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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

Paperback. A biography of Vermeer, one of the greatest painters of the seventeenth century. It presents a social history of the colorful extended family to which he belonged and of the town life of the period. It focuses on the relationship of Vermeer to his principal patron. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
476
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691002897
ISBN
9780691002897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.10
€ 59.72

Paperback. With a freshness and breadth of approach that sets the art in its context, this book explores why works were created and who commissioned the palaces, cathedrals, paintings, and sculptures. This revised edition contains around 200 new pictures and nearly all colour images. The chapter structure has also been improved. Num Pages: 576 pages, 710 Illustrations (552 in colour.). BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 262 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2442.
Publisher
Laurence King
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781856697972
ISBN
9781856697972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 44.09

Hardback. A comprehensive survey examining the vibrant and sumptuous art of illumination during a period of profound intellectual and cultural transformation Num Pages: 512 pages, 100 color + 150 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 292 x 254. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203981
ISBN
9780300203981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24
€ 54.82

Hardback. Leonardo da Vinci lived an itinerant life. Throughout his career - from its beginnings in the creative maelstrom of fifteenth-century Florence to his role as genius in residence at the court of the king of France - Leonardo created a kind of private universe for himself and his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780677514
ISBN
9781780677514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Paperback. Bernard Berenson: Formation and Heritage explores the intellectual world of Berenson (1865-1959), who put the connoisseurship of Renaissance art on a firm footing at the turn of the twentieth century. Essays explore his relationships with various cultural figures including William James, Jean Paul Richter, Katherine Dunham, and many others. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACND; BGA; HBJD; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 28. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674427853
ISBN
9780674427853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.99

Hardback. Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 448 pages, 275 color illus. 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 291 x 215 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1898.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bollingen Series XXXV: 57
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691172286
ISBN
9780691172286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.17
€ 56.89

Paperback. In this study, Joseph Koerner establishes the character of Renaissance art in Germany and examines how artists such as Albrecht Durer and Hans Baldung Grien reflected in their masterworks the changing status of the self in 16th-century Germany. Num Pages: 564 pages, 1 colour plate, 223 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACND; AFC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 217 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226449999
ISBN
9780226449999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.68
€ 52.69

Hardback. Michelangelo was recognised as a great artist early in his long life. Along with a small number of contemporaries he was responsible for Renaissance Florence becoming the artistic fountainhead of western culture. This comprehensive new book offers a wide range of his art, with details, complete paintings and panoramas. Series: Masterpieces of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783613618
ISBN
9781783613618
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.02

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. Offers a fresh perspective on the rich and brilliant art of the Florentine Renaissance. Focusing on a number of works, by such masters as Botticelli and Michelangelo, this book explains each piece in terms of what it meant to the people who produced it and to those for whom they made it. Num Pages: 306 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806808
ISBN
9780875806808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.32

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472449603
ISBN
9781472449603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.01

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

Hardcover. Presents some of the rare masterpieces by artists from Bernardo Daddi to Fra Angelico, Orazio Gentileschi's Danae, Annibale Carracci's Virgin and Child, and precious, small-scale coppers by major Mannerist and Baroque masters. This title catalogues more than fifty major works from the 14th to the 17th century. Series: Yale University Art Gallery. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 black-&-white illustrations & 77 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACK; ACN; ACQ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 237 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300114881
ISBN
9780300114881
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.34
€ 44.65

Hardcover. Gives us a portrait of Nicholas Hilliard, from his life and his work and the techniques he used to produce his exquisite miniatures. Num Pages: 160 pages, 30 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Unicorn Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906290828
ISBN
9780906290828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. Award-winning historian Kenneth R. Bartlett applies his decades of experience teaching the Italian Renaissance to this new and beautifully illustrated overview. Num Pages: 402 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 202 x 256 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442600140
ISBN
9781442600140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.05
€ 54.29

Paperback. Explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, and conventions and values. This book also reconsiders the importance of mathematical perspective. Editor(s): Woods, Kim W. Series: Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered. Num Pages: 352 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300121896
ISBN
9780300121896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. The Essential Durer offers an accessible and up-to-date look at one of Germany's most famous artists. Essays explore his life as well as his art and its remarkable reception across Europe. Editor(s): Silver, Larry; Smith, Jeffrey Chipps. Num Pages: 312 pages, 88 illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812221787
ISBN
9780812221787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

paperback. Larry Silver investigates the origins of new pictorial types and their media as a phenomenon of sixteenth-century Antwerp and interprets several pictorial genres as he charts their evolution and their role in the development and marketing of individual artistic styles. Num Pages: 392 pages, 152 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDB; ACN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222111
ISBN
9780812222111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.25

Paperback. Housed in the Tribune of the Accademia Gallery, Michelangelo's "David" is one of the most instantly recognisable works of art in the world. Featuring full-colour illustrations throughout, this title offers an introduction for those wanting to learn more about this monumental work of art. Series: Great Masterpieces. Num Pages: 32 pages, full-colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACND; AFKB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 119 x 4. Weight in Grams: 58.
Publisher
Giunti Editore
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9788809214538
ISBN
9788809214538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.57

Paperback. Analyzing the painting, Saint James Freeing Hermogenes, this book reexamines and confirms Fra Angelico's status as a pioneer of the representational style championed in Florence in the early fifteenth century by Brunelleschi, Masaccio, and Donatello, and shows why he was one of the great artistic minds of his age. Series: Kimbell Masterpiece Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 3 black & white illustrations + 55 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300121360
ISBN
9780300121360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.75

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