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History of art / art & design styles

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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Examines the Hudson River School artists' practice of creating thematically related pairs and series of paintings. This volume reveals the subtleties of the works and discusses their shared iconography, the ways in which artists responded to one another's paintings, and how the paintings reflected 19th-century American cultural and social milieus. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 1KBBEY; ACV; AFC; AGN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 283 x 12. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231138215
ISBN
9780231138215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Chapters become courses in this curious feast, exploring the form of the recipe from post-war to today. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Zero Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782798606
ISBN
9781782798606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art. This title surveys developments in digital art from its appearance from 1980s onwards, and looks at what that future may hold. It investigates the emergence and impact of mobile and locative (site-specific) media, social networks and the next generation of virtual worlds. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 323 illustrations, 253 in colour. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500203989
ISBN
9780500203989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Exploring themes raised by digital artworks, such as viewer interaction, artificial life and intelligence, political and social activism, this book focuses at the impact of digital techniques and media on traditional forms of art such as printing, painting, photography and sculpture. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 338 illustrations, 270 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 211 x 19. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204238
ISBN
9780500204238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.20

Paperback. Contains methods useful to embroidery machine users and commercial machine embroiderers, demonstrated in 250 step-by-step colour photographs. This book helps readers identify the tools of modern digitising, and the processes with which to use them. It contains chapters covering artwork, auto-digitising, stitch types, and, mapping and sequencing. Num Pages: 128 pages, 250 colour photos. BIC Classification: ACVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 540. Create Custom Embroidery Designs Like a Pro. 128 pages, 250 colour photos. Contains methods useful to embroidery machine users and commercial machine embroiderers, demonstrated in 250 step-by-step colour photographs. This book helps readers identify the tools of modern digitising, and the processes with which to use them. It contains chapters covering artwork, auto-digitising, stitch types, and, mapping and sequencing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACVN. Dimension: 275 x 211 x 11. Weight: 540.
Publisher
F&W Publications Inc
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Pap/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896894921
ISBN
9780896894921
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.87

Hardback. Presents a "first history" of the artist and his work within the literary and sociocultural context of contemporary London, Paris, Milan, and New York. This work also emphasizes a re-evaluative positioning of Nevinson's work within a modernist framework in literature and art in the first half of the twentieth century in northwest Europe. Editor(s): Walsh, Michael. Num Pages: 213 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139426
ISBN
9780874139426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 450 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Chinese University Press Hong Kong
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629964566
ISBN
9789629964566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.09

Hardcover. An enticing collection of sixty years of collaboration between the House of Dior and the greats of fashion photography, will appeal to anyone interested in fashion, design, and photography. Accompanies and exhibition of the same name at the Christian Dior Museum in Granville, France Num Pages: 240 pages, 250 colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AJ; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 896.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847843084
ISBN
9780847843084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 148 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AMA; AMN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271017167
ISBN
9780271017167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.41
€ 111.42

paperback. Argues that art should address a broad audience and explains the painter's responsibility to his spectators. This book explains how - even if the archbishop did not succeed in reforming the arts - Paleotti's treatise constituted one last synthesis of art as a reading of creation and salvation history, and "sacred" art as a vehicle of devotion. Translator(s): McCuaig, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, 11 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Publications
Condition
New
SKU
9781606061169
ISBN
9781606061169
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.99
€ 41.02

Paperback. Brings together thirteen critics and scholars to explore children's art and its documented influence on the evolution of modern art. This book shows that children's art and childhood have inspired major works of art, served as central metaphors for artistic spontaneity and honesty, and provided a window into the fundamental human qualities. Editor(s): Fineberg, Jonathan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 161 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691086828
ISBN
9780691086828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 63.58

Paperback. Discusses about the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangzi River in China. Editor(s): Hung, Wu. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACX; TNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573466
ISBN
9780935573466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.34

Paperback. Examines the making of the first modern catalogue - La galerie electorale de Dusseldorff. This book showcases this one of the most important European painting collections of the eighteenth century, reflecting a pivotal moment in the history of art as well as the history of the art museum. Num Pages: 104 pages, 70 colour illustrations & 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DFG; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 206 x 8. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060926
ISBN
9781606060926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

hardcover. With a contextual approach that encompasses the full range of media, from textiles to stucco, this study traces the concept of a unified interior. It argues that art history - even the emergence of the modern category of fine art - was worked out as much in the rooms of palaces as in the printed pages of Vasari and other early writers on art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 colour & 116 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606062982
ISBN
9781606062982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 59.90

Hardback. Rather than simply tracing the rise of Modernism in the 19th century, this book reconstitutes the period's cultural milieu through a series of case studies written with an eye to overarching forces at play. It surveys the field as a whole and discusses the relationships between the various media in the context of an overall "visual economy". Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 colour images + 95 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300177275
ISBN
9780300177275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.45
€ 44.33

Paperback. Focuses on six contemporary Native Americn artists - James Luna, Gerald Clarke, Dana Claxton, Sonya Kelliher-Combs, Larry Tee Harbor Jackson McNeil, and Will Wilson. This volume is accompanied DVD that presents James Luna's in-your-face performance works that question stereotypes about Native Americans. Editor(s): Nottage, James H. Num Pages: 120 pages, 79 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987811
ISBN
9780295987811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bovier, Lionel. Num Pages: 64 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 204 x 11. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
JRP|Ringier
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037643457
ISBN
9783037643457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Balsom, Erika; Peleg, Hila. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ8; JFDV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 140. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529068
ISBN
9780262529068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 27. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003443
ISBN
9780691003443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. A comprehensive exploration of design research methods, with particular focus on the social impacts of design. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 bw illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 11. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847885791
ISBN
9781847885791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.30

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