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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Paperback. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers'. This book examines this movement. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 578. Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era. 294 pages, Illustrations (some col.). During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers'. This book examines this movement. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 13. Weight: 522.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269750
ISBN
9780520269750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardcover. Piet Mondrian represented an artist not only of absolute modernity, but also of great integrity. He remains one of the most distinctive practitioners in all of modern art, the star of exhibitions around the world, and an abiding inspiration for fashion, art, architecture, and design, from White Stripes album covers to Yves Saint Laurent dresses. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836553308
ISBN
9783836553308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.96

Hardback. What is abstract art good for? What's the use - for us as individuals, or for any society - of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves? This book presents an account of abstract art. Series: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 132 color plates. 129 halftones. 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 246 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1496.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126784
ISBN
9780691126784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 50.82

Hardcover. A detailed look at the statuettes of the Art Deco period, and the artists who created them. Num Pages: 304 pages, 300 colour 142 b&w. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 248 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2142.
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851498246
ISBN
9781851498246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.30
€ 80.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854379641
ISBN
9781854379641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 150 Colour Images. BIC Classification: 1DBR; ACX; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 261 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1232.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911024286
ISBN
9781911024286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.29

Hardback. Num Pages: 1160 pages, 800 illustrations, 100 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 240. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857206486
ISBN
9788857206486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 235.77
€ 207.17

Hardcover. The first major monograph dedicated to the work of the internationally acclaimed abstract painter. Num Pages: 136 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
135
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714848822
ISBN
9780714848822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.39

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Richard Dennis United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903685573
ISBN
9780903685573
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.79

Paperback. Offers a look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting from 1950 onwards. Moving through half a century of work in painting, video and photography, and including archival and documentary material, this book shows how performance art has challenged and energised the medium of painting for successive generations. Editor(s): Wood, Catherine. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120 colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AFKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849760201
ISBN
9781849760201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.19

Paperback. Provides an overview of the broader continuum of collaborative and collective art practices Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 illustrations, including 15 in colour, 1 table. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496. Contemporary Collaborative Art in a Global Context. 320 pages, 29 illustrations, incl. 15 in colour, 1 table. Provides an overview of the broader continuum of collaborative and collective art practices. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Dimension: 152 x 235 x 20. Weight: 462.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349877
ISBN
9780822349877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857228877
ISBN
9788857228877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.94
€ 58.42

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 100 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD2; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262533584
ISBN
9780262533584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.82

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

€ 37.97

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

€ 141.57

Hardback. Visual artist, choreographer, writer and director, Jan Fabre has been one of the most influential figures on the European scene for over twenty years. His provocative forays into all different art forms are aimed at breaking down the artistic and moral barriers of his times. Num Pages: 648 pages, 650 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 220 x 58. Weight in Grams: 2750.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857221243
ISBN
9788857221243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.62
€ 73.91

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

€ 64.84
€ 50.98

Paperback. The book traces Malevich's development from his beginnings in Ukraine and early years in Moscow - where he was closely involved in the Futurist circle - through to the late 1920s and beyond. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780233796
ISBN
9781780233796
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.69

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149389
ISBN
9780231149389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.09
€ 56.67

Hardback. In 1965/66 Georg Baselitz created the monumental series "The Heroes" and "New Types", which he presented in wild colour and with defiant style. In this title, his "Heroes" appear correspondingly contradictory with their military fatigues in tatters, their failure as deeply engraved as their resignation. Num Pages: 168 pages, 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 310 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1332.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777425689
ISBN
9783777425689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.03

Hardback. Covers the movements, concepts and figures associated with European modernism. This title provides a ranging resource both to the canon of 'High Modernism' and to theoretical perspectives that have contributed to the renewed interest in Modernism and have lent it renewed range and critical rigour in the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; GBC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748637027
ISBN
9780748637027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.29
€ 197.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
Afterall Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846381430
ISBN
9781846381430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. What happens when over 80 creators from the world's top video game studios join forces without the constraint of committee design? This book features character designs, locations, monsters, items, interface designs, and more, all exploring the spectacular dark fantasy world of Substrata. Editor(s): Richards, Paul. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AKL; JFCA; YNA. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 303 x 212 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1160.
Publisher
Udon Entertainment Corp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781927925133
ISBN
9781927925133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 32.98

Hardcover. The first comprehensive English-language survey of contemporary art in Colombia, showcasing major works as well as artists, galleries, institutions, and collectors Num Pages: 304 pages, 500 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 300 x 2. Weight in Grams: 2184.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970768
ISBN
9780500970768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 63.42

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