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History of art: pre-history

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History of art: pre-history

Paperback. An illustrated study of rock art, perhaps the oldest form of artistic endeavour. An introductory chapter discusses the discovery of rock art and the importance of landscape and ritual. Subsequent chapters survey rock art sites worldwide, explaining how the art can be dated and how it was made. Series: Conservation & cultural heritage. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour & 5 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBK; ACC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366828
ISBN
9780892366828
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.78

Paperback. Translator(s): Martin, Robert D.; Martin, Oliver Y. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226266633
ISBN
9780226266633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.23

Hardback. Can cognitive science explain the potency of such images? Does evolutionary psychology hold a key to understanding the transmission of symbols? How is our making and perception of images influenced by institutions and technologies? This title deals with these questions. Series: The Rostovtzeff Lectures. Num Pages: 184 pages, 10 halftones. 23 line illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ACC; ACG; HBLA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 259 x 20. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159041
ISBN
9780691159041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 42.23

Paperback. The first-ever exploration of the little-known geometric images that accompany most cave art around the world. Num Pages: 328 pages, 31 b&w photos t-o; 8-pg 4-c insert. BIC Classification: ACC; HB; HBL; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Atria Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781476785509
ISBN
9781476785509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.24

Hardcover. Two of the greatest living authorities on Ice Age art delve hundreds of thousands of years into the human past to discover the earliest works of art ever made, drawing on decades of new research Num Pages: 240 pages, 80 illustrations, 20 in colour. BIC Classification: ACC; HDDA; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500051870
ISBN
9780500051870
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.75

Paperback. A radically interdisciplinary inquiry into the origins of human consciousness, community, and potential. Editor(s): Kendall, Stuart. Translator(s): Kendall, Michelle; Kendall, Stuart. Num Pages: 210 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: ACC; JHMC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
210
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951566
ISBN
9781890951566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 200 color and black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLCH; 1QDAK; ACC; AFKB; HDD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873658584
ISBN
9780873658584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.96

hardcover. Num Pages: 504 pages, 114 plates (including 500 photographs). BIC Classification: 1DVG; ACC; AFPC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 291 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2062.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271015354
ISBN
9780271015354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.11
€ 147.91

Paperback. Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne, admirably conveying the author's enthusiasm for her subject. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 b/w + 8 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACBK; ACC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300188028
ISBN
9780300188028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Offers information about the rock art of the Northern Dales, an area spanning no fewer than seven dales in three counties. This book includes discussions on the chronology of the rock art and its relationship to other archaeological features in the area. It presents a study of the prehistoric landscape of the North York Moors. Num Pages: 320 pages, 70 b/w & 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEYK; ACC; HDDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 175 x 19. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752442464
ISBN
9780752442464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.44

Paperback. This book contains a series of selected papers presented at two symposia entitled 'Scientific study of rock art' in 2012 & 2015. The core topic of the book is the presentation of scientific approaches to the materiality of rock art, ranging from recording and sampling methods to data analyses. Editor(s): Bednarik, Robert G.; Fiore, Danae; Basile, Mara. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 207 x 291 x 17. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Archaeopress United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784914295
ISBN
9781784914295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.56

Hardback. Editor(s): Sebbane, Michael; Misch-Brandl, Osnat; Master, Daniel M. Num Pages: 184 pages, 7 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; ACC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 294 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162867
ISBN
9780691162867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.24
€ 50.79

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199686001
ISBN
9780199686001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.65

Paperback. Investigates the idea of beauty over time and space. This book offers a chronological account whose conceptual and historical paradigms have been reiterated and contested into the twentieth century. It not only sketches the circumstances that shaped Winckelmann's project but also assesses this scholar's influence on European intellectual life. Translator(s): Mallgrave, Harry Francis. Series: Getty Research Institute Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 456 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACC; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 253 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366682
ISBN
9780892366682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.17
€ 55.14

Paperback. A beautiful and simple introduction to the Book of Kells. George Otto Simms, a world-renowned authority on the Book of Kells, reveals the mysteries hidden in this magnificent manuscript, and the lives of the monks who made it. Newly-expanded colour plate section. Illustrator(s): Rooney, David; O'Brien, Eoin. Series: Exploring. Num Pages: 80 pages, 32 colour illustrations, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACC; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
O´Brien Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847177964
ISBN
9781847177964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. The Erligang culture is best known for the remains of an immense walled city at Zhengzhou, a smaller site at Panlongcheng in Hubei, and a large-scale bronze industry of remarkable artistic and technological sophistication. This book deals with Erligang culture. Editor(s): Steinke, Kyle; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 240 pages, 155 color illus. 106 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3B; ACBP; ACC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 304 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1286.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159942
ISBN
9780691159942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.24
€ 50.90

Hardback. The Erligang culture is best known for the remains of an immense walled city at Zhengzhou, a smaller site at Panlongcheng in Hubei, and a large-scale bronze industry of remarkable artistic and technological sophistication. This book deals with Erligang culture. Editor(s): Steinke, Kyle; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 240 pages, 155 color illus. 106 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3B; ACBP; ACC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159935
ISBN
9780691159935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.61
€ 90.47

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