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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Editor(s): Szewczyk, Monika; Huttenlauch, Eva. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 125 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art Netherlands
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9789073362864
ISBN
9789073362864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.19

Paperback. Presents an account of conceptualism in Latin American art. Placing the evolution of conceptualism within the history Latin America, this work explores conceptualism as a strategy, rather than a style, in Latin American culture. It shows how the roots of conceptualism reach back to the early nineteenth century in the work of Simon Rodriguez. Series: Joe R. & Teresa Lozano Long Series in Latin American & Latino Art & Culture. Num Pages: 364 pages, 85 color and 25 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292716292
ISBN
9780292716292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. Offers a look at the works of the first generation of Cuban artists shaped by the 1959 revolution. This book includes an epilogue that discusses developments in Cuban art. It includes the exodus of artists in the early 1990s, the effects of the dollar economy on the status of artists, and the shift away from socialist themes. Num Pages: 456 pages, 24 color and 207 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KJC; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 735.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292705173
ISBN
9780292705173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Later Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847849642
ISBN
9780847849642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.76

Hardcover. Francis Bacon possessed the rare ability to transform unconscious compulsions into figurative, human-like forms that seem to evoke the raw emotions that bore them. Mixing realism and abstraction, Bacon delves beneath the surfaces of things, opening up the human body to reveal the chaos that lies within and struggling with all that is inexplicable. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; ACXD7; ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836559690
ISBN
9783836559690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.63

Paperback. Explores the artistic practices that employ evocation - the calling forth of past emotions, desires, frustrations, and memories - as a mode of connecting past and present. Featuring the work of artists working in a variety of media, this book challenges the conventional approach to history whereby the past is kept at a distance as historical fact. Editor(s): Fassi, Luigi; Gallun, Lucy; Schillinger, Jakob. Series: Whitney Museum of American Art. Num Pages: 120 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300159028
ISBN
9780300159028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.01

Hardback. The central theme of the articles reproduced in these two volumes is the role of the visual arts and architecture in the cultural interaction between medieval societies, Christian and Muslim, in the eastern Mediterranean. Num Pages: 366 pages, 189 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 181 x 22. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
366
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828043
ISBN
9781899828043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.57

paperback. This work documents the network of ideas that has been labelled conceptual art. Including texts by and taped discussions among and with the artists involved, the book is arranged as an annotated chronology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 104. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ABA; ACXJ4; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210134
ISBN
9780520210134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
The New Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595586193
ISBN
9781595586193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.55

Hardcover. William Scott painted more than 1,000 works in oil. This book reveals a great deal more than previously known about the artists life and work and also about how both these aspects of his career had a bearing on the context of contemporary British art. It provides scholars and collectors with a tool for further research. Num Pages: 1324 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 420 x 370 x 240. Weight in Grams: 11690.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970416
ISBN
9780500970416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 687.54
€ 594.75

Hardcover. These essays show how unpredictable attitudes to classical art turn out to be in Britain during the period 1550-1650. They aim to show how British artists, patrons and builders made informed choices from the classical vocabulary while working within systems distinct from those of classicism. Editor(s): Gent, Lucy. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 478 pages, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300063813
ISBN
9780300063813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.17

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 22 colour plates, 64 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVY; ACX; AK; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175036
ISBN
9780231175036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Hardcover. The author is Helen Gould Sheppard Professor of Art History emerita at New York University, Institute of Fine Arts , and a leading authority on English medieval manuscript illumination. Num Pages: 806 pages, 218 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 178 x 56. Weight in Grams: 2178.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
806
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904597391
ISBN
9781904597391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 234.50

Num Pages: 240 pages, 310 color & 34 b/w color photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 222 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1538.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764322754
ISBN
9780764322754
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.14
€ 38.61

Paperback. This roll-call of British artists confirms the dominance and excellence of British art across five centuries, from Blake to Banksy, Turner to Tracey Emin. Num Pages: 160 pages, 140. BIC Classification: 1DB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 628.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Prestel
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791345383
ISBN
9783791345383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.58

