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Paperback. Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "Osservazioni" is an impassioned defence of the superiority of Roman architectural "invention" over the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of Ancient Greece. This is an English translation of Piranesi's three-part polemical work. Translator(s): Beamish, Caroline; Britt, David. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 168 pages, 43 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; ACG; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366361
- ISBN
- 9780892366361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.78
€ 40.99
€ 28.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 374 pages, 79. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; ACX; JFF; JKS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Minor Compositions
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570273032
- ISBN
- 9781570273032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.08
€ 26.99
€ 20.08
Hardcover. The golden age of ocean liners is inextricably linked with the key decorative trends of the 20th century Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Modernism. This lavish visual feast explores the technical, aesthetic, cultural, and political factors that came together to define such an iconic mode of travel. Editor(s): Finamore, Daniel; Wood, Ghislaine. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACVY; ACXD3; HBTB; JFCK; WTHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 247. .
- Publisher
- V & A Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851779062
- ISBN
- 9781851779062
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 35.33
€ 52.99
€ 35.33
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 140 colour illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Publisher
- Edition Olms Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783283012120
- ISBN
- 9783283012120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.38
€ 46.99
€ 30.38
Paperback. Carol Armstrong offers an important study of Edgar Degas's work and reputation. Armstrong grapples with contradictory portrayals of Degas as "odd man out" within the modernist canon. She shows how our critical and popular expectations of Degas are overturned and subverted. Series: Getty Research Institute Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 299 pages, 4 colour and 127 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 13. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892367283
- ISBN
- 9780892367283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.26
€ 34.99
€ 25.26
Paperback. Editor(s): Kennedy, Brian. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 145. Weight in Grams: 227. Keywords: "Subjects - Art, Architecture & Photography - History of Art & Architecture - By Chronology - General,Subjects - Art, Architecture & Photography - General"
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Coracle
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- SKU
- KEX0178706
- ISBN
- 9780906630167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter's fifty-year career, this book reassesses De Forest's art-historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context. Num Pages: 200 pages, 185 color images, 25 black/white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292208
- ISBN
- 9780520292208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.08
€ 54.99
€ 39.08
Hardback. A fascinating cross-section of current research in modernist art history, at the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship. Editor(s): Miller, C. F. B. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 268. .
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911300137
- ISBN
- 9781911300137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.01
€ 52.99
€ 37.01
Hardcover. Doris Salcedo, a Colombian-born artist, addresses the politics of memory and forgetting in work that embraces fraught situations in dangerous places. This title leads us into intimate encounters with Salcedo's art, encouraging us to consider each work as a 'theoretical object' that invites certain kinds of considerations about history and grief. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 colour plates, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226035789
- ISBN
- 9780226035789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 63.42
€ 76.44
€ 63.42
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813536972
- ISBN
- 9780813536972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.39
€ 46.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. One of the most important avant-garde movements of postwar Paris was Lettrism, which crucially built an interest in the relationship between writing and image into projects in poetry, painting, and especially cinema. This is a monograph in English on the Lettrists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; ACXJ; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226174594
- ISBN
- 9780226174594
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.52
€ 32.99
€ 25.52
Paperback. One of the most important artists of his generation, Olafur Eliasson (born 1967) creates immersive environments and spectacular public installations that probe the cognitive aspects of vision and transform the act of looking into a social experience. This title documents the artist's first project in Berlin, where he has lived for many years. Num Pages: 424 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 241 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1956.
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783865607652
- ISBN
- 9783865607652
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 52.59
€ 52.92
€ 52.59
Hardcover. Old Cuba presents an insider s view of the splendid colonial-era sites of the storied island nation, from the grand apartments and magnificent cathedral of Old Havana to the plantation homes of Pinar del Rio. Num Pages: 208 pages, 180 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; ACN; ACQ; ACV; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 229. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847858477
- ISBN
- 9780847858477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.74€ 52.90
€ 53.74
€ 52.90
Paperback. In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness which left him stone deaf. The author follows Goya through the remaining thirty-five years of his life. He writes of the elderly painter with the intimacy of an old friend, seeing through his eyes and sharing the silence in his head. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACV; AFC; AGB; BGH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099437253
- ISBN
- 9780099437253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.76
€ 14.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. This book brings together 150 of Kodojin's Chinese poems (introduced and translated by Jonathan Chaves). Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 halftones, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 2GDC; 2GJ; ACBP; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231116572
- ISBN
- 9780231116572
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 30.62
€ 42.99
€ 30.62
Hardcover. This engaging biography brings light to the life, art, and extraordinary contributions of Olive Rush (1873 1966), artist, illustrator, muralist, Native American art educator, and social reformer." Num Pages: 292 pages, 95 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 235 x 2. Weight in Grams: 1778.
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890136201
- ISBN
- 9780890136201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.28
€ 53.99
€ 38.28
Hardcover. Num Pages: colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AMC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138698840
- ISBN
- 9781138698840
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.85
€ 71.85
hardcover. Translator(s): Gertraud, Hechl. Num Pages: 224 pages, 414 photos. BIC Classification: ACX; TDPB1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing, Ltd. United States
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300585
- ISBN
- 9780764300585
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.67€ 45.92
€ 64.67
€ 45.92
Paperback. Comprehensive survey of the artist Christian Marclay's ideas and practice in his own words and those of the foremost writers engaged with his work. Editor(s): Criqui, Jean-Pierre. Series: ON&BY. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854882304
- ISBN
- 9780854882304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 9.74
€ 21.99
€ 9.74
Hardback. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 84 color + 46 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; AC; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 216. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300214000
- ISBN
- 9780300214000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.53
€ 52.99
€ 37.53
Paperback. Translator(s): Hawthorne, John G.; Smith, C. S. Series: Dover Art Instruction. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 16. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1979
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486237848
- ISBN
- 9780486237848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.58
€ 19.99
€ 14.58
Hardback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742559158
- ISBN
- 9780742559158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.61
€ 162.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 232 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742559165
- ISBN
- 9780742559165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.62
€ 77.62
Hardback. How can works of the imagination help us to understand good and evil in the modern world? In this new collection of essays, Alex Danchev treats the artist as a crucial moral witness of our troubled times, and puts art to work in the service of political and ethical inquiry. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AC; JFM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474428002
- ISBN
- 9781474428002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39