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Theory of art

paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138952928
ISBN
9781138952928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.11

Hardcover. Includes essays that explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process - a concern for the environment or for social justice - relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. This book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Editor(s): Iliescu, Sanda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 102 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927602
ISBN
9780813927602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.61

Paperback. Includes essays that explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process - a concern for the environment or for social justice - relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. This book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Editor(s): Iliescu, Sanda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 102 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813927725
ISBN
9780813927725
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.91

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Hardback. This book examines the writings of Lawrence Alloway (1926-1990), one of the most influential and widely-respected art writers of the post-War years. It provides a close and critical reading of his writings, and sets his work in the cultural and political context of the London and New York art worlds of the 1950s to the early 1980s. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 510 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 982.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
510
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316456
ISBN
9781846316456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 205.31

Hardcover. Num Pages: 430 pages, 17 colour plates, 79 b&w photos. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 35. Weight in Grams: 866.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Baylor University Press United States
Number of pages
430
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932792416
ISBN
9781932792416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.09

paperback. During the decades of his world fame, Tolstoy wrote this series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. He considered and rejected the idea that art reveals and reinvents through beauty, although he perceived the question of art to be a religious one. Translator(s): Pevear, Richard; Volokhonsky, Larissa. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; ABA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140446425
ISBN
9780140446425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Sofaer Derevenski, Joanna. Num Pages: 224 pages, 49 black & white halftones, 3 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415511551
ISBN
9780415511551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.34

paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: ABA; HRC; HRKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 166. Good copy with some shelf wear and aging. Some scoring internally, to text and title page. Remains good reading copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc New York
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0024890
ISBN
9780486203782
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 5.12

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

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. Proceedings of the XXIXth International Congress of the History of Art, Amsterdam, 1-7 September 1996 Editor(s): Reinink, A. W. (Utrecht University, The Netherlands); Stumpel, Jeroen. Num Pages: 1114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2977.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
1114
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792342137
ISBN
9780792342137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 655.41

Paperback. The Aesthetic Mind breaks new ground in bringing together empirical sciences and philosophy to enhance our understanding of art and the aesthetic. An eminent international team of experts explores the roles of emotion, imagination, empathy, and beauty in this realm of human experience, discussing visual and literary art, music, and dance. Editor(s): Schellekens, Elisabeth; Goldie, Peter. Num Pages: 470 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: ABA; HP; HPN; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198705925
ISBN
9780198705925
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 1 black & white tables. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415578004
ISBN
9780415578004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.59

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
€ 44.35

This book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective'"quality of art contributes to a new understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750745
ISBN
9780804750745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.49

Bookwork takes our passion for books to its logical extreme - by studying artists who employ found or simulated books as a sculptural medium and investigating the conceptual labor behind this proliferating international art practice. This title offers an account of works that force attention upon a book's material identity and cultural resonance. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 colour plates, 68 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 286 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773919
ISBN
9780226773919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.71
€ 69.78

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
€ 32.92

Paperback. Editor(s): Kahn, Mandy; Rose, Aaron. Num Pages: 96 pages, 16 colour, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 214. 96 pages, 16 colour, 50 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Kahn, Mandy; Rose, Aaron. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA; AFJD. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 8. Weight: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037641194
ISBN
9783037641194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.66

paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, 13 colour illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
9783837616859
ISBN
9783837616859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.18

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