History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Hardcover. Num Pages: 296 pages, 90 color plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226077819
- ISBN
- 9780226077819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.61€ 51.73
€ 60.61
€ 51.73
Hardcover. A mountain of chairs piled between buildings. Shoes sewn behind animal membranes into a wall. A massive crack running through the floor of Tate Modern. This title includes, over one hundred color illustrations by sculptor Doris Salcedo. It is a testament to the power of one of today's most important international artists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 130 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 294 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1420.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244587
- ISBN
- 9780226244587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.29€ 44.59
€ 52.29
€ 44.59
Paperback. Analyzes the most important people, places, and concepts of the early Renaissance period, whose explosion of creativity was to spread throughout Europe in the 16th century. In this book, important facts are called out in the margins of each entry, and key elements are pointed out on each illustration. Series: Art Through the Centuries. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 198 x 26. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Publisher
- Getty Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892368310
- ISBN
- 9780892368310
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.14
€ 30.99
€ 22.14
Hardcover. The Russian painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), who later lived in Germany and France, is one of the pioneers of 20th-century art. Nowadays he is regarded as the founder of abstract art and is, moreover, the chief theoretician of this type of painting. Together with Franz Marc and others he founded the group known as "Blane Reiter" in Munich. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD1; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- TASCHEN
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836507462
- ISBN
- 9783836507462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.92
€ 19.99
€ 15.92
Paperback. Why did the history of art come into being? Is it now in danger of slipping into obsolescence? And, if so, should we care? This book proposes that we might reframe the questions concerning art history by asking what kind of writing might help the discipline to better imagine its actual practices - and its potential futures. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226388267
- ISBN
- 9780226388267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.64
€ 43.99
€ 33.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801498961
- ISBN
- 9780801498961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.93
€ 33.99
€ 30.93
Hardback. American art museums share a mission and format that differ from those of their European counterparts, which often have origins in aristocratic collections. Num Pages: 256 pages, 119 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; AC; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 264 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064788
- ISBN
- 9781606064788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.46
€ 53.48
€ 42.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACN; AK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Imperfect Publishing
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780981484600
- ISBN
- 9780981484600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.58
€ 20.99
€ 18.58
Hardback. The painter Richard Gerstl (1883-1908), whose creative period lasted for just four intensive years, is regarded today as one of the most important representatives of Austrian Expressionism for his portraits and landscapes. This title deals with his work. Num Pages: 80 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 244 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Hirmer Verlag
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783777426228
- ISBN
- 9783777426228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.52
€ 16.99
€ 15.52
Paperback. Over 400 works from the Turner Prize-nominated king of odd Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782114055
- ISBN
- 9781782114055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.75
€ 24.99
€ 16.75
Hardback. "First published in France under the title Animal A 2014, Bibliothaeque nationale de France." Num Pages: 176 pages, 100 BW and colour illus. BIC Classification: AC; AGN; WN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 220. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474274944
- ISBN
- 9781474274944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 41.44
€ 53.48
€ 41.44
Paperback. Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. This book presents the artist's writings about art includes public lectures, essays, and interviews. It features an informative introductory essay, rigorous annotation, and illustrations. Editor(s): Ashton, Dore; Banach, Joan. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 397 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. 397 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. Editor(s): Ashton, Dore; Banach, Joan. Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. This book presents the artist's writings about art includes public lectures, essays, and interviews. It features an informative introductory essay, rigorous annotation, and illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 31. Weight: 820.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 397
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250482
- ISBN
- 9780520250482
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.76
€ 44.99
€ 31.76
Paperback. Now available in an updated edition, this visually stunning collection of landscape paintings and drawings by Egon Schiele brings to light a lesser-known aspect of this famous painter's oeuvre. Num Pages: 176 pages, 112 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791383460
- ISBN
- 9783791383460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.11
€ 21.11
Paperback. Merchants and Marvels addresses how ideas about the representation of nature, in both art and science, underwent a profound transformation between the age of the Renaissance and the early 1700s. Editor(s): Smith, Pamela H.; Findlen, Paula. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ACN; ACQ; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415928168
- ISBN
- 9780415928168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.08
€ 56.08
Hardcover. An introduction to 1,400 years of Islamic art and culture as seen through the stunning and diverse masterpieces of the new Aga Khan Museum. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: 1KBCO; 1QFM; ACB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 253 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1348.
