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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 210. .
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836504423
ISBN
9783836504423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.87

Paperback. The reader is invited to view Islamic art as no more and no less than ordinary art, neither better nor worse than anything else that counts as art. It follows that there are no special techniques required in Islamic aesthetics as compared with any other form of aesthetics. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ABA; ACBP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617357
ISBN
9780748617357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.20

Hardback. Beverly Pepper has spent her lifetime at the forefront of monumental sculpture worldwide. From her first twenty-foot sculpture in Spoleto in 1962 to her four forty-foot columns in the Federal Plaza, New York, her work ranges in varying scales across three continents. This title presents an illustrated biography of her life's work. Editor(s): Hobbs, Robert; Tuchman, Phyllis. Num Pages: 300 pages, 185 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 305 x 28. Weight in Grams: 2480.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857210629
ISBN
9788857210629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 58.19

Hardcover. The golden age of ocean liners is inextricably linked with the key decorative trends of the 20th century Art Nouveau, Art Deco, and Modernism. This lavish visual feast explores the technical, aesthetic, cultural, and political factors that came together to define such an iconic mode of travel. Editor(s): Finamore, Daniel; Wood, Ghislaine. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACVY; ACXD3; HBTB; JFCK; WTHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 247. .
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851779062
ISBN
9781851779062
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 39.55

Paperback. Challenges the conventional wisdom that digital arts arose out of Silicon Valley's technological revolutions in 1970s. This title demonstrates that the radical and experimental aesthetics and political and cultural engagements of early digital art stand as precursors for the mobility among technological platforms, artistic forms, and social sites. Editor(s): Higgins, Hannah B.; Kahn, Douglas. Num Pages: 376 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AJR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 572. Early Computing and the Foundations of the Digital Arts. 376 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Higgins, Hannah B.; Kahn, Douglas. Challenges the conventional wisdom that digital arts arose out of Silicon Valley's technological revolutions in 1970s. This title demonstrates that the radical and experimental aesthetics and political and cultural engagements of early digital art stand as precursors for the mobility among technological platforms, artistic forms, and social sites. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX; AJR. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 26. Weight: 538.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520268388
ISBN
9780520268388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. The richly illustrated bookk carefully situates architecture, design, and urban planning within Kolkata's political economy and social milieu. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 252 pages, 0 black and white; 99 full color. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 3JJ; 3JM; ACX; AMVD; HBTB; RPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 109.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462981119
ISBN
9789462981119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.62

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 266 x 14. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
Benedikt Taschen Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836528955
ISBN
9783836528955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.95

Hardback. "There is scarcely one letter by Van Gogh which I, who am certainly no expert, do not find fascinating." --W. H. Auden Editor(s): Jansen, Leo; Luijten, Hans; Bakker, Nienke. Num Pages: 880 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; BJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 195 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1656.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Abridged
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300209471
ISBN
9780300209471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.82

Paperback. A collection of dialogues, talks, and writings by Philip Guston (1913-1980), one of the most intellectually adventurous and poetically gifted of modern painters. It lets us hear Guston's voice - as the artist delivers a lecture on Renaissance painting, instructs students in a classroom setting, and discusses various artists and writers. Editor(s): Coolidge, Clark. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 b/w scattered. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257160
ISBN
9780520257160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.91

Paperback. This study presents the complete works of the great Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. The text includes a short essay and commentaries on each of the paintings, and incorporates new research on Vermeer's life and extraordinary artistic achievements. Num Pages: 72 pages, 44 colour and 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 370 x 268 x 9. Weight in Grams: 794. The Complete Works. 72 pages, 44 colour and 24 b&w illustrations. This study presents the complete works of the great Dutch painter, Johannes Vermeer. The text includes a short essay and commentaries on each of the paintings, and incorporates new research on Vermeer's life and extraordinary artistic achievements. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 3JD; ACQB; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 370 x 268 x 9. Weight: 784.
Publisher
Harry N. Abrams
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810927513
ISBN
9780810927513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 432 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FP; ACBP; AKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Shambhala Publications Inc
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611801347
ISBN
9781611801347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 33.97

