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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. An exploration of modern assumptions about God, social, economic, and political structures, through the analysis of contemporary cultural expression. This is combined with a study of the locations that successively became the frontiers of modernity, such as Vienna, Moscow, Paris and Berlin, as well as America. Num Pages: 752 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AB; ACX; AV; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0006766
ISBN
9780500281512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages, 34 drawings. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 218 x 177 x 6. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Artists Bookworks
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946311033
ISBN
9780946311033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.16

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 266 x 15. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
TASCHEN
Condition
New
SKU
9783836503679
ISBN
9783836503679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.29

Hardcover. "Rethinking Malevich" is an English-language collection of sixteen innovative essays by leading international scholars that document new and intriguing aspects of Kazimir Malevich's art and biography. Editor(s): Douglas, Alistair. Num Pages: 403 pages, 180 illus. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 248 x 179 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1348.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
403
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904597483
ISBN
9781904597483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Hardback. A continuation of the five-volume Rene Magritte Catalogue Raisonne that introduces 130 newly attributed works Editor(s): Whitfield, Sarah. Series: Mercatorfonds. Num Pages: 164 pages, 130 colour + black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 330 x 251 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300188752
ISBN
9780300188752
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Works by a pre-Pop, post-abstract expressionist generation of artists who rejected painterly expression and embraced the object. Editor(s): Robinson, Julia. Num Pages: 294 pages, 250 color illus., 50 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 283 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262515221
ISBN
9780262515221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.13

Paperback. Presents reproductions and text discussing paintings by famous 20th century artists. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 396 pages, 500 illustrations, 118 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 840. Paperback in very good condition, with some light shelfwear.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRF2232456
ISBN
9780500201411
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, 3 colour, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 385. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Minor sunning to spine, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Coracle Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0001633
ISBN
9780906630433
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Explores the role of the meal in contemporary art. This title offers the survey of the artist-orchestrated meal: since the 1930s, the act of sharing food and drink has been used to advance aesthetic goals and foster critical engagement with the culture of the moment. Editor(s): Smith, Stephanie. Num Pages: 268 pages, 320 colour plates, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573527
ISBN
9780935573527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 39.24

Paperback. Widely regarded as the best British painter since Turner, very little is known about Francis Bacon's life. This book gives us an insight into Bacon's genius. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099307815
ISBN
9780099307815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Andy Warhol kept these diaries faithfully from November 1976 right up to his final week, in February 1987. With appearances from and references to everyone who was anyone, from Jim Morrison, Martina Navratilova and Calvin Klein to Muhammad Ali, these diaries are the most glamorous, witty and revealing writings of the twentieth century. Editor(s): Hackett, Pat. Num Pages: 1216 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 48. Weight in Grams: 850.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141193076
ISBN
9780141193076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. German Expressionism, one of the most significant movements of early European modernism, was an element in Germany's cultural life from the end of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Third Reich. This title draws together over eighty documents crucial to the understanding of German Expressionism. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 370 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACXD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 612. Documents from the End of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Rise of National Socialism. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. 370 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. German Expressionism, one of the most significant movements of early European modernism, was an element in Germany's cultural life from the end of the Wilhelmine Empire to the Third Reich. This title draws together over eighty documents crucial to the understanding of German Expressionism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACXD1. Dimension: 233 x 152 x 24. Weight: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202641
ISBN
9780520202641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877277569
ISBN
9780877277569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. The American artist Arthur Dove (1880-1946), purportedly the first artist to have produced an abstract painting, has always occupied a central place in writings on early American modernism. This book accompanies the first major exhibition on Dove since 1974. Num Pages: 196 pages, 54 duo tone illustrations, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD; AFC; AFF; AGB; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 305 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262522403
ISBN
9780262522403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.45

Paperback. Bringing together essays on activist and community-based art from the pages of "Afterimage" - one of the most influential journals in the media and visual arts fields, this title demonstrates that activist art, far from being antithetical to the true meaning of the aesthetic, can be its most legitimate expression. Editor(s): Kester, Grant H. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320951
ISBN
9780822320951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Hardback. Designing Modern Japan is a unique, comprehensive history of Japanese design, exploring the emergence and development of fashion, graphic, product and automotive design in Japan. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 colour, 80 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; AKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 171. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232027
ISBN
9781780232027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.40

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9788881182862
ISBN
9788881182862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 47 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; ACXJ8; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The MIT Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262526128
ISBN
9780262526128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.64

Hardcover. Not every artist is suited to catalogue raisonne treatment, but the oeuvre of Ed Ruscha, comprised as it is of series, repetitions and documentations, looks great under such clerical scrutiny. Editor(s): Dean, Robert; Turvey, Lisa. Num Pages: 560 pages, 198 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 240 x 46. Weight in Grams: 3480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Steidl Publishers Germany
Edition
Slp
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9783865218339
ISBN
9783865218339
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.92
€ 207.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 319 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 287 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Condition
New
SKU
V9783775740159
ISBN
9783775740159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.40

Hardcover. Formed by Harvey S Shipley Miller, trustee of the Judith Rothschild Foundation, and given to MoMA in 2005, The Judith Rothschild Foundation Contemporary Drawings Collection was conceived to be a broad survey of contemporary drawing practice. This catalogue raisonne presents the collection as a whole. Num Pages: 296 pages, 930 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870707513
ISBN
9780870707513
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.50

Hardcover. Presents a selection of signature works by European and American artists of the postwar generations, drawn from The UBS Art Collection - one of the richest and most varied corporate holdings of international contemporary art in the United States. Num Pages: 264 pages, 136 illustrations, 128 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870700897
ISBN
9780870700897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.99

Hardcover. A provocative look at the contemporary art scene by one of the country's leading art critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Basic Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465055203
ISBN
9780465055203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Jean Paul Riopelle (1923-2002) was one of the most important Canadian artists of the 20th century. This title presents an overview of Riopelle's life and situate his work within the context of 20th century art. It addresses Riopelle's materials and techniques, focusing on his oil paintings, mixed media works, and conservation issues. Num Pages: 96 pages, 28 colour, 6 b&w, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 190 x 7. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060865
ISBN
9781606060865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

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