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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. Francis Bacon possessed the rare ability to transform unconscious compulsions into figurative, human-like forms that seem to evoke the raw emotions that bore them. Mixing realism and abstraction, Bacon delves beneath the surfaces of things, opening up the human body to reveal the chaos that lies within and struggling with all that is inexplicable. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; ACXD7; ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836559690
ISBN
9783836559690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.06

Paperback. In 1957 the UK Design Centre launched the first annual Designs of the Year Awards to identify the very best of British design. This beautifully designed book introduces and illustrates the quirky breadth of the awards. Iconic objects by Kenneth Grange and David Mellor sit alongside such retro classics as the Barbican basin and Globoot wellies. Num Pages: 108 pages, 85 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJP; ACXJ; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 264 x 10. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851776733
ISBN
9781851776733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.56

Hardback. Otherworldly, provocative, and strange, the author's art is a vital a part of her vision as her best-selling novels The Time Traveler's Wife and Her Fearful Symmetry. This is a mid-career retrospective of her work, reflecting her talent for cultivating a narrative through pictures and her own confrontations with life, mortality, and magic. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 240. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910702598
ISBN
9781910702598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 23.06

Paperback. The 1960s were heady years in Argentina. The isolation of the Peron era was over, the economy was doing well, and the arts were invigorated. This book presents an examination of the 1960s as a brief historical moment when artists, institutions, and critics organized to promote an international identity for Argentina's visual arts. Translator(s): Kahn, Dr. Peter. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 432 pages, 63 illustrations (22 color/16 pg insert, 41 b&w). BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 27. Weight in Grams: 653.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822338932
ISBN
9780822338932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. An investigation of the central role that theories of the visual arts and creativity played in the development of fascism in France between 1909 and 1939. Num Pages: 376 pages, 67 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ACX; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822340348
ISBN
9780822340348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.98

Avant-Garde Canadian Literature offers an entrance into the vocabulary of the ongoing and primarily international debate surrounding the idea of avant-gardism, providing readers with a functional vocabulary for discussing some of the most hermetic and yet energetic literature ever produced in this country. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; ACXD; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. .
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643772
ISBN
9781442643772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.24

Hardcover. This book is essential for understanding culture and the vanguard artistic production of the late Franco dictatorship, discussing the intellectual and cultural field as an important battlefield for fighting the dictatorship from within. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383223
ISBN
9781781383223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.68

hardcover. An artistic reflection on modern heroes and modes of distinction, to accompany the international exhibition of the same name in Chemnitz, Germany, from November 2015 to February 2016. Num Pages: 200 pages, 191 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 259 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Arnoldsche Verlagsanstalt Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9783897904583
ISBN
9783897904583
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.19
€ 58.14

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 112 pages, 33 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486447209
ISBN
9780486447209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.88

Paperback. Series: Schirmer Visual Library. Num Pages: 143 pages, 143. BIC Classification: ACX; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Schirmer/Mosel Verlag GmbH Germany
Number of pages
143
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9783888142925
ISBN
9783888142925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 255 x 25. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477311004
ISBN
9781477311004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. How should Germany commemorate the mass murder of Jews once committed in its name? James E. Young - the only foreigner and Jew to serve on the German commission to select a design for a national Holocaust memorial - tells the inside story of this controversial project. Num Pages: 256 pages, 47 colour plates, 56 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACX; AG; AMGD; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300094138
ISBN
9780300094138
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.25

Hardcover. This book showcases a major exhibition of site-specific, multimedia installations and sculptures Ai Weiwei has created for the island. Featuring beautiful photographs and thought-provoking text, At Large is the essential document of this remarkable happening from one of today's most celebrated artists. Editor(s): Spalding, David. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1030.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452142760
ISBN
9781452142760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 39.77

Paperback. Presents analysis of occult iconography in many of the masterpieces of Western art - from the astrological symbols that decorated churches and illuminated manuscripts, through the work of a range of Renaissance artists, including Bosch, Brueghel, Durer and Caravaggio, to the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists, such as Fuseli and Blake. Series: Guide to Imagery. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACX; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369072
ISBN
9780892369072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.42

Paperback. A multifaceted response to issues concerning personal privacy and government power by writers, artists, and others Editor(s): Poitras, Laura. Num Pages: 224 pages, 100 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV; APFB; JPVH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 165. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217650
ISBN
9780300217650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 color plates, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 215. .
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226407906
ISBN
9780226407906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.72
€ 45.21

Paperback. A study of the lives and artistic production of artists of Asian Ancestry active in the United States before 1970. It recovers the impressive artistic production of numerous Asian Americans, and offers informed interpretations of a long-neglected art history. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon H.; Johnson, Mark; Karlstrom, Paul J. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 576 pages, 435 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2549.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757522
ISBN
9780804757522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 42.33

Hardback. A study of the lives and artistic production of artists of Asian Ancestry active in the United States before 1970. It recovers the impressive artistic production of numerous Asian Americans, and offers informed interpretations of a long-neglected art history. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon H.; Johnson, Mark; Karlstrom, Paul J. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 576 pages, 435 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804757515
ISBN
9780804757515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.58

Paperback. In the late 1960s and '70s, artists in Yugoslavia rejected the official language of expression licensed by the regime, abstract art, and replaced it with "anti-art". This book explores this crucial period in the Yugoslav art scene and situates it in the broader cultural context of Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 40 colour plates, 120 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Poland
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9788392404439
ISBN
9788392404439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.18

Hardback. Published in conjection with an exhibition at the Menil Collection, Houston, June 10-October 16, 2016. Num Pages: 112 pages, 114 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFTB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 258 x 305 x 20. Weight in Grams: 956.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218411
ISBN
9780300218411
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

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