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Paperback. The theory and practice of imitation has long been central to the construction of art and yet imitation is still frequently confused with copying. Theorizing Imitation in the Visual Arts challenges this prejudice by revealing the ubiquity of the practice across cultures and geographical borders. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119004035
- ISBN
- 9781119004035
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.95
€ 39.95
Paperback. Concentrating on canonical critical texts and images, the book examines modern art through a rhetoric of representation rather than through formalist criticism or the history of the avant-garde. Series: Interpretations in Art S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080835
- ISBN
- 9780231080835
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Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Paperback. An updated edition of the hugely successful original anthology that captures the essence and the edge of the contemporary art scene. Editor(s): Kocur, Zoya; Leung, Simon. Num Pages: 552 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1106.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 552
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444338577
- ISBN
- 9781444338577
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Condition: New
€ 76.67
€ 76.67
Paperback. The catalogue of the International Triennial of New Media Art held at the National Art Museum of China. Editor(s): Di'An, Fan; Ga, Zhang. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 286 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381458
- ISBN
- 9781781381458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.04
€ 79.04
Paperback. Why do some people seem to find it easy to come up with fresh, brilliant ideas? And how do they turn them into something worthwhile? This book provides basic practices and processes that allow your talents to flourish, and which we can adopt - no matter what we do - to help us achieve extraordinary things too. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Viking
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241970805
- ISBN
- 9780241970805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.65
€ 14.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Thinking about Art explores some of the greatest works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to offer intriguing juxtapositions of art and history. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 280 x 17. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118904978
- ISBN
- 9781118904978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.30
€ 36.99
€ 35.30
Hardback. Thinking Through Material Culture provides a new theoretical framework for understanding the pivotal role of material culture in human cognition, perception and action. Series: Archaeology, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: AC; HD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812237887
- ISBN
- 9780812237887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.64
€ 69.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816637133
- ISBN
- 9780816637133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.50
€ 38.50
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Kelsey Museum of Archaeology United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974187327
- ISBN
- 9780974187327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.56
€ 31.56
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 107 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 229. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300211931
- ISBN
- 9780300211931
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.32
€ 76.32
Hardback. Mercurial, saturnine, scandalous and unpredictable, Caravaggio - as a man, as a character and as an artist - holds dramatic appeal. He spent a large part of his life on the run, leaving a trail of illuminated chaos wherever he passed, most of it recorded in criminal justice records. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780677002
- ISBN
- 9781780677002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Paul Cezanne challenged convention and pioneered new possibilities in painting. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint aspects of everyday life in ways that revealed dynamic yet deeply harmonious visions of the world. Illustrator(s): Vale, Patrick. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780674780
- ISBN
- 9781780674780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 258 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 115 x 28. Weight in Grams: 730. 288 pages, 258 colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AC. Dimension: 205 x 115 x 28. Weight: 730.
- Publisher
- 21 Publishing Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901785111
- ISBN
- 9781901785111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.15
€ 32.99
€ 28.15
Hardback. Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He created paintings whose radically simplified lines and colours echoed the unschooled art of the rustic and native cultures he loved. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 illustrations, 25 in colour. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780671895
- ISBN
- 9781780671895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Modern art begins with Goya. He was the first to create works of art for their own sake, and he lived in a time of incredible cultural and social dynamism when the old concepts of social hierarchy were being shaken by the new concept of equality for all. This book deals with his life and work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780676166
- ISBN
- 9781780676166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.52
€ 8.52
Hardback. Intellectual, emotional, restless, dogged, loyal, selfish; Kandinsky was an artist - and a man - of contradictions. This genre-defying painter didn't pick up a brush until he was thirty years old. He was an academic with a promising career that he threw away to explore the arts. This is an introduction to the life of this artist. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780675657
- ISBN
- 9781780675657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.16
€ 9.16
Hardback. Leonardo da Vinci lived an itinerant life. Throughout his career - from its beginnings in the creative maelstrom of fifteenth-century Florence to his role as genius in residence at the court of the king of France - Leonardo created a kind of private universe for himself and his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780677514
- ISBN
- 9781780677514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Belgian artist Rene Magritte's life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. He would shape his own life story to be its own surreal work of art. This book tells his story. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780678504
- ISBN
- 9781780678504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Claude Monet is best known as a leader of the Impressionists, his paintings defining the style that triggered a revolution in art. During the eighty-six years of his life, Monet never rested, and was always driven by the urge to paint. This book tells about Monet's work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780676234
- ISBN
- 9781780676234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.66
€ 16.99
€ 16.66
paperback. What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, the author finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction. Illustrator(s): Magritte, Rene. Editor(s): Harkness, James. Translator(s): Harkness, James. Series: Quantum Books. Num Pages: 104 pages, 30 b/w illustrations, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780520236943
- ISBN
- 9780520236943
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 19.04
€ 29.99
€ 19.04
Hardback. Rembrandt van Rijn is probably the most famous Dutch painter of the seventeenth century. His works are greatly loved today, but he was not always so well regarded. His life was one of a dramatic rise and fall, unfolding during the Golden Age of the newly formed Dutch Republic. This book deals with his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780677453
- ISBN
- 9781780677453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Vincent van Gogh used art to express his intensely emotional response to the world around him. Enraptured by the beauty of nature and tormented by the sorrows of human existence, he produced in his tragically short life some of the most powerfully expressive paintings ever seen. Illustrator(s): Harasymowicz, Slawa; Ingram, Catherine. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780674803
- ISBN
- 9781780674803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Hardback. Andy Warhol, the iconic Pop artist, presented himself as the vacuous, dumb kid, famously saying, 'If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintingsand there I am. This book penetrates the surface and explores Warhols art from his beginnings as a commercial artist to his apotheosis as a society portrait painter. Illustrator(s): Rae, Andrew. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780670140
- ISBN
- 9781780670140
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.23
€ 16.99
€ 16.23
Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, 40 ills. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1402.
- Publisher
- Damiani Italy
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788862081634
- ISBN
- 9788862081634
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.22
€ 32.99
€ 28.22