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Theory of art

Paperback. Editor(s): Franzbecker, Jorg; Maechtel, Annette; Baumann, Leonie. Num Pages: 210 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Buchhandlung Walther Konig GmbH & Co. KG. Abt. Verlag Germany
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9783865605184
ISBN
9783865605184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.00
€ 35.07

Hardback. Draws on neuroscience and psychology to understand the way we both perceive and conceive of art, including its resistance to verbal exposition. This book probes the distinction between accepting a tradition and defying it through innovation, which leads to a consideration of the notion of artistic genius. Num Pages: 528 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 853.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226736099
ISBN
9780226736099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.84

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

€ 122.64

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

€ 36.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783956790898
ISBN
9783956790898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.86

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
€ 41.67

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
€ 37.26

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

€ 129.24

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 43.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Stimson, Blake; Sholette, Gregory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816644629
ISBN
9780816644629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.56

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

€ 22.84

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
€ 14.35

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

€ 89.84

Paperback. Editor(s): Schubiger, Irene. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 200 x 20. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037640548
ISBN
9783037640548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934105795
ISBN
9781934105795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.56

Paperback. Concerned with the complex and sophisticated relationship between economics, social context, and aesthetics as represented in the contested space of the art gallery, this book raises the question of how artists must construe their work in relation to the gallery space and system. Num Pages: 113 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 207 x 12. Weight in Grams: 410. The Ideology of the Gallery Space. 113 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. Concerned with the complex and sophisticated relationship between economics, social context, and aesthetics as represented in the contested space of the art gallery, this book raises the question of how artists must construe their work in relation to the gallery space and system. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Dimension: 202 x 207 x 12. Weight: 418.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
113
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Expanded Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220409
ISBN
9780520220409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.49

Hardback. This book examines charisma as the force in art, literature, and film that engages the reader's or viewer's consciousness and inspires admiration and imitation. Thirteen chapters analyze the workings of charisma and its effects, ranging from Homer to Woody Allen. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812243291
ISBN
9780812243291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.59

Paperback. Series: Studies in Theology and the Arts. BIC Classification: ABA; AGR; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 418.
Publisher
InterVarsity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780830850648
ISBN
9780830850648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Villa, Carlos. Num Pages: 344 pages, index, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACX; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 235 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
International Scholars Publications,U.S. United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883255466
ISBN
9781883255466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Distributed Art Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935202004
ISBN
9781935202004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.76

Paperback. The sixth edition of BBVA annual series dedicated to explore and disseminate the key issues of our time. Series: BBVA Annual Series. Num Pages: 478 pages, 24 colour. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 215 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1179.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Turner Publicaciones, S.L. Spain
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9788415832454
ISBN
9788415832454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.50

Hardback. Criteria and methods of a structural analysis of pictorial language as a way of understanding the semiotic system of the visual arts. This is presented with a discussion of an information-processing model for optical illusions and computer simulations. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; GTE; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334891
ISBN
9780880334891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.34

Paperback. Focuses on the role of images in the culture of fear in contemporary art and on the development of an 'aesthetics of fear'. This book offers a broad look at the ways in which fear pervades various aspects of our lives and defines how we relate to and interpret the world around us. Num Pages: 240 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230191
ISBN
9781780230191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; AFKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174503
ISBN
9780231174503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.69

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