Theory of art
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Theory of art
Hardback. When Constructivism emerged shortly after the Russian Revolution, its central principles concerned structure and efficiency in the work of art and the nature and properties of materials. In this book, the author examines the origins of these principles and their extraordinary consequences for the rest of modern art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 colour images + 97 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1230.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300195774
- ISBN
- 9780300195774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.43€ 51.34
€ 65.43
€ 51.34
Hardcover. Documents commissioned art for display on the Central Line between 2011 and 2012 which included Michael Landy's Acts of Kindness Anna Barham, Alice Channer and Bob and Roberta Smith's art on communication and exchange in the tube and the artworks produced by Hackney youth as part of A Lock is A Gate. Editor(s): Bonham-Carter, Charlotte; Coysh, Louise; Dillon, Tamsin. Num Pages: 88 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 12. Weight in Grams: 354. Art on the Underground. 88 pages, 80 illustrations. Editor(s): Bonham-Carter, Charlotte; Coysh, Louise; Dillon, Tamsin. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ABA; ACXJ. Dimension: 171 x 237 x 12. Weight: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Black Dog Publishing
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907317903
- ISBN
- 9781907317903
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.51
€ 17.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Features articles that discuss ways in which art seeks to redistribute national and cultural identity. This book explores how works that express new identity formations confront the conventional aesthetic production of meaning, and examines how art reinvents itself when dealing with unresolved issues of political, national and cultural belonging. Editor(s): Stavning Thomsen, Bodil Marie; Orjasoter, Kristin. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 176 x 22. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Aarhus University Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788779345720
- ISBN
- 9788779345720
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Condition: New
€ 22.80
€ 22.80
Contemporary artists discuss the avant-garde movement and how the Great War influenced art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 150 colour, 50 b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1800.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Lannoo Belgium
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789401437660
- ISBN
- 9789401437660
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 44.43
€ 52.99
€ 44.43
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076652
- ISBN
- 9780226076652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 79.61
€ 95.17
€ 79.61
Paperback. Argues for a fresh understanding of the relations between politics and aesthetics in a globalized and image-saturated world. Editor(s): Hinderliter, Beth; Kaizen, William; Mansoor, Jaleh; McCormick, Seth; Maimon, Vered. Num Pages: 384 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822345138
- ISBN
- 9780822345138
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.90
€ 41.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Lang, Berel. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801494390
- ISBN
- 9780801494390
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. Marc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art in revolutionary Russia, to the position of a world-famous French artist. This book presents a comprehensive collection of Chagall's public statements on art and culture. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Special ed.
- SKU
- V9780804748315
- ISBN
- 9780804748315
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.56
€ 27.99
€ 26.56
Hardback. Marc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art in revolutionary Russia, to the position of a world-famous French artist. This book presents a comprehensive collection of Chagall's public statements on art and culture. Series: Contraversions: Jews & other differences. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748308
- ISBN
- 9780804748308
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Condition: New
€ 114.36
€ 114.36
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Sydney Australia
- Number of pages
- 407
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781864870244
- ISBN
- 9781864870244
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.86
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sternberg Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783956790003
- ISBN
- 9783956790003
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.63
€ 21.99
€ 17.63
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034600927
- ISBN
- 9783034600927
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.78
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Paperback. This anthology brings together material from 38 well-known writers, artists and scientists who attempt to describe the process by which original ideas come to them. Editor(s): Ghiselin, Brewster. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- F First Paperback Edition Used
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520054530
- ISBN
- 9780520054530
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€ 33.99€ 30.23
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Paperback. Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630397
- ISBN
- 9780745630397
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Condition: New
€ 27.35
€ 27.35
Hardback. Art and Social Theory provides a comprehensive introduction to sociological studies of the arts. It examines the central debates of social theorists and sociologists about the place of the arts in society and the social significance of aesthetics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745630380
- ISBN
- 9780745630380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Foreword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163895
- ISBN
- 9780691163895
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.04
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Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674903463
- ISBN
- 9780674903463
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.04
€ 37.99
€ 32.04
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
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.61
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.76
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€ 27.76
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
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.65
€ 19.99
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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
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Condition: New
€ 32.14
€ 32.14
Paperback. This work explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Iversen, Margaret. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227151
- ISBN
- 9780631227151
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Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardcover. This work explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Iversen, Margaret. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227144
- ISBN
- 9780631227144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.88
€ 136.88
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
€ 59.48€ 57.31
€ 59.48
€ 57.31