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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Paperback. Describes the questions and challenges that museums face in acquiring and preserving contemporary art. This book comprises of essays by twelve curators representing a range of museums. It considers general issues including the acquisition process, and collecting by universal survey museums and museums that focus on modern and contemporary art. Editor(s): Altshuler, Bruce. Num Pages: 208 pages, 38 halftones. BIC Classification: ABC; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133737
ISBN
9780691133737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. Looks at a group of international artists who place craft at the heart of their practice, transforming everyday subjects and ordinary materials into works that are out of the ordinary. This book features unusual works including the ephemeral ice and chocolate jewellery of Naomi Filmer, the almost hidden installations by Yoshihiro Suda, and more. Editor(s): Britton Newell, Laurie. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 206 x 11. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
V&A Publishing
Edition
Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851775248
ISBN
9781851775248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.39

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 269 x 14. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
TASCHEN
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836542319
ISBN
9783836542319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Hardcover. Eric Ravilious: Design is the latest title in the award winning Design Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 108 col., 69 b.&w. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFP; AGB; AKB; AKLB; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851498024
ISBN
9781851498024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.23

Hardcover. At a time when figurative painting has long been out of fashion in British art schools and among the curators of the nation's galleries of modern art, Richard Harrison has been one of the very few younger contemporary artists to hold to this ancestral tradition. This title presents a record of Harrison's intellectual and aesthetic development. Num Pages: 240 pages, approx. 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 255 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1664.
Publisher
Philip Wilson Publishers
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856676833
ISBN
9780856676833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.16
€ 45.53

Hardcover. A history of the Graphic Arts Studio and printmaking in Ireland Num Pages: 288 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JMC; ACV; ACX; AFH; AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 215 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1794.
Publisher
Lilliput Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843511779
ISBN
9781843511779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.00
€ 44.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Kennedy, Brian. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 145. Weight in Grams: 227. Keywords: "Subjects - Art, Architecture & Photography - History of Art & Architecture - By Chronology - General,Subjects - Art, Architecture & Photography - General"
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Coracle
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0178706
ISBN
9780906630167
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Hardcover. This is the first volume in the series "Studies in British Art" and examines the development of the London art world - its institutions and individual artists - over the past two centuries in an attempt to explain the marginal position of British modern art. Editor(s): Allen, Brian. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 49 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300063806
ISBN
9780300063806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Peter Panyoczki is at home on two continents and thus his life is that of a perpetual emigrant. He belongs to the 1980s generation of artists who polemically rejected conceptual art yet did not simply return to figurative art. This monograph presents his work, investigating it from various aspects in a series of very different contributions. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 246 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1448.
Publisher
Braun Publish,Csi
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783716518229
ISBN
9783716518229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 150 Colour Images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ACX; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 261 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1232.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911024286
ISBN
9781911024286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

Paperback. This comprehensive survey traces the history of realist painting and argues that realism has had a continuous yet restlessly changing place in American and European painting throughout the 20th century. Artists discussed include Eakins and Bellows through to Lucian Freud, and David Hockney. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 192 illustrations, 92 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500203361
ISBN
9780500203361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AGC; AJB; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 305 x 11. Weight in Grams: 698.
Publisher
HOME Manchester
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993591211
ISBN
9780993591211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.32

Hardback. When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In this book, the author examines the origins of these principles and their extraordinary consequences for the rest of modern art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 colour images + 97 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300195774
ISBN
9780300195774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.19
€ 50.63

Hardback. Examining Tony Conrad's collaborative interactions as a guiding thread by which to investigate the contiguous networks and discursive interconnections in 1960s art. Num Pages: 480 pages, 78 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951863
ISBN
9781890951863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.74

Paperback. Examining Tony Conrad's collaborative interactions as a guiding thread by which to investigate the contiguous networks and discursive interconnections in 1960s art. Num Pages: 480 pages, 78 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; APF; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 736.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951870
ISBN
9781890951870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Fully illustrated, this volume provides a provocative analysis of the unprecedented eruption of misogyny at the turn of the 20th century in the works of the key artists of the age. Num Pages: 480 pages, halftones throughout. BIC Classification: AB; ACX; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
468
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195056525
ISBN
9780195056525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.89

Paperback. Thorough survey of the Pop phenomenon of the 1960s and beyond. Series: Art & Ideas. Num Pages: 448 pages, 250 Colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714862439
ISBN
9780714862439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.34

Hardcover. Covers the history of participatory art, from early happenings and performances to present practices that demand audience interaction. As the internet mindset browsing, sharing, collecting, producing permeates various aspects of society, this title reveals the ways in which artists and viewers have approached the creation of open works of art. Editor(s): Frieling, Rudolf. Num Pages: 212 pages, 215 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 206 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1100.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238585
ISBN
9780500238585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.47

Hardback. This beautifully designed book is filled with illustrations and photographs of the many animals in Picasso's life - those he painted and drew, as well as those he loved. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60, 40 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791349909
ISBN
9783791349909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.28

Paperback. I Don't Know, Or The Weave of Textile Language is a unique project by the renowned US artist Richard Tuttle. Editor(s): Borchardt-Hume, Achim; Petersens, Magnus af; Tuttle, Richard. Num Pages: 204 pages, Fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849763196
ISBN
9781849763196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 40.60

paperback. Offers an exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role it has played in developing Western architectural and urban theory. This book is arranged in historical periods - from Antiquity to the modern era - and divided between analyses of specific festivals, set in relation to contemporary architecture and urban design. Series: The Classical Tradition in Architecture. Num Pages: 332 pages, 71 black & white halftones, 13 colour illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; ACX; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415701297
ISBN
9780415701297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.54

Hardcover. Documents commissioned art for display on the Central Line between 2011 and 2012 which included Michael Landy's Acts of Kindness Anna Barham, Alice Channer and Bob and Roberta Smith's art on communication and exchange in the tube and the artworks produced by Hackney youth as part of A Lock is A Gate. Editor(s): Bonham-Carter, Charlotte; Coysh, Louise; Dillon, Tamsin. Num Pages: 88 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 12. Weight in Grams: 354. Art on the Underground. 88 pages, 80 illustrations. Editor(s): Bonham-Carter, Charlotte; Coysh, Louise; Dillon, Tamsin. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ABA; ACXJ. Dimension: 171 x 237 x 12. Weight: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907317903
ISBN
9781907317903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bode, Steven; Langley, Patrick. Num Pages: 124 pages, 27 colour, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 148. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Film & Video Umbrella
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904270393
ISBN
9781904270393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.65

Paperback. This book is a companion to the catalogue for California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way, an exhibition on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from October 1, 2011, through June 3, 2012. Editor(s): Tigerman, Bobbye. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 color illus., 140 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACXJ8; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262518383
ISBN
9780262518383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.54

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