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Theory of art

Hardcover. This is an original study of the sociological imagination in regard to visual culture. It explores the reflexive dimensions of choice over seeing or not seeing in relation to paintings, images and islands. Bourdieu, Goffman and Simmel provide the basis for insights into how reflexivity in sociology has unexplored theological implications. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB; HRLP5; JFCX; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230002654
ISBN
9780230002654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.48

Hardback. Americans, on average, spend between six and ten seconds looking at individual artworks in museums or galleries. This book dwells upon various media-photography, painting, sculpture, "living pictures," film, video, digital and performance art - and even light, time, and space, from both the present and past. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 color photographs, 99 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285507
ISBN
9780520285507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.48
€ 57.31

Paperback. This work documents the network of ideas that has been labelled conceptual art. Including texts by and taped discussions among and with the artists involved, the book is arranged as an annotated chronology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 104. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ABA; ACXJ4; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210134
ISBN
9780520210134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Manzotti, Riccardo. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845402389
ISBN
9781845402389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.98

Paperback. States that where prayer is concerned, it is simply a matter of trying to turn to God as honestly as the person you are in the circumstances you find yourself in. This book offers a biographical sketch about being a nun and at the same time one of the art world's most acute and revered commentators and a TV personality. Num Pages: 184 pages, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HRCR1; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826483898
ISBN
9780826483898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Paperback. "Sighting/Citing/Siting "is a broad contextualization of an interdisciplinary, cross-cultural performance entitled Crossfiring/Mama Wetotan. DVD included. Editor(s): Irwin, Kathleen; MacDonald, Rory. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KB; ABA; AC; AFKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889772281
ISBN
9780889772281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.09

Hardcover. A collection of essays written in affectionate tribute to Gombrich. Editor(s): Onians, John. Num Pages: 420 pages. Dimension: 248 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714829715
ISBN
9780714829715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.80

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2002nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333961209
ISBN
9780333961209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.43

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472526625
ISBN
9781472526625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.10

Paperback.
Publisher
University of Huddersfield United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781862181014
ISBN
9781862181014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Hardback. A study of archaeological evidence for Shamanism in North America and how it links to the archaeology of the mind. Series: Archaeology of Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: ABA; HDA; HDDA; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759101555
ISBN
9780759101555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.45

Paperback. An exploration of the arts as a catalyst to spiritual growth, developing a theology of aesthetics that stresses the mutually enhancing dynamic between artistic appreciation and spirituality. Num Pages: 148 pages, 6 colour images, 2 black & white images, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: ABA; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 23. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718894177
ISBN
9780718894177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Backstrom, Per; Johansson, Troels Degn. Num Pages: 242 pages, illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nordisk sommeruniversitet NSU Press Sweden
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9789188484246
ISBN
9789188484246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.17

paperback. Including over 100 illustrations from mainstream film to independent film, video art, performance and the visual arts, this book explores how technology has affected artist's abilities and forms to express themselves. It makes a companion to studies of contemporary art history, and media and cultural studies in the post-1960 period. Num Pages: 280 pages, 101 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415345224
ISBN
9780415345224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.93

Paperback. Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources - from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible - to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. Translator(s): Gaiger, Jason. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327556
ISBN
9780226327556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardcover. Scruton's Aesthetics is a comprehensive critical evaluation of one of the major aestheticians of our age. The lead essay by Scruton is followed by fourteen essays by international commentators plus Scruton's reply. All discuss matters of enduring importance. Editor(s): Hamilton, Andy; Zangwill, Nick. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230251687
ISBN
9780230251687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.41

Paperback. This volume includes previously unpublished essays by Robert Smithson and gathers articles, interviews and photographs as well as a catalogue of the books in Smithson's library. Together they provide a picture of his wide-ranging views on art and culture. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 385 pages, 220 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 872.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
385
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520203853
ISBN
9780520203853
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 222 x 11. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941792049
ISBN
9781941792049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.23

Hardcover. Editor(s): Papapetros, Spyros; Rose, Julian. Num Pages: 288 pages, 105 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 982.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262027595
ISBN
9780262027595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.49

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Sydney Australia
Number of pages
407
Condition
New
SKU
V9781864870244
ISBN
9781864870244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.86

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