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History of art / art & design styles
Hardback. Piero della Francesca's "Madonna del Parto", a celebrated fifteenth-century Tuscan fresco in which the Virgin gestures to her partially open dress and her pregnant womb, is unusual in its iconography. This book uses Piero's enigmatic painting to narrate our archaic memories. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804734417
- ISBN
- 9780804734417
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.15
€ 115.15
Hardback. This book studies 18th-century Yangchow paintings as artistic products shaped by collective social and cultural experiences, and by constant exchanges between the artists and their audience. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JH; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732529
- ISBN
- 9780804732529
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.52
€ 100.52
Paperback. Handsomely illustrated and engagingly written, New York Modern documents the impressive collective legacy of New York's artists in capturing the energy and emotions of the urban experience. Num Pages: 472 pages, 61, 61 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ACX; AS; AVG; HBTB; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 249 x 32. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801867934
- ISBN
- 9780801867934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.26
€ 46.26
Hardback. In Making History, Kirsten Strom investigates the Surrealists' radical critique of history and historical authorship. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761822103
- ISBN
- 9780761822103
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.29
€ 139.29
Hardback. Moral Essays on the High Renaissance consist of critical essays on the art and thought of major figures of sixteenth-century Italian Renaissance art. Looking at these artists from an ethical point of view, these provocative essays set out to discover and describe the moral basis of High Renaissance art. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761820567
- ISBN
- 9780761820567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.49
€ 158.49
Paperback. Abstracting Reality considers the relationship between digital technology and culture and their mutual influences on each other. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AC; G; TB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761816683
- ISBN
- 9780761816683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.16
€ 99.16
Hardback. A full-color catalog of the furniture made by John Shearer, one of the most accomplished furniture makers of the post-Revolutionary period. This publication is co-sponsored by the Museum of Early Southern Decorative Arts at Old Salem, the Daughters of the American Revolution Museum, and the Museum of the Shenandoah Valley. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; AKB; AKR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759119543
- ISBN
- 9780759119543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.43
€ 196.43
Hardback. Starting with the Neolithic rock images of Iheren, Algeria, this work analysis the eiconography of Saharan rock art. It examines the various strands of evidence - icons, ideas, motifs, colors, and sizes - and weaves them together into a story that offers a window on the pastoralist worldview through the semiotics of their art. Series: African Archaeology Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1HBX; ACBK; G; HDD; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759106048
- ISBN
- 9780759106048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.19
€ 158.19
Hardback. Collected articles of the world's preeminent rock art researchers and cognitive archaeologists. Series: Archaeology of Religion. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACBK; ACC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759101951
- ISBN
- 9780759101951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.89
€ 172.89
Paperback. States that rock art is often one of the strongest lines of evidence available to scholars in understanding ritual practices, gender roles, and ideological constructs of prehistoric peoples. This book argues that art is both a product of its physical and social environment and a tool of influence in shaping behavior and ideas within a society. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBK; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780759100657
- ISBN
- 9780759100657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.78
€ 65.78
hardcover. States that rock art is often one of the strongest lines of evidence available to scholars in understanding ritual practices, gender roles, and ideological constructs of prehistoric peoples. This book argues that art is both a product of its physical and social environment and a tool of influence in shaping behavior and ideas within a society. Series: Gender and Archaeology. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBK; WZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- AltaMira Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780759100640
- ISBN
- 9780759100640
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.06
€ 157.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 232 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742559165
- ISBN
- 9780742559165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.23
€ 78.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 158 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 235 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Edition
- 4 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742559158
- ISBN
- 9780742559158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 168.28
€ 168.28
Hardback. A study of Jewish art in America, which explores works from the early settlers of America onwards. It focuses on the examination of Jewish subject matter employed by artists, their responses to their religious and ethnic heritage as well as to significant events of the time. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742546400
- ISBN
- 9780742546400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.95
€ 179.95
paperback. In The Visual Poetics of Power, Nassos Papalexandrou illuminates the early history of the tripod cauldron, the most sacred symbol of the Greeks. He also explores the performative dimensions of the figurative arts in the preliterate contexts of early Greek sanctuaries. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780739107348
- ISBN
- 9780739107348
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 68.87
€ 68.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJC; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 191 x 26. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739106143
- ISBN
- 9780739106143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.24
€ 155.24
Paperback. Num Pages: 958 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AC; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1644.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
- Edition
- Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 958
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781468469417
- ISBN
- 9781468469417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 130.99
€ 130.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442223219
- ISBN
- 9781442223219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.64
€ 19.99
€ 19.64
Hardback. This book traces world journeys of early modern visual images from Europe to distant parts of the world - India, Japan, China, Brazil, Chile - and their return, altered but still recognizable, and ready to be reused with an awareness of their recent travels. Series Editor(s): Jones, Amelia; Meskimmon, Marsha. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, colour|Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: ACQ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 706.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084812
- ISBN
- 9780719084812
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.80
€ 150.80
Hardback. The Culture of Regionalism is the first international comparative study of regionalism, and provides a fresh view of the relationship between cultural regionalism, political regionalism and nationalism Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Illustrations, colour. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DFG; 1DSE; AC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 179 x 250 x 26. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081477
- ISBN
- 9780719081477
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.23
€ 151.23
Hardback. Challenging the dominant view that American Abstract Expressionism triumphed in Western Europe in the immediate post-war period, this book considers the proliferation of gesture painting there from a European perspective. Series Editor(s): Meskimmon, Marsha; West, Shearer; Barringer, Tim. Series: Critical Perspectives in Art History. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACX; AFC; AGC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 246 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068966
- ISBN
- 9780719068966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.83
€ 150.83
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 494
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691640839
- ISBN
- 9780691640839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 241.47
€ 241.47
Hardback. Published to accompany the exhibition "Michelangelo's Dream" held at the Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, London: 18 Feb.-16 May 2010. Editor(s): Buck, Stephanie. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACND; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 227 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1068.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907372025
- ISBN
- 9781907372025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Sam Fogg United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955339332
- ISBN
- 9780955339332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.01
€ 51.01