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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. In this wide-ranging volume's twelve compact essays, scholars from across the disciplines trace Gesamtkunstwerk-the ideal of the "total work of art"-from its foundations in the early nineteenth century to its manifold articulations and reimaginings in the twentieth century and beyond. Editor(s): Imhoof, David; Menninger, Margaret Eleanor; Steinhoff, Anthony J. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 300 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; ABA; ACV; ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331848
ISBN
9781785331848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.12

Hardcover. A colourful kaleidoscope of the handcrafts created by Egypt's artisans today in glass, wood, fabric, stone, and other media Editor(s): El-Batraoui, Menha. Translator(s): McClure, Mandy; Shawkat, Nabil. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACBP; AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 240. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774167539
ISBN
9789774167539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.32

Paperback. Art is often appreciated for its ability to delight our eyes and refresh our minds. But it can also serve as a powerful vehicle for exploring darker emotions, such as fear, sadness, and grief. This title examines the richly varied representation of tragedy in the European artistic tradition over the course of two centuries. Num Pages: 128 pages, 75 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACQ; ACV; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573497
ISBN
9780935573497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. In this 2002 book, Paul Crowther explores the philosophy of visual art and its history. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107410459
ISBN
9781107410459
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Paperback. Explores the contested history of art and nationalism in the tumultuous last decades of British rule in India. With a fascinating array of art works, this book throws much light on a previously neglected strand of modern art and introduces the work of artists who are little known in Europe or America. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 black & white illustrations, 107 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJG; 3JJH; ACBK; ACXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 193 x 19. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861893185
ISBN
9781861893185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442223219
ISBN
9781442223219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.65

hardcover. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637084
ISBN
9781566637084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.11

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, 90 colour, 2 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FB; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 246 x 15. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Verlag für moderne Kunst
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783903131057
ISBN
9783903131057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.63

paperback. Examines a pivotal period in the history of Europe and the Near East. Spanning the ancient and medieval worlds, This title investigates the shared ideal of sacred kingship that emerged in the late Roman and Persian empires. Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 456 pages, 45 black-and-white photographs and 5 maps. BIC Classification: ACG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520294837
ISBN
9780520294837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.36

Paperback. Hospitality is the welcome we extend to strangers, an attitude and a code of conduct, as well as a metaphor that encompasses issues of the body, territory, geopolitics, ecology, trade and the hosting of data. This book addresses the theme of the exhibition: notions of hospitality. Editor(s): Tallant, Sally; Domela, Paul. Num Pages: 320 pages, 243 colour and 65 black and white. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Art / Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908970039
ISBN
9781908970039
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; ACX; AMKH; BGF; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500518663
ISBN
9780500518663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.32

Paperback. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on medieval textiles and illustrated with many lovely colour reproductions, The Unicorn Tapestries traces the origins of the tapestries as well as possible interpretations of their symbolic meaning. This is an essential book for any lover of medieval art and textiles. Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 14 b&w illustrations, 77 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACND; AGC; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 304 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300106305
ISBN
9780300106305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

Paperback. Editor(s): Janovy, Karen O. Num Pages: 80 pages, 39 color Illus., 2 b/w Illus. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 228 x 8. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publisher
Sheldon Memorial Art Gallery
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977802876
ISBN
9780977802876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Kodansha USA
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781568365206
ISBN
9781568365206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 31.46

Hardback. Claude Monet (1840-1926) is one of the best-known and most beloved painters in the history of art, with myriad publications and exhibitions devoted to his oeuvre. This book focuses on Monet's pastels, drawings, and sketchbooks, offering a different interpretation of the artist's life and work. Series: Clark Art Institute. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 b&w illustrations, 225 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACVT; AFF; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 230 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2138.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300118629
ISBN
9780300118629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.67

Hardback. Tracing a crucial history of photoconceptual practice, this book focuses on an artistic community that formed in and around the young University of California San Diego, founded in 1960, and its visual arts department, founded in 1967. Editor(s): Dawsey, Jill. Num Pages: 240 pages, 190 color photographs. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 275 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520290594
ISBN
9780520290594
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.45

Hardcover. A Site management Handbook. The only detailed archaeological site management plan from the Arab world, with wider application to sites worldwide. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG; AJC; AMX; HBLA; HD; KNS; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 26. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166082
ISBN
9789774166082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.83

Paperback. Combines psychoanalytic and cultural theory to advance an innovative interpretation of Renaissance history and subjectivity. This title discusses the distinctly economic character of early modern subjectivity and how this, too, is implicated in our own modern modes of historical understanding. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; ACND; AGB; CFD; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822325475
ISBN
9780822325475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Hardcover. Concentrating on the use of illustration in Victorian literature - especially novels, poems and children's books - the essays collected in this text address a wide chronological and stylistic range of work. Topics include the century's best-known illustrators and the use of words as images. Editor(s): Maxwell, Richard. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 125 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920979
ISBN
9780813920979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.50

Paperback. "The Victorious Youth" is one of very few surviving life-size bronzes from ancient Greece. This book discusses the statue in its ancient context of public memorials, private collectors, market-oriented workshops and long-distance transportation. A complete conservation report is included. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 108 pages, 49 b&w illustrations, 1 colour fold-out. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ABC; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 192 x 8. Weight in Grams: 331.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0212665
ISBN
9780892364701
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Paperback. "The Victorious Youth" is one of very few surviving life-size bronzes from ancient Greece. This book discusses the statue in its ancient context of public memorials, private collectors, market-oriented workshops and long-distance transportation. A complete conservation report is included. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 108 pages, 49 b&w illustrations, 1 colour fold-out. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ABC; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 192 x 8. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0212666
ISBN
9780892364701
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, then rediscovered in 1750 contained a large collection of bronze and marble statuary and busts. Num Pages: 390 pages, 239ill.261col.ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 222 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2699.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
390
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892367221
ISBN
9780892367221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.22
€ 73.10

Paperback. Early in this century, Futurist and Dada artists developed brilliantly innovative uses of typography that blurred the boundaries between visual art and literature. In this text, Johanna Drucker shows how later art criticism has distorted our understanding of such works. Num Pages: 306 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ABA; ACX; AKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226165028
ISBN
9780226165028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.85

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Golgonooza Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903880756
ISBN
9780903880756
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.98

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