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. 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€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. The gods of Olympus died with the advent of Christianity - or so we have been taught to believe. This title offers the general reader first a discussion of mythology in late antiquity and the Middle Ages, and then a multifaceted look at the far-reaching role played by mythology in Renaissance intellectual and emotional life. Translator(s): Sessions, B.F. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 392 pages, 108 illus. BIC Classification: ACND; HRQA; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691029887
- ISBN
- 9780691029887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Paperback. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on medieval textiles and illustrated with many lovely colour reproductions, The Unicorn Tapestries traces the origins of the tapestries as well as possible interpretations of their symbolic meaning. This is an essential book for any lover of medieval art and textiles. Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 14 b&w illustrations, 77 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACND; AGC; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 304 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300106305
- ISBN
- 9780300106305
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.79
€ 25.99
€ 19.79
Paperback. Combines psychoanalytic and cultural theory to advance an innovative interpretation of Renaissance history and subjectivity. This title discusses the distinctly economic character of early modern subjectivity and how this, too, is implicated in our own modern modes of historical understanding. Num Pages: 216 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; ACND; AGB; CFD; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822325475
- ISBN
- 9780822325475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 75 color illus. BIC Classification: ACND; ACQ; AGB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 290 x 15. Weight in Grams: 988.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300215243
- ISBN
- 9780300215243
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.25
€ 36.99
€ 27.25
Paperback. Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven traditions of antiquity, through the aesthetic values of the Middle Ages, to the branching out of art history, art criticism, abstract aesthetics in the late Renaissance. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACK; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415926256
- ISBN
- 9780415926256
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Condition: New
€ 50.29
€ 50.29
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
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
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
€ 28.80
€ 28.80
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.24
€ 33.99
€ 29.24
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
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Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39
Paperback. The life, style and colours of the master of the 16th-century Venetian painting. Tiziano Vecellio was a painter, equally comfortable with a range of genres and subjects. Unlike many artists from history whose work has been appreciated only after their death, Titian enjoyed fame and success throughout his career, which spanned over seven decades. Series: Skira Mini ART Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857205397
- ISBN
- 9788857205397
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Condition: New
€ 8.72
€ 8.72
Paperback. Titian is acknowledged as the greatest of the sixteenth-century Venetian painters. The author's carefully chosen comparisons of paintings, prints, drawings and details of works by the young Titian, Durer and their contemporaries suggest that Titian was as innovative and as influential in his unique view of nature as he was in portraiture. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 80 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 211 x 4. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857095449
- ISBN
- 9781857095449
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.90
€ 13.99
€ 11.90
Paperback. This comprehensive, highly illustrated new study examines Titian's long career and varied output. Tom Nichols argues that Titian's works were self-consciously original, freely and intentionally undermining the traditional, more modest approach to painting in Venice at that time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 170 illustrations, 100 in colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 276 x 18. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780236742
- ISBN
- 9781780236742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.40
€ 46.99
€ 39.40
Paperback. This text, first published in France in 1977, presents cultural critic Louis Marin's theories about the aims of painting in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. It explores a number of notions implied by theories of painting and offers insight into the aims and effects of visual representaion. Translator(s): Hjort, Mette. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; ABA; ACN; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226505350
- ISBN
- 9780226505350
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.09
€ 32.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. The first publication on the Michael Wellby bequest to the Ashmolean, introducing over sixty of the most important items in the collection, and timed to coincide with the opening of the new Wellby Bequest Gallery in the Museum in September 2015. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 colour. BIC Classification: 3J; ACN; AFKG; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 265 x 14. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Ashmolean Museum United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910807019
- ISBN
- 9781910807019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.69
€ 19.99
€ 18.69
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
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardcover. Rather like the Mona Lisa, there has long been a suspicion that there is something disguised in the Primavera. A chance discovery provided the author with the key to unlocking the secret of the 500 year-old masterpiece, opening a window onto the cryptic world of the Renaissance pagan revival. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour throughout. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Shepheard-Walwyn
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856832963
- ISBN
- 9780856832963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.05
€ 27.05
Paperback. This generously illustrated volume on the work of Jan van Eyck makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 171 x 14. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791348261
- ISBN
- 9783791348261
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.72
€ 13.99
€ 11.72
Hardcover. Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) spent his formative years in Seville, learning his craft and producing his early masterpieces. This work explores the importance of Seville for Velasquez, examining Sevillian culture, Catholic theology, and picaresque literature. Editor(s): Clarke, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 b/w + 50 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACN; AFC; AGB; GBCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 342 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Hardback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300069495
- ISBN
- 9780300069495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.48€ 46.96
€ 59.48
€ 46.96
Paperback. An introduction to the work of Jan Vermeer. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour and 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 514. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0015191
- ISBN
- 9780714834634
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99