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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 244 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157667
ISBN
9780231157667
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.98

Hardcover. The British Museum has one of the finest collection of antiquities from ancient Greece and Rome outside of those countries. This book investigates 180 of these works, including the most famous and also a selection of lesser known but equally important pieces. Num Pages: 360 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 222 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1360. 352 pages, 250 colour illustrations. The British Museum has one of the finest collection of antiquities from ancient Greece and Rome outside of those countries. This book investigates 180 of these works, including the most famous and also a selection of lesser known but equally important pieces. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACG. Dimension: 229 x 222 x 28. Weight: 1360.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714122540
ISBN
9780714122540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.02

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
€ 15.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 10 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295999180
ISBN
9780295999180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Paperback. Marc Quinn began his career exploring issues such as the relation between art and science, the human body and its survival mechanisms, life and its preservation, beauty and death. Through an essay-interview of the artist with the author, this volume offers insight into Quinn's conceptual practice that incorporates sculpture, and painting. Editor(s): Celant, Germano. Num Pages: 568 pages, 489 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 297 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2784.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
568
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857220307
ISBN
9788857220307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 63.94

Hardcover. Diego Rivera's historical paintings expressed his interpretation of the revolution and its ideals, in a style that showed him returning to the pre-Columbian roots of Mexican culture, re-inventing a colourfully realistic visual idiom that could appeal directly to a largely illiterate people. This study presents the work of this extraordinary artist. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836504133
ISBN
9783836504133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Hardback. Originally published in 2010 on the occasion of Against the Wall, Marlene Dumas' first solo presentation at David Zwirner in New York, this exhibition catalogue has been reprinted in 2014 to coincide with the artists European retrospective exhibition The Image as Burden, organized by Tate Modern, London. Num Pages: 68 pages, 26 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 320 x 14. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
David Zwirner
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941701003
ISBN
9781941701003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.31

Hardback. This is the first UK appraisal of the work of this important African artist. Focusing on The Museum of Contemporary African Art it also looks at the full breadth of the artist's practice. This accompanies a major exhibition at Tate Modern. Editor(s): Greenberg, Kerryn. Num Pages: 176 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; ACXJ; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849761680
ISBN
9781849761680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.34

Paperback. Born in 1899 to Russian Aristocrats, Tamara de Lempicka escaped the Bolsheviks by exchanging her body for freedom, dramatically beginning a sexual career that included most of the influential men and women she painted. This biography is reissued to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of her death. Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFC; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 346. Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. 448 pages. Born in 1899 to Russian Aristocrats, Tamara de Lempicka escaped the Bolsheviks by exchanging her body for freedom, dramatically beginning a sexual career that included most of the influential men and women she painted. This biography is reissued to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of her death. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFC; AGB; BGA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight: 346.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408807095
ISBN
9781408807095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Explores the range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism, whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. This book also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the Surrealists' return to the fetishized/eroticized body. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802545
ISBN
9780192802545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. A critical reassessment of chinoiserie, a style both praised and derided for its triviality, prettiness, and ornamental excesses Series: Studies in Design. Num Pages: 272 pages, 104 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACQ; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089459
ISBN
9780719089459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 184.34

Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFWH; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064610
ISBN
9781606064610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Paperback. Presents an overview that helps you make coherent sense of the often-bewildering diversity of styles, forms, media, techniques, and agendas that proliferate in contemporary art. This edition includes a new chapter on developments in contemporary art since 2000. It offers information on the evolution of art over the decades. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 253 illustrations, 124 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204245
ISBN
9780500204245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, Over 50 colour photographs. BIC Classification: ACVN; AGB; AKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Pavilion
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909815544
ISBN
9781909815544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.24

Hardback. An Artist's War Num Pages: 272 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; AGB; BJ; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 250. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750982382
ISBN
9780750982382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.05

Paperback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 432 pages, 71 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AFKV; AMX; AN; APF; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176576
ISBN
9780231176576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.45

Paperback. A re-evaluation of the provocative, visually influential work of Salvador Dali. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. Dimension: 218 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714834115
ISBN
9780714834115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.37

Paperback. The eminent critic, historian, and former member of the Art & Language collective Terry Smith explores the artistic, philosophical, political, and geographical dimensions of conceptual art and conceptualism while offering a theory of contemporary art. Editor(s): Bailey, Robert. Num Pages: 168 pages, 50 illustrations, incl. 8 in color. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361312
ISBN
9780822361312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Klimsch, Karl. Series: Lettering, Calligraphy, Typography. Num Pages: 80 pages, 78ill. BIC Classification: ACV; WFU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 231 x 5. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486283012
ISBN
9780486283012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.35

Hardcover. In this stunningly illustrated study, Junko Aono reconsiders the long-dismissed genre painting from 1680-1750 Series: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. Num Pages: 234 pages, 111 black and white; 44 full color. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 270 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 982.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089645685
ISBN
9789089645685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.57

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