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Theory of art

Paperback. What is it to be a work of art? Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, this book challenges the popular interpretation that art is an indefinable concept, instead bringing to light the properties that constitute universal meaning. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205718
ISBN
9780300205718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.61

Paperback. Arthur C. Danto is professor emeritus of philosophy at Columbia University. He is the art critic for the Nation and has served as president of the American Philosophical Association. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231132275
ISBN
9780231132275
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Holler, Christian. Num Pages: 364 pages, 16 colour, 82 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 728. Post-War Avant-Gardes Between 1957 and 1986. 364 pages, 16 colour, 82 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Holler, Christian. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 28. Weight: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037643112
ISBN
9783037643112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Bending, Stephen. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HBA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105354
ISBN
9781405105354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.80

Hardback. Americans, on average, spend between six and ten seconds looking at individual artworks in museums or galleries. This book dwells upon various media-photography, painting, sculpture, "living pictures," film, video, digital and performance art - and even light, time, and space, from both the present and past. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 color photographs, 99 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285507
ISBN
9780520285507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.08
€ 46.42

Paperback. A revealing study into the relationship between psychology and the arts. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 505. A Study in the Psychology of Artistic Imagination. 336 pages, illustrations. A revealing study into the relationship between psychology and the arts. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 20. Weight: 416.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520038455
ISBN
9780520038455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. Making the new politics of craft and sustainability Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538248
ISBN
9781784538248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.69

hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KLCM; ABA; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719056789
ISBN
9780719056789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.51

Paperback. Series: Bloomsbury Studies in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474260244
ISBN
9781474260244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.89

Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; ABA; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 135. .
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863356552
ISBN
9783863356552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.56

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415750004
ISBN
9780415750004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.80

Paperback. A significant contribution to investigations of the social and cultural impact of new media and digital technologies Num Pages: 256 pages, 22 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 27. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Dartmouth College Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584655589
ISBN
9781584655589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.69

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087479
ISBN
9780719087479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.75

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784992941
ISBN
9781784992941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.58

Hardcover. The book proposes a novel theorisation of what happened in art after the demise of postmodernism in the 1990s, exploring select instances in art's and theory's shift of emphasis from cultural to economic relations. Editor(s): Dimitrakaki, Angela; Lloyd, Kirsten. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381380
ISBN
9781781381380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 201.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262527569
ISBN
9780262527569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.63

hardcover. Eco awareness has had an enormous impact across all cultural and political spectrums, not least in the art world. This book presents an exploration of the ways in which contemporary artists are confronting nature, the environment, climate change and ecology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 343 illustrations, 338 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1370.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239162
ISBN
9780500239162
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.60

Paperback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643172
ISBN
9780748643172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. Iconoclastic study of the meanings of art in which the author designs a new set of categories for the artistic process and views artists and their work from a unique point of view. Translator(s): Gilbert, Stuart. Series: Bollingen Series (General). Num Pages: 664 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 216 x 33. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
661
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691018218
ISBN
9780691018218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.17
€ 41.75

Paperback. Questions how we analyse works of art after the performative turn and shows how the interplay of performativity (textual action), space and topography, and the converging of genres and art forms is essential in modern drama, theatre, prose fiction, poetry and film. This book fosters a concern for the development of congenial theory. Num Pages: 439 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
439
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779344600
ISBN
9788779344600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.88

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