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History of art / art & design styles

paperback. Editor(s): Turner, Jane. Series: Grove Art S. Num Pages: 389 pages, 32pp colour plates, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
OUP USA United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195169003
ISBN
9780195169003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.22

Hardcover. A stunning survey of the indigenous art, architecture, and spiritual beliefs of the Americas, from the Precolumbian era to the 20th century Num Pages: 368 pages, 500 color illus. BIC Classification: 1K; ACBK; AGC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Art Institute of Chicago
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300214833
ISBN
9780300214833
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.64

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780304704248
ISBN
9780304704248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.98

Paperback. Orientalism, the theory and practice of representing 'the Orient' in European thought, is a controversial and a problematic concept. This book provides a concise text on the evolution and development of the theory of orientalism, the practice of orientalism in history, and its persistence and reformulation. Series: Concepts in the Social Sciences. Num Pages: 144 pages, bibliography, index,. BIC Classification: ACV; JFC; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Open University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780335202065
ISBN
9780335202065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.90

Paperback. A comprehensive survey discuses the genre's major subjects and issues, citing the works of such contributors as Diego Rivera, Frida Kahlo, and Miguel Calder n while discussing how their achievements reflect current movements as well as the politics, society, and art of their periods. Original. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 178 illustrations, 45 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KL; 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 210 x 15. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500203569
ISBN
9780500203569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.16

hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; ACXJ; AGC; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
KJH0000174
ISBN
9780226131054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.31

hardcover. Romantic Paris is a survey of Parisian art and culture during the first half of the nineteenth century, when the experiments of Romantic artists and writers directly challenged the norms of tradition and when dramatic changes in the habits and spaces of everyday life shaped the social foundations of an urban modernity. Num Pages: 488 pages, 165 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACV; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 789. Weight in Grams: 1497.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804750622
ISBN
9780804750622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 198.18

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
PRESTEL
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9788434312876
ISBN
9788434312876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.31

hardcover. Presents a comprehensive exploration of the Proportioned Script, an Arabic writing system attributed to the Abbasid wazir (minister) Ibn Muqla and the master scribe Ibn al-Bawwab that has dominated the art of Arabic and Islamic penmanship from the 10th century to the present day. Num Pages: 724 pages, 430 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; AKD; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 356 x 296 x 87. Weight in Grams: 7220.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KJH0000357
ISBN
9780500517666
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 22.69

Hardcover. Num Pages: 84 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 266 x 213 x 12. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Clear Light Publishers United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
84
Condition
New
SKU
V9781574160291
ISBN
9781574160291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.87

hardcover. An examination of Irish Gothic art from the years 1169 to 1550. It looks at what survives of Gothic art in Ireland and discusses such wide-ranging topics as the historiography of the style, its metalwork, iconography and forms. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 208 pages, 35 colour pl 170 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3H; 3JB; ACK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9780300094350
ISBN
9780300094350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 28.78

Contemporary artists discuss the avant-garde movement and how the Great War influenced art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 150 colour, 50 b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1800.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lannoo Belgium
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401437660
ISBN
9789401437660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.43

Stewards of the Nation's Art examines the internal tensions between Britain's four main public art galleries' administrative directors, the aristocrats dominating the boards of trustees, and those in the Treasury who controlled the funds as well as board appointments. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; AC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 639.
Publication date
1910
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099600
ISBN
9780802099600
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

hardcover. Through a balanced reading of the historical period and James' artistic production, Ronald W. Hawker argues that James' shift to contemporary art forms allowed the artist to make a critical statement about the vitality of Kwakwaka'wakw culture Num Pages: 264 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; BGF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781442649408
ISBN
9781442649408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.80

Our era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and America's Next Top Model to the snapshots we post on Face-book and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. The author shows us the very meaning of the arts in the process of transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772196
ISBN
9780226772196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.86

Series: College Art Association Monograph. Num Pages: 176 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AFC; AGB; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271009445
ISBN
9780271009445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.11
€ 132.79

The Classical Tradition: Art, Literature, Thought presents an authoritative, coherent, and wide-ranging guide to the afterlife of Greco-Roman antiquity in later Western cultures and a ground-breaking reinterpretation of large aspects of Western culture as a whole from a classical perspective. Num Pages: 530 pages, illustrations (black and white, and colour). BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2ADL; 2AHA; AC; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 30. Weight in Grams: 988.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
530
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405155496
ISBN
9781405155496
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.61

Americans have been celebrating themselves in portraits since the arrival of the first itinerant portrait painters to the colonies. This title explores our collective understanding of portraiture, its history in America, how it shapes our individual and national identity, and why we make portraits and more. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGHF; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611688924
ISBN
9781611688924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 43.30

Num Pages: 224 pages, 19 colour/25 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACQB; AFC; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 265 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271029634
ISBN
9780271029634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.56
€ 70.97

An interdisciplinary collection exploring how creative practices broadly conceived to encompass urban design, museums, graffiti, film, music, literature, architecture, and performance art, continually reconstruct the urban scene in Latin America. Editor(s): Biron, Rebecca. Num Pages: 288 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. .
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344551
ISBN
9780822344551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.62
€ 111.23

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