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Theory of art

Paperback. What does it mean to say that some of the best Chinese contemporary art is made in America, by Americans? This book challenges the artificial and narrowly conceived definitions of Chinese art, revealing the great diversity of Chinese art and showing just how complex and uncertain the labels 'contemporary', 'Chinese', and 'American' have become. Editor(s): Silbergeld, Jerome; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 color illus. 172 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; 3JM; ABA; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 728.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148601
ISBN
9780691148601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. These phenomenological studies on the philosophy of the image review contemporary image theory while defending the fundamental insight that images alone make the artificial presence of things possible. Translator(s): Schott, Nils F. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 168 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759403
ISBN
9780804759403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.36

Paperback. These phenomenological studies on the philosophy of the image review contemporary image theory while defending the fundamental insight that images alone make the artificial presence of things possible. Translator(s): Schott, Nils F. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 168 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 330. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804759410
ISBN
9780804759410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Hardcover. Editor(s): Santiago, Nicole L. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Nova Science Pub Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781634820066
ISBN
9781634820066
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.92
€ 145.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Barker, Paul. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905512072
ISBN
9781905512072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Hardcover. 192 pages, 150 photographs. Illustrator(s): Hoppe, Paul. A beautiful, revealing, and inspirational guided visual tour through the creative process of an A-list group of artists, writers, choreographers, filmmakers, fashion designers, and other creators. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 215 x 155 x 20. Weight: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811871280
ISBN
9780811871280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.72

Hardback. * Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art. * Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists. * Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world. Editor(s): Osborne, Robin; Tanner, Jeremy. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135375
ISBN
9781405135375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Power Publications Australia
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780909952389
ISBN
9780909952389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629545
ISBN
9783837629545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.61

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718893224
ISBN
9780718893224
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.39

Paperback. The Awakening Artist invites artists to discover their relationship to the greatest source of creativity the world has ever known. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780996455
ISBN
9781780996455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784781484
ISBN
9781784781484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.93

Paperback. The second revised edition of this book integrates text and pictures more clearly, illustrations have been added to include more colour diagrams and examples of similar work done by students in recent years. The revisions were made by the author's widow, a lecturer in art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100. BIC Classification: ABA; AK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 368. The Dynamics of Visual Form. 128 pages, 100. The second revised edition of this book integrates text and pictures more clearly, illustrations have been added to include more colour diagrams and examples of similar work done by students in recent years. The revisions were made by the author's widow, a lecturer in art. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA; AK. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 11. Weight: 360.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2 Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713683660
ISBN
9780713683660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.67

Hardcover. Focuses on the painterly pre-occupation with bathing, whether at the beach, in lakes and rivers, in public swimming pools, or in bathtubs. This book brings to bear a lifetime of looking at, teaching, talking about, wrestling with, loving, and hating art to reveal and complicate the lived and felt - the visceral - experience of art. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 300 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC; AGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021167
ISBN
9780674021167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.37
€ 54.12

Paperback. What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. It charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801609
ISBN
9780192801609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Explores the history of bodily beautification Editor(s): Brand, Peg Zeglin. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 color illus., 64 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006493
ISBN
9780253006493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. Explores the history of bodily beautification Editor(s): Brand, Peg Zeglin. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 color illus., 64 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006424
ISBN
9780253006424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.02

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

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

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226423456
ISBN
9780226423456
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.26

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