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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

Hardcover. Drawing on research and models from anthropology, material culture and art history, this study explores topics as diverse as Inka stonework, cork platforms for shoes and the Christian Eucharist. Editor(s): Anderson, Christy; Dunlop, Anne; Smith, Pamela H. Series: Studies in Design & Material Culture. Num Pages: 368 pages, 75 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 992.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090608
ISBN
9780719090608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.02

Paperback. Reveals the cultural and historical importance of Maggiori's collection assembled in his villa near Monte San Giusto Num Pages: 120 pages, 128 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; ACQ; AFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 280 x 9. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hallie Ford Museum of Art,US United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781930957657
ISBN
9781930957657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.03

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

€ 10.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 438 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Brick Tower Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883283964
ISBN
9781883283964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.90

Hardcover. Num Pages: 273 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: 1DND; ACN; AFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772891323
ISBN
9788772891323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.26
€ 51.09

Hardcover. Editor(s): Andersen, Michael; Boggild Johannsen, Birgitte; Johannsen, Hugo. Num Pages: 407 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 301 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1898.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Nationalmuseet Denmark
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776021290
ISBN
9788776021290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 35.59

paperback. This title was Burckhardt's major contribution to cultural history and was first published in 1860. The work covers the period from the birth of Dante to the death of Michelangelo, and is divided into 6 sections, covering a whole range of topics. Translator(s): Middlemore, S. G. C. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HBLC; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140445343
ISBN
9780140445343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 11.83

paperback. In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - set out on one of the treacherous military campaigns of the period. This work focuses on this collusion of three iconic figures of the Italian Renaissance to unite three mighty strands of the period - war, politics and art. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HPCB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781845951214
ISBN
9781845951214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.56

Paperback. Series: Richard Lectures. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813930114
ISBN
9780813930114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACN; ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Condition
New
SKU
V9780917046872
ISBN
9780917046872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

Paperback. The essays in this work explore the influence of antiquity on a broad spectrum of artistic production in Europe, from the 16th to the 18th centuries. It includes investigations of proto-scientific imagery, Ovidian myth, allegorical devices, and the growing influence of Ancient Greece. Num Pages: 118 pages, 9 colour plates, 81 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; ACN; ACQ; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573282
ISBN
9780935573282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.84

Paperback. Whereas in our own day the subject of death is usually avoided, in pre-Industrial England the rituals and processes of death were present and immediate. This book explores the meanings behind a range of these artefacts, and describes the attitudes and practices which lay behind their production and use. Num Pages: 160 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ACN; ACV; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462160
ISBN
9780948462160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.25

Hardcover. This book analyzes the iconographic traditions of Jeremiah and of melancholy to show how Donne, Herbert, and Milton each fashions himself after the icons presented in Rembrandt's Jeremiah Lamenting the Destruction of Jerusalem, Sluter's sculpture of Jeremiah in the Well of Moses, and Michelangelo's fresco of Jeremiah in the Sistine Chapel. Num Pages: 288 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACND; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137397799
ISBN
9781137397799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

12 Books of Hours for 2012. 208 pages, 108 illustrations. Editor(s): Hindman, Sandra; Bergeron-Foote, Ariane. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACN. Dimension: 298 x 195 x 20. Weight: 1082.
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983854630
ISBN
9780983854630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.55

Hardcover. In Giuseppe Arcimboldo's famous paintings, grapes, fish, and even the beaks of birds form human hair. This title offers an overview of Arcimboldo's life and work, exploring the artist's early years in sixteenth-century Lombardy, his grounding in Leonardesque traditions, and his tenure as a Habsburg court portraitist in Vienna and Prague. Num Pages: 288 pages, 39 colour plates, 43 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1742.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226426860
ISBN
9780226426860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.59
€ 68.12

Hardcover. A selection of 12 essays examining the work of respected poets from the 16th and 17th centuries. The two main themes which are developed analyze the context of religious controversy within which this poetry developed, and the relationship of poetry to the visual arts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 colour and 42 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACN; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Missouri
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826207968
ISBN
9780826207968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.77
€ 63.10

Hardcover. A study of the ways in which people in early modern England confronted, accommodated and paid tribute to mortal life and certain death. Drawing on prose and poetry, painting and statuary, social practices and religious rites, Engel reopens central questions about Renaissance habits of thought. Series: Massachusetts Studies in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 76 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; ACND; DSBB; DSBD; JFCX; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870239984
ISBN
9780870239984
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.06
€ 46.67

Paperback. Carlo Ginzburg builds up a portrait of Piero della Francesca's patrons and explains the contemporary intrigues resonant in his paintings. This edition includes additional material dealing with the work of Roberto Longhi, the dating of the Arezzo Cycle and the rediscovery of della Francesca. Editor(s): Ginzburg, Carlo. Translator(s): Ryle, Martin; Soper, Kate. Num Pages: 264 pages, 123 colour and b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859843789
ISBN
9781859843789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.05

Paperback. "Accompanies the exhibition Donatello, Michelangelo, Cellini: Sculptors Drawings From Renaissance Italy curated by Oliver Tostmann and Michael W. Cole at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, 23 October 2014-23 January 2015"--from title page verso. Editor(s): Cole, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907372704
ISBN
9781907372704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.61

Paperback. Accompanying an exhibition at The Courtauld Gallery that will bring together for the first time Pieter Bruegel the Elder's only three known grisaille paintings, this book will examine the sources, function and reception of these exquisite and unusual masterpieces. Num Pages: 56 pages, 40 colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing United Kingdom
Edition
Ill
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907372940
ISBN
9781907372940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.31

Hardcover. Aims to convey the relevance of the paintings of the old Flemish master Pieter Bruegel, ""The Elder"" (1520/5-1590) for modern audiences. This work guides the reader through the scenes depicted in these remarkable works of art, including the social context in which they were painted, and how they relate to our lives. Num Pages: 174 pages, 30 colour illustrations containing 37 Bruegel plates. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Chaucer Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781884092121
ISBN
9781884092121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.52

paperback. The monumental Mole Vanvitelliana in the harbor of the Adriatic City of Ancona is the spectacular setting for a most original Leonardo exhibition. For the first time Leonardo's presence at Urbino and Pesaro as an architect and general engineer in the service of Cesare Borgia in 1502 is presented in a historical and cultural context that includes ev Editor(s): Pedretti, Carlo. Num Pages: 160 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 240 x 16. Weight in Grams: 994.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
CB Edizioni Italy
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9788890205606
ISBN
9788890205606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. A collection of fifteen essays that offers different perspectives on a wide range of subjects in Italian art history, architecture, history, and urban studies. It includes topics that range from eleventh-century urbanism in Florence and northern influences on Lombard painting to the rewriting of history in the nascent Italian state. Editor(s): Deimling, Barbara; Nelson, Jonathan K.; Radke, Gary M. Series: Villa Rossa Series: Intercultural Perspectives on Italy and Europe. Num Pages: 276 pages, 19 colour & 30 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788895250021
ISBN
9788895250021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.40

Paperback. This volume collects a series of complex and variously articulated themes that involve on a theoretical and historical basis both the world of architecture and that of urban planning, as well as that of sculpture and of painting. Editor(s): Starnazzi, Carlo. Num Pages: 304 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
C.B. Edizioni Italy
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9788895686011
ISBN
9788895686011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.59

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