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Paperback. From its dissonant musics to its surrealist spectacles, Modernist art often seems to give more frustration than pleasure to its audience. In this text Daniel Albright shows that this perception arises partly because we usually consider each art form in isolation, rather than collaboration. Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 halftones, 12 line drawings, 60 musical examples. BIC Classification: AB; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226012544
- ISBN
- 9780226012544
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.51
€ 52.99
€ 41.51
Hardcover. Dutch painter Piet Mondrian died in New York City in 1944, but his work and legacy have been far from static since then. This title explores controversial circumstances under which our conception of artist's work has been shaped since his death, an account that describes money-driven interventions and professional rivalries in forthright detail. Num Pages: 316 pages, 22 colour plates, 65 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 189 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1234.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226008691
- ISBN
- 9780226008691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
Hardcover. Examining the ways in which artists shared the structuralist devotion to systems of many sorts, this title shows that even as structuralism encouraged the advent of conceptual art, it also raised intractable problems that artists were forced to confront. Num Pages: 240 pages, 36 colour plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007885
- ISBN
- 9780226007885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 43.30
€ 54.99
€ 43.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, 140 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226002408
- ISBN
- 9780226002408
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.69
€ 44.99
€ 34.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AC; AFCC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1008. Very nice copy wiith minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Sansom & Co
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0002386
- ISBN
- 9781904537106
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
Paperback. This book provides a general survey of Roman wall-painting from the second century BC through to the fourth century AD. Num Pages: 278 pages, 236 b/w illus. 41 colour illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521315951
- ISBN
- 9780521315951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.58
€ 65.58
Paperback. This book covers the rich history of Chinese ceramics from primitive pottery to delicate porcelain, complemented by full colour illustrations throughout. Series: Introductions to Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 158 pages, 107 colour illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFP. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 157 x 9. Weight in Grams: 29. Series: Introductions to Chinese Culture. 158 pages, 107 colour illus. 1 map. This book covers the rich history of Chinese ceramics from primitive pottery to delicate porcelain, complemented by full colour illustrations throughout. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFP. Dimension: 226 x 157 x 9. Weight: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 158
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521186483
- ISBN
- 9780521186483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.63
€ 28.63
Paperback. A unique and authoritative guide to modern responses to art. Featuring 48 essays, and written by a panel of expert contributors, it introduces readers to the key approaches and analytical tools of contemporary art study and debate. Editor(s): Murray, Chris. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 28. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415222020
- ISBN
- 9780415222020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 103 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Grosset & Dunlap
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780448449876
- ISBN
- 9780448449876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.90
€ 7.90
Hardcover. Catalog of an exhibition co-organized by Blaffer Art Museum, University of Houston, and Krannert Art Museum and Kinkead Pavilion, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, held at Blaffer Art Museum from September 26, 2015-March 19, 2016 and at Krannert Art Museum from November 10, 2016-March 25, 2017. Num Pages: 120 pages, 61 color illus. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBS; AFKV; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Krannert Art Museum,US United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781883015480
- ISBN
- 9781883015480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 35.98
€ 43.99
€ 35.98
Hardback. Explores examples of surrealist ghostliness in film, photography, painting, sculpture, and installation art from the 1920s through to the 1990s Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803226593
- ISBN
- 9780803226593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Paperback. An illustrated guide to the symbols of power in Western art. It examines the way that sovereign rulers have employed well-defined symbols, attributes and stereotypes to convey their power to their subjects and rivals, as well as to leave a legacy for future generations to admire. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606060667
- ISBN
- 9781606060667
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.42
€ 30.99
€ 22.42
Paperback. From the art of the Greeks to that of Renoir and Moore, this work surveys the ever-changing fashions in what has constituted the ideal nude as a basis of humanist form. Series: A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 583 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 190 x 29. Weight in Grams: 913.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 583
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780691017884
- ISBN
- 9780691017884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.39
€ 40.99
€ 29.39
Hardback. This probing analysis of three of Giotto's major works and the patrons who commissioned them goes beyond the cliches of Giotto as the founding figure of western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers and illuminates the complex interactions between mercantile wealth and the iconography of poverty. Series: The Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Delivered at Villa I Tatti. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 color illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050808
- ISBN
- 9780674050808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.53
€ 52.99
€ 44.53
Paperback. A true-life thriller completely exposes the network behind the illegal trade in ancient artifacts - and features a rich cast of rogues and some of the world's most prestigious art institutions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABK; AC; BTC; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- PublicAffairs
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586484385
- ISBN
- 9781586484385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.27
€ 26.99
€ 22.27
Hardcover. Explores the relationship between English country houses and the portraits they contain Editor(s): Perry, Gill; Retford, Kate; Vibert, Jordan. Num Pages: 320 pages, Halftones, black & white|Illustrations, colour|Maps. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGHF; AMKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 179 x 24. Weight in Grams: 936.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719090394
- ISBN
- 9780719090394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.70
€ 104.70
Hardback. A survey of spectacular breadth, covering the history of decorative arts and design worldwide over the past six hundred years Editor(s): Kirkham, Pat; Weber, Susan. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 704 pages, 760 colour + black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFT; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 252 x 39. Weight in Grams: 3096.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300196146
- ISBN
- 9780300196146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.43€ 55.15
€ 65.43
€ 55.15
Paperback. This work gathers together texts by contemporaries of Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) - including artists, critics and writers - that illuminate the painter's philosophy of art, particularly in his later years. Editor(s): Doran, Michael S. Translator(s): Cochran, Julie Lawrence. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 312 pages, 22 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520225190
- ISBN
- 9780520225190
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.23
€ 33.99
€ 30.23
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226267449
- ISBN
- 9780226267449
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.08
€ 34.99
€ 28.08
Paperback. Written with the assistance, of those involved, including Bryan Ferry, Brian Eno, Andy Mackay and Phil Manzanera, this book gives an account of how pop art, the avant garde underground of the 1960s, and the heady slipstream of London in the sixties was transformed into the fashion cults of revivalism, nostalgia and pop futurism in the early 1970s. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACXJ1; AVGP; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571229864
- ISBN
- 9780571229864
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.35
€ 18.99
€ 13.35
Paperback. Examines the Hudson River School artists' practice of creating thematically related pairs and series of paintings. This volume reveals the subtleties of the works and discusses their shared iconography, the ways in which artists responded to one another's paintings, and how the paintings reflected 19th-century American cultural and social milieus. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 1KBBEY; ACV; AFC; AGN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 283 x 12. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138215
- ISBN
- 9780231138215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.66
€ 40.99
€ 35.66
Paperback. Extensively illustrated, this is an absorbing and insightful study of the life and work of John Tenniel, the Victorian political cartoonist who illustrated Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' books. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AGB; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 30. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2023
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718894603
- ISBN
- 9780718894603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 44.01
€ 50.99
€ 44.01
Paperback. In the nineteenth century, Alfred the Great was a figure who rivalled King Arthur in the popular imagination. This book asks why Alfred was so important in Victorian Britain, examines the ways in which he was rewritten by authors and artists of the time, and investigates how Alfred is no longer a national icon. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; ACV; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719073571
- ISBN
- 9780719073571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.04
€ 27.04
Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 100 b&w, 100 Col. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AKL; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 365 x 293 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Pointed Leaf Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780977787548
- ISBN
- 9780977787548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.45€ 58.98
€ 59.45
€ 58.98