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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. Heralding a new period of creativity, In the Wake of the Poetic explores the aesthetics and politics of Palestinian cultural expression in the last two decades. Through an examination of selected works by key artists Rahman articulates an aesthetic founded on loss, dispersion, dispossession, and transformation. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; 3JM; AB; ACXJ; AV; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634089
ISBN
9780815634089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.34

Paperback. Presents examples of contemporary Cuban art drawn from the distinguished collection of Howard and Patty Farber (New York and Miami Beach). Created primarily during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, these works represent the combination of utopian impulses and dystopian realities, the ruptures and new beginnings that have characterized Cuban art. Editor(s): Delson, Susan B. Translator(s): Lizarraga, Felix. Num Pages: 160 pages, 67 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KJC; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1196.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976255253
ISBN
9780976255253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.32

Paperback. Peter Timms asks why is contemporary art so in thrall to spruikers and promoters, and why do their extravagant claims so rarely match the reality? Why does the market have such power, and how does it dictate the art we are allowed to see? Why are art schools, museums and the media apparently so eager to fall in line with commercial expectations? Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 137 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of New South Wales Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868404073
ISBN
9780868404073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.17

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Gagosian / Rizzoli
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847844319
ISBN
9780847844319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 33.12

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Rizzoli
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847842445
ISBN
9780847842445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 25.85

Paperback. Explores the transformation of Buddhism from the premodern to the contemporary era in Japan and the central role its visual culture has played in this transformation. Although Buddhism is generally regarded as peripheral to modern Japanese society, this book demonstrates otherwise. Num Pages: 368 pages, 157 illustrations, 46 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACQ; ACX; AGR; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Edition
1 New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824831912
ISBN
9780824831912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. Clarence Major is an award-winning painter, fiction writer, and poet - as well as an essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer, and memoirist. The Art and Life of Clarence Major is the first critical biography of this innovative African American writer and visual artist. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 black & white images and 17 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; ACXJ8; AFC; AGB; BGF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820349824
ISBN
9780820349824
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.15

Hardcover. "Exhibition Schedule, Morris Museum of Art, Augusta, Georgia February 28 to May 22, 2016." Num Pages: 128 pages, 88 colour images. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 279 x 15. Weight in Grams: 907.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348872
ISBN
9780820348872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 241 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACX; DSK; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 196 x 64. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Paperback
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816516834
ISBN
9780816516834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.40

Hardcover. Since the liberation of the Nazi concentration camps and recognition of the Holocaust as a watershed event, the capacity of art to represent this event adequately has been questioned. Contributors provide case studies that include a artists from North America, Europe and Israel, and examine some of the dominant themes of their work. Editor(s): Feinstein, Stephen C. Series: Religion, Theology and the Holocaust. Num Pages: 328 pages, 69 photographs, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: ACX; AG; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 671.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630838
ISBN
9780815630838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.40

Paperback. One of the 20th century's most original and provocative painters delivers a vivid account of a life lived as an artist among artists. Tanning reveals her life story, the mind that propelled her to live it and the other artists who inhabited it, including Giacometti, Miro and Max Ernst. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 31. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Northwestern University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810120853
ISBN
9780810120853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.34

Paperback. Recognized today as one of the great modernist painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer, and her large body of letters and journals represent the story of her life. This volume presents the journals and every extant letter, each carefully annotated. Editor(s): Busch, Gunter; von Reinken, Liselotte. Translator(s): Wensinger, Arthur S.; Hoey, Carole Clew. Num Pages: 576 pages, 46 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACXD1; AGB; BJ; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810116443
ISBN
9780810116443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.06

Paperback. With a combination of classic and new essays and perspective on the theoretical avant-garde/modernism debate in the United States, Sheppard's volume provides an insight into scholarly discourse on this debated subject. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 665.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810114937
ISBN
9780810114937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Hardcover. Juan Davila is a painter who believes in using art to facilitate social change. Davila was born in Santiago, Chile, and moved to Australia in the 1970s to escape the violent totalitarian regime of Pinochet. His work addresses international issues, especially with reference to Latin American and Australian themes. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 300 x 250 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The Miegunyah Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522852448
ISBN
9780522852448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.66

paperback. Illustrator(s): Pong, Elodie. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
PATRICK FREY Switzerland
Condition
New
SKU
V9783906803012
ISBN
9783906803012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.19

hardcover. This edition of E.J. Pratt's letters is the final volume in the Collected Works series. The letters take us into his "workshop," illuminating the research behind his distinctive documentary long poems and the social nature of his creative production. Editor(s): Popham, Elizabeth A.; Pitt, David G. Series: Collected Works of E.J.Pratt. Num Pages: 792 pages, 11. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; 3JJ; ACX; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
792
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650237
ISBN
9781442650237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.48

"The Dignity of Every Human Being" studies the vibrant New Brunswick artistic community which challenged "the tyranny of the Group of Seven" with socially-engaged realism in the 1930s and 40s. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACXD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645608
ISBN
9781442645608
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.96

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

€ 93.49

paperback. Editor(s): Brennacher, Julia; Tabor, Jurgen; Nievers, Lena. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 190. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Verlag für moderne Kunst Germany
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9783903131279
ISBN
9783903131279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.87

hardcover. Editor(s): Adler, Dan; Johnstone, Lesley; Munder, Heike; Steinbrugge, Bettina. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 208. Weight in Grams: 1170.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
JRP | Ringier Switzerland
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037644744
ISBN
9783037644744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.79
€ 51.25

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