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Theory of art
Paperback. Argues that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or contamination through colour - lurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought. This book analyses the motivations behind chromophobia and focuses on the work of writers and artists who have been prepared to look at colour as a positive value. Series: FOCI S. Num Pages: 128 pages, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890740
- ISBN
- 9781861890740
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.45
€ 19.99
€ 18.45
Paperback. Shows how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into the two-dimensionality of magic) and of industrial into post-industrial society (from work into leisure) went hand in hand, and how photography allows us to read and interpret these changes with particular clarity. Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 121 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890764
- ISBN
- 9781861890764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.52
€ 23.99
€ 20.52
Paperback. Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475461
- ISBN
- 9781118475461
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Condition: New
€ 48.62
€ 48.62
Paperback. Van Alphen analyzes how art visually "thinks" about these difficult cultural issues, tapping into an understudied interpretation of art as the realm where ideas and values are actively created, given form, and mobilized. Num Pages: 250 pages, 72 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226015293
- ISBN
- 9780226015293
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
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€ 33.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780789212191
- ISBN
- 9780789212191
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.91
€ 33.99
€ 28.91
Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Updated edition with a New Foreword
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163895
- ISBN
- 9780691163895
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.86
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€ 17.86
Hardback. Based on a series of six lectures delivered at the Museo Nacional del Prado in 2012, the author examines links between his personal life and his study of Hispanic art of the Golden Age. His adventures are offered as a model for understanding how art history is shaped by life experiences. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 colour images + 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300203967
- ISBN
- 9780300203967
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.76
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€ 35.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ABA; AGZ; AJR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165. .
- Publisher
- Rocky Nook
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781681981987
- ISBN
- 9781681981987
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 28.83
€ 44.99
€ 28.83
Paperback. An illustrated 100-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. . Num Pages: 448 pages, 269 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1654.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500275825
- ISBN
- 9780500275825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.09
€ 46.99
€ 33.09
Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Andrew; Bickers, Patricia. Num Pages: 588 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Publisher
- Ridinghouse, Art Monthly
- Number of pages
- 588
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905464562
- ISBN
- 9781905464562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.13
€ 26.99
€ 20.13
Paperback. "A vibrant and engaged work from a writer and thinker who is worthy of our attention."-Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343144
- ISBN
- 9780393343144
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.53
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Paperback. An account of how Spanish painters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries dealt with mystic visions in their art, and of how they attempted to 'represent the unrepresentable' that aims to establish a theory of visionary imagery in Western art in general, and one for the Spanish Counter-Reformation in particular. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 102 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; ABA; ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948462757
- ISBN
- 9780948462757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.25
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sternberg Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783943365955
- ISBN
- 9783943365955
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Condition: New
€ 17.89
€ 17.89
Paperback. The eminent critic, historian, and former member of the Art & Language collective Terry Smith explores the artistic, philosophical, political, and geographical dimensions of conceptual art and conceptualism while offering a theory of contemporary art. Editor(s): Bailey, Robert. Num Pages: 168 pages, 50 illustrations, incl. 8 in color. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361312
- ISBN
- 9780822361312
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
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Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570620782
- ISBN
- 9781570620782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.67
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Paperback. To pursue excellence through the intelligent appliance of colour. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AKC; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 251 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- John Hunt Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785353048
- ISBN
- 9781785353048
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.55
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Hardback. Gathering seven established art educators-educator artists, this book addresses art education from the philosophical position of Deleuze and Guattari and raises questions as to where the future of art and its education might be heading if the focus on art was to be repositioned along Deleuze and Guattari s philosophy of immanence. Editor(s): Jagodzinski, Jan. Series: Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 327 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; JNU; YQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137481269
- ISBN
- 9781137481269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.97
€ 176.97
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138018471
- ISBN
- 9781138018471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.44
€ 72.44
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 63. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483790
- ISBN
- 9780801483790
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.49
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Paperback. From Botticelli to birdsong, Mozart, and the Turner Prize, Roger Scruton explores what it means for something to be beautiful. This thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects around us. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, Approximately 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199229758
- ISBN
- 9780199229758
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.83
€ 11.99
€ 10.83