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Hardback. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter's fifty-year career, this book reassesses De Forest's art-historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context. Num Pages: 200 pages, 185 color images, 25 black/white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292208
- ISBN
- 9780520292208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.08
€ 54.99
€ 39.08
Hardback. Celebrates the complexity of South Asian representation and iconography by examining the relationship between aesthetic expression and the devotional practice, or puja, in the three native religions of the Indian subcontinent. This title presents 150 objects created over the past two millennia for temples, home worship, festivals, and more. Editor(s): Pal, Pratapaditya. Num Pages: 256 pages, 220 color photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: ACBP; AGC; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288478
- ISBN
- 9780520288478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.81
€ 83.50
€ 63.81
Hardback. Shows how American artists, photographers, and graphic designers helped to shape public perceptions about World War I. This book considers how flag-based patriotic imagery prompted Americans to intervene in Europe in 1917, and contemplates the corrosive effects of the war on soldiers who lost their faces on the battlefield. Series: Franklin D. Murphy Lectures. Num Pages: 124 pages, 41 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; ACXD; AG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283633
- ISBN
- 9780520283633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardback. A museum survey to historicize art made in the United States during the pivotal decade. This book includes installations, paintings, sculptures, drawings, video, sound, and digital art. It offers an overview of art made in the United States between 1989 and 2001, a period bookended by two indelible events: the fall of the Berlin Wall and 9/11. Num Pages: 176 pages, 84 color. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 257 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1170.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282889
- ISBN
- 9780520282889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.91
€ 49.99
€ 35.91
Hardback. Argues that references to theology and traditional Christian iconography in the works of Picasso and Apollinaire are not mere symbolic gestures; rather, they are complex responses to the symbolist art and poetry of figures important to them, including Paul Gauguin, Charles Morice, and Santiago Rusinol. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282469
- ISBN
- 9780520282469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.86
€ 58.80
€ 45.86
Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282438
- ISBN
- 9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 50.14
€ 64.68
€ 50.14
Hardback. Examines the life and work of George Grosz after he fled Nazi Germany in 1933 and sought to re-establish his artistic career under changed circumstances in New York. This book situates Grosz's American production specifically within the cultural politics of German exile in the United States during World War II and the Cold War. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 Color, scattered. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520281943
- ISBN
- 9780520281943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.94
€ 64.68
€ 49.94
Hardback. Andrew Wyeth is one of the best loved and most widely recognized artists in American history, yet for much of his career he was reviled by the art world's critical elite. This book reevaluates Wyeth and his place in American art, trying to reconcile these two opposing images of the man and his work. Editor(s): Cateforis, David. Num Pages: 248 pages, 110 color illsutrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520280298
- ISBN
- 9780520280298
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 45.72
€ 58.80
€ 45.72
Hardback. Tells the story of how a high school art teacher transformed himself into an artist of international stature and ambition. This title shows how Robert Arneson's work articulated the crisis of narcissism that has defined American culture since 1970. Num Pages: 270 pages, 220 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 224 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1364. The Art of Robert Arneson. 270 pages, illustrations. Tells the story of how a high school art teacher transformed himself into an artist of international stature and ambition. This title shows how Robert Arneson's work articulated the crisis of narcissism that has defined American culture since 1970. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Dimension: 286 x 224 x 25. Weight: 1364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273832
- ISBN
- 9780520273832
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.80€ 46.13
€ 58.80
€ 46.13
Hardback. Offers an original approach to early French modernism, one informed by the art's unprecedented psychological intensity. Focusing on the early work of Paul Cezanne, this title offers a competing version for modern painting rooted in the evocation of emotive "expression," emblematized by scenes of murder, sexual violence, and anxious domesticity. Series: The Phillips Book Prize Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, 16 color illustrations and 99 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 956. Series: The Phillips Book Prize Series. 320 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Offers an original approach to early French modernism, one informed by the art's unprecedented psychological intensity. Focusing on the early work of Paul Cezanne, this title offers a competing version for modern painting rooted in the evocation of emotive "expression," emblematized by scenes of murder, sexual violence, and anxious domesticity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 262 x 186 x 23. Weight: 956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520273399
- ISBN
- 9780520273399
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Hardback. Looks at late-nineteenth-century American art, and demonstrates the profound role humor played in determining the course of culture in the Gilded Age. This title examines how ambitious artists like Winslow Homer and Augustus Saint-Gaudens rethought the place of humor in their work. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 190 x 25. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272453
- ISBN
