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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. Pindar's Eyes is a ground-breaking interdisciplinary exploration of the interactions between Greek lyric poetry and visual and material culture in the early fifth century BCE, drawing on case studies to open up analysis of the genre to the wider theme of aesthetic experience in early classical Greece. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; ACG; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198746379
ISBN
9780198746379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Gagosian / Rizzoli
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847846887
ISBN
9780847846887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 47.68

Paperback. In their protracted search for divinity, Western European Christians follwed many paths to personal connection with the eternal, including the acquisition of art, objects and artifacts. The essays in this work consider the role these objects and images played in these spiritual journeys. Num Pages: 92 pages, 8 colour plates, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 205 x 9. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573305
ISBN
9780935573305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.84

Hardcover. The most comprehensive monograph to date on the groundbreaking Swiss artist and international art star, Pipilotti Rist Editor(s): Gioni, Massimiliano. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 335 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714872766
ISBN
9780714872766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.36
€ 42.63

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Edition Reuss Germany
Number of pages
118
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783980501767
ISBN
9783980501767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.63
€ 55.87

Paperback. A conceptual poetry book that plays with the idea of historical First Nations' representation through visual and erasure poems. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; DCF; DQ; HBTB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Talon Books,Canada Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889227880
ISBN
9780889227880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Hardcover. Explores the relationship between English country houses and the portraits they contain Editor(s): Perry, Gill; Retford, Kate; Vibert, Jordan. Num Pages: 320 pages, Halftones, black & white|Illustrations, colour|Maps. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGHF; AMKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 936.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090394
ISBN
9780719090394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.00

Paperback. Plains Indian Rock Art is the ultimate guide to the art form. It covers the natural and archaeological history of the northwestern Plains; explains rock art forms, techniques, styles, terminology, and dating; and offers interpretations of images and compositions. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 692 pages, Over 300 illustrations, 50 in colour; 16 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; ACC; ACG; HBJK; HBLC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
692
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295980942
ISBN
9780295980942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones, maps. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595341297
ISBN
9781595341297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.85

Hardcover. This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic, but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions. Editor(s): Denham, Alison. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: ACG; DSBB; HPCA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230314405
ISBN
9780230314405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.75

Hardback. Looks at late-nineteenth-century American art, and demonstrates the profound role humor played in determining the course of culture in the Gilded Age. This title examines how ambitious artists like Winslow Homer and Augustus Saint-Gaudens rethought the place of humor in their work. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272453
ISBN
9780520272453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.37
€ 64.45

Paperback. Shows that any of us can appreciate art. Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this title presents the author's personal journey through the art world that answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979618
ISBN
9780141979618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Hardback. "The exhibition is organized by the Centraal Museum Utrecht; the National Gallery of Art, Washington; the Museum of Fine Arts, Houston; and the Sarah Campbell Blaffer Foundation." Num Pages: 240 pages, 170 color illus. BIC Classification: ACNH; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 290 x 252 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1580.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691166063
ISBN
9780691166063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 54.95

Hardcover. Presents a new way of understanding the great Gothic churches of the twelfth and thirteenth centuries: as rhetorical constructs. The author traces common analogies between rhetoric and architectural space that date back to late antiquity, and then shows how those links were translated into wood, stone, and space under specific local conditions. Num Pages: 336 pages, 36 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACK; AMN; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 188 x 26. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226191805
ISBN
9780226191805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 39.88

Paperback. Throughout the history of imperial China, the educational elite used various means to criticize government policies and actions. By examining literary archetypes, titles of paintings, inscriptions and the historical context, this text shows that paintings expressed strong political opinions. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 434 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3F; 3H; ACK; AFC; DSBB; DSC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 212 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1184.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674007826
ISBN
9780674007826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.93

Hardcover. The first book by Helene Cixous on painting and the contemporary arts. These 11 chapters bring together Helene Cixous' writings about specific contemporary artists and artworks. Neither simply 'art criticism' nor critical essays, Cixous responds to these artworks as a poet, reading them as if they were poems. Editor(s): Segarra, Marta; Maso, Dr. Joana. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 160 pages, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390. Writings on Contemporary Arts and Aesthetics. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 160 pages, 8 colour illustrations. Editor(s): Segarra, Marta; Maso, Dr. Joana. The first book by Helene Cixous on painting and the contemporary arts. These 11 chapters bring together Helene Cixous' writings about specific contemporary artists and artworks. Neither simply 'art criticism' nor critical essays, Cixous responds to these artworks as a poet, reading them as if they were poems. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXJ; DSA. Dimension: 238 x 170 x 14. Weight: 386.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748647446
ISBN
9780748647446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.03

Paperback. Editor(s): McClatchy, J. D. Num Pages: 228 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520069718
ISBN
9780520069718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 20 color plates, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; ACV; ACX; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788364177385
ISBN
9788364177385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.11

Hardback. Editor(s): Marquenie, Gilles. Num Pages: 272 pages, 110 color + 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACX; ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 241. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300229127
ISBN
9780300229127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

In this comprehensive account of censorship of the visual arts in nineteenth-century Europe, when imagery was accessible to the illiterate in ways that print was not, specialists in the history of the major European countries trace the use of censorship by the authorities to implement their fears of the visual arts, from caricature to cinema. Editor(s): Goldstein, Professor Robert Justin; Nedd, Andrew. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; ACV; HBJD; HBTB; JFMD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Number of pages
287
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230248700
ISBN
9780230248700
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.64

Hardback. Challenging the dominant view that American Abstract Expressionism triumphed in Western Europe in the immediate post-war period, this book considers the proliferation of gesture painting there from a European perspective. Series Editor(s): Meskimmon, Marsha; West, Shearer; Barringer, Tim. Series: Critical Perspectives in Art History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACX; AFC; AGC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 246 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719068966
ISBN
9780719068966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 126 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857221106
ISBN
9788857221106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.71

Hardcover. Investigates how reformers, conservatives, and radicals used portraiture to connect with supporters and build identity in Victorian politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090844
ISBN
9780719090844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836529075
ISBN
9783836529075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

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