This is a completely new study of American art pottery by the author of the leading, pioneer. Arranged alphabetically by the potteries, the text includes important historical data, photographs of each pottery's representative forms, a complete series of t Num Pages: 368 pages, 549 color & b/w photos. BIC Classification: ACVN; TDCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 226 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2128.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764328794
ISBN
9780764328794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.96

Paperback. Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. This title emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Num Pages: 296 pages, 29 b/w photographs, 1 line illustration. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406. Noise, Visual Arts, and the Occult. 296 pages, illustrations. Luigi Russolo (1885-1947) - painter, composer, builder of musical instruments, and first-hour member of the Italian Futurist movement - was a crucial figure in the evolution of twentieth-century aesthetics. This title emphasizes the futurist's interest in the occult, showing it to be a leitmotif for his life and a foundation for his art of noises. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AVH. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 18. Weight: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270640
ISBN
9780520270640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.90

Hardcover. Lucian Freud is the most celebrated artist in England. Following the publication of his work by Jonathan Cape in the autumn of 2005, the painter talks in a series of conversations rather than formal interviews. He talks about painting itself, the demands of his own work, and the painters he admires. Num Pages: 256 pages, 125 full-colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 237 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1522.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224078719
ISBN
9780224078719
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 33.79

Paperback. In this book leading Chinese experts review the life, career, and artistic development of the pioneering Chinese artist Zhang Hongtu, whose diverse works speak to China's past and present, the relationship between Asia and the West, and canonical Western art. Editor(s): Lee, Luchia Meihua; Silbergeld, Jerome. Num Pages: 120 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBS; AGB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 231 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1905.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360421
ISBN
9780822360421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.76

Num Pages: 205 pages, 378 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1772.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764318078
ISBN
9780764318078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.54
€ 45.30

Hardcover. Featuring artists such as Leger, Ernst, Picasso, Mattisse, Dali, Fontana, Beuys, Oldenberg, Lichtenstein and Rauschenberg, This book focuses on art, history and culture from 1948 to 1986. Num Pages: 328 pages, 900 colour, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 295 x 247 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2244.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
328
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788876247446
ISBN
9788876247446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.74

Hardback. Starts with the astonishing corpus of figural works and culminates in the artists original invention of spatial art, which led to the creation and development of the highly individual holes, environments and slashes. Num Pages: 1186 pages, 6224 illustrations, 339 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 360 x 270 x 130. Weight in Grams: 8310.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857204826
ISBN
9788857204826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 387.10
€ 347.96

Hardcover. On museum visits, we pass by beautiful, well-preserved vases from ancient Greece - but how often do we understand what the images on them depict? Covering the range of Greek style and its growth between the early Archaic and Hellenistic periods, the author describes the intellectual, social, and artistic contexts in which the images were created. Translator(s): O'Donnell, Joseph. Num Pages: 384 pages, 87 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226297651
ISBN
9780226297651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 184 illustrations, 62 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 240. .
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232737
ISBN
9788857232737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.02
€ 63.55

Hardback. Translator(s): Levie, Alison. Num Pages: 160 pages, 200 illus. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFH; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764304743
ISBN
9780764304743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.14
€ 38.12

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 265 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Merrell Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
V9781858946412
ISBN
9781858946412
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.03

paperback. Explores the visualization of geometry and geometrical forms through history with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art. This work visual journey that records not only the commonalities of human perception throughout the ages and in different cultures, but also the continuing dialogue of vanguard art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Num Pages: 128 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cleveland Museum of Art United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780940717862
ISBN
9780940717862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.37

Hardcover. Num Pages: 84 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 266 x 213 x 12. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574160291
ISBN
9781574160291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.31

Hardcover. The story of five rare Buddhist sculptures and their extraordinary histories are the subject of this book. The author became fascinated by them when working as the curator of Asian collections at Liverpool Museum (1996-2003) and selected them for display in the Buddhism section of the World Cultures gallery, which opened in 2005. Series: Museums and Collections. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFKB; AGR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857452382
ISBN
9780857452382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.43

Hardcover. Presents one hundred great works from the National Gallery Collection, each by a different artist. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 208 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 252 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1344.
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094930
ISBN
9781857094930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.80

