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Paperback. The catalog of a major collection of ancient Mediterranean art Editor(s): Antonaccio, Carla Maria; Dillon, Sheila. Num Pages: 236 pages, 302 illustrations, including 22 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; ACG; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 211 x 13. Weight in Grams: 734. The Kempner Collection of Classical Antiquities at the Nasher Museum. 236 pages, 302 illustrations, including 22 in colour. Editor(s): Antonaccio, Carla Maria; Dillon, Sheila. The catalog of a major collection of ancient Mediterranean art. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBBFN; ACG; AGC. Dimension: 267 x 211 x 13. Weight: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938989356
ISBN
9780938989356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.36

hardcover. Marcel Duchamp left a thousand letters in which he talks of his plans and works in progress. This volume contains his letters in their original language (French or English) with translations where appropriate. The editor focuses on the historical content and introduces each correspondent. Num Pages: 424 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 246 x 53. Weight in Grams: 920. Very good copy showing minor age and shelf wear. Dust jacket intact, shows some wear & tear. Text clean throughout
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025068
ISBN
9780500019580
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

paperback. Naamiwan's Drum follows the story of a famous Ojibwe medicine man, his gifted grandson, and remarkable water drum. The book contains a powerful Anishinaabe interpretive perspective on repatriation and on anthropology itself. Num Pages: 356 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; ACX; HBTB; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442628267
ISBN
9781442628267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.75

Paperback. Series: Zulu Crafts. Num Pages: 108 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVN; AFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 171 x 7. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Publishing Print Matters South Africa
Number of pages
108
Condition
New
SKU
V9780980260991
ISBN
9780980260991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.12

paperback. Compares the self-representations of the US Mexicanas with the representations of academic-affiliated, intellectual Chicana writers and visual artists. This work looks at how the Chicana professional intellectuals and the US Mexicana women refigure demeaning constructions of female gender roles and racial, ethnic, and sexual identities. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; AC; DSBH; HBTD; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822343103
ISBN
9780822343103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.75

paperback. Explores the emergence of the theme of migration as a dominant subject in the world of art, as well as the ways in which the mobilities of our globalized world have radically reshaped art's conditions of production, reception, and display. Editor(s): Mathur, Saloni. Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300134148
ISBN
9780300134148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Other Criteria United Kingdom
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904212119
ISBN
9781904212119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.93
€ 84.42

Paperback. 'Picasso and the Mysteries of Life' uses new scientific studies of 'La Vie' to examine the artist's working method and the painting's enigmatic subject. Author William H. Robinson reconstructs the relationship between the painting's complex symbolism and the process of its creation. Num Pages: 176 pages, 200 Colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804212
ISBN
9781907804212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.25

Paperback. An exciting showcase of innovative works by contemporary American artists Editor(s): Sussman, Elisabeth; Sanders, Jay. Series: Whitney Museum of American Art. Num Pages: 400 pages, 300 colour images + 100 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 318 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1656. In shrink wrap
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Whitney Museum of American Art New York
Condition
New
SKU
KSG0032016
ISBN
9780300180367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.23

paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 99 b&w, 12 colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 203 x 17. Weight in Grams: 621. Very good clean copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KSG0032029
ISBN
9780816676200
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.23

Paperback. A short, brilliantly researched treatise on the what it means to be American, looking at America's paramount artists and writers, by acclaimed art historian Barbara Novak. Lavishly illustrated with color and black & white photos. Num Pages: 232 pages, 46 black and white halftone illustrations, 17 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACV; DSA; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195387919
ISBN
9780195387919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.21

Hardback. The Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and the Arts (OEBART) is an in-depth, comprehensive reference work that covers the cultural history of biblical texts, themes, characters, images, and the Bible itself in the literary, visual, and musical arts. Editor(s): Beal, Timothy. Series: Oxford Encyclopedias of the Bible. Num Pages: 1224 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: AC; AGR; HRCG3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 237 x 105. Weight in Grams: 4286.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
1224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199846511
ISBN
9780199846511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 530.58

