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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Hardback. Born in Dresden in 1932, Gerhard Richter was first educated under the prevailing doctrine of Socialist Realism, but retrained after emigrating to West Germany, thus uniquely embodying the division of Germany during the Cold War. This volume takes a look at the unique work and artistic vision of Gerhard Richter. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 colour & 67 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060407
ISBN
9781606060407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

Hardback. Looks at the work of three artists who paved the way for ceramics to be considered fine art. This title focuses on artists John Mason (b 1927), Kenneth Price (b 1935), and Peter Voulkos (1924-2002) and their radical early work in post-war Los Angeles where they formed the vanguard of a new California ceramics movement. Num Pages: 240 pages, 131 colour & 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 227 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061053
ISBN
9781606061053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 42.58

hardcover. Illustrator(s): Madison, Tobias. Editor(s): Ruf, Beatrix. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 206 x 15. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
JRP | Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9783037643907
ISBN
9783037643907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99

Hardback. Illustrator(s): Bonvicini, Monica. Editor(s): Bidner, Stefan. Num Pages: 48 pages, b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9783865603784
ISBN
9783865603784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.79

Hardback. Much of how WWI is understood today is rooted in the artistic depictions of the brutal violence and extensive destruction that marked the conflict. This book examines how the physical and psychological devastation of the war altered the course of 20th-century artistic Modernism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 67 full-colour & 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 263 x 17. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064313
ISBN
9781606064313
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Wagenbach, Marc; Foundation, Pina Bausch. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; ANF; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837627855
ISBN
9783837627855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Rooij, Willem De; Wieder, Axel; Badrocke, Lucy. Num Pages: 508 pages, 450 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 220. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863357238
ISBN
9783863357238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.23

Hardback. Editor(s): Rollig, Stella; Reinhardt, Brigitte; Heide, Bart Van Der. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Buchhandlung Walther Konig GmbH & Co. KG. Abt. Verlag Germany
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9783865604545
ISBN
9783865604545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.76

A companion catalog to the exhibition of the same name, that explores the stimulating and productive relationship between painting and photography in American art. It includes interviews with artists Robert Bechtle, Barkley Hendricks, and Sherrie Levine, and documents the complex ways in which painting and photography have influenced one another. Editor(s): Lynes, Barbara Buhler; Weinberg, Jonathan. Num Pages: 240 pages, 70 color and 150 b/w, all scattered. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; AGC; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 978.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269064
ISBN
9780520269064
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 39.08

Paperback. Editor(s): Kosc, Grzegorz; Juncker, Clara; Monteith, Sharon; Waldschmidt-Nelson, Britta. Num Pages: 322 pages, 20 b/w & 6 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837622164
ISBN
9783837622164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. Since its Tokyo debut in 1995, Gunther von Hagens' 'Body Worlds' exhibition has been visited by millions. This book analyzes 'Body Worlds' from a number of perspectives, describing the legal, ethical, sociological, and religious concerns which seem to accompany the exhibition as it travels the world. Editor(s): Jespersen, T.Christine; Rodriguez, Alicita; Starr, Joseph. Num Pages: 267 pages, photos, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
McFarland & Co Inc United States
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780786436569
ISBN
9780786436569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Herath, Damith; Kroos, Christian; Stelarc, Stelarc. Series: Cognitive Science and Technology. Num Pages: 475 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 200 colour illustrations, 15 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: ACXJ; TJFM1; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 871.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer Verlag, Singapore Singapore
Number of pages
475
Condition
New
SKU
V9789811003196
ISBN
9789811003196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 229.89

Hardback. Few visual artists of any era have left such a rich and wide-ranging collection of letters, which makes this body of work an unusual and valuable document in American art Editor(s): Halper, Vicki; Fong, Lawrence. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 44 illus., 13 in color. BIC Classification: ACXD1; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 182 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992143
ISBN
9780295992143
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.62

Hardback. Editor(s): Gygax, Raphael; Munder, Heike; Welter, Judith. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037644249
ISBN
9783037644249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.19

paperback. Leading philosophers and art theorists engage with the philosophical puzzles raised by conceptual art: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not aim to have aesthetic value? What knowledge or understanding can we gain from conceptual art? How ought we to appreciate conceptual art? Editor(s): Goldie, Peter; Schellekens, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 308 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199568253
ISBN
9780199568253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.76

Hardback. Das Werk bietet aktuelle Diskurse der Medienkunst im internationalen Kontext und ist gleichzeitig das Buch zur. Editor(s): Frieling, Rudolf; Daniels, Dieter. Num Pages: 320 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Springer Verlag GmbH Austria
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9783211238714
ISBN
9783211238714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.29
€ 60.83

paperback. Editor(s): Elkins, James (Art Institute of Chicago USA); Frank, Gustav (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen); Manghani, Reader in Critical and Cultural Theory Within Winchester School of Art Sunil (Sunil Manghani Reader in Critical and Cultural Theory at Winchester School of Art University of Southampton UK). Series: Stone Art Theory Institutes. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penn State University Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780271070780
ISBN
9780271070780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 43.71

Hardback. Editor(s): Dawood, Anita; Pereira, Sharmini. Num Pages: 72 pages, 46 images - 44 colour, 2 black and white. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 236 x 11. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Green Cardamom United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955177996
ISBN
9780955177996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.47

CD-Audio. Editor(s): Brigade Commerz. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 80.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783941185456
ISBN
9783941185456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.91

Hardback. Editor(s): Bitterli, Konrad; Bechter, Laura. Num Pages: 76 pages, illustrations in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 260 x 13. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Germany
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9783903004702
ISBN
9783903004702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.78

Paperback. Contains 34 essays by professionals from various disciplines, from a conference on the preservation of contemporary art. This volume attempts to identify the objects which will define the art of the 20th century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 111 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 274 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Getty Conservation Institute
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892365289
ISBN
9780892365289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) was one of the most important Canadian artists of the 20th century. This title presents an overview of Riopelle's life and situate his work within the context of 20th century art. It addresses Riopelle's materials and techniques, focusing on his oil paintings, mixed media works, and conservation issues. Num Pages: 96 pages, 28 colour, 6 b&w, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 190 x 7. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060865
ISBN
9781606060865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. In eight decades photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo created works of art that display an array of styles and themes. This volume contains 50 images with extended commentaries on each by Robert Tejada, a curator and critic. There is also a transcript of a symposium on Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892366255
ISBN
9780892366255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

hardcover. Part of a series that aims to place buildings within their historical context, this text considers Gropius' Dessau Bauhaus, Le Coubusier's Unite de Habitation and Kahn's Salk Institute. It includes specially produced technical drawings that explain how the buildings were detailed and put together. Series: Architecture 3s S. Num Pages: 182 pages, 45 colour & 180 b&w illustrations, 60 line drawings, chronologies, lists, bibliographies. BIC Classification: ACX; AMB; AMG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 302 x 307 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1690. Clean copy showing light shelf wear. Corners bumped but remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
PHAIDON PRESS
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024248
ISBN
9780714838687
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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