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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Hardcover. Alex Grey sees in the human anatomy a microcosm of the many levels of order in nature. His paintings in Sacred Mirrors take the viewer on an extraordinary visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50 color plates. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 352 x 276 x 12. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892812578
ISBN
9780892812578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 29.78

Hardcover. On July 9, 1975, Dutch-born artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, on a thirteen-foot sailboat. The damaged boat was found south of the western tip of Ireland nearly a year later. Ader was never seen again. The author resituates Ader's art and life within the conceptual art world of Los Angeles in the early 1970s. Num Pages: 208 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226038537
ISBN
9780226038537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.82
€ 78.78

Paperback. An engaging account of today's contemporary art world that features original articles by leading international art historians, critics, curators, and artists, introducing varied perspectives on the most important debates and discussions happening around the world. Editor(s): Dumbadze, Alexander; Hudson, Suzanne. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444338669
ISBN
9781444338669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.41

Paperback. On July 9, 1975, artist Bas Jan Ader set sail from Chatham, Massachusetts, for Palmouth, England, on the second leg of a three-part piece titled In Search of the Miraculous. He was never seen again. This book features biography, theoretical reflection, and archival research to draw a detailed picture of the world in which Aders' work. Num Pages: 200 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226269856
ISBN
9780226269856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.16

Paperback. Well-known art historians from Europe and the Americas discuss the influence of conceptualism on art since the 1970s. Editor(s): Alberro, Alexander; Buchmann, Sabeth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262511957
ISBN
9780262511957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.34
€ 41.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 58 color plates, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACXD9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226393957
ISBN
9780226393957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.15
€ 44.59

Paperback. The Visionary Art of Alex Grey. 96 pages, 50 colour plates. Illustrator(s): Grey, Alexander. Alex Grey sees in the human anatomy a microcosm of the many levels of order in nature. His paintings in Sacred Mirrors take the viewer on an extraordinary visionary journey through the physical, metaphysical, and spiritual anatomy of the self. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; VXA. Dimension: 342 x 270 x 8. Weight: 728.
Publisher
Inner Traditions
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892813148
ISBN
9780892813148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 22.94

Paperback. A collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years is cacophony of voices from such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Destructivism, and Stuckism, taking in along the way film, architecture, fashion, and cookery. It gathers together an international array of artists of every stripe, including Kandinsky, Gilbert and George. Editor(s): Danchev, Alex. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191799
ISBN
9780141191799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.29

Hardback. This book accompanies a major exhibition devoted to portraits created by Austrian artist Egon Schiele, whose figurative work exhibits intense emotion and technical brilliance. Num Pages: 320 pages, 260, 160 colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2050.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791354194
ISBN
9783791354194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.36

Paperback. Published in 1922 in Russian, Aleksei Gan's Constructivism was the first theoretical treatise of postrevolutionary Russia's emergent Constructivist movement. This edition replicates Gan's original layout, which was one of the first experiments in Constructivist typography and graphic design, and also presents an introductory essay. Num Pages: 178 pages, 12 colour plates, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Editorial Tenov S.L.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788493923129
ISBN
9788493923129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 26.49

Paperback. Features essays that examine three generations of international scholars of muralism - Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros - to their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. This title shows how these artists' murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by different modernity. Editor(s): Anreus, Alejandro; Greeley, Robin Adele; Folgarait, Leonard. Num Pages: 394 pages, 10 color illustrations, 96 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; ACXD; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896. A Critical History. 394 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Anreus, Alejandro; Greeley, Robin Adele; Folgarait, Leonard. Features essays that examine three generations of international scholars of muralism - Diego Rivera, Jose Clemente Orozco, and David Alfaro Siquieros - to their successors in Mexico, the United States, and across Latin America. This title shows how these artists' murals transcended borders to engage major issues raised by different modernity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJG; ACXD; AFC. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 28. Weight: 896.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
394
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520271623
ISBN
9780520271623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.74

Hardcover. A detailed look at the statuettes of the Art Deco period, and the artists who created them. Num Pages: 304 pages, 300 colour 142 b&w. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 248 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2142.
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851498246
ISBN
9781851498246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.84
€ 80.97

Hardback. A chronicle of the life and work of Ernst Neizvestny, the great Russian sculptor and philosopher of art who survived the Soviet police state to become a folk hero to his people. The volume is based on research in the Soviet archives and on interviews with Neizvestny and his family and friends. Num Pages: 480 pages, 75 photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; ACX; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 185 x 28. Weight in Grams: 944.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742520585
ISBN
9780742520585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.08

Paperback. Featuring a highly provocative series of interviews conducted in early 1969 with some of the most dynamic, daring, and innovative artists of the tumultous 1960s. The nine individuals - eight artists and one art dealer - are now known as major contributors to Conceptual art. Editor(s): Alberro, Alexander; Norvell, Patricia. Num Pages: 177 pages, 39 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 174 x 10. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220119
ISBN
9780520220119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.89

Hardcover. Showcases and puts into historical context a host of sculpted works created in the 1920s and 1930s in the decorative vernacular defined loosely today as 'Art Deco'. With artists' biographies and details of manufacturers, a full glossary and a thematic index, this volume is suitable for all those interested in the Art Deco style. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 321 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2754.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239483
ISBN
9780500239483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.89
€ 71.43

Hardcover. Offers an account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period. This book celebrates the styles rich variety of form and its diverse international roots as the very factors that make it a perennial favourite of modern collectors and designers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1000 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD3; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 316 x 248 x 50. Weight in Grams: 3608.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238554
ISBN
9780500238554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.12
€ 58.24

Paperback. Alana Jelinek returns to the question 'what is art?', retelling the history of art practice and exposing the ways in which neoliberal norms and values have seeped into every aspect of our lives and explores it from her unique perspective as a practicing artist and theoretician. Num Pages: 192 pages, 20 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848858572
ISBN
9781848858572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.69

Hardcover. The first comprehensive survey of contemporary artist Dustin Yellin, showcasing his surreal glass sculptures with fantastic dystopian themes. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AFP; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 298 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1346.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847845118
ISBN
9780847845118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48
€ 53.92

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906817183
ISBN
9781906817183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 374 pages, 79. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; ACX; JFF; JKS; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Minor Compositions
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570273032
ISBN
9781570273032
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. During her sixty-five-year career, Susie Cooper introduced more than 4,500 ceramic patterns and shapes, versatile and influential designers the industry has ever seen. This title charts her progress from the creation of patterns for Gray's Pottery in the 1920s, to running her own Susie Cooper Productions from the 1930s to the 1950s. Series: Shire Library. Num Pages: 64 pages, 10 b/w; 60 col. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFPC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 150 x 5. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Shire Publications Ltd
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780747812135
ISBN
9780747812135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.37

Paperback. The paintings executed by Kurt Jackson (b.1961) do not reveal his day-to-day working practice. Behind his finished canvases are hundreds of sketchbooks borne out of his continual routine of making drawings, marks, notes, poems and scribbles. This book, newly available in paperback, examines the importance of the sketchbook to Jackson. Num Pages: 144 pages, Includes 117 colour and 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 271 x 13. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848221550
ISBN
9781848221550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Paperback. .
Publisher
Little Knoll Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992722067
ISBN
9780992722067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.58

Paperback. Presents an account of international modernism, exploring the complex motivations behind this revolutionary movement and assessing its triumphs and failures. The work of the main architects of the movement such as, Frank Lloyd Wright, Adolf Loos, and Mies van der Rohe is re-examined, shedding light on their roles as acknowledged masters. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, numerous colour; halftones; and line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842268
ISBN
9780192842268
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.59

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