History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. Presents a major part of the extraordinary corpus of ancient Ife art in terra-cotta, stone, and metal, dating from the ninth to the fifteenth centuries. This title explores the purposes for which this art may have been made and its relationship to Yoruba ideas about leadership, divinity, gender, and aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 150 illus., 140 in color. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 288 x 220 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1076.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780945802532
- ISBN
- 9780945802532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Hardback. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9788857232393
- ISBN
- 9788857232393
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 261.44€ 189.60
€ 261.44
€ 189.60
Hardcover. A stunning look at the work of some of the world's finest lettering and typographic artists. Num Pages: 144 pages, Full-colour thorughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 254 x 17. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2021
- Publisher
- Instituto Monsa de Ediciones
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788416500321
- ISBN
- 9788416500321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.69
€ 27.99
€ 19.69
Paperback. Tantra is a set of beliefs and practices that originates in India and combines eroticism, magic and metaphysics. This book provides an account of a much-misunderstood ancient mystical tradition that has long aroused spiritual and artistic curiosity in the West. Series: Art & Imagination. Num Pages: 128 pages, 186 illustrations, 37 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP; HRE; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500810484
- ISBN
- 9780500810484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.23
€ 10.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. A consistent undercurrent has been Britain's preference for the real world (landscape and portraiture) as against "high" art and abstraction. This is a survey of the personalities of British painting and an assessment of its latest flowering. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 183 illustrations, 71 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500203491
- ISBN
- 9780500203491
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.75
€ 10.99
€ 6.75
Hardback. In a world where 'smart' objects can talk to each other and a gun can be printed with a desktop 3D printer, the conditions for contemporary design are nothing if not surreal. This book charts the development of this fertile relationship, revealing how these ideas are being put to use by contemporary architects in extraordinary ways. Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 290 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1592.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500343203
- ISBN
- 9780500343203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.00
€ 45.00
Hardcover. Based in London and Berlin, Michael Elmgreen (b 1961, Denmark) and Ingar Dragset (b 1969, Norway) have worked as a collaborative team since the mid-1990s. This book shows how the artists' sculptures and installations reconfigure the familiar with characteristic wit and subversive humour. It also includes interviews with the duo. Editor(s): Weibel, Peter; Beitin, Andreas F. Num Pages: 384 pages, 200 illustrations, 96 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 256 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500093641
- ISBN
- 9780500093641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 6.75
€ 36.99
€ 6.75
Hardcover. Taking as his subject icons of consumerism and American popular culture, Derek Boshier made his name in the 1960s as one of the key proponents of British Pop Art, along with contemporaries David Hockney, Peter Blake and Pauline Boty. This book traces Boshier's formidable career. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 295 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500093887
- ISBN
- 9780500093887
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.99
€ 35.99
€ 29.99
Paperback. Digital technology has revolutionized the way we produce and experience art. This title surveys developments in digital art from its appearance from 1980s onwards, and looks at what that future may hold. It investigates the emergence and impact of mobile and locative (site-specific) media, social networks and the next generation of virtual worlds. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 323 illustrations, 253 in colour. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500203989
- ISBN
- 9780500203989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 6.75
€ 11.99
€ 6.75
Hardcover. A translation of the correspondence of Paul Cezanne, known as the father of modern art. This book paints a picture of Cezanne as a singular thinker and an uncompromising seeker after artistic truth qualities that shine through in the letters, but that many of his contemporaries failed to appreciate or comprehend. Num Pages: 392 pages, 75 illustrations, 55 in colour. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1008. Fine in fine dust wrapper. DW showing minor shelf wear with sticker to top front, otherwise remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- 9780500239087
- ISBN
- 9780500239087
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 36.99€ 5.70
€ 36.99
€ 5.70
Hardcover. States that no single curator, critic or dealer can or should monopolize our view of what is happening in the art world today. Instead, the author aims to show us how exciting and rewarding it is to steer our own way through the art world today. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 illustrations, 131 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JM; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 230 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500239193
- ISBN
- 9780500239193
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 7.81
