Theory of art
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Theory of art
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168182
- ISBN
- 9780231168182
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€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Paperback. The attraction of a wink, a nod, a discarded snapshot - such feelings permeate our lives, yet we usually dismiss them as insubstantial. Jean Paul Ricco argues through the medium of modern art that it is precisely such fleeting experiences that will create a queer aesthetic, and notion of ethics. Num Pages: 184 pages, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 123 x 13. Weight in Grams: 294.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226711010
- ISBN
- 9780226711010
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€ 37.99€ 29.91
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Hardcover. A collection of essays written in affectionate tribute to Gombrich. Editor(s): Onians, John. Num Pages: 420 pages. Dimension: 248 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714829715
- ISBN
- 9780714829715
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€ 69.80
€ 69.80
Paperback. Explores the fundamental concepts we use in our innocent thoughts and conversations about art, as well as in the sophisticated art theory. This book progresses from pure philosophy to applied philosophy and ranges from the metaphysics of color to the Renaissance perspective, and more. It is useful for philosophers, art historians, and students. Num Pages: 300 pages, 8 colour plates, 97 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226365534
- ISBN
- 9780226365534
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€ 52.99€ 41.31
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Paperback. This study argues that the meaning of colour lies in the particular historical contexts in which it is experienced. Three essays introduce the subject, and the remaining chapters follow themes of colour chronologically, from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 137 illustrations, 37 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 190 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500282151
- ISBN
- 9780500282151
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€ 33.99€ 24.62
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Hardcover. A Companion to American Art presents 35 newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars that explore the methodology, historiography, and current state of the field of American art history. Editor(s): Davis, John; Greenhill, Jennifer A.; LaFountain, Jason D. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1326.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470671023
- ISBN
- 9780470671023
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Condition: New
€ 213.33
€ 213.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1336.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Power Publications Australia
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780909952389
- ISBN
- 9780909952389
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€ 79.74
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Paperback. Series: Rethinking Development. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; GTF; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138024724
- ISBN
- 9781138024724
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€ 71.95
€ 71.95
Paperback. Written by one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, this book presents a sceptical and an intelligent assessment of the true value of art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226030
- ISBN
- 9780571226030
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€ 17.99€ 14.33
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Paperback. Seeing comes before words. The child looks and recognizes before it can speak. But, there is also another sense in which seeing comes before words. It is seeing which establishes our place in the surrounding world. The relation between what we see and what we know is never settled. This is a book on art in various languages. Num Pages: 176 pages, Integrated illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 113 x 14. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- SKU
- 9780141035796
- ISBN
- 9780141035796
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.16
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Paperback. The follow-up to the seminal Ways of Seeing, one of the most influential books on art Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 160. 224 pages, Illustrations. The follow-up to the seminal Ways of Seeing, one of the most influential books on art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 14. Weight: 156.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747599579
- ISBN
- 9780747599579
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€ 19.99€ 16.06
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Paperback. An invaluable introduction to the continuing debates between high art and low culture for students of media and cultural studies and art history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 93 black and white photos. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745317441
- ISBN
- 9780745317441
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.05
€ 40.99
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Paperback. Immanence is a theory of divine presence, in which the divine is found in the material world, not outside of it. This collection brings the major 20th century French philosopher Henri Bergson's work on immanence together with fresh ideas in art theory and the practice of immanent art as found in painting, photography and film. Editor(s): Mullarkey, John; De Mille, Charlotte. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 b&w illustrations 7 b&w line art. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC; AJ; APF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474404730
- ISBN
- 9781474404730
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€ 40.99€ 35.47
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Paperback. Concentrating on canonical critical texts and images, the book examines modern art through a rhetoric of representation rather than through formalist criticism or the history of the avant-garde. Series: Interpretations in Art S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231080835
- ISBN
- 9780231080835
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€ 40.99€ 29.44
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Paperback. Early in this century, Futurist and Dada artists developed brilliantly innovative uses of typography that blurred the boundaries between visual art and literature. In this text, Johanna Drucker shows how later art criticism has distorted our understanding of such works. Num Pages: 306 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ABA; ACX; AKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 306
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226165028
- ISBN
- 9780226165028
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€ 37.99€ 29.85
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Hardcover. Editor(s): Burton, Johanna; Jackson, Shannon; Willsdon, Dominic. Series: Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture. Num Pages: 544 pages, 38 color illus., 78 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 250 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1384.
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262034814
- ISBN
- 9780262034814
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.42
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€ 38.42
paperback. By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory--Goethe never even mentions it--that he may begin to think about color theory relatively unhampered by prejudice, ancient or modern. Translator(s): Eastlake, C.L. Num Pages: 486 pages, 13. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- MIT Press
- Number of pages
- 486
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Edition
- First Edition Thus
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262570213
- ISBN
- 9780262570213
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 31.19
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Hardcover. Modern English translations of several of the most important essays of Winckelmann, one of the fathers of art history and archaeology and a strong influence on Goethe and Schiller and Weimar Classicism. Translator(s): Carter, David R. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 282 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations, 10 black and white. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135209
- ISBN
- 9781571135209
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€ 134.26
€ 134.26
Paperback. Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources - from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible - to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. Translator(s): Gaiger, Jason. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327556
- ISBN
- 9780226327556
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.00
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Hardback. Material Identities examines the way that individuals use material objects as tools for projecting aspects of their identities. Considers the way identity is fashioned, launched, used, and admired in the material world. Contributors intervene from the disciplines of art history, anthropology, design and material culture. Editor(s): Sofaer, Joanna. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 184 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405132343
- ISBN
- 9781405132343
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Condition: New
€ 117.76
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Paperback. Scale, or the relative dimension of an object, has long been one of the most crucial elements in the creation, circulation, and reception of art. Often mistaken as size, scale is the impetus behind the profoundly visceral ways in which we perceive and interpret works of art. Editor(s): Kee, Joan; Lugli, Emanuele. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 210. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119142508
- ISBN
- 9781119142508
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Condition: New
€ 33.73
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Paperback. Looks at the work of a diverse range of artists and explores the effect of feminist theory on art practice. The book provides a provocative and valuable account of the diversity and revolutionary potential of women's art practice. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AGB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415080156
- ISBN
- 9780415080156
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Condition: New
€ 54.61
€ 54.61
This book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective'"quality of art contributes to a new understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750745
- ISBN
- 9780804750745
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Condition: New
€ 108.92
€ 108.92
Paperback. This book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective" quality of art contributes to an understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751711
- ISBN
- 9780804751711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.68
€ 27.68