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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

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 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

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783956790003
ISBN
9783956790003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.63

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhauser
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034600927
ISBN
9783034600927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 28.78

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.23

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.04

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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
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
€ 27.76

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
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

€ 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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 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

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

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