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History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600

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History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600

Hardback. The National Gallery of Art houses one of the most important collections of French old master paintings outside France. This book catalogues nearly one hundred paintings of the collection, from works by Francois Clouet in the sixteenth century to paintings by Elisabeth Louise Vigee Le Brun in the eighteenth. Editor(s): Rand, Richard. Series: National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogues. Num Pages: 552 pages, 118 color illus. 214 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3J; ACN; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 290 x 253 x 46. Weight in Grams: 3250.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145358
ISBN
9780691145358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.68
€ 90.50

Hardcover. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) was a painter, sculptor, musician, architect, engineer, inventor, scientist, anatomist and mathematician. This book presents a chronological selection of drawings by Leonardo along with other works thought to be by his students and other members of his circle. Series: Gift Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 150. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714126623
ISBN
9780714126623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.41

Hardcover. Suitable for those who want to learn about Leonardo da Vinci, an influential artist, engineer, inventor and scientist, this book explores Leonardo's life, including his background, early career, influences and relationships. It features a gallery of over 300 of Leonardo's major paintings, drawings and designs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 500 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 303 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1350. His Life and Works in 500 Images. 256 pages, 500 colour illustrations. Suitable for those who want to learn about Leonardo da Vinci, an influential artist, engineer, inventor and scientist, this book explores Leonardo's life, including his background, early career, influences and relationships. It features a gallery of over 300 of Leonardo's major paintings, drawings and designs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Dimension: 237 x 303 x 27. Weight: 1612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Anness
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
New Edition
SKU
V9780754823261
ISBN
9780754823261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. First published in 1951 Arnold Hauser s commanding work presents an account of the development and meaning of art from its origins in the Stone Age through to the Film Age. This new edition of a classic work offers a contemporary introduction. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415199469
ISBN
9780415199469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.85

Hardcover. "This catalog accompanies the exhibition Sublime Beauty: Raphael's Portrait of a Lady with a Unicorn on display at Cincinnati Art Museum from October 3, 2015-January 3, 2016 and at The Legion of Honor, Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco from January 9-April 10, 2016." Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; AGC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804731
ISBN
9781907804731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. Alberti`s "Della Pittura" was the first modern analytical study of painting. A systematic description of the one-point perspective construction, it was designed to persuade both patron and painter in the Renaissance to discard the old tastes in painting for the new. Translator(s): Grayson, Cecil. Num Pages: 112 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 90. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0004793
ISBN
9780140433319
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

hardcover. With a contextual approach that encompasses the full range of media, from textiles to stucco, this study traces the concept of a unified interior. It argues that art history - even the emergence of the modern category of fine art - was worked out as much in the rooms of palaces as in the printed pages of Vasari and other early writers on art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 colour & 116 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606062982
ISBN
9781606062982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.10
€ 59.78

Paperback. A readable, student-friendly, lavishly-illustrated introduction to one of the greatest periods of artistic genius in western history. Num Pages: 420 pages, colour illustrations, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Westview Press
Edition
Second Edition, Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813349022
ISBN
9780813349022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 125.90

Hardback. Offers an illustrated account of the art and architecture of Ireland from the early Middle Ages to the end of the 20th century. This title explores all aspects of Irish art and architecture - from high crosses to installation art, from Georgian houses to illuminated manuscripts, and from watercolours to photographs, oil paintings, and tapestries. Editor(s): Moss, Rachel. Series: Art and Architecture of Ireland. Num Pages: 600 pages, 600 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3F; 3H; ACK; ACN; AM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 293 x 252 x 43. Weight in Grams: 3180.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300179194
ISBN
9780300179194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.69
€ 68.02

paperback. In this vividly written biography, William E. Wallace offers a substantially new view of Michelangelo. Num Pages: 420 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 598.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
420
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107673694
ISBN
9781107673694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.41

Paperback. The first art treatise specifically directed toward non-practitioners, Il Riposo gives unique insight into the early stages of art history as a discipline, late Renaissance art and theory, and the Counter-Reformation in Italy. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442614932
ISBN
9781442614932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

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

€ 28.74

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
€ 8.19

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
€ 44.07

Paperback. Series: Routledge Great Minds. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415854672
ISBN
9780415854672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.29

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
€ 34.48

Paperback. A synthesis of the work of international scholars, this is an account of the people who animated a decisive period in the genesis of the modern mind - the Renaissance. Confining its attention to the "great" Renaissance which originated in Italy, the book treats a broad spectrum of figures. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226283562
ISBN
9780226283562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardcover. This is the official record of the restoration of Leonardo's painting "The Last Supper". Barcilon documents the technical aspects of the restoration, while art historian, Pietro C. Marani focuses on the history of the fresco, from conception through to restoration. Translator(s): Tighe, Harlow. Num Pages: 454 pages, 382 colour plates, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: ABC; ACND; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 260 x 54. Weight in Grams: 3402.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
454
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226504278
ISBN
9780226504278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.47
€ 112.55

Paperback. As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of sixteenth-century patriarchal English society. This title illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction. It is suitable for historians, literary scholars, and art historians of the period. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; AG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534756
ISBN
9780226534756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Hardcover. A study of the controversies over religious images that pervaded Italian life both before and parallel to the Reformation north of the Alps. Num Pages: 448 pages, 60 colour plates, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226567723
ISBN
9780226567723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.10
€ 64.86

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