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. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACND; AKLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064634
- ISBN
- 9781606064634
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.91
€ 54.99
€ 39.91
Hardcover. Presents works from major American and European collections, including the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York, the National Gallery of Canada, the J Paul Getty Center and the National Gallery, London. The rich array of artworks includes illuminated manuscripts, paintings, sculptures, prints, drawings and liturgical objects. Num Pages: 176 pages, 93 col, 6 b&w. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1304.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- D Giles Ltd
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904832829
- ISBN
- 9781904832829
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.98
€ 40.99
€ 27.98
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
€ 30.99€ 30.65
€ 30.99
€ 30.65
Hardback. Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described as a supremely comic artist. This book explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, and also examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch. Num Pages: 287 pages, 84 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245211
- ISBN
- 9780520245211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.11€ 65.32
€ 83.11
€ 65.32
Paperback. Studies in the History of the Renaissance is a highly influential defence of aestheticism. Pater redefined the practice of criticism through his readings of some of the paintings, sculptures, and poems of the Renaissance, and shocked contemporaries for sponsoring a hedonistic ethic with his infamous 'Conclusion'. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ACND; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535071
- ISBN
- 9780199535071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Hardcover. Magnificent collector's edition of the great Renaissance painter Raphael Series: Phaidon Classics. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 365 x 276 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1904.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714868899
- ISBN
- 9780714868899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.20€ 78.02
€ 111.20
€ 78.02
Hardcover. If Hieronymus Bosch (1450-1516) remains an enigma today, it is little wonder. Even his contemporaries found the Netherlandish painter's work difficult to Decipher. Though the man himself remains a mystery, this book pulls together the elusive threads of Bosch's entire oeuvre into a comprehensive analysis of his visionary work and methods. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836559867
- ISBN
- 9783836559867
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.99
€ 19.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. An account of how Spanish painters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries dealt with mystic visions in their art, and of how they attempted to 'represent the unrepresentable' that aims to establish a theory of visionary imagery in Western art in general, and one for the Spanish Counter-Reformation in particular. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 102 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; ABA; ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948462757
- ISBN
- 9780948462757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.48
€ 27.48
hardcover. Understanding late medieval pictorial representations of violence. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: ACK; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781890951375
- ISBN
- 9781890951375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.40
€ 29.99
€ 22.40
Paperback. Understanding late medieval pictorial representations of violence. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela. Num Pages: 217 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781890951382
- ISBN
- 9781890951382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.42
€ 29.99
€ 22.42
Hardback. Examines the visual arts within the Portuguese empire between the sixteenth and eighteenth centuries. With a focus on the appropriation of Portuguese-Christian art within the colonies, this book looks at how these and other objects could be staged to generate layers of meaning. Num Pages: 384 pages, 60 colour plates, 120 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DSP; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ACN; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Diaphanes AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9783037347423
- ISBN
- 9783037347423
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.14€ 56.67
€ 66.14
€ 56.67
Hardcover. Examines sixteenth-century paintings of famous mountains by three major artists in the light of a diachronic account of the evolution of famous mountains over time and a synchronic account of the vogue for the grand tour in late Ming society. Num Pages: 350 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 27. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Chinese University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629963293
- ISBN
- 9789629963293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.65
€ 57.65
Paperback. Provides a view of the development of the literature on art in Italy during the Cinquecento. The selections bring out the close relationship between art theories and the actuality of art and chart a trend from a humanistic orientation to a more technical and professorial one. Num Pages: 189 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 255.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810108523
- ISBN
- 9780810108523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.63
€ 33.63
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 270 x 14. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- Taschen
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836534536
- ISBN
- 9783836534536
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.95
€ 19.99
€ 15.95
Paperback. Explores how knowledge was obtained and demonstrated in Europe when standard methods of inquiry took shape across several fields of intellectual pursuit. This book looks at production and consumption of knowledge as a social process. It focuses on how various methods came to interact with practices of craftspeople to create new ways of knowing. Editor(s): Smith, Pamela H.; Schmidt, Benjamin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 colour plates, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; ACN; ACQ; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226763293
- ISBN
- 9780226763293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.81
€ 40.99
€ 31.81
paperback. A summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas, by Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACN; HBG; HBLC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093049
- ISBN
- 9780300093049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.80
€ 14.99
€ 12.80
Hardback. 'The art of poverty' is the first book in English to analyse depictions of beggars in sixteenth-century European art. It develops a striking thesis, arguing that such images largely conformed to two paradoxical, though complimentary, traditions: the one ironising, the other idealising. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Illustrations, colour|Line drawings, unspecified. BIC Classification: ACN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719075827
- ISBN
- 9780719075827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.07
€ 158.07
Paperback. What does the familiar phrase Renaissance Art actually refer to? Discussing the works by artists such as Jan van Eyck, Leonardo da Vinci, and Michelangelo, this title explores the truly original and diverse character of the art of the Renaissance. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851687244
- ISBN
- 9781851687244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.40
€ 14.99
€ 12.40
Hardback. Art and architecture have always been central to Venice but in the Renaissance period, between c1440 and 1600, they reached a kind of apotheosis when many of the city's new buildings, sculpture and paintings took on distinctive and original qualities. This book presents a richly illustrated and easily navigable study of Venetian Renaissance art. Series: Renaissance Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 135 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 260 x 25. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780678511
- ISBN
- 9781780678511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.52
€ 36.99
€ 34.52
Paperback. An acclaimed reassessment of Italian master painter Jacopo Tintoretto, now available in compact pocket format, which charts Tintoretto's life and work in the context of Venetian art and the culture of the Cinquecento. Num Pages: 400 pages, 208 illustrations, 116 in colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 219 x 140 x 42. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised, Expanded
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780234502
- ISBN
- 9781780234502
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17