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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. Norman Rockwell, as much as Walt Disney or Ronald Reagan, provided America with a mirror of its dreams and aspirations. As the star illustrator for The Saturday Evening Post for nearly half a century, Rockwell portrayed a fantasy of civic togetherness, of American decency and good cheer. Num Pages: 512 pages, 8 pages of colour illustrations & 73 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AKLB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 775.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Farrar, Straus & Giroux Inc United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374113094
ISBN
9780374113094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.61

Paperback. Tells the colorful story of the Renwick Gallery s initial glory, decline, and rebirth over a period of 160 years" Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBF; ACXD2; AMG; AMX; HBJK; TNKX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804816
ISBN
9781907804816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.15

Hardcover. Examining the work of such artists as Mark Rothko, Max Weber, and Ruth Weisberg, this title reveals the different ways these artists responded to the Great Immigration, the Depression, the Holocaust, the founding of the state of Israel, and the rise of feminism. It is suitable for those interested in modern American art and Jewish studies. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 290 pages, 77 black-&-white illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630678
ISBN
9780815630678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.65

Hardback. Beginning with responses to fascism in the 1930s and ending with protests against the Iraq wars, this book shows how American artists have borne witness, registered dissent, and asserted the enduring ability of imagination to uncover truths about individuals and nations. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 color, 63 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; JPW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 261 x 22. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520286702
ISBN
9780520286702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Hardcover. A lavishly illustrated survey of American Art Deco architecture. Num Pages: 320 pages, Over 500 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD3; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 259 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1650.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393019704
ISBN
9780393019704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.41
€ 52.98

Paperback. Now available in a new and beautifully produced edition, this important examination of Modigliani's art focuses on the enigmatic genius of the avant-garde. Num Pages: 224 pages, 240 illustrations, 95 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 195. .
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791382067
ISBN
9783791382067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; ABA; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 135. .
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863356552
ISBN
9783863356552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.27

Paperback. Chris Achilleo's science fiction/fantasy artwork ranges from his acclaimed Doctor Who and Star Trek covers to the erotic pin-ups that made him famous. In "Amazona", Achilleos brings together previously uncollected and unseen artwork. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 240 x 9. Weight in Grams: 621.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840238938
ISBN
9781840238938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. A biography of the Colorado artist Allen Tupper True (1881-1955). Based on letters, diaries, and contemporary news accounts as well as family history, it describes his artistic evolution from illustrator to easel painter to muralist. Num Pages: 512 pages, 202 illus., 121 in color. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4226 x 6161 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Canyon Leap United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981723815
ISBN
9780981723815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.01

Hardback. Presents a study of the two important artists of the twentieth century that links the art practices of Allan Kaprow and Robert Smithson in their attempts to test the limits of art - both what it is and where it is. Translator(s): Elliott, Fiona. Num Pages: 342 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AFKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 229 x 25. Weight in Grams: 688.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
342
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245419
ISBN
9780520245419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.45
€ 65.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 135 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; ACXJ5; AFKP; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 216. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300222609
ISBN
9780300222609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 40.40

Paperback. Born in Kalisz, Poland, in 1926, Alina Szapocznikow studied in Prague and Paris, spent her life in France, and created an impressive number of sculptures and drawings that are defined as post-surrealist and proto-feminist. This title presents research on the work of Alina Szapocznikow. Num Pages: 240 pages, 85 colour plates, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVP; ACX; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 138 x 14. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Poland
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9788392404460
ISBN
9788392404460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.14

hardcover. Editor(s): Fisher, Anna. Num Pages: 92 pages, 34 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 294 x 13. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
JRP | Ringier Switzerland
Edition
1.,
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037641071
ISBN
9783037641071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.95

Paperback. Explores the French physicist Leon Foucault's (1819-1868) proof that the world rotates and develops the experiment further. This book illustrates the playful exploration of space and time using recent pictures from the Schirn rotunda. Num Pages: 64 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 208 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424422
ISBN
9783777424422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.69

Paperback. Alice Aycock emerged onto New York art scene in 1970s and is known for her large-scale public sculptures that often combine an industrial appearance with references to weightlessness and to science and cosmology. This book explores her drawings, which include elements of mirage, and science, and evoke both abstract thinking and bodily sensation. Series: Parrish Museum of Art. Num Pages: 160 pages, 102 colour images + 15 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 251 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191103
ISBN
9780300191103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardcover. A long-overdue monograph on a sculptor who draws not only on minimalism and conceptualism but on a rich web of intellectual and visual sources to create postmodern work that is a "complex" of juxtapositions. Num Pages: 400 pages, 154 illus., black and white and color. BIC Classification: ACX; AFK; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262083393
ISBN
9780262083393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.11

Paperback. Editor(s): Schweizer, Nicole. Num Pages: 168 pages, 100 colour, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 239 x 16. Weight in Grams: 932. The Politics of Images. 168 pages, 100 colour, 12 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Schweizer, Nicole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN. Dimension: 287 x 239 x 16. Weight: 932.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
JRP|Ringier
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9783905770483
ISBN
9783905770483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 45.70

Paperback. Born in Mexico in 1935 and a resident of Washington State for nearly five decades, Alfredo Arreguin has long been recognized as a major force in pattern painting. This work reveals Alfredo Arreguin as "a genuinely American painter, in the real, hemispheric sense of this term" - an artist of magic, mystery, and revelation. Series: Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists. Num Pages: 208 pages, 176 illus., 163 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1225.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987347
ISBN
9780295987347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 42.18

Hardcover. Accompanies the first major exhibition of the artist's work, tracing Rockman's artistic development from the mid-1980s to the present. Num Pages: 176 pages, 114 col, 2 b&w. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 299 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1446.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
D Giles Ltd
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832867
ISBN
9781904832867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.14

Paperback. .
Publisher
Victoria Miro Gallery
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993179839
ISBN
9780993179839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

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