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Theory of art

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Parthian Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905762552
ISBN
9781905762552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.54

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.16
€ 113.30

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.80

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300134148
ISBN
9780300134148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.49

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.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692064
ISBN
9780847692064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.12

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.74

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. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
I.B. Tauris
Condition
New
SKU
9781784533458
ISBN
9781784533458
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 9.66

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.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739111376
ISBN
9780739111376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.63

hardcover. 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 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804730716
ISBN
9780804730716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.12

Paperback. What was the golden secret known to Leonardo da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself? This book aims to unravel a mystery, a code that seems to underly life, the universe and everything, a pattern we instinctively recognise as beautiful, and which nature herself uses at every scale. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; ABA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 52 x 114 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Wooden Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263470
ISBN
9781904263470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.21

Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, 66, 41 black & white halftones, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801479847
ISBN
9780801479847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.50

Paperback. Translator(s): Gussen, Sebastian. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037348857
ISBN
9783037348857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.29

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Crecy, Nicolas de. Num Pages: 128 pages, 10 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9782914563475
ISBN
9782914563475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.45

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037783450
ISBN
9783037783450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.56

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828029
ISBN
9781899828029
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.13

Paperback. Exploring the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points and asking key questions about its nature this book considers issues of identity, modernity and gender within a cultural and historical context. West uncovers much detail about a genre which has often been seen as purely representational. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842589
ISBN
9780192842589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.06

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903900055
ISBN
9781903900055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Ede, Sian. Num Pages: 200 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494. Science and the Contemporary Visual Arts. 200 pages, 60 illustrations. Editor(s): Ede, Sian. This work is one of the first books to examine the relationship between science and contemporary art and to chart the new work beginning to emerge from artist/scientist collaborations. Contributors include distinguished art historian Martin Kemp and artist Andrea Duncan. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 15. Weight: 492.
Publisher
Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780903319874
ISBN
9780903319874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.51

Paperback. The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture, dominating the look of its art and commodities as well as our ways of speaking about the ambivalent feelings these objects often inspire. In this study Ngai offers an aesthetic theory for the hypercommodified, mass-mediated, performance-driven world of late capitalism. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; GTE; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088122
ISBN
9780674088122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.60

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