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Hardback. Catalogs more than four hundred decorative objects in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, including painted enamels, snuffboxes, porcelain, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, cast metal, and textiles from throughout Europe and Asia, with the majority dating from the late seventh century to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, 478 color illus. 75 duotones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KBBEY; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 290 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154909
ISBN
9780691154909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.24

Hardback. Features miniatures and cuttings from medieval and Renaissance manuscripts. This book features the major schools of illumination that flourished in Europe from the fourteenth to the sixteenth century. Series: Robert Lehman Collection Catalogues. Num Pages: 256 pages, 250 illus., including 33 color plates 217 duotones. BIC Classification: ACK; ACN; AKLB; GBCR; WFU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 287 x 228 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691059716
ISBN
9780691059716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardback. Robert Lehman, one of the foremost art collectors of his generation, embraced traditional and modern masters. This work catalogues 130 nineteenth- and 20th-century paintings that are part of the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum. It includes paintings by Ingres, Theodore Rousseau, and Corot among other early 19th-century artists. Num Pages: 496 pages, 130 color illus. 300 halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; ACX; AFC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 291 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145365
ISBN
9780691145365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 31 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 115 x 5. Weight in Grams: 54. New.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Veritas Publications
Number of pages
31
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9781853909870
ISBN
9781853909870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.57

hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, profusely illustrated in colour throughout. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 280 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Publisher
Halsgrove United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906690380
ISBN
9781906690380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.29

Hardback. The Riddle of the Image illuminates the production and restoration processes of medieval works of art, using popular examples from Museums and Galleries to highlight both well-known techniques and those thought to have been lost. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 in colour. BIC Classification: ACK; AGZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 204 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232942
ISBN
9781780232942
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 24 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; AFC; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309705
ISBN
9780226309705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: ACVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Moderne Kunst Nürnberg
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783869840581
ISBN
9783869840581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.75

Hardcover. Provides a link between the rebellious spirit of the current generation of Chinese artists and the mood of rebellion that was so evident during the years of the Cultural Revolution that ran from 1966 to 1976. This work argues that the destruction of traditional Chinese treasures by the Red Guards, especially in 1966, overshadows the entire period. Num Pages: 272 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 298 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2005.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224084994
ISBN
9780224084994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.95

hardcover. Num Pages: 56 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 130. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Film & Video Umbrella United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904270201
ISBN
9781904270201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.01

Paperback. Covers topics such as the revival of classical learning, the printing press, the rise of the nation-state, philosophy and the role of women. This book provides biographies, timelines, bibliography, a gazetteer of museums and galleries and an illustrated glossary. Editor(s): Aston, Margaret. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 219 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1668.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500284599
ISBN
9780500284599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. "This book gives the necessary background for the study and appreciation of Italian painting and sculpture from about 1250 to 1550. It tells how the artists learned their craft, the organization of the" Num Pages: 224 pages, 110 illus, notes, index. BIC Classification: AB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Westview Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780064301299
ISBN
9780064301299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

Hardback. Presents an examination of Pablo Picasso's use of religious imagery and the religious import of many of his works with secular subject matter. Num Pages: 128 pages, 37 color illustrations, 29 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
124
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276291
ISBN
9780520276291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.74

Paperback. Series: Acta Hyperborea. Num Pages: 551 pages, illus. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 169 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1372.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
551
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772898292
ISBN
9788772898292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.57
€ 59.64

Hardback. A revealing look at the irrevocable change in art during the 1960s and its relationship to the modern culture of fact Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 color + 125 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; ACXJ5; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300187274
ISBN
9780300187274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.65
€ 7.81

Paperback. Contemporary Art and Vinyl. 240 pages, 225 illustrations, incl. 200 in colour. Editor(s): Schoonmaker, Trevor. Museum catalogue for the first museum exhibition to explore the culture of vinyl records in the history of contemporary art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Dimension: 268 x 268 x 18. Weight: 1238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938989332
ISBN
9780938989332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.52

Our era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and America's Next Top Model to the snapshots we post on Face-book and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. The author shows us the very meaning of the arts in the process of transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772196
ISBN
9780226772196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.29

Paperback. Andrew Fekete - a painter, architect, poet and writer, who died in 1986 from an Aids-related illness. Andrew, flaneur, walked the city; he was a man whose writings, to adapt the words of Baudelaire, serve as a mirror as vast as the crowd itself. This anthology deals with his development as an artist. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383315
ISBN
9781781383315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 49 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 181 x 18. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646593
ISBN
9780816646593
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.35

Paperback. Shows how the early leaders of the group first met in the Paris studios and lived and worked closely together for nearly twenty years. Painting outdoors, meeting in cafes, they supported each other and shared emotional and financial difficulties. This account takes us into their homes as well as their studios and describes their private affairs. Num Pages: 368 pages, 38. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACVT; BGL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099458340
ISBN
9780099458340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.74

Hardback. The print repertoire of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England has been neglected historically. This book provides an iconographic survey of the single-sheet prints produced in Britain during the early modern era and reveals significant discoveries from this visual storehouse. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 400 pages, 270 black-&-white illustrations & 20 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; ACN; ACQ; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 256 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300136975
ISBN
9780300136975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.59

Hardcover. This masterwork by the renowned 19th century scientist and authority on color is unquestionably one of the greatest books ever written on color. The first English translation is reprinted here with the original color restored and an introduction and explanatory notes by Faber Birren. Num Pages: 256 pages, 43 color & 5 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887400902
ISBN
9780887400902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.64
€ 38.56

Hardback. The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth century Japan uncovers the social and epistemological roles of the term shashin within the scientific community before the term came to mean photography. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804777902
ISBN
9780804777902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.57

Hardcover. An exploration of the artists, their lives and contexts, with a gallery of 290 of their paintings. It offers an account of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood, who sought to defy the modern aesthetic and to return to classical artistic ideals. It documents the artists' lives and the development of their talents. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 500 colour images. BIC Classification: ACVM; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 225 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1350.
Publisher
Lorenz Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754823797
ISBN
9780754823797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.18

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