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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. 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

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

€ 26.99
€ 23.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 321 x 260 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1954.
Publisher
Ludion Editions NV Belgium
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789461300591
ISBN
9789461300591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 42.03

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
€ 11.50

Hardback. The Spanish artist Diego Velazquez (1599 1660) was one of the most important painters of the Golden Age. Taking as its starting point a group of masterly children's portraits from the high-profile collection of the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna, this opulent volume shows a representative cross-section of Velazquez's oeuvre. Num Pages: 336 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 282 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1974.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777423135
ISBN
9783777423135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.93

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

€ 58.28
€ 45.69

Hardback. An impressive overview of drawing in Venice, from the time of Titian and Tintoretto to that of Canaletto and Tiepolo Num Pages: 380 pages, 130 color + 85 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; ACQ; AFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 289 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2074.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187731
ISBN
9780300187731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.08

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

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

€ 72.27
€ 55.98

Paperback. Using a historical analysis of Vermeer's method of production and a close reading of his art, this book explores the originality of Vermeer in the context of 17th-century Dutch painting. It suggests that his confrontation with painting represented a very personal effort to define a new pictorial practice within the classical tradition of his art. Translator(s): Grabar, Terry. Num Pages: 208 pages, 14 color plates 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 11. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691029306
ISBN
9780691029306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.61
€ 47.40

Hardcover. In this text (previously delivered as the Walter Neurath Memorial Lecture) the author examines the work of the 15th-century painter known only as the Master of the Saint Bartholomew Altarpiece. On stylistic grounds, an oeuvre of six paintings, three of them large altarpieces, are attributed to him. Series: Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 48 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DN; ACN; AFC; AGB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st Am. ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500550267
ISBN
9780500550267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.17

Paperback. Celebrating the flowering of female portraiture, mainly in Florence, beginning in the latter half of the fifteenth century, this is an illustrated volume of paintings, sculpture, medals, and drawings. It includes the finest portraits of women by Filippo Lippi, Domenico Ghirlandaio, Antonio Pollaiuolo, Botticelli, Verrocchio, and Leonardo da Vinci. Editor(s): Brown, David Alan. Num Pages: 240 pages, 97 color illus., 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 328 x 14. Weight in Grams: 1526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114569
ISBN
9780691114569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.61
€ 47.40

Paperback. The concept of opposing forces of good and evil expressed in a range of moral qualities - virtues and vices - is one of the dominant themes in the history of Christian art. This catalogue documents the occurrence of the Virtues and Vices in well over 1,000 works of art produced between the fifth and the fifteenth centuries. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 468 pages, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK; ACN; AGR; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691050379
ISBN
9780691050379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

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

€ 26.77

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

€ 65.86
€ 55.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACN; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804834827
ISBN
9780804834827
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACN; AK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 143 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Imperfect Publishing
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981484600
ISBN
9780981484600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.61

Paperback. This richly illustrated catalogue, the fourth in a series sponsored by the Andrew W. Mellon Foundation, features essays on the subject of costume and a substantial bibliography on the topic of costumes in art and an exhibition checklist. Editor(s): Weaver, Elissa B.; Rodini, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 110 pages, 8 colour plates, 40 halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: ACN; ACQ; ACV; AGC; AKTA; JFCK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 204 x 11. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780935573350
ISBN
9780935573350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.37

hardcover. Beautifully illustrated throughout, this catalogue evaluates Cambridge University Library's world-class collection of illuminated manuscripts for the very first time. Num Pages: 532 pages, 720 b/w illus. 192 colour illus. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK; ACN; AKLB; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 281 x 228 x 49. Weight in Grams: 2806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
532
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521848923
ISBN
9780521848923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 333.06

Paperback. Editor(s): Rogers, Mary; Tinagli, Paola. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719080999
ISBN
9780719080999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.52

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719040542
ISBN
9780719040542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.37

Hardcover. A reinterpretation of the early life and career of Michelangelo, arguably the greatest artist in history. It explores Michelangelo's involvement in the most troubling controversies of his age, and recreates Florence and Rome with sketches of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Leonardo, Julius II and Machiavelli. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 652. The Path To The Sistine. 336 pages, Illustrations. A reinterpretation of the early life and career of Michelangelo, arguably the greatest artist in history. It explores Michelangelo's involvement in the most troubling controversies of his age, and recreates Florence and Rome with sketches of Lorenzo the Magnificent, Leonardo, Julius II and Machiavelli. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 28. Weight: 658.
Publisher
Duckworth & Co
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715640661
ISBN
9780715640661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.25

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