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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Ever since it came to the world's attention in the 17th century, the world's most famous tapestry has been a source of never-ending speculation. This book highlights the background of its construction and the vents of 1066 that it portrays. It details: warfare and weaponry, armour and costumes, depictions of everyday life, houses, and farming. Editor(s): McIlwain, John. Series: Pitkin History. Num Pages: 32 pages, 80 colour illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACK; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 84 x 3. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841652221
ISBN
9781841652221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.11

Hardcover. Illuminates the role of icons and relics in Buddhist writing and practice Series: Franklin D. Murphey Lecture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 116 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; HREC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4531 x 6466 x 20. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990897
ISBN
9780295990897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Paperback. .
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910433225
ISBN
9781910433225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.34

Paperback. Featuring works from three of contemporary artist Luis Jacob's recent exhibitions in Canada, this book focuses on the art museum as the frame, influencing the way the audience views and interprets the art. It questions what lies behind the picture and proposes another dimension to art that is the viewer's encounter with it. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1194. Seeing and Believing. 192 pages, 150 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Dimension: 269 x 223 x 17. Weight: 1194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908966063
ISBN
9781908966063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.97

Paperback. Chronicles three decades of conversation between Lawrence Weschler and light and space master Robert Irwin. This book surveys many of Irwin's site-conditioned projects - in particular the Central Gardens at the Getty Museum and the design that transformed an abandoned Hudson Valley factory into Dia's new Beacon campus. Num Pages: 336 pages, 51 color and 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 678. Over Thirty Years of Conversations with Robert Irwin. 336 pages, illustrations. Chronicles three decades of conversation between Lawrence Weschler and light and space master Robert Irwin. This book surveys many of Irwin's site-conditioned projects - in particular the Central Gardens at the Getty Museum and the design that transformed an abandoned Hudson Valley factory into Dia's new Beacon campus. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Dimension: 203 x 155 x 22. Weight: 674.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition, Over Thirty Years of Conversations
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256095
ISBN
9780520256095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 50. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612190440
ISBN
9781612190440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.30

Hardcover. Challenging the view that ideas about sexual and gender dissidence were too confused to congeal into a coherent form in the Middle Ages, the author demonstrates that sodomy had a rich, multimedia presence in the period - and that a flexible approach to questions of terminology sheds new light on the many forms this presence took. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 colour plates, 78 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169125
ISBN
9780226169125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.04
€ 48.68

paperback. This is an illustrated study of the representation of the body and clothing in Western art, from Greek sculpture and vase painting, through medieval and Renaissance portraits, to contemporary films and fashion photography. Num Pages: 520 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AC; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520082311
ISBN
9780520082311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages, illustrations (some colour). BIC Classification: AC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780912964324
ISBN
9780912964324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Discusses works by great painters such as Delacroix and Ingres. This title features writings on Poe, Flaubert and Gautier. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACV; DNF; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 29. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Publication date
1993
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446067
ISBN
9780140446067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. An autobiography, in which the author - painter, photographer, sculptor, film maker and writer - relates the story of his life, from his childhood determination to be an artist and his technical drawing classes in a Brooklyn high school, to the glamorous and heady days of Paris in the 1940s. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AJB; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 26. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141195506
ISBN
9780141195506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.96

Paperback. This work reveals German artist Max Beckmann's experience of life from the first years of his career in Berlin and Paris through his final years in the United States. The collection of Beckmann's writings serves as a companion to his art and a testament to the complexities of his life. Translator(s): Buenger, Barbara Copeland (Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin, USA); Heller, Reinhold (Professor of Art and German, University of Chicago, USA); Britt, David. Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041360
ISBN
9780226041360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.41

paperback. Including over 100 illustrations from mainstream film to independent film, video art, performance and the visual arts, this book explores how technology has affected artist's abilities and forms to express themselves. It makes a companion to studies of contemporary art history, and media and cultural studies in the post-1960 period. Num Pages: 280 pages, 101 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415345224
ISBN
9780415345224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.46

Paperback. Artists and writers reconsider the relationship between the body and electronic technology in the twenty-first century through essays, artworks, and an encyclopedic "Abecedarius of the New Sensorium." Editor(s): Jones, Caroline A. Num Pages: 268 pages, 30 color illus., 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st MIT Press Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262101172
ISBN
9780262101172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 38.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854379641
ISBN
9781854379641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Marta, Karen; Gioni, Massimiliano. Series: Deste Foundation for Contemporary Art, 2000 Words Series. Num Pages: 107 pages, illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 185 x 10. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kentro Synchronis Greece
Number of pages
107
Condition
New
SKU
V9786185039073
ISBN
9786185039073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.08

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271035451
ISBN
9780271035451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 99.76
€ 82.92

Hardcover. Editor(s): Perlove, Shelley; Keyes, George. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268038434
ISBN
9780268038434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.32

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rhys, Hedley Howell. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651996
ISBN
9780691651996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.02

Paperback. A collection of the best of Gordon Burn's writing on art. Focusing on two principle generations - the Royal College pop art of Hockney and his contemporaries, and the YBA sensations of the 1990s, it explores how these artists rose to prominence with their friends and contemporaries, and what happened next. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 902.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571229291
ISBN
9780571229291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.40

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