History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. Presents an overview that helps you make coherent sense of the often-bewildering diversity of styles, forms, media, techniques, and agendas that proliferate in contemporary art. This edition includes a new chapter on developments in contemporary art since 2000. It offers information on the evolution of art over the decades. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 253 illustrations, 124 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500204245
- ISBN
- 9780500204245
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Hardback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFWH; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064610
- ISBN
- 9781606064610
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.89€ 42.58
€ 52.89
€ 42.58
Hardback. A critical reassessment of chinoiserie, a style both praised and derided for its triviality, prettiness, and ornamental excesses Series: Studies in Design. Num Pages: 272 pages, 104 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACQ; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719089459
- ISBN
- 9780719089459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.25
€ 193.25
Paperback. Explores the range of media employed by both Dada and Surrealism, whilst at the same time establishing the aesthetic differences between the movements. This book also examines the Dadaist obsession with the body-as-mechanism in relation to the Surrealists' return to the fetishized/eroticized body. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 12. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192802545
- ISBN
- 9780192802545
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. Born in 1899 to Russian Aristocrats, Tamara de Lempicka escaped the Bolsheviks by exchanging her body for freedom, dramatically beginning a sexual career that included most of the influential men and women she painted. This biography is reissued to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of her death. Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFC; AGB; BGA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight in Grams: 346. Series: Bloomsbury Lives of Women. 448 pages. Born in 1899 to Russian Aristocrats, Tamara de Lempicka escaped the Bolsheviks by exchanging her body for freedom, dramatically beginning a sexual career that included most of the influential men and women she painted. This biography is reissued to coincide with the twentieth anniversary of her death. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFC; AGB; BGA. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 30. Weight: 346.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408807095
- ISBN
- 9781408807095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.41
€ 21.99
€ 16.41
Hardback. This is the first UK appraisal of the work of this important African artist. Focusing on The Museum of Contemporary African Art it also looks at the full breadth of the artist's practice. This accompanies a major exhibition at Tate Modern. Editor(s): Greenberg, Kerryn. Num Pages: 176 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; ACXJ; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849761680
- ISBN
- 9781849761680
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.91
€ 43.99
€ 37.91
Hardcover. The Western discovery of Japanese paintings at nineteenth-century world's fairs and export shops catapulted Japanese art to new levels of popularity. This volume explores the visual characteristics and social functions of nihonga and traces its relationship to the past, its viewers, and emerging notions of the modern Japanese state. Num Pages: 296 pages, 34 colour plates, 70 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 292 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1482.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226110806
- ISBN
- 9780226110806
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.82€ 56.67
€ 65.82
€ 56.67
Hardback. Originally published in 2010 on the occasion of Against the Wall, Marlene Dumas' first solo presentation at David Zwirner in New York, this exhibition catalogue has been reprinted in 2014 to coincide with the artists European retrospective exhibition The Image as Burden, organized by Tate Modern, London. Num Pages: 68 pages, 26 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 320 x 14. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- David Zwirner
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941701003
- ISBN
- 9781941701003
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.39
€ 35.99
€ 26.39
Paperback. Marc Quinn began his career exploring issues such as the relation between art and science, the human body and its survival mechanisms, life and its preservation, beauty and death. Through an essay-interview of the artist with the author, this volume offers insight into Quinn's conceptual practice that incorporates sculpture, and painting. Editor(s): Celant, Germano. Num Pages: 568 pages, 489 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 297 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2784.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 568
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857220307
- ISBN
- 9788857220307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 64.13
€ 64.65
€ 64.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 330 pages, 27 black & white illustrations, 78 colour illustrations, 3 maps, 10 black & white tables,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; HBJF; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522. Weight in Grams: 1112.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295999180
- ISBN
- 9780295999180
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. This roll-call of British artists confirms the dominance and excellence of British art across five centuries, from Blake to Banksy, Turner to Tracey Emin. Num Pages: 160 pages, 140. BIC Classification: 1DB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Prestel
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783791345383
- ISBN
- 9783791345383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.06
€ 19.99
€ 16.06
Hardback. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 244 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231157667
- ISBN
- 9780231157667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.19
€ 42.99
€ 31.19
Paperback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 564.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231175753
- ISBN
- 9780231175753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Presents a new way of thinking about French painting in the 1820s and beyond. Fresh insights into the life and work of a hugely important and popular artist. Num Pages: 208 pages, 63 colour integrated. BIC Classification: ACVC; AFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 292 x 244 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1432.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780769370
- ISBN
- 9781780769370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.65€ 59.98
€ 64.65
€ 59.98
Hardback. Num Pages: 362 pages, 80 color + 140 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DD; ACK; AKH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 290 x 232 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1796.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300209891
- ISBN
- 9780300209891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.40€ 60.10
€ 76.40
€ 60.10
Hardcover. Brings together some well-known tales - Rapunzel, Rumpelstiltskin - with others that are less familiar. This title is informed by the art of the past, attuned to idiosyncrasies of character and incident. Num Pages: 72 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Royal Academy of Arts United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 72
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907533242
- ISBN
- 9781907533242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.71
€ 21.99
€ 20.71
Hardback. Originally published: Kunst als Experiment: Marcel Duchamps "3 Kunststopf-Normalmasse." Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. Translator(s): Brogden, John. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 240 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight in Grams: 406. Art as Experiment. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts S. 240 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. Originally published: Kunst als Experiment: Marcel Duchamps "3 Kunststopf-Normalmasse." Munich: Deutscher Kunstverlag, 2006. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; HPN. Dimension: 222 x 149 x 20. Weight: 406. Translator(s): Brogden, John.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231147620
- ISBN
- 9780231147620
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 97 pages, 83 etchings, 3 photographs. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 209 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Number of pages
- 97
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1967
- Edition
- New impression
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486218724
- ISBN
- 9780486218724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.08
€ 18.99
€ 18.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 39 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: AC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816633586
- ISBN
- 9780816633586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.67
€ 29.99
€ 27.67
Paperback. Examines many of Basquiat's individual works in detail, with particular reference to his working methods and techniques. This unabridged compact edition of a critically acclaimed book, features spectacular reproductions of Basquiat's work. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACXJ8; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858945194
- ISBN
- 9781858945194
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.23
€ 25.99
€ 21.23
Hardcover. One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo da Vinci remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. This title features top quality reproductions of 663 of Leonardo's drawings, from anatomical studies to architectural plans, from complex engineering designs to pudgy infant portraits. Num Pages: 720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 161 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1328.
- Publisher
- TASCHEN Gmbh
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783836554411
- ISBN
- 9783836554411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Hardcover. Located at the intersection of trade routes from central Africa, the ancient Near East, and the Classical world, ancient Nubia ruled the entire Nile Valley at the height of its power in the eighth century bc. This book features over 100 adornments and personal accessories from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston. Num Pages: 184 pages, 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBS; 3D; ACG; AFKG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 212 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1042.
- Publisher
- MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780878468072
- ISBN
- 9780878468072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.59
€ 48.99
€ 43.59
Hardcover. Between 1777 and 1784, the Irish artist James Barry (1741-1806) executed six murals for the Great Room of the [Royal] Society of Arts in London. Although his works form the most impressive series of history paintings in Great Britain, they remain one of the British art world's best kept secrets. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 249 x 345 x 36. Weight in Grams: 3032. Large folio.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- SKU
- KEX0291663
- ISBN
- 9781782051084
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 55.00
€ 55.00