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Hardback. Views of Edwardian era have swung between seeing period as a golden summer afternoon of imperial and elite complacency and starkly conflicting depiction of decade as one of intense political, and artistic instability. This book explores themes of power and a contrasting lightness of touch through architecture, and decorative and fine arts. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 420 pages, 350 colour images + 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 250 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2822.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190250
ISBN
9780300190250
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.59

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

€ 34.99
€ 31.42

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

€ 48.99
€ 42.48

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

€ 26.99
€ 26.14

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

€ 57.78
€ 57.64

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 48 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: ACND; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 208 x 5. Weight in Grams: 157.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Publisher
Dover Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486238760
ISBN
9780486238760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 114 x 7. Weight in Grams: 104.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pallas Athene United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843680345
ISBN
9781843680345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.19

Hardcover. Beginning in the seventeenth century, many of Europe's greatest writers and artists became embroiled in a debate that centered on the priority of paintings or sculpture, touch or sight, colour or design, ancient or modern. This title lets us eavesdrop on a contentious topic that preoccupied European intellectuals for three hundred years. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 full-colour & 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AFC; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 247 x 24. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368921
ISBN
9780892368921
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.16

Hardcover. Places Keller's modern treatment of enigmatic subjects within the cultural mileau of fin de siecle Germany Editor(s): Danzker, Jo-Anne Birnie; Bott, Gian Casper. Num Pages: 104 pages, 54 illus., 34 in color. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 7459 x 17. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990828
ISBN
9780295990828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.45

Hardcover. Written by a foremost authority on Matisse, this book traces the evolution of his art from the sombre palette of his first works in the 1890s, through his Fauvism, drawings and sculpture, to the dazzling paper cut-outs of his final years. The text is backed by over 900 representative illustrations. Num Pages: 752 pages, 930 illustrations, 220 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACVT; ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 338 x 251 x 59. Weight in Grams: 3990. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light wear, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0018825
ISBN
9780500091661
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 80.00

Paperback. An account of the life and work of the landmark painter. Num Pages: 320 pages, 167 colour and 82 b&w illustrations, notes, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACV; AFC; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 250 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2006. Very good copy with light shelf wear. Light nicks, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0018703
ISBN
9780714838441
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 50.00

Paperback. An investigation of the indigenous arts of the US and Canada in the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series. The importance of these arts to the integrity of spiritual, social, political and economic systems within Native North American societies is considered through issues such as gender, representation, the colonial encounter and contemporary arts. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 53 colour plates, numerous black and white halftones, 16 line drawings, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACBK; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780192842183
ISBN
9780192842183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 20.91

Paperback. This revised edition of Pollock and After features ten new articles and is fully updated to take account of new critical approaches to post-war American art. Editor(s): Frascina, Francis. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACXD9; ACXJ8; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415228671
ISBN
9780415228671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.50

Paperback. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 206 illustrations, 53 in colour. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 586. Very good copy with light shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCK0003034
ISBN
9780500200193
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Thomas, Ceri. Num Pages: 152 pages, 70. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 183 x 15. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Poetry Wales Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854115010
ISBN
9781854115010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.92

Paperback. Reads Rembrandt's painting both as a deliberate parody by the sitters and as the artist's covert parody of the sitters Num Pages: 192 pages, 42 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; AFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225576
ISBN
9780823225576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.84

Paperback. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 324 pages, 549 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 672. Clean copy with some shelf wear and yellowing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KOG0006628
ISBN
9780500200247
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A delightful Pitkin Guide to Burne-Jones, the man and his work. Num Pages: 32 pages, 47ill.(38col.). BIC Classification: ACVM; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 173 x 6. Weight in Grams: 146. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Pitkin
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0006595
ISBN
9780853728832
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. C.R. Ashbee was, some would say, the key man in the British Arts and Crafts movement during the early decades of the 20th century. While much has been written about him, little has been said of his wife. Now Felicity Ashbee breaks the silence in a book about her mother, Janet. Num Pages: 216 pages, 49 b&w and 10 colour photographs, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACVN; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686. Clean copy. Fine in dust jacket. DJ has minor wear to edges but remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0006469
ISBN
9780815607311
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810106628
ISBN
9780810106628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Presents a pioneering exploration of Asian American visual art. This title focuses on works produced during the watershed 1990s, when surging Asian immigration had significantly altered the demographic, cultural, and political contours of Asian America, and a renaissance in Asian American art and visual culture was well underway. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 384 pages, 65 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; ACX; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342045
ISBN
9780822342045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.19

Paperback. "For Italian city builders more than a thousand years ago, the urban realm was the great theater where their best aspirations were played out, the place where society said the most substantial things a" Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 illustrations, 7 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813342986
ISBN
9780813342986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.08

Hardcover. This collection of essays by specialist authors addresses women's activities as patrons and as "patronized" artists over the course of the 18th century. Artists and patrons discussed include: Carriera; Queen Lovisa Ulrike and Chardin; and the Duchess of Osuna and Goya. Editor(s): Hyde, Melissa; Milam, Jennifer. Series Editor(s): Poska, Professor Allyson M.; Zanger, Professor Abby. Series: Women and Gender in the Early Modern World. Num Pages: 328 pages, Includes 69 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; HBJD; HBLH; HBLL; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Ashgate Publishing Group United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754607106
ISBN
9780754607106
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.81

Hardback. Charts the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early nineteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century. This book focuses on six canonic paintings and how they illuminate evolving social attitudes and aesthetic concerns in France over the course of the century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 b&w illustrations, 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; ACV; ACX; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1615.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111187
ISBN
9780300111187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68

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