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Theory of art
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
€ 99.86
€ 99.86
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
€ 93.64€ 78.10
€ 93.64
€ 78.10
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
€ 40.99€ 31.53
€ 40.99
€ 31.53
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACN; AGB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271008165
- ISBN
- 9780271008165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.20€ 80.87
€ 97.20
€ 80.87
Paperback. BIC Classification: ABA; AGZ; FXZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Watson-Guptill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781607749462
- ISBN
- 9781607749462
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.20
€ 25.99
€ 18.20
Hardback. Presents a blueprint for revitalizing labs with 'artscience' creative thought that erases conventional boundaries between art and science to produce innovations that otherwise might never see the light of day. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 b&w halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; JNF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057197
- ISBN
- 9780674057197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 560 pages, 190 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261461
- ISBN
- 9780226261461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.50
€ 46.99
€ 36.50
Hardback. Art as we know it is dramatically changing, but popular and critical responses lag behind. This title describes how art and architecture are being transformed in the age of Google. It provides an original theory of art and architecture in the age of global networks. Series: Point: Essays on Architecture. Num Pages: 136 pages, 39 color illus. 1 halftone. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150444
- ISBN
- 9780691150444
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.41
€ 37.99
€ 27.41
Hardcover. Outsider art is work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught visionaries, spiritualists, eccentrics, recluses, psychiatric patients, criminals and others beyond the perceived margins of society. This book sets out to challenge many of the received ideas in the field. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 208 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861895219
- ISBN
- 9781861895219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.61
€ 32.61
Paperback. Presents an overview of significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. This book explains the origins and development of the term Gothic. It explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary and non-literary forms, including art, architecture and film. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220633
- ISBN
- 9780631220633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.77
€ 41.99
€ 40.77
Hardback. * Provides an overview of the most significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. * Explains the origins and development of the term Gothic. * Explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary and non-literary forms, including art, architecture and film. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220626
- ISBN
- 9780631220626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.95
€ 142.95
Paperback. Offers an understanding of artistic creativity by examining the careers not only of great painters but also of important sculptors, poets, novelists, and movie directors. This book provides insights into the mysterious processes of human creativity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 line illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133805
- ISBN
- 9780691133805
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Paperback. Why on earth do cars have the same symmetry as dragonflies? Is there really a beautiful swirling pattern lurking in every dripping tap? What do insect eggs have in common with planets, and why? This book introduces the main principles of symmetry, and shows how symmetry can be found in almost every corner of science, nature and human culture. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; ABA; ACVN; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263517
- ISBN
- 9781904263517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.34
€ 9.34
Paperback. Mieke Bal is a leading scholar in art history and visual studies, with an international reputation in the English-speaking world. About Mieke Bal provides the first sustained scholarly assessment of Bal's writings in art history, visual studies, and critical theory. Editor(s): Cherry, Deborah. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 176 x 11. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405186568
- ISBN
- 9781405186568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.42
€ 29.42
Hardcover. Covering various aspects of the visual arts, this book includes more than 1,000 images of art. It is suitable for the art enthusiasts. Num Pages: 624 pages, 1063 illustrations, 865 in colour. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; ABA; AC; AF; AP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 285 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2040.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239438
- ISBN
- 9780500239438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.82
€ 52.99
€ 40.82
Paperback. A meditation on the colour spectrum by the painter, poet and film-maker, Derek Jarman. He explains the use of colour in medieval painting through the Renaissance to the modernists. It also discusses the meaning of colour in literature, science, philosophy, psychology, religion and alchemy. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099474913
- ISBN
- 9780099474913
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, 32ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226117904
- ISBN
- 9780226117904
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.97
€ 32.99
€ 25.97
Paperback. A varied selection of content, including excerpts, new translations, interviews with curators and artists, and art criticism. The Reader is contextualised under key themes and ideas that underpin the notion of a global art history that spans from the 1400s to present day. Editor(s): Newall, Diana. Series: Art and its Global Histories. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 4 graphs. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526119926
- ISBN
- 9781526119926
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.85
€ 26.99
€ 26.85
Paperback. The author shows how museum culture offers a unique vantage point on the 19th and 20th centuries' preoccupation with history and subjectivity, and demonstrates how the constitution of the aesthetic provides insight into the realms of technology, industrial culture, architecture, and ethics. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations facsimiles, port. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736046
- ISBN
- 9780804736046
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
Paperback. New edition of this key guide to art history, which takes a critical reading of the field's most innovative and influential texts over the past two centuries, including the most important new writing on the most recent work in a variety of new media. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 600 pages, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1398.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 601
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199229840
- ISBN
- 9780199229840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 24.89
€ 34.99
€ 24.89