- 9780520272453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Hardback. Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. Num Pages: 400 pages, 99 color illustrations, 101 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; ACX; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1192. Tokyo and the Visual Culture of Japan's Great Earthquake of 1923. Series: Asia: Local Studies/ Global Themes. 400 pages, Illustrationsstrations. Focusing on one landmark catastrophic event in the history of an emerging modern nation - the Great Kanto Earthquake that devastated Tokyo and surrounding areas in 1923, this volume examines the history of the visual production of the disaster. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJG; ACX; HBJF; HBLW. Dimension: 259 x 186 x 27. Weight: 1192.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Tion
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271951
- ISBN
- 9780520271951
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.68€ 49.96
€ 64.68
€ 49.96
Paperback. Through an examination of surrealist photographs, objects, exhibitions, activities, and writings, this title portrays the French capital as a city in the process of metamorphosis-in a kind of twilight state. Num Pages: 224 pages, 134 black / white photographs. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGC; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 222 x 12. Weight in Grams: 672. Surrealism and Paris. 224 pages, Illustrations. Through an examination of surrealist photographs, objects, exhibitions, activities, and writings, this title portrays the French capital as a city in the process of metamorphosis-in a kind of twilight state. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGC; AJC. Dimension: 222 x 222 x 12. Weight: 672.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520271272
- ISBN
- 9780520271272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.08
€ 36.99
€ 27.08
Paperback. Challenges readers to rethink the work of a range of post-World War II artists - Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Bruce Nauman, and Agnes Martin among them - and thus to re-assess the relationship of art to politics and social life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 66 color images and 52 halftones, all scattered. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 566. American Art Since 1955. 304 pages, illustrations. Challenges readers to rethink the work of a range of post-World War II artists - Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Bruce Nauman, and Agnes Martin among them - and thus to re-assess the relationship of art to politics and social life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ. Dimension: 155 x 201 x 19. Weight: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270978
- ISBN
- 9780520270978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.54
€ 41.99
€ 29.54
Paperback. Recognized as the patriarch of African American artists, the pioneering African American artist Henry O Tanner (1859-1937) forged a path to international success, powerfully influencing younger black artists who came after him. This book presents a complex overview of the life and career of the artist. Editor(s): Marley, Anna O. Num Pages: 304 pages, 106 color illustrations and 107 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: ACV; ACX; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270756
- ISBN
- 9780520270756
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardback. Investigates California's vital contributions to Conceptual art - in particular, work that emerged in the late 1960s among scattered groups of young artists. This book includes the essays revealing connections between the northern and southern California Conceptual art scenes. Num Pages: 296 pages, 64 color illustrations, 123 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270619
- ISBN
- 9780520270619
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.66
€ 49.99
€ 35.66
Hardback. A biography of Peter Selz that traces the journey of this Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. It illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century, describing Selz's extraordinary career. Num Pages: 321 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269354
- ISBN
- 9780520269354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.00
€ 27.99
€ 21.00
Hardback. Identifies the early Russian avant-garde (1910-1918) as a distinctive movement in its own right and not a preliminary stage to the Constructivism of the 1920s. This title also identifies aesthetics of anarchy - art-making without rules - that greatly influenced early twentieth-century modernists. Num Pages: 360 pages, 68 scattered halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; ACXD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 716. Art and Ideology in the Early Russian Avant-Garde. 360 pages, Illustrations. Identifies the early Russian avant-garde (1910-1918) as a distinctive movement in its own right and not a preliminary stage to the Constructivism of the 1920s. This title also identifies aesthetics of anarchy - art-making without rules - that greatly influenced early twentieth-century modernists. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJC; 3JJF; ACXD. Dimension: 159 x 235 x 26. Weight: 716.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268760
- ISBN
- 9780520268760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58
Hardback. David Park (1911-1960), transplanted Bostonian turned ground-breaking West Coast painter, led the way in creating what became known as Bay Area Figurative Art - a daring move during the post-World War II years when abstract expressionism held sway. This biography traces Park's resolute search for a fresh kind of figuration. Num Pages: 368 pages, 41 color illustrations, 75 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 189 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1046. A Painter's Life. 368 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). David Park (1911-1960), transplanted Bostonian turned ground-breaking West Coast painter, led the way in creating what became known as Bay Area Figurative Art - a daring move during the post-World War II years when abstract expressionism held sway. This biography traces Park's resolute search for a fresh kind of figuration. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 30. Weight: 1034.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1ST
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520268418
- ISBN
- 9780520268418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.43
€ 33.99
€ 24.43
Hardback. Offers a visual perspective on westward expansion through a survey of the major Indian images painted by Euro-American artists before and after the American Revolution. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18 b/w photographs and 55 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266315
- ISBN
- 9780520266315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.50€ 63.58
€ 83.50
€ 63.58