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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Results 1921 - 1940 of 2111

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Hardback. A biography of the artist Oskar Kokoschka who, despite being badly wounded in the First World War, lived to paint, teach, write, exhibit, and engage the affections of a host of beautiful women. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DFA; ACXD1; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 704. Very good copy

First edition
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
SKU
KEX0303320
ISBN
9780747542070
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. Offering coverage ranging from Impressionism to the Harlem Renaissance, from Cezanne to Post modernism, this book presents an introduction to modern art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 125 colour. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 211 x 11. Weight in Grams: 610.
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854377494
ISBN
9781854377494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.45

Hardback. Featuring a fascinating introduction to Piet Mondrian's life and art, this stunning new book brings together a wide selection of Mondrian's magnificent work. Series: Masterpieces of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 762.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783613557
ISBN
9781783613557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.60

Hardback. Twentieth-century painter, designer and wood engraver Eric Ravilious was responsible for a range of different works, from illustrations for books to designs for ceramics for the Wedgwood pottery firm. This new book features beautiful woodcut images of countryside life, watercolours of rolling landscapes and many of Ravilious' profound war paintings Series: Masterpieces of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783616046
ISBN
9781783616046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.59

Paperback. Gives you an understanding of the ways in which modern art differs from realistic works of earlier centuries. This book examines 100 works of modern art that have attracted critical and public hostility from Cy Twomblys scribbled "Olympia", Jean-Michel Basquiats crude but spontaneous "LNAPRK", and more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500290477
ISBN
9780500290477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783611409
ISBN
9781783611409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.60

Hardcover. Painting is a continually expanding and evolving form of creative expression. This book brings together more than 200 artists from around the world who are defining the painterly ideas and aesthetics of our time. It offers an analysis of the field, addressing such ideas as appropriation, attitude, the body, and painting about painting. Num Pages: 216 pages, 230 illustrations, 224 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 289 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239261
ISBN
9780500239261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Argues that nineteenth-century philhellenes inherited both an elitist, normative aesthetics and an ascetic, scholarly ethos from their Romantic predecessors; German "neohumanists" promised to reconcile these intellectual commitments, and by so doing, to revitalize education and the arts. Num Pages: 424 pages, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACV; ACX; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114781
ISBN
9780691114781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.19
€ 50.98

Paperback.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822345695
ISBN
9780822345695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Series: Afterall. Num Pages: 96 pages, 16 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ8; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 282 x 10. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Afterall Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846381713
ISBN
9781846381713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.70

Hardback. Editor(s): Page, Suzanne; Parent, Beatrice. Num Pages: 284 pages, 125 color illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 266 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1902.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press France
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300215427
ISBN
9780300215427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Page, Suzanne. Num Pages: 180 pages, 100 color illus. BIC Classification: ACBP; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 286 x 210. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Yale University Press France
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780300222388
ISBN
9780300222388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGN; WNGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
Tarcher
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780399174780
ISBN
9780399174780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. Mining Couture explores the relationship between coal mining history and fashion. The book delves into the notion of "common wear", records diverse narratives of fashion and labour, and focuses on the social context where the seemingly unrelated realms of mining and fashion converge. Editor(s): Swindells, Barber. Num Pages: 143 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; ACXJ; AGC; AKT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 460. A Manifesto for Common Wear. 143 pages, 100 illustrations. Editor(s): Swindells, Barber. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKEML; ACXJ; AGC; AKT. Dimension: 182 x 220 x 13. Weight: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing London UK London
Number of pages
143
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907317927
ISBN
9781907317927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.43

Paperback. Virilio discusses the relationship of war trauma and art and the failure of visual art to reinvent itself when confronted with technology. Translator(s): Taormina, Mike. Series: Semiotext(e) / Foreign Agents. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Edition
First US edition.
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350200
ISBN
9781584350200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. A critical examination of Dara Birnbaum's action-packed and riveting video of Wonder Woman's transformations. Series: Afterall. Num Pages: 118 pages, 32 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 209 x 11. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Afterall Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
118
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846380679
ISBN
9781846380679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, 200 Colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 233 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1678.
Publisher
Skira Rizzoli
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847838899
ISBN
9780847838899
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.31
€ 66.20

Paperback. This book is the first contemporary study of its kind since the 1979 Revolution in Iran, a fascinating and comprehensive account of subversive and mainstream Iranian art and visual culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 174 illustrations, 164 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FBN; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 191 x 251 x 20. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232706
ISBN
9781780232706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.43

Hardback. Charts the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early nineteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century. This book focuses on six canonic paintings and how they illuminate evolving social attitudes and aesthetic concerns in France over the course of the century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 b&w illustrations, 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; ACV; ACX; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1615.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111187
ISBN
9780300111187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.63

Hardcover. Presents a fresh approach to how traditional art mediums - painting, sculpture, and drawing - changed in the twentieth century as a result of photography, film, and other technologies. Thsi book challenges some of the most respected and entrenched criticism of the past several decades - and allows us to think about these artists anew. Num Pages: 368 pages, 72 colour plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 266 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1428.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226131191
ISBN
9780226131191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.15
€ 44.70

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