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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. Editor(s): Stayton, Kevin L. Series: Tiny Folio. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACB; AGC; WTHM; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 111 x 101. .
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789212788
ISBN
9780789212788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. .
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566631778
ISBN
9781566631778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.93

Paperback. An autobiographical account of the early years of James McBey, the self-taught boy from a humble north-east village who became one of Scotland's most successful and celebrated artists. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; AFH; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862414450
ISBN
9780862414450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.73

Hardback. Features photographs of the BergeSaint Laurent collection. This title highlights one hundred of the most important pieces with commentaries by Christie's experts. An It includes images of the works sold, accompanied by their estimated values and final auction prices. It is suitable for art lovers and serious collectors. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 328 x 249 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2834.
Publisher
Editions Flammarion France
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9782080301307
ISBN
9782080301307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 60.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACXJ4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064658
ISBN
9781606064658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.68

Paperback. An appreciation of the inspiring feminist artist and activist. Series: Contemporary Artists Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour and 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 290 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714833408
ISBN
9780714833408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 25.14

Paperback. Botticelli, Holbein, Leonardo, Durer, Michelangelo: the names are familiar, as are the works. But, who were these artists, why did they produce such memorable images, and how would their beholders have viewed these objects? This book answers such questions by considering famous and lesser-known artists, patrons, and works of art from the period. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 176 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 112 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192803542
ISBN
9780192803542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Born in Mexico in 1907, Frida Kahlo learned about suffering at an early age. The young and indomitable Frida met Diego Rivera, the great mural painter, when Mexico was at a great cultural and political crossroads. They formed a legendary partnership, with a strong attachment to Mexican folk art. This book traces her extraordinary life. Series: New Horizons. Num Pages: 144 pages, 128 illustrations, 75 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 124 x 8. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500301234
ISBN
9780500301234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. The Symbolist art movement of the late nineteenth century forms an important bridge between Impressionism and Modernism. This book argues that Symbolism enabled artists to confront an increasingly uncertain and complex world - one to which pessimists responded with themes of decadence and degeneration and optimists with idealism and reform. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 color, 86 b/w. BIC Classification: ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 19. Weight in Grams: 816. 280 pages, illustrations. The Symbolist art movement of the late nineteenth century forms an important bridge between Impressionism and Modernism. This book argues that Symbolism enabled artists to confront an increasingly uncertain and complex world - one to which pessimists responded with themes of decadence and degeneration and optimists with idealism and reform. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACV. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 19. Weight: 816.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520255821
ISBN
9780520255821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. * Serious study of an inaccessible series of Theban tombs * Important scholarly work of keen interest to Egyptology libraries and organizations *The first publication on the groundbreaking work on these Kushite tombs in the Theban Necropolis Editor(s): Pischikova, Elena. Num Pages: 312 pages, 80 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166181
ISBN
9789774166181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.21

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

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Hardcover. An introduction to maritime prints, drawings and watercolours. The text includes a sweeping historical survey of marine artists and printmakers from earliest times to the present day. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles (some colour), portraits. BIC Classification: AC; AGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 251 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856674846
ISBN
9780856674846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.13
€ 66.72

Hardcover. A visual celebration of jeweled masterworks from Paris in the Art Deco era Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; ACXD3; AGC; KJZ; WCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500519479
ISBN
9780500519479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 56.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 102 black and white illustrations, 278 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFT; JWMV3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 256 x 22. Weight in Grams: 856.
Publisher
Fonthill Media LLc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781625450418
ISBN
9781625450418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 27.73

Hardback. The roots of Modern Art can be seen in the wild paintings of Turner, but it took the Impressionists and the Pre-Raphaelites to break the classical mode until the final blows were dealt by Kandinsky, Klee and Picasso. Once unleashed modernism fragmented into many different forms, each of which are explored in this powerful, illustrated new book. Series: Masterworks. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 303 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1672.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New Ill
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783616107
ISBN
9781783616107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.33

Hardback. The last volume in The Image of the Black in Western Art marks a shift by focusing on representation of blacks by black artists in the West. It takes on migration in the U.S and globalization, Negritude and cultural hybridity, black artists' relationship with European traditions and experimentation, as well as photography, jazz and activism. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2252.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052697
ISBN
9780674052697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.70
€ 98.77

Hardcover. An exploration of the artists, their lives and contexts, with a gallery of 290 of their paintings. It offers an account of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who sought to defy the modern aesthetic and to return to classical artistic ideals. It documents the artists' lives and the development of their talents. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 500 colour images. BIC Classification: ACVM; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Publisher
Lorenz Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754823797
ISBN
9780754823797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. This book is the first contemporary study of its kind since the 1979 Revolution in Iran, a fascinating and comprehensive account of subversive and mainstream Iranian art and visual culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 174 illustrations, 164 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FBN; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 191 x 251 x 20. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232706
ISBN
9781780232706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849764896
ISBN
9781849764896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. A summary of saint's lives and religious festivals which decisively influenced medieval poetry, painting and stained glass. A resource for students of art history and religious studies. Contains a selection of over 70 biographies ranging from the first Apostles to Francis of Assisi. The selection and translation is by Christopher Stace. Editor(s): Hamer, Richard Frederick Sanger. Translator(s): Stace, Christopher. Num Pages: 432 pages, notes. BIC Classification: ACK; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 315 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446487
ISBN
9780140446487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Hardback. Editor(s): Marschner, Joanna; Bindman, David; Ford, Lisa L. Num Pages: 592 pages, 528 color + 52 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; BK; HBTB; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 268 x 304 x 45. Weight in Grams: 3336.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217100
ISBN
9780300217100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 54.42

Hardcover. Dating from the 1960s, this book includes works that represent a total of thirty-eight European and American artists, whose work is beautifully reproduced here. Num Pages: 128 pages, 81 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 760.
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870700903
ISBN
9780870700903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; ACXJ; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Crescent Moon Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861714398
ISBN
9781861714398
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

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

€ 73.81

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