- Publisher
- Skira Rizzoli
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847844296
- ISBN
- 9780847844296
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 46.77
€ 52.99
€ 46.77
Paperback. This richly illustrated book showcases a previously unseen collection of Chinese ceramics, formed in the early twentieth century by George Eumorfopoulos, a pivotal figure in the appreciate of Asian art. These artifacts build a rare time capsule of Western tastes and preoccupations with the East in the decades prior to World War II. Num Pages: 144 pages, 160 full colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFP; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 249 x 14. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910376584
- ISBN
- 9781910376584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.97
€ 33.99
€ 22.97
Hardback. Mural, painted in 1943, was Pollock's first major commission. It was made for the entrance hall of the Manhattan duplex of Peggy Guggenheim who donated it to the University of Iowa in the 1950s where it stayed until its 2012 arrival for conservation and study at the Getty Center. This book unveils the findings of that examination. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour & b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 940.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606063231
- ISBN
- 9781606063231
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.60
€ 34.99
€ 25.60
Hardcover. Over 500 baroque & later ivories from the V&A's collection are illustrated and discussed in this scholarly catalogue. Includes every ivory sculpture made after 1550 comprising of German, Austrian, Netherlandish, British, French, Italian, Scandinavian, Russian & Spanish pieces, plus examples from the Philippines, Goa, Sri Lanka & South America. Num Pages: 528 pages, 800 images. BIC Classification: AC; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 262 x 49. Weight in Grams: 3178.
- Publisher
- V & A Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851777679
- ISBN
- 9781851777679
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 90.86
€ 101.01
€ 90.86
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 81 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1K; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 217 x 5. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Hancock House Publishers Ltd ,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888395061
- ISBN
- 9780888395061
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.49
€ 18.99
€ 17.49
Hardcover. Imagine stepping inside Vermeer's Girl with a Pearl Earring or Hopper's Nighthawks. That's the effect achieved by modern-day photographers, artists, students and creatives within the pages of this one-of-a-kind book. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 full-colour photographs + artworks. BIC Classification: AC; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781452123349
- ISBN
- 9781452123349
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.25
€ 26.99
€ 24.25
Hardback. Over the past thirty years, our ideas about the cultures of Empire have been transformed. Num Pages: 240 pages, 170 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACQ; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 235. .
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849763431
- ISBN
- 9781849763431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.15€ 56.99
€ 61.15
€ 56.99
Paperback. Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio lived the darkest and most dangerous life of any of the great painters. This book presents the readings of Caravaggio's pictures, which show how he created their drama, immediacy and humanity, and how completely he departed from the conventions of his time. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), maps. BIC Classification: ACQB; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 136 x 28. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241954645
- ISBN
- 9780241954645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.06
€ 19.99
€ 15.06
Hardcover. Editor(s): Heller, Steven (New York, NY School of Visual Arts in New York School of Visual Arts in New York); Wiedemann, Julius. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Multilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836522229
- ISBN
- 9783836522229
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.16
€ 26.99
€ 20.16
Hardcover. Artist Louis Icart's famous etchings of beautiful women are pictured here in 456 photos with critical appraisals of his techniques. A family background includes personal photos of Icart's wife, scenes from his home and studio, and a chronological catalog of many of his etchings. Num Pages: 192 pages, 456 photos. BIC Classification: AC; AFH; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Pub Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916838645
- ISBN
- 9780916838645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.35€ 46.46
€ 65.35
€ 46.46