History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. Discusses the role of the workshop in the creation of African art Editor(s): Kasfir, Sidney Littlefield; Forster, Till. Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 424 pages, 65 b&w illus., 8 color illus. BIC Classification: 1H; ACB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253007490
- ISBN
- 9780253007490
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714125329
- ISBN
- 9780714125329
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
African Art from the Leslie Sacks Collection: Refined Eye, Passionate ...
Karel Nel Amanda M. Maples
Hardcover. This volume unveils the African art pieces held in the celebrated Leslie Stacks Collection in Los Angeles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 825 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 262 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Skira
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857220246
- ISBN
- 9788857220246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 62.22
€ 65.36
€ 62.22
Hardback. Num Pages: 607 pages, 1,600 objects illustrated. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310 x 239 x 51. Weight in Grams: 3788.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764320057
- ISBN
- 9780764320057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.74€ 64.46
€ 86.74
€ 64.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006912
- ISBN
- 9780253006912
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Paperback. African headrests have been moved out of the category of functional objects and into the more rarefied category of 'art' objects. Styles in African headrests are usually defined in terms of western art and archaeological discourses, but this book interrogates these definitions of style through a case study of headrests of the 'Tellem' of Mali. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wits University Press South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868144587
- ISBN
- 9781868144587
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Condition: New
€ 43.37
€ 43.37
Introduces the vast range of tribal sculpture from Senegal to the Congo regions and Mali to Sierra Leone. Explores the expressive quality and sheer evocative power of African art, and helps one gain a better understanding of one of the great heritages of mankind. Translator(s): Walters, Richard. Num Pages: 237 pages, 347 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1530.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764323324
- ISBN
- 9780764323324
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Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 39.25
€ 54.65
€ 39.25
Paperback. In the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series, this book discusses folk and decorative arts alongside fine art produced by African-Americans throughout the nineteenth century. It also explores more recent issues in art and politics - the Civil Rights era and Black Nationalism in the 1960s and 70s and the emergence of new black artists in the 1980s and 90s. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 320 pages, colour plates, halftones, line drawings and maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBK; ACV; ACX; AFTB; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 21. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842138
- ISBN
- 9780192842138
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.77
€ 36.99
€ 32.77
Hardback. When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In this book, the author examines the origins of these principles and their extraordinary consequences for the rest of modern art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 colour images + 97 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300195774
- ISBN
- 9780300195774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.63
€ 65.36
€ 50.63
Paperback. "Though it seems contradictory to write words of praise for a book that deeply interrogates the marketability of praiseful language (in the guise of art criticism), Gavin Butta s collection deserves them. Framed by Butta s astute introduction, these performative essays pulse with vitality. Editor(s): Butt, Gavin. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232841
- ISBN
- 9780631232841
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Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Hardcover. It has become apparent that criticism has fallen on hard times. This book explores contemporary approaches which have sought to renew criticism's energies in the wake of a 'theatrical turn' in visual arts practice, and the emergence of a 'performative' arts writing over the decade or so. Editor(s): Butt, Gavin. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232834
- ISBN
- 9780631232834
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Condition: New
€ 138.69
€ 138.69
Hardcover. Focuses on the little known Magical Realist painter Marta Hegemann (1894-1970), re-inserting her into the histories of avant-garde modernism Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 colour illustrations, 58 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 239 x 21. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090073
- ISBN
- 9780719090073
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Condition: New
€ 103.20
€ 103.20
Hardback. Examines the intersections between Regionalist and Modernist paintings, photography, and film during the Great Depression, a period when the two approaches to art making were perhaps at their zenith. Num Pages: 125 pages, 25 black & white illustrations + 100 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBN; ACXD; AGK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition (US) First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135862
- ISBN
- 9780300135862
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.91
€ 36.99
€ 26.91
Hardback. "Published for The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art, The Yale Center for British Art." Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 b&w illustrations, 16 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACQ; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300107340
- ISBN
- 9780300107340
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Foreword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163895
- ISBN
- 9780691163895
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.86
€ 23.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; APF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176934
- ISBN
- 9780231176934
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; APF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231176927
- ISBN
- 9780231176927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.84€ 89.80
€ 118.84
€ 89.80
Paperback. In closely-read case studies, we encounter artworks by Gian Lorenzo Bernini, Ana Mendieta, Louise Bourgeois, Alina Szapocznikow, Anna Maria Maiolino, Vera Frenkel, Sarah Kofman and Chantal Akerman to explore trauma and bereavement, fatal illness, Holocaust experience, migration, exile and the encounter with political horror and atrocity. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, 91 black & white halftones, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFFK; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 898.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719087981
- ISBN
- 9780719087981
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.41
€ 32.99
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Hardcover. Dating from the 1960s, this book includes works that represent a total of thirty-eight European and American artists, whose work is beautifully reproduced here. Num Pages: 128 pages, 81 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Publisher
- Museum of Modern Art United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780870700903
- ISBN
- 9780870700903
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.71
€ 33.99
€ 28.71
hardcover. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748940
- ISBN
- 9780804748940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.11
€ 150.11
Paperback. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748957
- ISBN
- 9780804748957
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.01
€ 37.99
€ 34.01
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849762687
- ISBN
- 9781849762687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.72
€ 40.99
€ 28.72
Paperback. Series: Afterall. Num Pages: 96 pages, 16 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ8; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 282 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Afterall Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846381713
- ISBN
- 9781846381713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 17.70
€ 20.99
€ 17.70
Hardback. Editor(s): Pola, Francesca. Num Pages: 240 pages, 188 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 289 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1658.
- Publisher
- Skira
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857220833
- ISBN
- 9788857220833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 54.36
€ 59.42
€ 54.36