Hardcover. Features pinks, purples, reds and blues that describe bodies comprising swollen bellies, heavy breasts, engorged phalluses and stooped torsos. Num Pages: 76 pages, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Violette Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
76
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900828369
ISBN
9781900828369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.31

Hardcover. Features approximately 80 writings by Louise Bourgeois, which, combined with eight extensive scholarly essays turns our critical understanding of Bourgeois work on its head. This title shows the enduring presence of psychoanalysis as a motivational force and a site of exploration in her life and work. Num Pages: 504 pages, 123 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 190 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1962.
Publisher
Violette Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Box
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900828376
ISBN
9781900828376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.27

Paperback. A remarkable group of seven bronze figures was unearthed in Kampong Cham province, Cambodia, in 2006. This book celebrates the collaborative efforts of the Cambodian and US museums to restore and interpret these important images, and also the accomplishments of Khmer bronze casters from the fourth century BCE to the fourteenth century CE. Editor(s): Cort, Louise Allison; Jett, Paul. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FMC; ACBP; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 300 x 194 x 16. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990422
ISBN
9780295990422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.32

Paperback. Narrates the history of a single object - a tea-leaf storage jar created in southern China during the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries - and describes how its role changed after it was imported to Japan and passed from owner to owner there. Num Pages: 208 pages, , colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 277 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1096.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934686259
ISBN
9780934686259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.26

Paperback. As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of sixteenth-century patriarchal English society. This title illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction. It is suitable for historians, literary scholars, and art historians of the period. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; AG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534756
ISBN
9780226534756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.47

Paperback. This text, first published in France in 1977, presents cultural critic Louis Marin's theories about the aims of painting in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. It explores a number of notions implied by theories of painting and offers insight into the aims and effects of visual representaion. Translator(s): Hjort, Mette. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; ABA; ACN; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226505350
ISBN
9780226505350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.21

Paperback. Marking the centenary of the birth of Laszlo Moholy-Nagy (1895-1946), this book offers a fresh approach to the Bauhaus artist and theorist's multifaceted life and work - an approach that redefines the very idea of biographical writing. Num Pages: 248 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3810 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315926
ISBN
9780822315926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, 428 colour photos. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFJG; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 315 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1358.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764351853
ISBN
9780764351853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 27.68

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 89 duotones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; ACV; AKC; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 249 x 20. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271032030
ISBN
9780271032030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779346079
ISBN
9788779346079
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 100 color + 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AFWH; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 296 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1262.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181999
ISBN
9780300181999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.32

Hardcover. Offers a collection of paintings by 16th-century Netherlandish artists, including Joachim Beuckelaer, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jean Gossart, and Quinten Massys. This title includes discoveries about artists' techniques and practices that have led to many reattributions, and the rescue from anonymity of over twenty paintings. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 900 pages, 700 colour images + 175 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 227 x 76. Weight in Grams: 4810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
National Gallery London
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857093704
ISBN
9781857093704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.90

Hardcover. Encompasses the neoclassicism of Jacques-Louis David as well as the naturalism of the Barbizon painters. This title also illustrates Jean-Baptiste-Camille Corot's verdant landscapes, Honore Daumier's political satires, and Jean-Francois Millet's realism. Num Pages: 416 pages, 67 color, 175 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 292 x 233 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2108.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780894682278
ISBN
9780894682278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.41

Paperback. Deals with the Renaissance Florence and sheds light on its celebrated art and culture by examining the city's architectural and artistic achievements in their political, intellectual, and religious contexts. This title incorporates insights from the scholarship, including gender studies, and focuses on the artists' social status, and innovations. Num Pages: 256 pages, 178 color illustrations, 7 black-and-white photographs, and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 202 x 16. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257740
ISBN
9780520257740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 41.91

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; ACXJ; AN; HBJK; HBLX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 43. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364096
ISBN
9781559364096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Rudnick, Lois Palken; Wilson-Powell, MaLin. Num Pages: 296 pages, 120 colour & 50 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ8; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 302 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press/Published in association with the Harwood Museum of Art
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890136140
ISBN
9780890136140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.14
€ 42.55