Hardback. Editor(s): Bury, Stephen. Num Pages: 1344 pages, 238 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACB; AFH; AKC; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 179 x 105. Weight in Grams: 2696.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
1344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199923052
ISBN
9780199923052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 496.76

paperback. Series: Dover Books on Art, Art History. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486440248
ISBN
9780486440248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.91

Hardback. Proceedings of the XXIXth International Congress of the History of Art, Amsterdam, 1-7 September 1996 Editor(s): Reinink, A. W. (Utrecht University, The Netherlands); Stumpel, Jeroen. Num Pages: 1114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2977.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
1114
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792342137
ISBN
9780792342137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 599.70

Hardback. This text introduces a group of young black artists who painted their way out of the despair awaiting them in 1950s Florida. Emerging in the late 1950s, the Highwaymen created idyllic, quickly realized images of the Florida dream and peddled some 100,000 of them from the trunks of their cars. Num Pages: 128 pages, 63 colour photographs, notes. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; ACXD; AFC; AFTB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 835.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813022819
ISBN
9780813022819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.79

Paperback. This volume records impressions of life on the 19th- and early-20th-century American frontier by 21 artists better known for their paintings, sculptures and photographs. Most, but not all, of the selections come from journals or diaries kept during trips to the West. Editor(s): Barclay, Donald A. (Librarian, Houston Academy of Medicine/Texas Medical Center Library, Houston, Texas, USA); Maguire, James H. (Professor of English, Boise State University, Idaho, USA); Wild, Peter (Professor of English, University of Arizona, Tucson, Arizona, USA). Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; 3JJ; AB; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875652429
ISBN
9780875652429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.73

Paperback. Doyle constructs communion ecclesiology as a broad and inclusive category that makes room for a range of legitimate approaches. He examines the approaches of Johann Adam Mohler, Charles Journet, Henri de Lubac, Yves Congar, Karl Rahner, Hans Urs von Balthasar, Elizabeth Johnson, Joseph Ratzinger and many others. Num Pages: 195 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGR; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Orbis Books (USA) United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570753275
ISBN
9781570753275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Meikle explores the history of American design, from the industrialization of the 19th century and the mass production of the 'machine age' to the information-based society of the present, examining how design, consumerism, and culture connect. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones and full colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; ACXD2; ACXJ8; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842190
ISBN
9780192842190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.23

Hardcover. The Grove Encyclopedia of American Art is unparalleled in its comprehensive approach to the study of art in the United States and it takes a fresh look at what American art is, how it is defined, and who influenced and produced it. Num Pages: 2608 pages, 700 halftones and 128 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; ACBS; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 230 x 202. Weight in Grams: 11310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
2600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195335798
ISBN
9780195335798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 1,377.37

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
4070
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195395365
ISBN
9780195395365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 1,206.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 186 x 19. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199451135
ISBN
9780199451135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.75

Hardcover. Num Pages: 20608 pages, 11046 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AFF; AFK; GBCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 358 x 305 x 620. Weight in Grams: 28444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
First Thus
Number of pages
20608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199773787
ISBN
9780199773787
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4,261.33

Hardcover. Num Pages: 13440 pages, 11046. BIC Classification: AFC; AFF; AFK; GBCB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 369 x 333 x 507. Weight in Grams: 24954.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
13440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199773794
ISBN
9780199773794
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 3,382.59

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 48 pages, 44ill. BIC Classification: ACX; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 210 x 4. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Dover Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486258546
ISBN
9780486258546
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.73

Hardcover. An overview of the history of 126 courthouses that recounts some notable legal proceedings that took place in the courtrooms, particulary those involving societal change and the ongoing struggle for civil rights. Num Pages: 272 pages, 140 colour illustrations, 34 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AMG; HBTB; LA; LNAA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 310 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1361.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813916040
ISBN
9780813916040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 50.42

Hardcover. Examining the work of such artists as Mark Rothko, Max Weber, and Ruth Weisberg, this title reveals the different ways these artists responded to the Great Immigration, the Depression, the Holocaust, the founding of the state of Israel, and the rise of feminism. It is suitable for those interested in modern American art and Jewish studies. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 290 pages, 77 black-&-white illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; JFSR1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630678
ISBN
9780815630678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.00