Hardcover. Having trained with modern masters from the late 1940s to mid-1950s, Lygia Clark was at the forefront of Constructivist and Neo-Concretist movements in Brazil. This title examines Clarks output from her early abstract compositions to the biological architectures and relational objects she created late in her career. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 249 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2422.
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870708909
ISBN
9780870708909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 58.35

Hardcover. Illustrating that product marketing, patent litigation, and even ghostwriting pervaded natural history and medicine - the "big sciences" of the early modern era, this book argues that the growth of global trade during the Dutch Golden Age gave rise to an entrepreneurial network of transnational science. Num Pages: 336 pages, 32 colour plates, 39 halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ACQ; KCLT; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226117744
ISBN
9780226117744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 36.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 632 pages, 100 full colour pictures. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 230 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Publisher
Viking
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780670922307
ISBN
9780670922307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1390.
Publisher
Red Lemon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783420025
ISBN
9781783420025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.72

Paperback. In this challenging collection of fifteen essays, most of which originally appeared in October, Rosalind Krauss explores the ways in which the break in style that produced postmodernism has forced a change in our various understandings of twentieth-century art, beginning with the almost mythic idea of the avant-garde. Num Pages: 319 pages, 162. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 175 x 15. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
319
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262610469
ISBN
9780262610469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.62

Hardcover. An account of the Italian painter, architect and draughtsman, Raphael, one of the most influential artists of the High Renaissance. It explores his style and his compassionate depictions of Madonna and child groups, his portraits and his works based on Bible stories and myths. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 500 images. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 283 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
Anness Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754827115
ISBN
9780754827115
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. In 1788, nearly 1,500 people on 11 sailing ships came ashore at Port Jackson in Australia, and those who sailed in them were the community who established the first European colony in Australia. The Art of the First Fleet is a captivating collection of watercolours, washes, ink and pencil drawings created during this historic time. Num Pages: 112 pages, Over 100 colour artworks. BIC Classification: 1MBF; ACBS; AGN; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 254 x 11. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
The Natural History Museum United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780565092962
ISBN
9780565092962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.60

Paperback. Who gets to say what counts as contemporary art? Artists, critics, curators, gallerists, auctioneers, collectors, or the public? Revealing how these groups have shaped multifaceted definition, this title shows that a historical approach offers the best answer to the question: What Is Contemporary Art? Num Pages: 304 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 16. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226764313
ISBN
9780226764313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Badovinac, Zdenka; Cufer, Eda; Gardner, Anthony. Num Pages: 600 pages, 150 color illus., 150 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; 3JJPN; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 273 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1604.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262029957
ISBN
9780262029957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 41.64

Paperback. A selection of Leonardo da Vinci's writings on painting. Martin Kemp and Margaret Walker have edited material not only from his so-called "Treatise on Painting" but also from his surviving manuscripts and from other primary sources. Translator(s): Kemp, Mr Martin; Walker, Margaret. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300090956
ISBN
9780300090956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.60

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 144 pages, 172ill. BIC Classification: ACVY; ACXD3; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 206 x 11. Weight in Grams: 456. 144 pages, 172ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACVY; ACXD3; AGB. Dimension: 276 x 206 x 11. Weight: 444.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
44th Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486262734
ISBN
9780486262734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.79

Paperback. Born and trained in England and a US resident starting in 1976, Reyner Banham wrote incisively about American and European buildings and culture. This title presents a chronological cross-section of essays, polemics, and reviews drawn from more than three decades of Banham's writings. Editor(s): Barker, Paul; Lyall, Sutherland; Price, Cedric. Num Pages: 366 pages, 32 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AK; AM; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 190 x 21. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
366
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition, (A Centennial Book)
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219441
ISBN
9780520219441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 30.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 205. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232843
ISBN
9788857232843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.46

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