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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Hardback. Explores why astronomy captivated Joseph Cornell, and considers hundreds of his works - found-footage films, three-dimensional space-object boxes, enigmatic collages, and cosmic ephemera - that contain references to astronomical phenomena. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 color illus. 81 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134987
ISBN
9780691134987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.52
€ 48.40

Hardback. Robert Lehman, one of the foremost art collectors of his generation, embraced traditional and modern masters. This work catalogues 130 nineteenth- and 20th-century paintings that are part of the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum. It includes paintings by Ingres, Theodore Rousseau, and Corot among other early 19th-century artists. Num Pages: 496 pages, 130 color illus. 300 halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; ACX; AFC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 291 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145365
ISBN
9780691145365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.96
€ 95.24

Paperback. What does it mean to say that some of the best Chinese contemporary art is made in America, by Americans? This book challenges the artificial and narrowly conceived definitions of Chinese art, revealing the great diversity of Chinese art and showing just how complex and uncertain the labels 'contemporary', 'Chinese', and 'American' have become. Editor(s): Silbergeld, Jerome; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 color illus. 172 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JM; ABA; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148601
ISBN
9780691148601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.26

Hardback. Investigates America's changing attitudes toward medieval art around the turn of the twentieth century through the lens of Princeton University and its role as a major patron of Gothic Revival art and architecture. Series: Publications of the Art Museum, Princeton University. Num Pages: 128 pages, 65 color illus. 2 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; ACV; ACX; AGC; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1085.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154015
ISBN
9780691154015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Paperback. Covering the period from the late 1940s to 1990s , Walker provides a detailed survey of the most prominent cases of art that has scandalised. Num Pages: 288 pages, 51 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACX; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745313542
ISBN
9780745313542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. aeo The first major group study of the lives and work of Edna Clarke Hall, Gwen John, Ida Nettleship and Gwen Smith. aeo Based upon material drawn from a wide range of previously unpublished journals, diaries and well illustrated often presenting previously unseen photos and works. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745618289
ISBN
9780745618289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.26

Hardback. This book offers an informative and accessible cultural history of the European avant--garde in its early twentieth--century heyday. It provides comparative coverage of cultural experimentation across the major European languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Italian. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745627045
ISBN
9780745627045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. This book offers an informative and accessible cultural history of the European avant--garde in its early twentieth--century heyday. It provides comparative coverage of cultural experimentation across the major European languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Italian. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745627052
ISBN
9780745627052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.42

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, 66, 41 black & white halftones, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479847
ISBN
9780801479847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.24

Hardback. Stunning and occasionally unsettling, this unique portfolio reveals addiction art as a powerful complement to addiction science. Editor(s): Santora, Patricia B.; Dowell, Margaret L.; Henningfield, Jack E. Num Pages: 184 pages, 61, 61 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 838.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894817
ISBN
9780801894817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.93

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743273
ISBN
9780804743273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. Contains an English translation of Les Peintures concretes de Kandinsky by Alexandre Kojeve. Num Pages: 280 pages, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXD1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804784849
ISBN
9780804784849
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Series: Architecture, Landscape, and American Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AMX; HBJK; HBLW; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679614
ISBN
9780816679614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.73

Paperback. Radical Sensations examines the radical world-movements that emerged between 1886 and 1927 adapted sentiment, sensation, and new forms of visual culture to move people to participate in projects of social, political, and economic transformation. Num Pages: 368 pages, 88 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; HBJK; JFD; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 488. World Movements, Violence, and Visual Culture. 368 pages, 88 illustrations. Drawing attention to the vast archive of images and texts created by radicals prior to the 1930s, the author analyzes representations of violence and of abuses of state power in response to the Haymarket police riot, of the trial and execution of the Chicago anarchists, and of the mistreatment and imprisonment of Ricardo and Enrique Flores Magon. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; HBJK; JFD; JPF. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 22. Weight: 488.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352914
ISBN
9780822352914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Focusing on the Algerian War of Independence (1954-1962) and the historical continuities it presented with the experience of the Second World War, this book highlights decolonization's formative effects on art and related theories of representation, both political and aesthetic. Series: Objects/Histories. Num Pages: 333 pages, 84 illustrations (inclu. 21 in color). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; ACX; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 184 x 21. Weight in Grams: 876.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353560
ISBN
9780822353560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.89

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

€ 109.87

Hardback. Offers a stinging parable of democracy gone wrong by narrating and illustrating the story of a princess whose autocratic rule brought nothing but suffering to her people, despite her ambition of progress for her country. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 283 x 11. Weight in Grams: 766.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857420053
ISBN
9780857420053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.09

Hardcover. With topics ranging from fine art to architecture and the decorative arts, this collection of essays examines the ways Russian artists and craftsmen adopted and adapted Western forms, creating uniquely Russian visual expressions. The tin frame stretches from the end of the nineteenth century through Russia's Silver Age to the Khrushchev era. Editor(s): Blakesley, Rosalind P.; Reid, Susan E. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803609
ISBN
9780875803609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875806624
ISBN
9780875806624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.91

Paperback. Presenting research on the Russian art of the nineteenth and early-twentieth centuries, this title features thirteen essays that examine this area of intellectual and popular appeal while showcasing various topics of inquiry in Russian art. Editor(s): Blakesley, Rosalind P.; Samu, Margaret. Num Pages: 380 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; ACV; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 281 x 14. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875807034
ISBN
9780875807034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 44.10

Paperback. Contains 34 essays by professionals from various disciplines, from a conference on the preservation of contemporary art. This volume attempts to identify the objects which will define the art of the 20th century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 111 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 274 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Getty Conservation Institute
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892365289
ISBN
9780892365289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardcover. Few regions of the country produced such a distinctive group of artists with such a particular view on the modern world as did the Pacific Northwest in the 1930s and 1940s. This book presents an overview drawn from SAM's unparalleled collection of the key figures of this generation. Num Pages: 104 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 304 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932216724
ISBN
9780932216724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Discusses about the Three Gorges Dam, a hydroelectric dam that spans the Yangzi River in China. Editor(s): Hung, Wu. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACX; TNFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573466
ISBN
9780935573466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.34

Hardcover. Editor(s): Reimer, Karen. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 307 x 15. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Victoria Miro Gallery
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941548656
ISBN
9780941548656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.45

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