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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. Examines the importance of the year 1958 as a critical tipping point in the evolution of American art. This title explores the moment American artists first departed from Abstract Expressionism to develop fresh trends that helped define the last half of the 20th century. It includes approximately sixty-one works by fifty-six artists. Num Pages: 160 pages, with 62 full-colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 236 x 12. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807859490
- ISBN
- 9780807859490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.26
€ 36.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. Takes a view of what rock art entails, covering the history of rock art research and the discovery of many sites. This work illustrates the different symbols and motifs that are found throughout the British Isles, and shows where they occur in landscapes and monuments. It examines the various theories about the origin, use and meaning of rock art. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752440156
- ISBN
- 9780752440156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.44
€ 25.99
€ 22.44
Paperback. This 1986 book is a comprehensive survey of Cistercian art and architecture in the British Isles. Editor(s): Norton, Christopher; Park, David. Num Pages: 570 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DB; AB; AC; AMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1012. 570 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Norton, Christopher; Park, David. This 1986 book is a comprehensive survey of Cistercian art and architecture in the British Isles. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DB; AB; AC; AMN. Dimension: 246 x 190 x 30. Weight: 1016.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 570
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521181358
- ISBN
- 9780521181358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 34.48
€ 49.99
€ 34.48
Paperback. This book arises from the Cities in dialogue exhibition that was held in in FACT in conjunction with the University of Liverpool and the Liverpool Independents Biennial in 2014, and covers the works of artists Brian Mackern (Uruguay), Barbara Palomino (Chile), Marina Zerbarini (Argentina), and Ricardo Miranda Zuniga (US-Nicaragua). Num Pages: 144 pages, 128, 128 colour illustrations, Colour. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ; AFKN; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 340 x 11. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382448
- ISBN
- 9781781382448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.16
€ 15.16
Hardback. For much of early modern history, the opportunity to be immortalized in a portrait was explicitly tied to social class: only landed elites and royalty had the money and power to commission such an endeavour. This book examines the patronage and production of portraits in Tudor and Jacobean England. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 colour images + 80 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; ACN; ACQ; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 292 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1540.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300162790
- ISBN
- 9780300162790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Hardcover. An interpretation of the art, architecture, and liturgy created for the conversion of Aztecs and other native peoples of central Mexico by European Franciscan missionaries in the mid-16th century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 239 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; ACN; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 254 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2118.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268033644
- ISBN
- 9780268033644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.27
€ 79.27
Paperback. Yup'ik elders examine and interpret Jacobsen's collection. Editor(s): Fienup-Riordan, Ann. Translator(s): Meade, Marie. Num Pages: 66 photos. BIC Classification: ACBK; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984711
- ISBN
- 9780295984711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.11
€ 43.11
Paperback. Series: Radical Aesthetics Radical Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 25 bw illus. BIC Classification: ACX; HPN; HPS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474253154
- ISBN
- 9781474253154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 30.26
€ 37.99
€ 30.26
Paperback. Poet, novelist, essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer and painter, Clarence Major is a challenging yet underappreciated contemporary African- American artist. This collection combines poetry, prose and art by Major with critical essays that showcase his aesthetic movement across boundaries. Editor(s): Bell, Bernard W. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACXJ8; AGB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227726
- ISBN
- 9780807848999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book presents classic-era Hopi and Zuni carved dolls made between the 1880s and 1940s that have been rarely seen. Num Pages: 186 pages, 84 colour & 31 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135969
- ISBN
- 9780890135969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.37
€ 53.99
€ 38.37
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780143110132
- ISBN
- 9780143110132
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.93
€ 35.99
€ 25.93
Paperback. This look at Classical art starts with the excavation of the buried city of Pompeii, and investigates the monuments of ancient tyrants, and the sensual beauty of Apollo and Venus. Concluding with the human portrait, it highlights the re-discovery of Classical art in the modern world. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, Yes. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; ACG; GBC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842374
- ISBN
- 9780192842374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 23.03
€ 31.99
€ 23.03
paperback. Addresses the 'Classical Revolution' in Greek art, its contexts, aims, achievements, and impact. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, maps, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780521618359
- ISBN
- 9780521618359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.51
€ 24.51
Paperback. Why have ancient Rome and Greece been so influential? Series: All That Matters. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 179 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444177961
- ISBN
- 9781444177961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Hardcover. One of the great unsung heroes of twentieth-century British design. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368. Design. 96 pages, 100 colour. One of the great unsung heroes of twentieth-century British design. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACX; AKB. Dimension: 220 x 143 x 14. Weight: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Antique Collectors Club Dist
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851496631
- ISBN
- 9781851496631
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.36
€ 12.36
Paperback. Claude Cahun is the most important artist you've never heard of - until now. Num Pages: 45 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 4. Weight in Grams: 60.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Number of pages
- 45
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780990446
- ISBN
- 9781780990446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.26
€ 11.26
Hardback. Features an introduction to the life and art of the famous Impressionist, and beautifully reproduced full-page artworks in an appealing hardback gift book. Series: Masterpieces of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 84 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 212 x 18. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783612109
- ISBN
- 9781783612109
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.45
€ 17.99
€ 13.45
Hardback. Looks at the work of three artists who paved the way for ceramics to be considered fine art. This title focuses on artists John Mason (b 1927), Kenneth Price (b 1935), and Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) and their radical early work in post-war Los Angeles where they formed the vanguard of a new California ceramics movement. Num Pages: 240 pages, 131 colour & 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1218.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061053
- ISBN
- 9781606061053
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.45
€ 52.92
€ 41.45
Hardback. Editor(s): Morgan, Robert C. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816639380
- ISBN
- 9780816639380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.34
€ 70.34
Paperback. The powerful, personal and iconoclastic memoir of David Wojnarowicz, AIDS activist, author and one of the most provocative artists of his generation. With a new introduction by Olivia Laing. Series: Canons. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 29. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Canons edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786890276
- ISBN
- 9781786890276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.30
€ 14.99
€ 11.30
Paperback. How do experts spot masterpieces? Paintings are not always signed or noted in historical records, so how can we tell an obscure gem from an altered image? Through a series of examples and processes, this title draws the reader into the complex issues confronted by gallery professionals. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABK; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857094862
- ISBN
- 9781857094862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Frames often catch the eye of visitors to galleries, yet labels and catalogues rarely comment on them. This informative guide offers insight into the various forms of frame housing some of the finest paintings in the National Gallery Collection. It includes some of the finest examples of the frame-makers craft. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Publisher
- National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857094404
- ISBN
- 9781857094404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. When we say that 'Love is blind' or 'Time flies' - making concepts sound like living beings - we are using the language of allegory. Painters have long relied on allegory to create 'message pictures'. This guide helps readers understand the language of allegory within Western painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857094855
- ISBN
- 9781857094855
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.65
€ 13.99
€ 11.65
Paperback. Twenty-five leading artist duos and collectives give insight into how and why to work collaboratively Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 22. .
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714872889
- ISBN
- 9780714872889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.52
€ 33.99
€ 22.52