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Theory of art

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034157
ISBN
9780271034157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271015279
ISBN
9780271015279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.58

Hardback. The Impact of Africa looks at changes in Western perspectives on African art and representations of Africans, and their paradoxical interpretation as both primitive and modern. Topics include photography, African influences on Picasso and Josephine Baker, and the contribution of artists from the Caribbean and Latin American diasporas. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJ; ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 258 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2004.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052673
ISBN
9780674052673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.39

Paperback. A new book from Reaktion best-selling author and artist, David Batchelor, The Luminous and the Grey is a unique study of the places where colour comes into being and where it fades away. Num Pages: 128 pages, 5 colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780232805
ISBN
9781780232805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.84

Paperback. Argues that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or contamination through colour - lurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought. This book analyses the motivations behind chromophobia and focuses on the work of writers and artists who have been prepared to look at colour as a positive value. Series: FOCI S. Num Pages: 128 pages, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890740
ISBN
9781861890740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.84

Paperback. A provocative triptych of black queer desire, articulated through aesthetic works and experiences Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 29 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; APF; JFCA; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077876
ISBN
9780252077876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.25

Paperback. The first major survey of photography's place in recent art history. Editor(s): Campany, David. Num Pages: 220 pages, 220. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 250 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714863924
ISBN
9780714863924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Ridinghouse United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905464722
ISBN
9781905464722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.46

Paperback. * Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405116671
ISBN
9781405116671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.06

Hardcover. Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art, and between different artistic disciplines. This book offers a view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405116664
ISBN
9781405116664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.61

Paperback. Series: Historical Materialism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 276 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466382
ISBN
9781608466382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.46

Paperback. When the "Mona Lisa" was stolen from the Louvre in 1911, thousands of people flocked to see where it had once been on display. What could have drawn these crowds to an empty space? Taking the intriguing story of the "Mona Lisa's" two year disappearance as his starting point, the author explores the psychology of looking at visual art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JMAF; JMRP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 222. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Darian Leader
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001874
ISBN
9780571212637
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. .
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496808066
ISBN
9781496808066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 18. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804704502
ISBN
9780804704502
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.64

Paperback. This text examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical conditions and institutions that have framed the development and uses of art theory. It looks at the work of major figures in the avant-garde movement, such as John Cage, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Andy Warhol. Num Pages: 370 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AVGC6; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226328928
ISBN
9780226328928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. A history of the postwar avant-garde in America. The book integrates diverse moments in American culture, such as bebop jazz, gestalt therapy, beat poetry, Jungian psychology and Zen Buddhism and argues that all of these movements have a unifying theme: spontaneous improvization. Num Pages: 356 pages, 8 colour plates, 30 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ABA; ACX; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
356
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041902
ISBN
9780226041902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Hardback. What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see? And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe? This title deals with these questions. Translator(s): Waters, Alyson. Num Pages: 176 pages, 43 color illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151540
ISBN
9780691151540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854379078
ISBN
9781854379078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.19

Paperback. A journey into the headspaces and workplaces of some of Britain's most unique artists, from the co-author of the critically acclaimed 'Holloway'. Num Pages: 534 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
The Friday Project Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008105211
ISBN
9780008105211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Petersson, Dag; Steinskog, Erik. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nordisk sommeruniversitet NSU Press Sweden
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9789188484253
ISBN
9789188484253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.33

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