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Theory of art

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
Condition: New

€ 116.40

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
Condition: New

€ 112.66

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. 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
€ 22.47

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

hardcover. An introduction to the notable collection of West African art from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. It specifically addresses the role of the art object as a link between the spiritual and the temporal worlds. Objects examined include a bowl from Cameroon and a fertility figure from Ghana. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 76 b&w photographs, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; ABA; AC; JFC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813013251
ISBN
9780813013251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.52
€ 55.51

paperback. Editor(s): Zielinski, Siegfried; Furlus, Eckhard. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034780
ISBN
9783865608871
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.91

Paperback. Drawing on a range of images from Antiquity to the 20th century, which includes paintings, sculptures, prints, cartoons, postage stamps, medals, documents and photographs, this title investigates the genre as a particular phenomenon in Western art that is especially sensitive to changes in the perceived nature of the individual in society. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 colour and 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462191
ISBN
9780948462191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.60

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635637
ISBN
9780691635637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.77

Hardcover. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900052
ISBN
9781517900052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.93

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 71 halftone illustations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 337. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
SKU
KAK0003387
ISBN
9780571096589
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Rockhill, Gabriel. Translator(s): Rockhill, Gabriel. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780935355
ISBN
9781780935355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.53

paperback. By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory--Goethe never even mentions it--that he may begin to think about color theory relatively unhampered by prejudice, ancient or modern. Translator(s): Eastlake, C.L. Num Pages: 486 pages, 13. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
MIT Press
Number of pages
486
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262570213
ISBN
9780262570213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 30.85

Paperback. Comprises eighteen essays on topics ranging from "Contemporary Art and the Plight of Its Public" and the "flat-bed picture plane" to reflections on Picasso, Rauschenberg, Rodin, de Kooning, Pollock, Guston, and Jasper Johns. Num Pages: 448 pages, 295 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226771854
ISBN
9780226771854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781633219533
ISBN
9781633219533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 262.83
€ 177.78

Paperback. Offers a subtle, yet uncompromising analysis of the iconic photographs of torture from the prison at Abu Ghraib. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ; JFFE; JPVH; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861896469
ISBN
9781861896469
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.72

Paperback. A study of metamorphosis through the medium or art and sculpture. Num Pages: 160 pages, Colour images throughout. BIC Classification: ABA; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 298 x 14. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Temple Lodge Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906999933
ISBN
9781906999933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.94

Hardcover. In this wide-ranging book, renowned philosopher and cultural theorist Peter Sloterdijk examines art in all its rich and varied forms: from music to architecture, light to movement, and design to typography. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745699868
ISBN
9780745699868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816696987
ISBN
9780816696987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.85

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