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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Editor(s): Thomson, Mungo; Webster, Michael. Num Pages: 100 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKP; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230 x 5. Weight in Grams: 287.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037643341
ISBN
9783037643341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.22

Hardcover. From the emergence of pop art in the 1950s through to its reinvented forms in the 1980s, this book explores the dynamic engagement of art with popular culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2264.
Publisher
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781741741100
ISBN
9781741741100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dundurn Group Ltd Canada
Number of pages
189
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554887729
ISBN
9781554887729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.55

Paperback. Authoritative yet approachable new monograph on the enigmatic painter Johannes Vermeer. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714868790
ISBN
9780714868790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.94

Hardcover. Series: Papers of the Peabody Museum. Num Pages: 506 pages, 7 colour plates, 92 halftones, maps & tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; ACBN; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 205 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1474.
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
Number of pages
506
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873651264
ISBN
9780873651264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.36
€ 64.98

Paperback. Twelve Collectors of Ethnographic Art in England, 1760-1990. 175 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACBK. Dimension: 239 x 180 x 16. Weight: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Edition
New
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903470961
ISBN
9781903470961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.59

Num Pages: 2 pages, 475 color photos. BIC Classification: ACXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1600.
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
2
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764321788
ISBN
9780764321788
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.87
€ 38.62

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 192 pages, 127 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Edition
Edition and Printing Not Stated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486238081
ISBN
9780486238081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 80 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Edition
Revised
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486234113
ISBN
9780486234113
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.54

Hardback. Num Pages: 607 pages, 1,600 objects illustrated. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310 x 239 x 51. Weight in Grams: 3788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764320057
ISBN
9780764320057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.91
€ 63.21

Hardback. This is a discussion of the contribution and effects of East Asian art on American culture. The author portrays the assembling of the great American collections of East Asian art and explains how this art became part of the cultural consciousness of the people of the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; ACBP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076449
ISBN
9780231076449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.16
€ 76.07

Hardcover. The human-constructed modifications of the environment and landscape examined in the essays collected here have been referred to as everything from piles of junk to the greatest accomplishments of humankind. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879722968
ISBN
9780879722968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.12

Hardback. Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described as a supremely comic artist. This book explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, and also examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch. Num Pages: 287 pages, 84 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245211
ISBN
9780520245211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.62
€ 63.14

Paperback. Studies in the History of the Renaissance is a highly influential defence of aestheticism. Pater redefined the practice of criticism through his readings of some of the paintings, sculptures, and poems of the Renaissance, and shocked contemporaries for sponsoring a hedonistic ethic with his infamous 'Conclusion'. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535071
ISBN
9780199535071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Paperback. Series: Interpretations in Art S. Num Pages: 89 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 856 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
89
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231083881
ISBN
9780231083881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.76

Hardcover. The first comprehensive catalogue of Van Gogh's work from his time in France. Each work illustrated to scale. New research reveals fakes. Num Pages: 384 pages, 580 colour and b/w. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 256 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2400.
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781300190
ISBN
9781781300190
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.43

Paperback. Carpets made in the "Rug Belt" - an area that includes Morocco, North Africa, the Middle East, Central Asia, and northern India - have been a source of fascination and collecting since the 13th century. This book explores the history, design techniques, materials, craftsmanship, and socio-economic contexts of these works. Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 144 pages, 146 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ACB; AFWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 204 x 14. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208092
ISBN
9780300208092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.01

Paperback. In this volume, first published in German in 1927, Walter Curt Behrendt presents a revisionist concept of style that places equal emphasis on form and function. Behrendt calls on architects to return to basic geometries and to express the new social and economic realities. Translator(s): Mallgrave, Harry Francis. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 176 pages, 94 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892365630
ISBN
9780892365630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.50

Hardback. This selection of articles by Walter Cahn, the Carnegie Professor of the History of Art at Yale University, embraces work by the author that spans a period of some thirty years. Num Pages: 516 pages, 278 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 243 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828128
ISBN
9781899828128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.76

Hardback. Bertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem's "beauty and attraction" invisible. The author explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers whose work speaks to questions of political economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 colour plates, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226210261
ISBN
9780226210261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.96
€ 75.79

paperback. Series: Dover Pictorial Archive. Num Pages: 160 pages, 863ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 210 x 11. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780486281841
ISBN
9780486281841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037642733
ISBN
9783037642733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.63
€ 49.31

Introduces the vast range of tribal sculpture from Senegal to the Congo regions and Mali to Sierra Leone. Explores the expressive quality and sheer evocative power of African art, and helps one gain a better understanding of one of the great heritages of mankind. Translator(s): Walters, Richard. Num Pages: 237 pages, 347 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1530.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764323324
ISBN
9780764323324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.87
€ 38.62

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Vincent Van Gogh. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour and 36 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 302 x 224 x 6. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714827247
ISBN
9780714827247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.48

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