Theory of art
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Theory of art
Paperback. Phantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrum-sometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its model-in light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733366
- ISBN
- 9780804733366
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€ 32.99€ 29.35
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Hardback. In order to better understand the conditions of the twenty-first century, the authors revisit the 20th century in this work. They revisit some of the most significant periods in art and politics in the twentieth century paying close attention to the relationship between aesthetics and politics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739111376
- ISBN
- 9780739111376
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€ 139.47
€ 139.47
hardcover. First book to examine how the theories of Gotthold Ephraim Lessing have affected individual artists and their works. Editor(s): Lippert, Sarah. Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 30 integrated bw. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 25. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781784533458
- ISBN
- 9781784533458
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Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 9.39
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Paperback. Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Editor(s): Cook, Sarah. Series: Documents of Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854882489
- ISBN
- 9780854882489
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€ 21.99€ 17.46
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€ 17.46
Paperback. Sandor Radnoti looks at forgeries, artistic reproductions, replicas, variations, and pastiches in order to study the dilemmas surrounding artistic illusion and "poetic license." He reveals how forgeries as the parasites of art make clear and transparent the meaning of artistic orginality. Translator(s): Dunai, Ervin. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: ABA; ABK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692064
- ISBN
- 9780847692064
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Condition: New
€ 59.36
€ 59.36
paperback. Explores the emergence of the theme of migration as a dominant subject in the world of art, as well as the ways in which the mobilities of our globalized world have radically reshaped art's conditions of production, reception, and display. Editor(s): Mathur, Saloni. Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 75 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JFFN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 177 x 18. Weight in Grams: 642.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300134148
- ISBN
- 9780300134148
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
€ 29.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Amended ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837618037
- ISBN
- 9783837618037
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Condition: New
€ 52.76€ 41.59
€ 52.76
€ 41.59
Paperback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception. Newly available in paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBH; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643196
- ISBN
- 9780748643196
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.49
€ 33.99
€ 30.49
Hardback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639885
- ISBN
- 9780748639885
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Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 107.06
€ 111.73
€ 107.06
Hardcover. Holy Hiatus sought to examine the ways that artists can draw audiences into different, often unexpected experiences of place through ritual. The temporary, mobile and in some cases, understated nature of the works meant that the impact was often subtle, but the artworks nonetheless created a ripple of effect for audiences. Editor(s): Jones, Ruth. Num Pages: 148 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 739.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762552
- ISBN
- 9781905762552
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€ 19.99€ 18.32
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Paperback. Translator(s): Monges, L.D.; Moore, V. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880101547
- ISBN
- 9780880101547
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
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Paperback. This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder. Num Pages: 72 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 108. An Essay on Disorder and Order. 72 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight: 108.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 40th Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266001
- ISBN
- 9780520266001
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€ 27.99€ 21.18
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Paperback. A collection of essays that explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. It deals with color composition, forgeries, and the problems of perspective, on art in education and therapy, on the style of artists' late works, and the reading of maps. Num Pages: 348 pages, 61ill. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484. 348 pages, 61ill. A collection of essays that explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. It deals with color composition, forgeries, and the problems of perspective, on art in education and therapy, on the style of artists' late works, and the reading of maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight: 484.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055544
- ISBN
- 9780520055544
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.35
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Paperback. Using many examples, this title considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Num Pages: 250 pages, 95 b/w photographs, 62 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364. A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts. 250 pages, Illustrations. Using many examples, this title considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight: 368.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261266
- ISBN
- 9780520261266
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€ 40.99€ 28.94
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Paperback. Based on the assumption that art is subject to psychology, accessible to understanding, and needed for any comprehensive survey of mental functioning, this book offers psychological findings range from experiments in the perception of shape or observations on the art work of children to broad deliberations on nature of images or of inspiration. Num Pages: 380 pages, 1 color illustration, 3 b/w photographs, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266018
- ISBN
- 9780520266018
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.66
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Paperback. Num Pages: 518 pages, 281 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738. A Psychology of the Creative Eye. 518 pages, 281 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight: 734.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243835
- ISBN
- 9780520243835
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.92
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Paperback. "A curator, a paintings conservator, a photographer, and a conservation scientist walk into a bar." What happens next? In lively and accessible prose, color science expert Roy S. Berns helps the reader understand complex color-technology concepts and offers solutions to problems that occur when art is displayed, conserved, imaged, or reproduced. Num Pages: 208 pages, 250 color. BIC Classification: ABA; ABC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 257 x 19. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064818
- ISBN
- 9781606064818
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Condition: New
€ 56.29€ 43.95
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Paperback. Series: The Wellek Library Lectures. Num Pages: 104 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 204 x 9. Weight in Grams: 176.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152792
- ISBN
- 9780231152792
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.00
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Paperback. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536044
- ISBN
- 9781557536044
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Condition: New
€ 60.67
€ 60.67
Paperback. From Botticelli to birdsong, Mozart, and the Turner Prize, Roger Scruton explores what it means for something to be beautiful. This thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects around us. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, Approximately 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199229758
- ISBN
- 9780199229758
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857855350
- ISBN
- 9780857855350
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.75
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Paperback. Illuminates some of the chief spiritual itineraries of modern art. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635103
- ISBN
- 9781566635103
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
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Hardback. With reviews and essays composed over the last 20 years and revised for this book, "Art's Prospects" illuminates some of the chief spiritual itineraries of modern art, and argues that the traditional is the enemy, rather than a springboard to originality. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635097
- ISBN
- 9781566635097
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Condition: New
€ 34.01
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paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Valiz
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789078088394
- ISBN
- 9789078088394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.24
€ 24.99
€ 21.24