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Theory of art

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898135
ISBN
9781861898135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Pontbriand, Chantal. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 343.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
Publisher
JRP Ringier
Number of pages
Ringier
SKU
V9783037644188
ISBN
9783037644188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Pontbriand, Chantal. Series: Documents Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037642832
ISBN
9783037642832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 118 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACND; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 280 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271020914
ISBN
9780271020914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.88

Paperback. Essays that seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse Series: October Books. Num Pages: 357 pages, 87. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
357
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262521802
ISBN
9780262521802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.91
€ 49.04

Hardback. .
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781496808066
ISBN
9781496808066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.22

Hardcover. Outsider art is work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught visionaries, spiritualists, eccentrics, recluses, psychiatric patients, criminals and others beyond the perceived margins of society. This book sets out to challenge many of the received ideas in the field. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 208 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861895219
ISBN
9781861895219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.00

Paperback. The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture, dominating the look of its art and commodities as well as our ways of speaking about the ambivalent feelings these objects often inspire. In this study Ngai offers an aesthetic theory for the hypercommodified, mass-mediated, performance-driven world of late capitalism. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; GTE; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088122
ISBN
9780674088122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.89

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

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

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.97

Paperback. The third in the unique series of anthologies which aims to collect important key writings by and on the most significant artists in contemporary culture. The definitive resource of Warhol in his own words, and in the words of others. Editor(s): Williams, Gilda. Series: On&By. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145. .
Publisher
Whitechapel Gallery United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854882458
ISBN
9780854882458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.43

Hardcover. Collects essays by philosophers responding to John Sallis's Transfigurements: On the True Sense of Art as well as his other works on the philosophy of art, including Force of Imagination and Logic of Imagination. Each of the chapters engages Sallis's work on both ancient and new senses of aesthetics as a beginning that is always beginning again. Editor(s): Jones, David; Wirth, Jason M.; Schwartz, Michael. Series: Comparative and Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6 images in gallery. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; HPCF3; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810131590
ISBN
9780810131590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 986.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226380193
ISBN
9780226380193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.64

Paperback. This is a collection of twenty-two essays by an eminent philosopher, critic, and theorist that appeared between 1971 and 1992. The book interrogates the theory and practice of representation as it is carried out by both linguistic and graphic signs, and thus the complex relation between language and image, between perception and conception. Translator(s): Porter, Catherine. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 38 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Number of pages
439
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741514
ISBN
9780804741514
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.90

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

Hardcover. Provides lesson after valuable lesson to anyone wishing to know what it means and what it takes to be an artist today. In this book the author gives practical advice and insights gained from his own professional highs and lows. It is a mix of reminiscence, personal philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 238 x 39. Weight in Grams: 974.
Publisher
Art / Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908970183
ISBN
9781908970183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.49

Paperback. Offers an understanding of artistic creativity by examining the careers not only of great painters but also of important sculptors, poets, novelists, and movie directors. This book provides insights into the mysterious processes of human creativity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 line illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133805
ISBN
9780691133805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Paperback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643172
ISBN
9780748643172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 32.18

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. A generous selection of forthright essays on art and artists. Hughes tackles the lives and works of over 80 artists, from the old masters to our contemporaries, exploring their achievement (or lack of it) and how they altered the history of art for better or worse. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860468599
ISBN
9781860468599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 90 color plates. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037349465
ISBN
9783037349465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.39

Paperback. A collection of essays that explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. It deals with color composition, forgeries, and the problems of perspective, on art in education and therapy, on the style of artists' late works, and the reading of maps. Num Pages: 348 pages, 61ill. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484. 348 pages, 61ill. A collection of essays that explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. It deals with color composition, forgeries, and the problems of perspective, on art in education and therapy, on the style of artists' late works, and the reading of maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055544
ISBN
9780520055544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.72

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; APF; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226346489
ISBN
9780226346489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.97

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