Theory of art
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Theory of art
Paperback. Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art. Editor(s): Kieran, Matthew. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405102407
- ISBN
- 9781405102407
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.77
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Paperback. Editor(s): Ramadan, Khaled D. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 colour & 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772899671
- ISBN
- 9788772899671
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€ 38.99€ 28.55
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Paperback. Bringing together essays on activist and community-based art from the pages of "Afterimage" - one of the most influential journals in the media and visual arts fields, this title demonstrates that activist art, far from being antithetical to the true meaning of the aesthetic, can be its most legitimate expression. Editor(s): Kester, Grant H. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320951
- ISBN
- 9780822320951
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 28.79
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Hardback. White is not a book about colors. It is rather Kenya Haras attempt to explore the essence of "White," which he sees as being closely related to the origin of Japanese aesthetics - symbolizing simplicity and subtlety. The central concepts discussed by Kenya Hara in this publication are emptiness and the absolute void. Num Pages: 64 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037781838
- ISBN
- 9783037781838
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€ 36.99€ 26.32
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Hardcover. Art for art's sake addresses the relationship between art and life. Although it has long been argued that aestheticism aims to de-humanize art, this volume seeks to consider the counterclaim that such de-humanization can also lead to re-humanization and to a deepened relationship between the aesthetic sphere and the world at large. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230551169
- ISBN
- 9780230551169
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Condition: New
€ 66.92
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Hardcover. Locating a shared interest in the philosophy of "art for art's sake" in aestheticism and modernismo, this study examines the changing role of art and artist during the turn-of-the-century period, offering a consideration of the multiple dichotomies of art and life, aesthetics and economics, production and consumption, and center and periphery. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230278097
- ISBN
- 9780230278097
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Condition: New
€ 66.77
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Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 28. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302. Poststructuralism, Cultural Politics and Art History. 208 pages, 27 b&w illustrations, 1 drawing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801481536
- ISBN
- 9780801481536
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€ 37.99€ 34.28
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Paperback. Visual Time offers a rare consideration of the idea of time in art history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 29 illustrations, including 8 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822353690
- ISBN
- 9780822353690
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€ 38.99€ 26.49
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Paperback. Kay Jamison draws on her work as a psychiatrist and researcher in mood disorders to explore connections between manic-depressive illness and artistic activity. She applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of artists including Byron, Van Gogh, Schumann and Woolf. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations facsim., genealogy, port. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JMAL; MBP; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780684831831
- ISBN
- 9780684831831
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.36
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The Art of the Animal: Fourteen Women Artists Explore "The Sexual ...
Kathryn Eddy, Janell O'Rourke, L.A. Watson
Hardcover. Editor(s): Eddy, Kathryn; O'Rourke, Janell; Watson, L. A. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Lantern Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590564912
- ISBN
- 9781590564912
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 37.65
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Hardback. Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178839
- ISBN
- 9781405178839
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€ 99.68
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Paperback. Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178822
- ISBN
- 9781405178822
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€ 43.99€ 43.87
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Paperback. "Sighting/Citing/Siting "is a broad contextualization of an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural performance entitled Crossfiring/Mama Wetotan. DVD included. Editor(s): Irwin, Kathleen; MacDonald, Rory. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KB; ABA; AC; AFKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Regina Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889772281
- ISBN
- 9780889772281
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.09
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Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, xviii, 324 p., 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ABA; ACV; ACX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 0002-
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226555843
- ISBN
- 9780226555843
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. The Evolution of the Museum Concept from the French Revolution to the Present Day. 192 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Dimension: 214 x 153 x 13. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Ridinghouse
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 3rd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905464203
- ISBN
- 9781905464203
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€ 26.99€ 20.32
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Hardback. Voices are material, somatic, and musical. They are also meaningful--they give body to concepts that cannot exist in abstractions. Through explorations of theology, pedagogy, translation, and more, this book works toward reintegrating our thinking about words as a fleshy combining of meaning and music. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPM; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269990
- ISBN
- 9780823269990
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Paperback. To pursue excellence through the intelligent appliance of colour. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AKC; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 251 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785353048
- ISBN
- 9781785353048
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.65
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Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 186 pages, 2 colour plates, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226791548
- ISBN
- 9780226791548
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€ 18.99€ 16.54
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Paperback. This interdisciplinary collection of essays on idolatry, including both historical and theoretical contributions, shows that the concept of idolatry is helpful for all who study the ways that people interact with and conceive of the things around them. Editor(s): Ellenbogen, Josh; Tugendhaft, Aaron. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804760430
- ISBN
- 9780804760430
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
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Paperback. In November 1984, a remarkable discussion took place at the Meeting House in Ulm, Germany. It featured the radical artist Joseph Beuys, two professors (of Financial Sciences and Political Economics) and a banker. This title presents a transcript of this debate. Num Pages: 96 pages, half tones. BIC Classification: ABA; KCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 9. Weight in Grams: 148. A Discussion Featuring Joseph Beuys. 96 pages, half tones. In November 1984, a remarkable discussion took place at the Meeting House in Ulm, Germany. It featured the radical artist Joseph Beuys, two professors (of Financial Sciences and Political Economics) and a banker. This title presents a transcript of this debate. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA; KCA. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 9. Weight: 148.
- Publisher
- Clairview Books
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905570256
- ISBN
- 9781905570256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
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