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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. The three most important early biographies of Veronese, one never before translated, edited by Xavier F. Salomon, curator of 'Veronese: Renaissance Magnificence' at the National Gallery, London. Editor(s): Salomon, Xavier F. Translator(s): Salomon, Xavier F. Num Pages: 192 pages, 48. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 143 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Pallas Athene Arts
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843680970
ISBN
9781843680970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.34

Paperback. Explores the dynamic interchange between European artistic centres and artists and the trade in works of art. This book also considers the impact of differing locations on art and artists and some of the economic, political and cultural factors crucial to the emergence of an artistic centre. Editor(s): Richardson, Carol M. Series: Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered. Num Pages: 352 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 284 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300121889
ISBN
9780300121889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. Relating to the current interest in the historiography of art history, this illuminating study offers a valuable contribution to the discussion surrounding its principles and values. Num Pages: 528 pages, 150 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089641786
ISBN
9789089641786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.61

Hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages, 365 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBEY; ACND; AFP; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 314 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2038.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588395610
ISBN
9781588395610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.70

Hardback. Florence Cathedral, familiarly called Il Duomo, is an architectural masterpiece and home to celebrated works of art. Perhaps the most beloved example is Luca della Robbia's sculptural programme for the organ loft. In this title, Luca's sculptures are examined alongside illuminated manuscripts commissioned for musical performances. Series: High Museum of Art Series. Num Pages: 104 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AMN; AVGC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209181
ISBN
9780300209181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.92

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

€ 49.36

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

€ 41.17

Paperback. Andrea Mantegna, the painter who was able to rise above earth and create heavenly forms which are still real (W Goethe). He was a protagonist of the renewal of the figurative language in northern Italy. This title gives an introduction to the life of the artist. It includes his masterpieces. Series: Skira Mini ART Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 179.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857205403
ISBN
9788857205403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.24

Paperback. An exploration of the Pisa Altarpiece, Masaccio's multi-panelled painting of which the Saint Andrew panel is thought to have once formed a part. It discusses Masaccio's short life and illustrious career; the commission of the altarpiece; its patron and programme; its original location; and more. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 29 colour & 47 b&w illustrations, 1 drawing, 1 colour fold-out. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892362868
ISBN
9780892362868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.62

Paperback. Lavishly illustrated, Medici Women: Portraits of Power, Love and Betrayal in the Court of Duke Cosimo I is an indispensable work for anyone with a passion for Italian renaissance history, art, and court culture. Num Pages: 480 pages, 83 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AGHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 172 x 29. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802095268
ISBN
9780802095268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.05

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: 3164.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179194
ISBN
9780300179194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836530347
ISBN
9783836530347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754820772
ISBN
9780754820772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.45

Hardcover. The first publication to consider the relationship between these two major artists of the High Renaissance Num Pages: 272 pages, 180 color illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 229. .
Publisher
National Gallery London
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857096095
ISBN
9781857096095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Paperback. In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. For the next four years, he and a team of assistants laboured over the vast ceiling. This book tells the story of those four years and paints a picture of day-to-day life on the Sistine scaffolding - in the upheaval of early sixteenth-century Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 pp coloured plates, 40 integrated line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSV; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9781844139323
ISBN
9781844139323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.94

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
€ 8.56

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

€ 10.81

Hardback. Published to accompany the exhibition "Michelangelo's Dream" held at the Courtauld Gallery, Somerset House, London: 18 Feb.-16 May 2010. Editor(s): Buck, Stephanie. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACND; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 227 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907372025
ISBN
9781907372025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.10

Flexibound. In the same format of the best-selling Leonardo's Notebooks, which has 320,000 copies in print worldwide,Michelangelo's Notebooks is an illustrated record of the artist's life and work. Num Pages: 368 pages, 200 drawings and illustrations in 2 and 4 colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 211 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781579129798
ISBN
9781579129798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. The life of perhaps the most famous, most revolutionary artist in history, told through the story of six of his magnificent masterpieces. Num Pages: 448 pages, one 8pp 4-color insert; b-w photos t-o, notes, bibliography, index; front matter maps. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 483.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451678789
ISBN
9781451678789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.29