Paperback. Series: Mercer University Lamar Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSL; ACBK; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820348490
ISBN
9780820348490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 260 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Last Gasp,U.S. United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780867197686
ISBN
9780867197686
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.84

Paperback. Presents a collection of seventy works of art that the author created for the Miller Blueprint calendars. This book features recordings of buildings from farmhouses to industrial plants, from shanties to mansions in Texas county. Editor(s): Baker, T. Lindsay. Num Pages: 176 pages, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 13. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653617
ISBN
9780875653617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.87

Paperback. Everybody knows her smile, but no one knows her story: Meet the woman who became the most famous artistic subjects of all time - Mona Lisa. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 8pp b-w photo insert. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Simon & Schuster United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9781451658972
ISBN
9781451658972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.24

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Snoeck Verlagsgesellschaft mbH Germany
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9783940953971
ISBN
9783940953971
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.04

Paperback. This volume traces Yeats' fascination with the visual arts and their influence on his poetry. Elizabeth Bergmann Loizeaux demonstrates how the influences in Yeats' early years, especially his interest in Pre-Raphaelite painting, helped shape his aesthetic theory and practice as a poet. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 264 pages, 60 photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACVM; AFKB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629955
ISBN
9780815629955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.43

Hardback. Over the past fifty years, Francoise Henry has been the leading authority on the history of early Irish art. Num Pages: 468 pages, 250 illus. BIC Classification: ACK; AM; HBLC1; HR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
468
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907132233
ISBN
9780907132233
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.31

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
651
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828395
ISBN
9781899828395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 235.29

Hardback. A sumptuous history of Renaissance Florence Num Pages: 340 pages, 205 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3J; ACND; AMN; HRCX8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 7112 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1679.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253355676
ISBN
9780253355676
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.31

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828685
ISBN
9781899828685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 188.42

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558593886
ISBN
9781558593886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.89

Paperback. Chapters become courses in this curious feast, exploring the form of the recipe from post-war to today. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA; WB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Zero Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782798606
ISBN
9781782798606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.19

hardcover. Modern visual satire erupts during a period marked by reform and revolution, by cohering nationalisms and expanding empires, and by the emerging discipline of art history. This title attempts to reconfigure the geography of modern visual satire, from North America to Europe, to China and the Ottoman Empire. Editor(s): Porterfield, Todd. Num Pages: 240 pages, Includes 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACVC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 242 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 670.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754665915
ISBN
9780754665915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.81

paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AF; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252061851
ISBN
9780252061851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.67

paperback. Offers an exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role it has played in developing Western architectural and urban theory. This book is arranged in historical periods - from Antiquity to the modern era - and divided between analyses of specific festivals, set in relation to contemporary architecture and urban design. Series: The Classical Tradition in Architecture. Num Pages: 332 pages, 71 black & white halftones, 13 colour illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; ACX; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415701297
ISBN
9780415701297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.59

hardcover. This second volume of Basil Robinson's Studies concentrates on Persian manuscript illumination, beginning with six studies of artists who worked in this medium. There then follows twenty-two studies of individual manuscripts, from the fourteenth century onwards. Num Pages: 286 pages, 345 illus. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 257 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907132448
ISBN
9780907132448
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.37

Paperback. In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. For the next four years, he and a team of assistants laboured over the vast ceiling. This book tells the story of those four years and paints a picture of day-to-day life on the Sistine scaffolding - in the upheaval of early sixteenth-century Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 pp coloured plates, 40 integrated line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSV; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pimlico
Condition
New
SKU
9781844139323
ISBN
9781844139323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.94

hardcover. "The Burlington Magazine" has an international reputation for publishing writing on all aspects of art history. In celebration of its centenary, an art historian has compiled this selection of significant articles, reviews, editorials and obituaries to appear in it during the 20th century. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 illustrations, 45 colour pl bibliog references. BIC Classification: AC; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 270 x 220 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1450. Good clean copy, with light nicks and tears to dust jacket
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMO0001262
ISBN
9780300099119
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Konno, Yuichi. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Shinbaku Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840683219
ISBN
9781840683219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC; AKLP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Royal Academy of Arts
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910350041
ISBN
9781910350041
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 108 black and white drawings. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 300 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Trolley Books United Kingdom
Edition
Workbook
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904563563
ISBN
9781904563563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.31

