History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Hardcover. Reproduces 14 images from a 15th century manuscript, now in the J. Paul Getty Musuem. The commentary places the manuscript within its context as an account of Alexander's life. Series: Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts. Num Pages: 117 pages, 29 col and 13 b/w plates. BIC Classification: AC; AFT; AKLB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 430 x 349 x 44. Weight in Grams: 3992.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 117
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892363711
- ISBN
- 9780892363711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.25€ 105.96
€ 135.25
€ 105.96
Hardcover. This book provides the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Palestinian art to date while exploring in depth the relationship between art and nationalism in the context of conflict. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, 97 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319525
- ISBN
- 9781846319525
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.80
€ 140.80
Hardback. Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He created paintings whose radically simplified lines and colours echoed the unschooled art of the rustic and native cultures he loved. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 illustrations, 25 in colour. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780671895
- ISBN
- 9781780671895
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Paul Cezanne challenged convention and pioneered new possibilities in painting. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint aspects of everyday life in ways that revealed dynamic yet deeply harmonious visions of the world. Illustrator(s): Vale, Patrick. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780674780
- ISBN
- 9781780674780
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. In the history of twentieth century modernism, Henri Matisse is a calm and unstoppable revolution of creative genius. Illustrator(s): Decourchelle, Agnes. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780674797
- ISBN
- 9781780674797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Modern art begins with Goya. He was the first to create works of art for their own sake, and he lived in a time of incredible cultural and social dynamism when the old concepts of social hierarchy were being shaken by the new concept of equality for all. This book deals with his life and work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780676166
- ISBN
- 9781780676166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Mercurial, saturnine, scandalous and unpredictable, Caravaggio - as a man, as a character and as an artist - holds dramatic appeal. He spent a large part of his life on the run, leaving a trail of illuminated chaos wherever he passed, most of it recorded in criminal justice records. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780677002
- ISBN
- 9781780677002
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Rembrandt van Rijn is probably the most famous Dutch painter of the seventeenth century. His works are greatly loved today, but he was not always so well regarded. His life was one of a dramatic rise and fall, unfolding during the Golden Age of the newly formed Dutch Republic. This book deals with his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780677453
- ISBN
- 9781780677453
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Leonardo da Vinci lived an itinerant life. Throughout his career - from its beginnings in the creative maelstrom of fifteenth-century Florence to his role as genius in residence at the court of the king of France - Leonardo created a kind of private universe for himself and his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780677514
- ISBN
- 9781780677514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Hardback. Belgian artist Rene Magritte's life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. He would shape his own life story to be its own surreal work of art. This book tells his story. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Laurence King Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781780678504
- ISBN
- 9781780678504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 8.33
€ 19.99
€ 8.33
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813536972
- ISBN
- 9780813536972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.39
€ 46.99
€ 41.39
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813572987
- ISBN
- 9780813572987
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.25
€ 41.99
€ 41.25
Paperback. Beyond the Frame rewrites the history of 'Victorian' art to explore the relationship between feminism and visual culture in a period of heady excitement and political struggle. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; ACV; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415107273
- ISBN
- 9780415107273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.32
€ 55.32
Hardback. Between 1950 and 1975, some of the postwar era's most innovative artists flocked to a very unexpected place: New Jersey. There they produced some of the most important work of their careers. This catalogue examines more than 100 works by sixteen artists, including Amiri Baraka, George Brecht, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, and George Segal. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXD; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1032.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300174373
- ISBN
- 9780300174373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Charts the theological defense of icons during the Iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries, whose high point came in AD 787, when the Second Council of Nicaea restored the cult of images in the church. This title demonstrates how the dogmas of the Trinity and the Incarnation eventually provided the basic rationale for images. Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AFWH; AGR; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141251
- ISBN
- 9780691141251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.92€ 41.78
€ 52.92
€ 41.78
Hardcover. Focuses on Chinese ceramics from the Qing period, including earthenware, stoneware, and polychrome porcelain. This title catalogues rugs and carpets from the collection of Peter A B Widener. Num Pages: 344 pages, 250 color, 100 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; ACBP; AFC; AFPC; AFWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 400 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2042.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- National Gallery of Art,Washington United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780894682520
- ISBN
- 9780894682520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.20€ 71.42
€ 88.20
€ 71.42
Hardback. National Treasures explores the fate of French art and heritage during the Nazi occupation of France, revealing the roots of contemporary cultural policy in the Vichy era and exposing a hidden convergence of resistance and collaboration in French museology. Num Pages: 404 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; ABC; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 404
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804770187
- ISBN
- 9780804770187
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.59
€ 40.99
€ 40.59
Paperback. Benjamin Binstock revolutionises how we think about Vermeer's work and life. Vermeer is famously a mystery in art: there is scant information on his life and training, and nothing to connect him to any students. What remains is the paintings themselves as well as some historical information and surmise. Num Pages: 456 pages, 133 black & white illustrations, 91 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 255 x 28. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415861335
- ISBN
- 9780415861335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.36
€ 59.36
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACN; AGB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271008165
- ISBN
- 9780271008165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.38€ 79.88
€ 96.38
€ 79.88
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271033068
- ISBN
- 9780271033068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 30.01
€ 38.99
€ 30.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 colour/80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271036472
- ISBN
- 9780271036472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.48
€ 49.48
Paperback. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends - in the news, on social networking sites, on the street - are constantly changing. Portraits, on the other hand, slow us down. This title shows the use of portraiture or self-portraiture to explore the complex issues of identity, while also testing the boundaries of figurative art. Num Pages: 79 pages, 56 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 79
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295989716
- ISBN
- 9780295989716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.54
€ 21.54
Hardback. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, 99 halftones. BIC Classification: ACG; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 265 x 19. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674143258
- ISBN
- 9780674143258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.56€ 70.06
€ 77.56
€ 70.06
Hardback. The Cult of Art in Nazi Germany presents a new interpretation of National Socialism, arguing that art in the Third Reich was not simply an instrument of the regime, but actually became a source of the racist politics upon which its ideology was founded. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 110 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; ACX; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 4217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804743266
- ISBN
- 9780804743266
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.98
€ 137.98