Hardcover. Discover the world of digital artist Lois van Baarle, a.k.a. Loish, in this high-quality collection of her most beautiful work. Editor(s): 3DTotal Publishing. Num Pages: 152 pages, Color and B&W illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV; AGH; AGZ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 269 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1002.
Publisher
3DTotal Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909414280
ISBN
9781909414280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.44

Paperback. Traces the changing nature of Baroque representation across European and Latin American cultures, from an imperial aesthetic encoding Catholic ideologies, into a means of resistance to colonialism, into a mode of postcolonial self-definition. Editor(s): Zamora, Lois Parkinson; Kaup, Monika. Num Pages: 688 pages, 52 illustrations, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3J; ACQB; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 964.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822346425
ISBN
9780822346425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.27

Paperback. The advent of the internal combustion engine brought many changes to society, the most neglected of which is arguably the garages built throughout Britain to serve motor vehicles, which revolutionised rural life. This book offers a reminder of those days and of those men and women who held the tools to the motor industry's success. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 32 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 150 x 3. Weight in Grams: 84. New.
Publisher
Shire
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780852637111
ISBN
9780852637111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.59

Paperback. The Lacock Cup is a rare object with a unique English history. Made in the 1430s, it is one of a handful of pieces of secular silver from the Middle Ages, which both survived the changing culture of Tudor fashion and the turmoil of the Reformation. This title tells the remarkable story of this special cup. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AFKG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 5. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714150819
ISBN
9780714150819
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.10

Paperback. In this book the author takes the concept of the New as a starting point to open the way to a broader reflection on art production within neoliberal capitalism. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AN; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 147. .
Publisher
Verlag Barbara Budrich
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863887377
ISBN
9783863887377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.02

Paperback. Offers insight into the making of Up in the Air, the largest artwork Tom Friedman has made to date for a solo exhibition at Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall in 2010. This title consists of nearly a thousand meticulously handcrafted objects suspended from the ceiling at different heights an art-work that kept Friedman's studio busy for the years. Num Pages: 100 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 225 x 13. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857218946
ISBN
9788857218946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.44

Hardback. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, 99 halftones. BIC Classification: ACG; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 265 x 19. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674143258
ISBN
9780674143258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.26

Hardcover. Series: Carsten Niebuhr Institute Publications. Num Pages: 65 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 1QDA; ACG; HBJH; HBLA; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 302 x 214 x 10. Weight in Grams: 452.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
65
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772890364
ISBN
9788772890364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.56

Hardcover. To speak about the relationship between reality and art is like wanting to solve an equation with two unknowns. This title intends to explore the universal laws of art and track down the imprint they have left on reality in the work of art. Num Pages: 559 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
559
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772888606
ISBN
9788772888606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.02

Hardback. Drawing on archival research, this illuminating study shows how residents of all ethnicities in three colonial boomtowns used festivals to redefine wealth and present themselves as more than subjects of European power. Num Pages: 237 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310502
ISBN
9781477310502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.20

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 3JF; ACN; HBJK; HBTB; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310977
ISBN
9781477310977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; ACND; AGH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 248 x 16. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088711
ISBN
9780719088711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages, 68 color plates, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 177. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226409979
ISBN
9780226409979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.72

Paperback. Contains an English translation of Les Peintures concretes de Kandinsky by Alexandre Kojeve. Num Pages: 280 pages, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXD1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784849
ISBN
9780804784849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Hardback. Offers an important mid-career retrospective of the work of American artist Richard Hawkins (born 1961), whose paintings, collages, and mixed-media pieces are making a crucial contribution to the contemporary art scene. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 144 pages, 160 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 308 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300166255
ISBN
9780300166255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. Regarded as a foremost scholar of 19-century French art, Gabriel P Weisberg has worked closely with his wife, Yvonne, to amass a significant collection of art. This title presents Weisberg's significant collection of art that helps to expand our view of this momentous period in the history of French art. Num Pages: 96 pages, 75 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 302 x 241 x 10. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Minneapolis Institute of Art United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780980048407
ISBN
9780980048407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.78

