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History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800

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History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800

hardcover. An examination of the architecture of Ireland from 1680 to 1760, a period during which the country was recovering from war and constructing a new and stable society. It focuses on public buildings as works of architecture and art, and discusses their political, social and economic contexts. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 252 pages, 220 b/w + 28 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AMC; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 331 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1966. An examination of the architecture of Ireland from 1680 to 1760, a period during which the country was recovering from war and constructing a new and stable society. It focuses on public buildings as works of architecture and art, and discusses their political, social and economic contexts. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 252 pages, 220 b/w + 28 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AMC; AMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 331 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1966. Large format. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing light age and shelf wear, remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Published for the Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art by Yale University Press New Haven & London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0030621
ISBN
9780300090642
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 56.00

Hardcover. Drawn from the collection of the Art Gallery of New South Wales, this book reproduces 87 key works by 27 artists that represent a broad panorama of the development of the graphic arts in Europe from the Renaissance to the dawn of the 20th century. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: ACN; ACQ; ACV; AFF; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 244 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1490.
Publisher
Art Gallery of New South Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781741741087
ISBN
9781741741087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.93

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369805
ISBN
9780892369805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.02
€ 41.90

Multiple copy pack. Num Pages: 736 pages, 420 color + 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 248. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300148169
ISBN
9780300148169
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 229.74
€ 165.96

Paperback. Examines the painting in relation to the artist's life and works, explores his stylistic development, and considers as well, his often complex relationship with other artists. This work also looks at the subject matter of the piece within the broader historical context of 17th-century Dutch concepts of domesticity and parenthood. Num Pages: 96 pages, 34 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 198 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892368440
ISBN
9780892368440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.36

Hardback. From fine art paintings by such artists as Stubbs and Landseer to zoological illustrations and popular prints, a vast array of animal images was created in Britain during the century from 1750 to 1850. This book investigates the rich meanings of these visual representations as well as the ways in which animals were actually used and abused. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 b&w illustrations + 140 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 277 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2044.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300126792
ISBN
9780300126792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.38

Hardback. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 122 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1430. Vernacular Painting in High Qing China. 280 pages, col. Illustrations. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Dimension: 257 x 216 x 31. Weight: 1438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258570
ISBN
9780520258570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.65
€ 64.62

Hardcover. Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane as well as the heroic. This text explores not merely the range of performances under the banner of everyday, but also meanings inherent in these attempts to create art out of experience of the "real." Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Alden. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139709
ISBN
9780874139709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.51

Paperback. Series: MFA Highlights. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFKG; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878468324
ISBN
9780878468324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.72

Num Pages: 256 pages, 737 color photos. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; ACV; AGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 291 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1654.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326172
ISBN
9780764326172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.18
€ 39.34

Hardcover. Provides an exploration of the rivalry that existed between the artists of the Renaissance & Baroque eras. This title features essays on Renaissance and Baroque art that reveal the paragone to be a crucial motive and key to the interpretation of some of the most celebrated works of art such as Van Eyck's Ghent Altarpiece and Michelangelo's Pieta. Num Pages: 200 pages, 25 colour & 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; ACQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 199 x 17. Weight in Grams: 768.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369645
ISBN
9780892369645
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.39

Hardback. Surveys the diverse styles, subjects and iconography of painting in Latin America between the 16th and 19th centuries. Comparing and contrasting the Viceroyalties of New Spain, with its centre in modern-day Mexico, and Peru, the authors explore the very different ways the two regions responded to the influence of the Europeans and their art. Num Pages: 480 pages, 378 color + 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 301 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2566.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191011
ISBN
9780300191011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.80
€ 54.28

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 524 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; ACQ; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
524
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647685
ISBN
9780691647685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 277.11

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

€ 58.40
€ 56.38

Paperback. Seeks to familiarize American audiences with Nicolas Lancret(1690-1743), a master of the genre of fete galante, who was a revered painter in his own time, rivalling his contemporaries Antoine Watteau and Francois Boucher, and a favourite of crowned heads across Europe. Num Pages: 100 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 46 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACQ; AFCL; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368327
ISBN
9780892368327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.78

Paperback. An insight into the richness and variety of this dynamic style. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 448 pages, 200 colour and 50 b&w illustrations, map, glossary, charts. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; 3JH; ACQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714833699
ISBN
9780714833699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.65

Paperback. Precisely rendered to dazzle the eye with their botanical accuracy, the sumptuous arrays of fruit and flowers by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) were among the most avidly collected paintings of the 18th century. This little book explores two of Van Huysum's most important still-life paintings, "Vase of Flowers" and "Fruit Piece". Num Pages: 48 pages, 24 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 122 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060902
ISBN
9781606060902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.93

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sam Fogg United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955339332
ISBN
9780955339332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.81

Paperback. Merchants and Marvels addresses how ideas about the representation of nature, in both art and science, underwent a profound transformation between the age of the Renaissance and the early 1700s. Editor(s): Smith, Pamela H.; Findlen, Paula. Num Pages: 448 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ACN; ACQ; HBTB; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415928168
ISBN
9780415928168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.87

Hardback. A study of the theory and practice of seventeenth-century Dutch group portraits, this title offers an account of the genre's comic and ironic features, which it treats as comments on the social context of portrait sitters who are husbands and householders as well as members of civic and proto-military organizations. Num Pages: 192 pages, 42 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; AFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5193 x 5830 x 27. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225569
ISBN
9780823225569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.07

Paperback. Reads Rembrandt's painting both as a deliberate parody by the sitters and as the artist's covert parody of the sitters Num Pages: 192 pages, 42 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; AFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 227 x 24. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823225576
ISBN
9780823225576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 42.51

Hardback. Aims to bring together essays that explore how knowledge was obtained and demonstrated in Europe during an intellectually explosive four centuries, 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 within different communities. Editor(s): Smith, Pamela H.; Schmidt, Benjamin. Num Pages: 336 pages, 4 colour plates, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ACN; ACQ; HBTB; JFCX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226763286
ISBN
9780226763286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.25
€ 78.69

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

€ 40.99
€ 31.48

Paperback.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061312
ISBN
9781606061312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.85

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