Hardback. Michelangelo is best known for great artistic achievements such as the Sistine ceiling, the Piet, and the dome of St Peter's. He not only filled hundreds of sheets of paper with drawings, sketches, and doodles, but also, composed his own words. This book examines this interplay of words and images, providing insight into his life and work. Num Pages: 384 pages, 165 color illus. 40 halftones. 3 line illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 262 x 215 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1590.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147666
ISBN
9780691147666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 39.37

Paperback. * This major new biography recounts the extraordinary life of one of the most creative figures in Western culture. * Antonio Forcellino is one of the world s leading authorities on Michelangelo and an expert art historian and restorer. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745640068
ISBN
9780745640068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 688 pages, integrated b&w. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 146 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1346.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241299425
ISBN
9780241299425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 25.94

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
€ 30.43

Hardcover. BIC Classification: 1D; ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
TASCHEN
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836537162
ISBN
9783836537162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AFKB; AGB; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 360 x 285 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2540.
Publisher
Universe Publishing United States
Number of pages
268
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789318879
ISBN
9780789318879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 38.78

Hardback. In 1505, Michelangelo began planning the magnificent tomb for Pope Julius II, which would dominate the next forty years of his career. This definitive book thoroughly documents the art of the tomb and each stage of its complicated evolution. Num Pages: 368 pages, 110 color and 256 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 331 x 282 x 37. Weight in Grams: 3344.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606065037
ISBN
9781606065037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.29

Paperback. Sets out to establish Michele Tosini's critical role in sixteenth-century Mannerist art in Florence. He was well-trained, well-educated and well-liked, and created a highly productive workshop environment that not only succeeded but thrived in one of the most competitive ages of artistic production in the history of art. Num Pages: 211 pages, 12 colour & 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
211
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845191863
ISBN
9781845191863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.18

Paperback. Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: Meet the woman who became the most famous artistic subjects of all time - Mona Lisa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 8pp b-w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451658972
ISBN
9781451658972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.24

Hardcover. The true story of the Mona Lisa - the people behind it, how Leonardo painted it and what it meant to him, and its fortunes in the centuries since. Read this book and the world's most famous image will never look the same again. Num Pages: 288 pages, 66 Colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198749905
ISBN
9780198749905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.16

Hardback. Num Pages: 704 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 234 x 48. Weight in Grams: 3361.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Silvana Italy
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9788836630882
ISBN
9788836630882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.55

hardcover. Catalogues paintings from Venice made between 1540 and 1600. This volume includes pictures in the National Gallery, London such as: Titian's Vendramin Family venerating a Relic of the True Cross and his Death of Actaeon; Veronese's Family of Darius and his four Allegories, and Tintoretto's Origin of the Milky Way. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 528 pages, 300 colour images + 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 291 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
National Gallery London
Condition
New
SKU
9781857099133
ISBN
9781857099133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.99
€ 55.24

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

€ 10.81

Paperback. Presenting a study of Nicolas Poussin, one of seventeenth-century Europe's greatest artists, this title offers a series of connected studies that provide ways of interpreting the work and ideas of Poussin. Num Pages: 166 pages, 89 black & white illustrations, 28 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462436
ISBN
9780948462436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.12

Paperback. Volume 1 in Gombrich's influential series of essays on the Renaissance. Num Pages: 308 pages, 186 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 172 x 23. Weight in Grams: 954.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
4th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714823805
ISBN
9780714823805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.98

Paperback. The history of northern Renaissance art, from the late 14th to the early 16th century, drawing on a rich range of sources to show how northern European art dominated the visual culture of Europe in this formative period Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 368 pages, 211 illustrations in full colour. BIC Classification: 1DN; ACND. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842695
ISBN
9780192842695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.54

Paperback. This selection offers a cross-section from the 6,000 surviving sheets that constitute Leonardo's notebooks, including his thoughts on landscape, optics, anatomy, architecture, sculpture, and painting. Fully updated, this new edition includes some 70 line drawings and a Preface by Leonardo expert Martin Kemp. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, c. 70 black and white line illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199299027
ISBN
9780199299027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Hardcover. Old Cuba presents an insider s view of the splendid colonial-era sites of the storied island nation, from the grand apartments and magnificent cathedral of Old Havana to the plantation homes of Pinar del Rio. Num Pages: 208 pages, 180 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: 1KJC; ACN; ACQ; ACV; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 229. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847858477
ISBN
9780847858477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.83
€ 51.88

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

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 100 colour/100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1633.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034089
ISBN
9780271034089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.84

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