Paperback. In 1788, nearly 1,500 people on 11 sailing ships came ashore at Port Jackson in Australia, and those who sailed in them were the community who established the first European colony in Australia. The Art of the First Fleet is a captivating collection of watercolours, washes, ink and pencil drawings created during this historic time. Num Pages: 112 pages, Over 100 colour artworks. BIC Classification: 1MBF; ACBS; AGN; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 254 x 11. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The Natural History Museum United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780565092962
ISBN
9780565092962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.37

Paperback. .
Publisher
Wooden Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263883
ISBN
9781904263883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.12

Paperback. Series: Peabody Museum Collections Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 22 line illustrations, 25 colour plates. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 205 x 12. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873654050
ISBN
9780873654050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.19

Paperback. The Princeton University Art Museum's collection of Spanish drawings includes masterworks by artists such as Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), and Salvador Dali (1904-1989). In this book, each of the 95 drawings is reproduced in colour, often accompanied by comparative illustrations. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 286 pages, 195 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; AC; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 248 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300149319
ISBN
9780300149319
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.49

Hardcover. Celebrates one of the giants of French Impressionism with luxurious, large-format images Series: Phaidon Classics. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 354 x 260. .
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714869674
ISBN
9780714869674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.78
€ 80.40

Paperback. A scholarly and entertaining survey of painting during the Victorian era. Num Pages: 512 pages, 620 colour and 7 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; AFC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 249 x 52. Weight in Grams: 3168.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714843599
ISBN
9780714843599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.25

Hardback. Editor(s): Bovier, Lionel. Num Pages: 64 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 317 x 8. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
JRP Ringier
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037643280
ISBN
9783037643280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 100.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037642597
ISBN
9783037642597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 37.83

Paperback. Documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z. This title presents a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farm's anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow's 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming. Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 scattered thoughout. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 804. Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet. 384 pages, illustrations. Documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z. This title presents a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farm's anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow's 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX. Dimension: 254 x 172 x 28. Weight: 796.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273627
ISBN
9780520273627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.43

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

€ 121.49

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

€ 55.84

Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 1951.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780692397138
ISBN
9780692397138
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.50

Paperback. In their protracted search for divinity, Western European Christians follwed many paths to personal connection with the eternal, including the acquisition of art, objects and artifacts. The essays in this work consider the role these objects and images played in these spiritual journeys. Num Pages: 92 pages, 8 colour plates, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 205 x 9. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573305
ISBN
9780935573305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardcover. A completely new illustrated volume presenting 55 paintings from 38 artists representing the New York Historical Society's superb collection of narrative art Editor(s): Gallati, Barbara Dayer. Num Pages: 324 pages, 81 b&w, 91 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 261 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2132.
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
324
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832768
ISBN
9781904832768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.00
€ 42.53

Hardcover. William Morris Textiles was the first comprehensive survey of the many hundreds of original, colourful textiles produced by William Morris and the two commercial companies he founded and managed. To this day it remains the authority in the field, and this revised edition has been completely rewritten and expanded with beautiful new photography. Num Pages: 320 pages, 275 colour, 45 black and white. BIC Classification: ACVN; AFW; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 226 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1722.
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851777327
ISBN
9781851777327
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 30.82

Paperback. For passionate lovers of shoes, this reference book explores various types and supplies information about platforms, Cinderella's slipper, sandals and the allure of the naked foot, the 50 steps in the making of a shoe, and profiles of shoe designers and makers. Num Pages: 512 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 107 x 30. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761101147
ISBN
9780761101147
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.28

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 148 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AMA; AMN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271017167
ISBN
9780271017167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.72

Paperback. The offering of gifts - state, religious and personal - is a practice nearly as ancient and widespread as human culture itself. This illustrated book explores the complex interplay between artistic production and gift-based patronage by discussing works of great aesthetic refinement that were either commissioned or repurposed as gifts. Num Pages: 160 pages, 70 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ACBP; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 263 x 231 x 12. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300184358
ISBN
9780300184358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

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