ISBN
- 9780902028364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.93
€ 121.93
Paperback. Most historic buildings are owned by private citizens who have little or no background in building preservation or its allied fields. Editor(s): Bucher, Ward. Num Pages: 576 pages, 400 drawings. BIC Classification: AC; AM; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 193 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780471144137
- ISBN
- 9780471144137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.09
€ 82.09
Paperback. Num Pages: 958 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AC; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 958
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468469417
- ISBN
- 9781468469417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 135.65
€ 135.65