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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Paperback. More than 700 streamlined, Art Deco chrome wares presented in 600 photos and illustrations, including table decorations, drinking and buffet items, smoking articles, and lamps, all products of firms such as Chase, Manning-Bowman, Kensington, and Revere. Histories of the firms and their industrial designers appear with patent and design information. Num Pages: 192 pages, 484 color & 117 b/w photos. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 16. Weight in Grams: 972.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764307447
ISBN
9780764307447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.42

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 332 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1924.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791382418
ISBN
9783791382418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, 110 colour and b&w photographs and still films. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 187 x 23. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
21 Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
204
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901785081
ISBN
9781901785081
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.73

Hardback. Art is expanding into urban development and the design and tourism industries. Art practices based on objects are displaced by practices based on contexts. Aesthetic distinctions dissolve as artworks are inserted into the media, urban spaces, digital networks, and social forums. This book deals with this topic. Translator(s): Frye, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356097
ISBN
9780822356097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.03

Paperback. Art is expanding into urban development and the design and tourism industries. Art practices based on objects are displaced by practices based on contexts. Aesthetic distinctions dissolve as artworks are inserted into the media, urban spaces, digital networks, and social forums. This book deals with this topic. Translator(s): Frye, David. Num Pages: 240 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822356233
ISBN
9780822356233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.07

Hardback. Editor(s): Bovier, Lionel; Annette, Schonholzer; Marc, Spiegler. Num Pages: 700 pages, 500 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 214 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2737.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
700
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037643624
ISBN
9783037643624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.04

hardcover. Art at the Service of War is the story of how artists as diverse as modernist Paul Nash, the revolutionary Vorticist Wyndham Lewis, and young Canadians such as A.Y. Jackson came to paint Canada's war. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACXD; AFC; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Back in Print
SKU
V9781442647923
ISBN
9781442647923
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.03

Paperback. Art at the Service of War is the story of how artists as diverse as modernist Paul Nash, the revolutionary Vorticist Wyndham Lewis, and young Canadians such as A.Y. Jackson came to paint Canada's war. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACXD; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 253 x 12. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442616042
ISBN
9781442616042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 83 b&w photos, 8 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 182 x 255 x 24. Weight in Grams: 790.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816650026
ISBN
9780816650026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. This is a study of artist/activists and their participation in social movements in the 1960s, 70s, and 80s, in Mexico City, Oaxaca, and California. McCaughan places the three movements within their own local histories, cultures, and conditions, but also links them to the 1968 rebellions that were going on across the world. Num Pages: 232 pages, 42 illustratons. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACX; JFC; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822351825
ISBN
9780822351825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Talks about the work of 20th-century artists, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul McCarthy. Here, the author argues that some works, regardless of their 'high art' context, remain deeply problematic, whilst others are both groundbreaking and liberating. Series: Art and Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845112356
ISBN
9781845112356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.29

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, over 100 photographs, full-colour silkscreened edges. BIC Classification: ACX; AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 294 x 339 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2174.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452138695
ISBN
9781452138695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.03

Hardcover. Investigating the uneasy relationship between aesthetics and political history, this book traces a genealogy of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India. Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 48 bw integrated, 32 colour in 2x8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACXD2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531096
ISBN
9781784531096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.51

Hardback. Focuses on artwork produced from the 1950s to the 1970s, when Mao Zedong was in leadership. This book argues that important contributions were made during this period that require fuller consideration in Chinese art history, especially with relevance to the contemporary world. Editor(s): Shengtian, Zheng. Series: Asia Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 50 black & white illustrations + 150 colour images. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1919.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300140644
ISBN
9780300140644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.94
€ 68.57

Hardback. Catalogue of an exhibition held October 3, 2015-January 10, 2016 at the Tacoma Art Museum; Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, Ga.: February 20-May 22, 2016; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY: June 23-September 11, 2016. Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6782 x 5334 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295994949
ISBN
9780295994949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.67

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

€ 52.67
€ 41.71

Paperback. Offers an overview of the art being made at the scientific research. This title shows how some of the world's most dynamic art is being produced not in museums, galleries and studios but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical and social questions connected with scientific and technological advances. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500289952
ISBN
9780500289952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.35

Paperback. Through carefully chosen themes and topics rather than through a general survey, this title approaches the process of looking at works of art in terms of their audiences, functions and cross-cultural contexts. It includes essays which engage directly with topical issues around art and gender, globalisation, cultural difference and curating. Editor(s): Edwards, Steve; Wood, Paul. Num Pages: 416 pages, 255 colour. BIC Classification: ACV; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1272.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849760973
ISBN
9781849760973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.29

Paperback. Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of conceptual art collective Art & Language to show how its international collaborations with dozens of artists and critics between 1969 and 1977 laid the foundation for global contemporary art, all while highlighting how conceptual art exceeds the visual to impact the philosophical and political. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361688
ISBN
9780822361688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.74

Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 245 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9783832193355
ISBN
9783832193355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.68

Paperback. The first monograph on the Mexican artist, Armando Romero, offering a complete overview of his neoeclectic paintings in which he combines his versions of historic paintings by artists, such as Caravaggio, Rembrandt, Goya, and Bosch, with popular contemporary characters. Num Pages: 252 pages, 200 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 240 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Edition
Bilingual
Publisher
Turner Publicaciones, S.L. Spain
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788416354931
ISBN
9788416354931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.66

Hardcover. Published to accompany the major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this book examines the work of the celebrated Venezuelan artist Armando Reveron. Num Pages: 240 pages, 205 illustrations, 164 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 259 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870707117
ISBN
9780870707117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.38

Paperback. Offers an inquiry into how to understand, describe, and represent what it is to live in the contemporary moment. This book argues that predictions that post-modernity would emerge as a global successor to modernity have not materialized as anticipated. Editor(s): Enwezor, Okwui; Condee, Nancy; Smith, Terry. Num Pages: 456 pages, 77 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342038
ISBN
9780822342038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646012
ISBN
9780816646012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.33

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