Paperback. This is a history of one of the central organizing principles in all schools and periods of art. It traces the evolution of the conception and the depiction of space in European and American painting and the ways in which this evolution reflects ideological changes in society over 2000 years. Num Pages: 272 pages, 42 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815625087
ISBN
9780815625087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.39

paperback. Editor(s): Elkins, James (Art Institute of Chicago USA); Frank, Gustav (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universitat Munchen); Manghani, Reader in Critical and Cultural Theory Within Winchester School of Art Sunil (Sunil Manghani Reader in Critical and Cultural Theory at Winchester School of Art University of Southampton UK). Series: Stone Art Theory Institutes. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penn State University Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780271070780
ISBN
9780271070780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.82

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

€ 81.28

paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 903.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pearson United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780205935567
ISBN
9780205935567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 133.64

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

€ 67.89

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

€ 46.18

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

€ 191.03

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

€ 73.64

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Ediciones Poligrafa Spain
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9788434309500
ISBN
9788434309500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.34

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
€ 15.31

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

€ 51.99
€ 43.61

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

€ 93.49

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

€ 106.54

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

€ 46.29

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

€ 217.41

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

€ 165.06

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

€ 67.85

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

€ 112.50

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

€ 185.61

Publisher
United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349723
ISBN
9780822349723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.46

Avant-Garde Canadian Literature offers an entrance into the vocabulary of the ongoing and primarily international debate surrounding the idea of avant-gardism, providing readers with a functional vocabulary for discussing some of the most hermetic and yet energetic literature ever produced in this country. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; ACXD; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 24. .
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442643772
ISBN
9781442643772
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.81

Garcilaso de la Vega and the Material Culture of Renaissance Europe examines the role of cultural objects in the lyric poetry of Garcilaso de la Vega, the premier poet of sixteenth-century Spain. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 248 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADS; 3JB; ACND; DSBD; DSC; JFCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 28. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647558
ISBN
9781442647558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.93

Editor(s): Cantu, Norma E. Series: Joe & Betty Moore Texas Art Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 780.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623491918
ISBN
9781623491918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.15

Hardcover. Featuring approximately sixty works and four essays that delve into artists engagement with collage in the first half of the twentieth century, Robert Motherwell's early career with patron Peggy Guggenheim, and underlying humanitarian themes during World War II, this title provides a reassessment of Motherwell's work in the collage medium. Num Pages: 144 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFJD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 288 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Guggenheim Museum Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892074976
ISBN
9780892074976
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 42.71

Hardcover. This brand new full-colour art book reveals in sumptuous detail more than 100 paintings based on The Lord of the Rings by acclaimed Dutch artist, Cor Blok, many of which appear here for the first time. Illustrator(s): Blok, Cor. Editor(s): Collier, Pieter. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 col illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007437986
ISBN
9780007437986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.39

Paperback. This work examines the artistic production of imperial nations and their colonies and aims to show how it was affected by colonial contact. It also presents case studies of objects from India, China and Africa which were collected by or exhibited in the institutions of the British Empire. Editor(s): Barringer, Tim; Flynn, Tom. Series: Museum Meanings. Num Pages: 236 pages, 10 line figures, 50 b&w photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AC; GM; HBG; HBLL; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 15. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415157766
ISBN
9780415157766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Fields, Jill. Series: New Directions in American History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 21 black & white halftones, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPL; ACXJ; JFFK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415887694
ISBN
9780415887694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 1128 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 184 x 50. Weight in Grams: 2484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Melbourne University Press Australia
Number of pages
1128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780522857108
ISBN
9780522857108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 675.99

paperback. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Series: Index of Christian Art Occasional Papers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 colour/198 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 285 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976820253
ISBN
9780976820253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.35

Hardcover. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410626
ISBN
9781572410626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Macel, Christine; Petresin, Natasa. Num Pages: 256 pages, 176 colour, 110 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037640999
ISBN
9783037640999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

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