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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Longstreth explores the early development of two kinds of retail space that have become ubiquitous in the United States in the second half of the twentieth century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 164. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJF; 3JJG; 3JJH; AC; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262621427
ISBN
9780262621427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.77

Hardcover. Marcel Duchamp (1887-1968) has entered mainstream culture as one of the founding fathers of modern art. This book explores the artist's life and work. It features more than 200 entries on the interesting and important artworks, relationships, people and ideas in Duchamp's life. Illustrator(s): Frost, Luke; Vandling, Therese. Num Pages: 224 pages, 64 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239179
ISBN
9780500239179
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.14

Paperback. Hugely popular in their own time, the 'Dutch Italianates' fell out of favour in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. However, for the founders of Dulwich Picture Gallery, they were names to mention in the same breath as Rembrandt and Ruisdael. This book celebrates Dutch Italianate vision, and also tells the story of Dulwich Picture Gallery. Num Pages: 112 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ACQ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 242 x 10. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856676574
ISBN
9780856676574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.25

Hardcover. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDN; AC; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Royal Collection Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905686469
ISBN
9781905686469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 98.47

Paperback. An autobiographical account of the early years of James McBey, the self-taught boy from a humble north-east village who became one of Scotland's most successful and celebrated artists. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; AFH; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862414450
ISBN
9780862414450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.62

Paperback. From Hitler's vast Chancellery to Saddam Hussein's Mother of all Battles mosque, from Olympic stadiums to Donald Trump's excesses, the author examines the murky relationship between buildings, money and politics, revealing the power of architecture - and the architecture of power. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 112 x 35. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952771
ISBN
9780241952771
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Hardback. Examines the changing relationship between the Bible and the arts, showing how the arts portray biblical stories in various ways and through various media, and how 'the' Bible is actually multiple entities: fiercely contested translations in many languages. Generously illustrated with examples including painting, architecture and stained glass. Editor(s): Prickett, Stephen. Num Pages: 768 pages, 66 b+w illus; 72 colour illus. BIC Classification: ACB; AGR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 245 x 179 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1428.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
768
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639335
ISBN
9780748639335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.81
€ 193.39

Hardback. This authoritative reference work examines literary and artistic responses to the war's upheavals across a wide range of media and genres, from poetry to pamphlets, sculpture to television documentary, and requiems to war reporting. Editor(s): Einhaus, Ann-Marie; Baxter, Katherine Isobel. Series: Edinburgh Companion to Literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 36 black and white, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; DSBH; DSR; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401630
ISBN
9781474401630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.81
€ 194.30

Hardback. Covers the movements, concepts and figures associated with European modernism. This title provides a ranging resource both to the canon of 'High Modernism' and to theoretical perspectives that have contributed to the renewed interest in Modernism and have lent it renewed range and critical rigour in the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; GBC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748637027
ISBN
9780748637027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.81
€ 194.30

Paperback. The Edinburgh Festival is the world's largest arts festival. It has also been the site of numerous 'culture wars' since it began in 1947. This book explores the 'culture wars' of 1945-1970 and is the first major study of the origins and development of this leading annual arts extravaganza. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1DBKSC; 3JJP; ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694051
ISBN
9780748694051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the eye and to explain how aesthetic contemplation may, once more, be open to all who have eyes to look. Num Pages: 296 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748001
ISBN
9780804748001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. An illustrated guide to the houses of the early 20th century from the style of the Arts and Crafts movement to the interior design known as art nouveau. This work features many photographs and detailed drawings. Series: England's Living History. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrated. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJC; ACVY; AMKD; AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 242. Series: England's Living History. 128 pages, Illustrated. An illustrated guide to the houses of the early 20th century from the style of the Arts and Crafts movement to the interior design known as art nouveau. This work features many photographs and detailed drawings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JJC; ACVY; AMKD; AMR. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 9. Weight: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Countryside Books
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853069826
ISBN
9781853069826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.32

Hardback. Explores how art, design, and performance registered the changes in the Edwardian period (1901-1910) and helped to precipitate them. Acknowledging familiar divisions between the neo-Baroque magnificence of central London and the slums of the East End, this title discusses the middlebrow culture that characterizes the anonymous edge of the city. Editor(s): O'Neill, Morna; Hatt, Michael. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations + colour images. BIC Classification: 3JJC; ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300163353
ISBN
9780300163353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.45

Paperback. What is the effect of a "nation"? In this age of globalization, is it dead, dying, only dormant? The title collects essays that looks at a range of aesthetic productions - especially literature and the visual arts - that give context to how art and society interact. Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AB; ACB; HPS; JFFS; JPA; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 11. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781566398664
ISBN
9781566398664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Hardcover. Ink landscape painting is a distinctive feature of the Northern Song, and Song painters created some of the most celebrated artworks in Chinese history. Foong Ping shows how landmark works of this era came to be identified first as potent symbols of imperial authority and later as objects by which exiled scholars expressed disaffection and dissent. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 265 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Asia Center
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674417151
ISBN
9780674417151
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.74
€ 70.74

Paperback. For millennia, the culture of the ancient Egyptians has fascinated historians and spiritual seekers. The 20th anniversary edition of this seminal work includes all-new material analysing the progress in modern Egyptology Num Pages: 190 pages, 80 4-colour illustrations including four gatefolds. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG; HRKP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 331 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised, Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452144382
ISBN
9781452144382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.09

Paperback. Almost two hundred years after they were purchased from Greece, the finest and most famous marbles of antiquity still remain a burning issue. This title presents story of the Elgin marbles, the greatest art theft in history. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611453157
ISBN
9781611453157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.03

Hardcover. In the fifth century BCE, an artistic revolution occurred in Greece, as sculptors developed the ways of representing bodies, movement, and space. This title tells the story of Greek sculpture. It provides the ways to understand classical sculpture in Greek terms, and analyzes the relationship between political and stylistic histories. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 colour plates, 130 halftones, 12 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFKB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 285 x 222 x 19. Weight in Grams: 2232.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226570631
ISBN
9780226570631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.08
€ 81.80

Paperback. Wonder, not accuracy, realism, naturalism, or truth, was the supreme objective of Greek sculptors. This tile offers a fresh way to understand the epoch-making sculpture of classical Greece. It traces this way of thinking about art from the poems of Homer to the philosophy of Plato. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 colour plates, 1 map, 142 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 952.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226570648
ISBN
9780226570648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24 pages of color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3F; ACQ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681774206
ISBN
9781681774206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.02

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