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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Born and trained in England and a US resident starting in 1976, Reyner Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. This title presents a chronological cross-section of essays, polemics, and reviews drawn from more than three decades of Banham's writings. Editor(s): Barker, Paul; Lyall, Sutherland; Price, Cedric. Num Pages: 366 pages, 32 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AK; AM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
366
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition, (A Centennial Book)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219441
ISBN
9780520219441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.42

Paperback. With radical formal innovations that scandalized the European art world, cubism revolutionized modern art and opened the path toward pure abstraction. Documenting the heady first years of this profoundly influential movement, this work presents a comprehensive collection of cubist primary sources. Editor(s): Antliff, Mark; Leighten, Patricia. Num Pages: 608 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 42. Weight in Grams: 974.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226021102
ISBN
9780226021102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Argues that the imperial Inka understood stone as potentially animate, sentient, and sacred; building in stone was a way of ordering unordered nature, domesticating untamed spaces, and claiming new territories. Num Pages: 320 pages, 53 b&w illustrations, 15 color plates. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; ACBK; HDD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822348078
ISBN
9780822348078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.10

Hardback. Series: A Day with. Num Pages: 224 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACVT; WMB; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 140. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Editions Flammarion
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Special edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9782080203069
ISBN
9782080203069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.12

Paperback. Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Num Pages: 336 pages, 53 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight in Grams: 582. Essays on Art, Politics, and Daily Life. 336 pages, 53 illustrations. Features writings on contemporary art and culture by the author, a painter and feminist art theorist. Mixing theory and practice, the personal and the political, this book tackles questions about the place of feminism in art and political discourse, and the aesthetics and values of contemporary painting. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AC; JFFK. Dimension: 154 x 234 x 25. Weight: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346029
ISBN
9780822346029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.10

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACX; AFC; AGNB; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Rocky Mountain Books
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927330050
ISBN
9781927330050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. A collection of notebooks, letters, treatises, and contracts dealing with the art of the Middle Ages and Renaissance. It gives the reader an insight into the personalities and conditions of the times. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: ACK; ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains a very good copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0017631
ISBN
9780691003337
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Drawing on an array of artworks and chroniclers' accounts, to reassess the medieval visual culture in which banquets were staged, this book shows the ways of appreciating artistic skill and attending to their own processes of perception, thereby forging a court culture that delighted in the exercise of fine aesthetic judgment. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 colour plates, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; AS; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226242200
ISBN
9780226242200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.64
€ 47.40

Hardback. Whistler embarked on a new project in the 1880s, working on a small scale in oil, pastel and watercolour, representing new London subjects and painting portraits of new urban types. This book studies Whistler and his Impressionist followers and offers an analysis of Whistler's art as well as fresh insights into his modernist project. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 b&w illustrations and 40 colour images. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 192 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300135459
ISBN
9780300135459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.16
€ 41.17

Hardback. Editor(s): Clifton, James. Num Pages: 272 pages, 200 color + 45 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300207811
ISBN
9780300207811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.16
€ 44.72

Paperback. A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118475515
ISBN
9781118475515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.33

Hardcover. A Guide to Eighteenth-Century Art offers an introductory overview of the art, artists, and artistic movements of this exuberant period in European art, and the social, economic, philosophical, and political debates that helped shape them. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118475577
ISBN
9781118475577
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.63

Paperback. Translator(s): Taylor, J. C. Num Pages: 416 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244211
ISBN
9780226244211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.57

Paperback. Series: Dover Fashion and Costumes. Num Pages: 463 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
463
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1963
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486210308
ISBN
9780486210308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.13

Paperback. Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444350159
ISBN
9781444350159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.36

Hardback. Offering a unique blend of thematic and chronological investigation, this highly illustrated, engaging text explores the rich historical, cultural, and social contexts of 3,000 years of Greek art, from the Bronze Age through the Hellenistic period. Num Pages: 434 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 286 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1314.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444350142
ISBN
9781444350142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.34

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

€ 45.99
€ 36.34

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

€ 36.99
€ 26.76

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

€ 52.16
€ 41.17

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

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

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