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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. This guide aims to help readers recognize the legendary characters of classical antiquity in art. The characters are described in entries summarizing their stories, special attributes, and the ways in which artists have depicted them. Each entry is illustrated with reproductions of artworks. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations, bibliography, indexes. BIC Classification: AC; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 139 x 31. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367023
ISBN
9780892367023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.28

Hardcover. The true story of the Mona Lisa - the people behind it, how Leonardo painted it and what it meant to him, and its fortunes in the centuries since. Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. Num Pages: 288 pages, 66 Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198749905
ISBN
9780198749905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 27.83

Hardcover. A major new volume which examines the significance of six iconic objects throughout American history and within American culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 56 b&w, 80 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBTB; PDX; TBY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 247 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1904.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832973
ISBN
9781904832973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 39.48

Paperback.
Publisher
BERG
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845203092
ISBN
9781845203092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.14

Hardback. Bahraini-born Saudi national Faisal Samra graduated from the Ecole Nationale Superieure des Beaux-Arts in Paris. He worked as an art and graphic design consultant for the Institut du Monde Arabe (Paris). This title gives his portrait. Editor(s): Azimi, Roxana. Series: Contemporary Arab Artists. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857210971
ISBN
9788857210971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.25

Hardcover. "Modernist scholar Jed Rasula presents the first narrative history of the emergence, decline, and legacy of Dada, showing how this strange artistic phenomenon spread across Europe and then the world in the wake of the Great War, fundamentally reshaping modern culture in ways we're still struggling to understand today"-- Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; ACXJ; AGB; BGF; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465089963
ISBN
9780465089963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.01

Paperback. Examine Gutai, Japan's best-known modern art movement, a circle of postwar artists whose avant-garde paintings, performances, and installations foreshadowed many key developments in American and European experimental art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 colour plates, 69 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 218 x 18. Weight in Grams: 894.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226801667
ISBN
9780226801667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.96

Hardback. Leading you away from well-trodden tourist destinations to explore the amazing secret history of London city, this book describes the subject at hand in vivid detail and provides the reader with the cultural and historical context needed to fully appreciate it. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AC; HBJD1; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1520.
Publisher
Cornerstone
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847946171
ISBN
9781847946171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. Extraordinary lives, tangled relationships, innovative art: the story of sisters Vanessa Bell and Virginia Woolf and their Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 336 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJC; ACX; BGF; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445660080
ISBN
9781445660080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 308 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2832.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606065068
ISBN
9781606065068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.03
€ 68.20

Hardcover. Employing minimal color schemes, simple animal characters, and a seemingly endless list of ill-fated situations, Luke Chueh has enjoyed cult acclaim and sell-out shows. This book deals with his work. Editor(s): Gallery 1988. Num Pages: 192 pages, full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 315 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1458.
Publisher
Titan Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857689276
ISBN
9780857689276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 270 x 14. Weight in Grams: 586.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836534536
ISBN
9783836534536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.66

Paperback. Illustrated with masterpieces of western art, this volume explores the rituals, customs, and symbolism of food and dining in art. It describes the importance of food and feasts in art throughout history as told in the Scriptures and in the lives of the saints; food and dining in Greek and Roman mythology; and food in later literature and history. Series: Guide to Imagery. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369140
ISBN
9780892369140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
Fourth
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789207685
ISBN
9780789207685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour prints. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACV; AFH; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 4. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413619006
ISBN
9780413619006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.38

Paperback. Caspar David Friedrich (1774 1840), the greatest painter of the Romantic movement in Germany, was perhaps Europe's first truly modern artist. This title offers a comprehensive account of this most fascinating of nineteenth-century masters. Num Pages: 364 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 68 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
364
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861894397
ISBN
9781861894397
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.80

Hardback. Otherworldly, provocative, and strange, the author's art is a vital a part of her vision as her best-selling novels The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry. This is a mid-career retrospective of her work, reflecting her talent for cultivating a narrative through pictures and her own confrontations with life, mortality, and magic. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 240. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910702598
ISBN
9781910702598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Butt, Gavin. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; AB; ACXJ; AVGU; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 23. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Repeater
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924266
ISBN
9781910924266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.50

Hardcover. Two of the greatest living authorities on Ice Age art delve hundreds of thousands of years into the human past to discover the earliest works of art ever made, drawing on decades of new research Num Pages: 240 pages, 80 illustrations, 20 in colour. BIC Classification: ACC; HDDA; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500051870
ISBN
9780500051870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Riach, Alan; Moffat, Alexander. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910021880
ISBN
9781910021880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

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