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Paperback. This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, numerous colour and haltones; 6 maps; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842619
ISBN
9780192842619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. Biographies of artists and writers have traditionally presented an individual's lone struggle for self-expression. In this book, critics and historians, challenge these assumptions in a series of essays that focus on artist and writer couples who have shared sexual and artistic bonds. Editor(s): Chadwick, Whitney; Courtivron, Isabelle De. Series: Interplay S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 76 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AC; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KOC0011671
ISBN
9780500278741
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardcover. The British Museum is the most magnificent treasure-house in the world. The wealth and range of its collections is unequalled by any other national museum. This title reveals and delights the reader with the stories behind these treasures and many more. Num Pages: 240 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ACB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 228 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1446. 240 pages, 300 colour illustrations. The British Museum is the most magnificent treasure-house in the world. The wealth and range of its collections is unequalled by any other national museum. This title reveals and delights the reader with the stories behind these treasures and many more. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ACB; AGC. Dimension: 284 x 228 x 23. Weight: 1464.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714150628
ISBN
9780714150628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789200365
ISBN
9780789200365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.51

Paperback. Artists, critics, curators, and scholars develop theories of craft in relation to art, chronicle how fine art institutions understand and exhibit craft media, and offer accounts of activist crafting. Editor(s): Buszek, Maria Elena. Num Pages: 320 pages, 73 color illus., 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347620
ISBN
9780822347620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.48

Paperback. This wide-ranging collection of 50 iconic portraits includes works by many of the world's most renowned artists, each with their own style, technique, and story to tell. Num Pages: 144 pages, 75 colour. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 188 x 13. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791349800
ISBN
9783791349800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.91

Hardcover. Cultural modernity has habitually been defined as a focus on the means of representation themselves, as opposed to art that imitates external reality or expresses its maker's inner life. This study in cultural history explores how Spanish culture took a radical turn toward the medium of representation itself in the 1850s and early 1860s. Num Pages: 364 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; ACV; AFC; HBJD; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 28. Weight in Grams: 703.
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
364
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911137
ISBN
9781575911137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.54

Hardcover. This highly accessible overview of Art Deco, embraces nearly every artistic medium-offering paintings and photography to furnishings and film-through fifty superb examples of Art Deco style that reveal the period's richness and range. Num Pages: 144 pages, 80 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 244 x 16. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791381688
ISBN
9783791381688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.60

Paperback. Presents analysis of occult iconography in many of the masterpieces of Western art - from the astrological symbols that decorated churches and illuminated manuscripts, through the work of a range of Renaissance artists, including Bosch, Brueghel, Durer and Caravaggio, to the visionary works of nineteenth-century artists, such as Fuseli and Blake. Series: Guide to Imagery. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACX; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 23. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369072
ISBN
9780892369072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.35

Paperback. BIC Classification: AC; AGR; HRCX6; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780830845033
ISBN
9780830845033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
BIS Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9789063693992
ISBN
9789063693992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.46

Paperback. In the later Middle Ages, clothing was used to mark religious, military, and chivalric orders. This book explores the representation of this material culture in the literary texts, and other documents that imagine various functions for elite clothing in twelfth- and thirteenth-century France. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812219302
ISBN
9780812219302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 84 illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Trust for Museum Exhibitions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882507177
ISBN
9781882507177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.58

Hardback. "First published in Germany under the title Faces: Eine Geschichte des Gesichts." Translator(s): Hansen, Thomas S.; Hansen, Abby J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 53 color illus. 51 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162355
ISBN
9780691162355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Hardcover. Showcases and puts into historical context a host of sculpted works created in the 1920s and 1930s in the decorative vernacular defined loosely today as 'Art Deco'. With artists' biographies and details of manufacturers, a full glossary and a thematic index, this volume is suitable for all those interested in the Art Deco style. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD3; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 321 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2754.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239483
ISBN
9780500239483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.00
€ 71.43

Paperback. A scholarly and entertaining survey of painting during the Victorian era. Num Pages: 512 pages, 620 colour and 7 b&w illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; AFC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 249 x 52. Weight in Grams: 3168.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714843599
ISBN
9780714843599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; WZS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 106. Weight in Grams: 23.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Ntb
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486814575
ISBN
9780486814575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

Paperback. Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.750 BC to the end of antiquity. Num Pages: 350 pages, 176 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFKB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 17. Weight in Grams: 784. 350 pages, 176 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. Explains the social function and aesthetic achievement of Greek sculpture from c.750 BC to the end of antiquity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFKB; HBJD; HBLA1. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 17. Weight: 782.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
350
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521756983
ISBN
9780521756983
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.73

Paperback. Explores the French physicist Leon Foucault's (1819-1868) proof that the world rotates and develops the experiment further. This book illustrates the playful exploration of space and time using recent pictures from the Schirn rotunda. Num Pages: 64 pages, 32 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 208 x 8. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424422
ISBN
9783777424422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Hardback. Emilio Vedova's artistic career began in Venice in the mid-1930s. He immediately felt the deep allure of grand Venetian painting and sculpture and, guided by the restless agitation and dynamic mobility of the baroque, was soon plunged into total and extreme three-dimensional involvement. This title presents the sculptural journey of this master. Editor(s): Celant, Germano. Num Pages: 240 pages, 287 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 249 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1706.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857206967
ISBN
9788857206967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719040542
ISBN
9780719040542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.83

hardcover. An innovative new history of Cubism told through some of the most significant artworks ever produced, drawn from a distinguished private collection Editor(s): Rabinow, Rebecca; Braun, Emily F. Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 392 pages, 280 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 264 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2732.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208078
ISBN
9780300208078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.40
€ 45.72

Paperback. We now know conclusively that Greeks in fact lavished their sculptures with realistic colour paint, and also worked with a wealth of other materials on a major scale, including wood and precious metals. This edition showcases the artistic endeavours of the ancient Greeks. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Fifth
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204337
ISBN
9780500204337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. Now available again, this book is a penetrating exploration of the American realist painter Edward Hopper, who was able to capture the many moods of the nation he called home. Num Pages: 128 pages, 45 (27 in colour). BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 192 x 15. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Prestel Germany
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791346137
ISBN
9783791346137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.50

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