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Paperback. The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting? Num Pages: 360 pages, 325 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 289 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2188.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239490
- ISBN
- 9780500239490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.57
€ 46.99
€ 42.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Corbin, Alain; Courtine, Jean-Jacques; Vigarello, Georges. Translator(s): Cohen, Keith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32-page color insert. BIC Classification: AC; HB; JFSJ; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168793
- ISBN
- 9780231168793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.61
€ 37.99
€ 27.61
Hardback. Editor(s): Corbin, Alain; Courtine, Jean-Jacques; Vigarello, George. Translator(s): Cohen, Keith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 752 pages, 56 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFSJ2; JHMC; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168786
- ISBN
- 9780231168786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.37€ 42.32
€ 53.37
€ 42.32
Paperback. Challenges readers to rethink the work of a range of post-World War II artists - Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Bruce Nauman, and Agnes Martin among them - and thus to re-assess the relationship of art to politics and social life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 66 color images and 52 halftones, all scattered. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 566. American Art Since 1955. 304 pages, illustrations. Challenges readers to rethink the work of a range of post-World War II artists - Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Bruce Nauman, and Agnes Martin among them - and thus to re-assess the relationship of art to politics and social life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ. Dimension: 155 x 201 x 19. Weight: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270978
- ISBN
- 9780520270978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.14
€ 41.99
€ 30.14
Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152938
- ISBN
- 9780231152938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.30
€ 30.99
€ 22.30
Hardcover. Since the 1990s, acclaimed Norwegian and London-based artist AK Dolven has produced a substantial body of work that explores the relationship between individuals and the perception of their environment, the connections that bind inner and outer realities. Coinciding with a solo exhibition at the Ikon Gallery, this book presents her oeuvre. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1556.
- Publisher
- Art / Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908970190
- ISBN
- 9781908970190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.97
€ 40.99
€ 33.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Includes 127 colour and 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 279 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Publisher
- Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848221703
- ISBN
- 9781848221703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 47.45
€ 52.99
€ 47.45
paperback. A biography that establishes the complexity of Picasso's Spanish roots, his aversion to his native Malaga and his passion for Barcelona and Catalan 'modernisme'. It introduces material on the artist's early training in religious art. It provides fresh insights into the artistic failures of Picasso's father as an impetus to his sons' triumphs. Num Pages: 560 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 185 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951559
- ISBN
- 9781845951559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.20
€ 45.99
€ 31.20
paperback. Intends to recreate the Pablo Picasso's life and work during the decade of 1907-17 - a period during which the artist and Georges Braque invented Cubism and to that extent engendered modernism. Bringing a fresh light to bear on the artist's sensationalised private life, this title presents a view of this paradoxical man of his paradoxical work. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 184 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951566
- ISBN
- 9781845951566
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.20
€ 45.99
€ 31.20
paperback. Offers insights into Picasso's life and work. This title reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and paintings. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1626.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781845951290
- ISBN
- 9781845951290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 31.20
€ 45.99
€ 31.20
Hardback. In the Leipzig Mahzor, one of the most lavish Hebrew illuminated manuscripts of all time, Kogman-Appel has discovered a fascinating portal into the life of the fourteenth century Jewish community in Worms. A prayer book used only during holidays, it brings to life the religious culture and customs of medieval Ashkenazi Jews. Num Pages: 308 pages, 21 color illustrations, 1 map, 3 tables. BIC Classification: ACK; AGR; HRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064546
- ISBN
- 9780674064546
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.99€ 58.65
€ 63.99
€ 58.65
Hardback. Medardo Rosso (1858-1928) is one of the most original and influential figures in the history of modern art. This book offers an historically substantiated critical account of his life and work. It negotiates the competing cultural imperatives of nationalism and internationalism that shaped the European art world at the fin de siecle. Num Pages: 328 pages, 20 color photographs, 80 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AB; ACX; AFKB; AGB; BGF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294486
- ISBN
- 9780520294486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.24€ 51.02
€ 65.24
€ 51.02
Paperback. Editor(s): Eschelbacher, Andrew. Num Pages: 200 pages, 170 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 248. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300226218
- ISBN
- 9780300226218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.61
€ 46.99
€ 33.61
Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 130. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWC; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 268 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Publisher
- Halstar
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906690236
- ISBN
- 9781906690236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.00
€ 40.99
€ 34.00
Paperback. Bernard Leach (1887-1979) is generally reckoned to be the 'father of British studio pottery. In this title, he communicates his deeply-held convictions, through an account of the standards and materials essential to English slipware, stoneware, Japanese raku and Oriental porcelain. Num Pages: 372 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVN; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 147 x 29. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571283675
- ISBN
- 9780571283675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.14
€ 22.14
Paperback. Over the last century, many artists have made works that challenge dominant models of gender and sexuality. The results can be sexy or serious, satirical or tender, discreetly coded or defiantly outspoken. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HBTB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849765039
- ISBN
- 9781849765039
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.99
€ 19.99
€ 15.99
Hardcover. This bold new history recovers the American Revolution, as seen through the eyes of Boston-born painter John Singleton Copley. Num Pages: 544 pages, 8 pages of color; 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 244 x 46. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393240016
- ISBN
- 9780393240016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.94
€ 37.99
€ 31.94
Hardcover. Rothschild Renaissance. Num Pages: 352 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 253 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2084.
- Publisher
- British Museum Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714123455
- ISBN
- 9780714123455
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.00
€ 40.99
€ 32.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854379078
- ISBN
- 9781854379078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Award-winning historian Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance to this new and beautifully illustrated overview. Num Pages: 402 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442600140
- ISBN
- 9781442600140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.05€ 54.29
€ 64.05
€ 54.29
Paperback. Margaret L. King's richly illustrated social history of the Renaissance succeeds as a trusted resource, introducing readers to Europe between 1300-1700, as well as to the problems of cultural renewal. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 206 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1262.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487593087
- ISBN
- 9781487593087
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.12€ 57.43
€ 58.12
€ 57.43
Paperback. A memoir of Marcia Tucker, the first woman to be hired as a curator at the Whitney Museum of American Art and the founder of the New Museum of Contemporary Art in New York City. It draws the reader directly into the burgeoning feminist movement and the excitement of the New York art world during that time. Editor(s): Lou, Liza. Num Pages: 226 pages, 35 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACX; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265950
- ISBN
- 9780520265950
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.43
€ 27.99
€ 21.43
Paperback. Series: Social History of Modern Art. Num Pages: 550 pages, 283 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACV; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 228 x 25. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 550
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226063348
- ISBN
- 9780226063348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.45
€ 47.99
€ 37.45
Paperback. From the author of the acclaimed biography of Turner comes a major new work that explores the relationship between art and business in nineteenth-century Britain. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; HBJD1; HBTB; HBTK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 43. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782395188
- ISBN
- 9781782395188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56