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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. Frida Kahlo's (1907-1954) arresting pictures were in many ways expressions of trauma. This richly illustrated Basic Art book offers a both accessible and informed introduction to Kahlo's life and work, looking at the artist's dramatic, colourful canvases which combined religious Mexican tradition with Surrealist elements. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
TASCHEN GmbH
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836500852
ISBN
9783836500852
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.72

Hardcover. Editor(s): Green, Nancy E.; Reed, Christopher. Num Pages: 272 pages, 301. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 210 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1300.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934260050
ISBN
9781934260050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Hardback. Focusing on the thirty-three paintings Philip Guston exhibited at the Marborough Gallery in 1970, this title reconsiders the history of postwar American art and the conception of figuration in modern art history. Series: The Phillips Book Prize Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 color illustrations, 79 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520275294
ISBN
9780520275294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.77
€ 46.96

Paperback. A guide to identifying Christian saints as they are portrayed in art. From Agatha to Zeno, it presents the characteristic features of over 100 saints, with notes on their lives and martyrdom and visual references to help readers recognize them. The resource features a collection of masterpieces. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGH; AGR; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Getty Publications
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367177
ISBN
9780892367177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.42

Hardback. This book reveals the wonderful world of painter and illustrator Edward Bawden. Some pages are beautiful, some instructive and some baffling, but together they give us an insight into the mind of one of the 20th century's most reclusive and English of artists. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 310 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1400.
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848221840
ISBN
9781848221840
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.53
€ 53.20

Paperback. This work documents the network of ideas that has been labelled conceptual art. Including texts by and taped discussions among and with the artists involved, the book is arranged as an annotated chronology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 104. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ABA; ACXJ4; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210134
ISBN
9780520210134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.56

Hardcover. A richly illustrated catalogue raisonne of Masaccio and Masolino. Num Pages: 488 pages, 161 colour and 319 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AFC; AGC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 258 x 53. Weight in Grams: 3369.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714823980
ISBN
9780714823980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.92
€ 102.28

Hardcover. Drawing on an array of artworks and chroniclers' accounts, to reassess the medieval visual culture in which banquets were staged, this book shows the ways of appreciating artistic skill and attending to their own processes of perception, thereby forging a court culture that delighted in the exercise of fine aesthetic judgment. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 colour plates, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; AS; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226242200
ISBN
9780226242200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.42
€ 49.03

Paperback. A historical saga which tells the story of the bitter struggles, illicit passions and chequered lives of a Scottish dynasty whose wealth has been built up in the Scotch Whisky business at the height of the Victorian era. From the author of QUEEN'S ROYAL. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 35. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873631744
ISBN
9781873631744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

paperback. An introduction to the art of archaic and classical Greece. Looking at the social and cultural contexts in which the rich diversity of Greek arts were produced, Robin Osborne shows how artistic developments were both a product of, and contributed to, the intensely competitive life of the Greek city. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, numerous colour plates and black and white halftones, 3 plans, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFC; AFK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842022
ISBN
9780192842022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.37

Paperback. Andrea Mantegna, the painter who was able to rise above earth and create heavenly forms which are still real (W Goethe). He was a protagonist of the renewal of the figurative language in northern Italy. This title gives an introduction to the life of the artist. It includes his masterpieces. Series: Skira Mini ART Books. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 179.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857205403
ISBN
9788857205403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACXJ; AF; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 313 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1102.
Publisher
Steidl Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783958291621
ISBN
9783958291621
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.40

Hardcover. Exploration of the unfinished works of art, and how and why they became that way. Series: Watson Gordon Lectures. Num Pages: 48 pages, 20 colour. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 160. .
Publisher
National Galleries of Scotland United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906270919
ISBN
9781906270919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.84

Hardback. Concept sketches, fully rendered character & background drawings, paintings & cel images from Miyazaki's enchanting film. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; FX; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 217 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1154.
Publisher
Viz Media, Subs. of Shogakukan Inc
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781591166986
ISBN
9781591166986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.87

Hardback. Editor(s): Azoulay, Ray. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 285. .
Publisher
Hatje Cantz Germany
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783775740500
ISBN
9783775740500
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.40

Hardcover. A personal exploration of our everyday selves, choreographed by one of the greatest living artists. This book is dedicated by the artist to the gallerist Donald Young, who invited the artist to participate in an exhibition dedicated to Walser in Chicago in 2012. Num Pages: 114 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 211 x 23. Weight in Grams: 830.
Publisher
Cahiers d'Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9782851171788
ISBN
9782851171788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.48
€ 54.92

Paperback. In 1792, when he was forty-seven, the Spanish painter, Francisco de Goya contracted a serious illness which left him stone deaf. The author follows Goya through the remaining thirty-five years of his life. He writes of the elderly painter with the intimacy of an old friend, seeing through his eyes and sharing the silence in his head. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACV; AFC; AGB; BGH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437253
ISBN
9780099437253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 96 color illus. 37 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 290 x 271 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1174.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691170725
ISBN
9780691170725
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 40.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857229836
ISBN
9788857229836
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.86
€ 114.20

paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 180 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 271 x 14. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588395719
ISBN
9781588395719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.58

Hardcover. This volume brings together new research by some of the world's leading experts, exploring the artistic production and cultural context of Renaissance sculpture from Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise to the small bronzes of Giambologna and his followers. Editor(s): Motture, Peta; Jones, Emma; Zikos, Dimitrios. Num Pages: 384 pages, 170 colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851776405
ISBN
9781851776405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.30

Paperback. Henri Matisse was one of the most important and beloved artists of the twentieth century, rivalled only by his friend - and competitor - Pablo Picasso. This title reveals the origins of Matisse's astonishing talent and provides an insight into his life and work. Num Pages: 592 pages, 3 x 24pp. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141030784
ISBN
9780141030784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.69

Hardback. Taking the female body for her muse, Janaina Tschape explores themes of the body and landscape, sex, death, renewal and transformation in paintings, drawings, photographs and video installations. This book deals with her work. Editor(s): Tschape, Janaina. Num Pages: 264 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 300. .
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777426334
ISBN
9783777426334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.35

Paperback. Series: MOMA One on One Series. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 185. .
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633450196
ISBN
9781633450196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.68

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