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History of art / art & design styles

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

€ 29.99
€ 21.72

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

€ 37.99
€ 32.01

paperback. This study explores the phenomenon of 'spectators' at the sides of Athenian narrative vase paintings. Num Pages: 327 pages, 95 b/w illus. 58 tables. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
330
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107662803
ISBN
9781107662803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 49.92

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

€ 11.12

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

€ 28.99
€ 22.32

Hardcover. The most important of Eliane Vergnolle's publications focus on the study of Romanesque art in France. In particular, she has concentrated on the period during which this type of art was born and has investigated the processes which, from the beginning of the 11th century onwards, led to the renewal of monumental sculpture in several regions. Num Pages: 526 pages, 218 illus. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1472.
Publisher
Pindar Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828074
ISBN
9781899828074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.67

Hardcover. Presents a comprehensive exploration of the Proportioned Script, an Arabic writing system attributed to the Abbasid wazir (minister) Ibn Muqla and the master scribe Ibn al-Bawwab that has dominated the art of Arabic and Islamic penmanship from the 10th century to the present day. Num Pages: 724 pages, 430 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; AKD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 356 x 296 x 87. Weight in Grams: 7220.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500517666
ISBN
9780500517666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.12
€ 87.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 375 colour photographs and illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD3; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 211 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Art Deco Publisher
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993414602
ISBN
9780993414602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

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

€ 14.99
€ 11.25

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
€ 19.71

Hardback. This generously illustrated book examines the most significant period in the work of Lawren Harris, who was central to defining a distinctive Canadian art in the 20th century Num Pages: 160 pages, 55 colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791354705
ISBN
9783791354705
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.34

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages, over 130 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 239 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Publisher
Halsgrove United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906690496
ISBN
9781906690496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.01

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
€ 10.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; AKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616894122
ISBN
9781616894122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.45

Paperback. "The Great Wave" is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. This book explores the meaning behind "Hokusai's Great Wave", in the context of "the Mount Fuji" series and Japanese art as a whole. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 29 illustrations, 28 in colour. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 211 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172. Series: Objects in Focus. 64 pages, 29 illustrations, 28 in colour. "The Great Wave" is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. This book explores the meaning behind "Hokusai's Great Wave", in the context of "the Mount Fuji" series and Japanese art as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACBP; AFH. Dimension: 154 x 211 x 6. Weight: 158.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124674
ISBN
9780714124674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.23

Hardback. Friars transformed the relationship of the church to laymen by taking religion outside to public and domestic spaces. This book aims book to analyze the friars' influence on the growth and transformation of medieval buildings and urban spaces. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; HBLC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 192 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1118.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203844
ISBN
9780300203844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.06
€ 43.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 132 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles. BIC Classification: 1F; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
132
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295959214
ISBN
9780295959214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Ridinghouse
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909932159
ISBN
9781909932159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.74

Paperback. "First published in 2002 by The National Gallery Company." Num Pages: 208 pages, 144 colour illus. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AKTH; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 275 x 16. Weight in Grams: 856.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474251648
ISBN
9781474251648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 29.63

Hardback. A fascinating cross-section of current research in modernist art history, at the cutting edge of contemporary scholarship. Editor(s): Miller, C. F. B. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 268. .
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911300137
ISBN
9781911300137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 272 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1304.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415780728
ISBN
9780415780728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.33

Hardback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857856821
ISBN
9780857856821
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.69
€ 133.93

Hardcover. The perfect introduction to the life and works of Brice Marden. Series: Phaidon Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 186 x 16. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714861449
ISBN
9780714861449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Morris, Lynda. Num Pages: 544 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1470. The International Network of Conceptual Artists 1967-77 - Dealers, Exhibitions and Public Collections. 544 pages, 32 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Morris, Lynda. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ5. Dimension: 245 x 189 x 38. Weight: 1464.
Publisher
Ridinghouse
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905464173
ISBN
9781905464173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.43
€ 55.05

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