€ 25.99
€ 7.81
Hardcover. Scale is being taken to new extremes in art: big and bold on the one hand, intricate and intimate on the other. This book includes profiles of forty-five contemporary artists who are revolutionizing our approach to scale with works that provoke questions, arouse emotions and offer fresh perspectives, from beautifully carved leaves. Num Pages: 256 pages, 288 illustrations, 257 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JM; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 316 x 263 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500239223
- ISBN
- 9780500239223
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 7.81
€ 35.99
€ 7.81
Hardcover. Jackson Pollock's Mural, created early in his career in 1943, is a vast panorama spanning a 6-metre-long canvas. The author considers the manifold influences on Pollock that led to this landmark achievement - including the context of the American West, and his little-known relationship with Clyfford Still and the importance of wartime photography. Num Pages: 146 pages, 106 illustrations, 67 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 264 x 19. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500239346
- ISBN
- 9780500239346
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.99€ 7.81
€ 28.99
€ 7.81
Hardcover. Drawing on interviews with all the key BritArt players and archival research, this title examines the individual characters, their relationships to one another, crucial events and seminal artworks, considering, the political, economic and artistic context of those years. Num Pages: 288 pages, 170 illustrations, 140 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500239445
- ISBN
- 9780500239445
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 5.80
€ 29.99
€ 5.80
Hardcover. Beryl Bainbridge is best known as a prolific writer of novels that ranged from black comedies of contemporary life, often autobiographical in inspiration, to idiosyncratic reimaginings of historical events and characters. This book offers a highly personal, chronological account of Beryl's life and work both her writing and her painting. Num Pages: 208 pages, 95 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACXJ; AFC; AGB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500516515
- ISBN
- 9780500516515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 5.80
€ 25.99
€ 5.80
Hardcover. One of the founders of pop art, the author is best known for largescale renditions of comic-strip art, and for fusing comicbook techniques with high art in his appropriations of such artists as Picasso and Mondrian. In this title, the author's unique style celebrates the ABC, with results that are surprising, delightful and amusing. Num Pages: 64 pages, chiefly col. ill. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 211 x 10. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500516836
- ISBN
- 9780500516836
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 6.23
€ 14.99
€ 6.23
Hardcover. With candid commentary throughout, this title takes you on a journey through Marian Bantjes' early work as a typesetter to her adoption of digital technologies that push conventional print production to the limit. It covers the total design output of one of the worlds most talented and sought-after graphic designers. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 335 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500517000
- ISBN
- 9780500517000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.00
€ 60.00
Hardcover. Tells the story of how the Big Apple emerged as the cultural capital of the postwar world in all fields of creative endeavour art, architecture, design, music, theatre and dance. Num Pages: 400 pages, 447 illustrations, 159 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 240 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500517727
- ISBN
- 9780500517727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 5.28
€ 33.99
€ 5.28
Hardcover. Noa the Boa is a slave to fashion with the heart of an actor and an obsession with celebrity. He becomes luxurious leather accessories for illustrious clients - from Grace Kelly's pillow to the codpieces at the Folies Bergere. Num Pages: 48 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 267 x 15. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500519257
- ISBN
- 9780500519257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.35
€ 18.99
€ 15.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ACXJ; AFKB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 267 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1158. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ACXJ; AFKB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 267 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1158.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Art / Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781908970282
- ISBN
- 9781908970282
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 6.75
€ 26.99
€ 6.75
Hardback. Editor(s): Kummerling-Meibauer, Bettina. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AKLB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415818018
- ISBN
- 9780415818018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.91
€ 185.91
Paperback. Well-known art historians from Europe and the Americas discuss the influence of conceptualism on art since the 1970s. Editor(s): Alberro, Alexander; Buchmann, Sabeth. Num Pages: 240 pages, 55 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262511957
- ISBN
- 9780262511957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 41.43
€ 53.48
€ 41.43
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Flame Tree Publishing
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783611409
- ISBN
- 9781783611409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.60
€ 12.60
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 265 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858946412
- ISBN
- 9781858946412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 38.86
€ 46.99
€ 38.86