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Theory of art
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Theory of art
Paperback. How do we do justice to art when we treat it as a worldwide phenomenon with a long history? In this study, academics, curators, bibliographers and representatives of international organizations explain the ways they deal with the conflict between the need to compress and the desire to express. Editor(s): Onians, John. Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts. Num Pages: 268 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 246 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300097900
- ISBN
- 9780300097900
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.40
€ 23.99
€ 18.40
Paperback. Presents work by a generation of scholars responding directly to the author's idea of the 'travelling concept'. This work makes a contribution to the territorial conflicts between visual culture, art history and cultural studies. Editor(s): Pollock, Griselda. Num Pages: 288 pages, 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845115234
- ISBN
- 9781845115234
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.87
€ 34.99
€ 29.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226774534
- ISBN
- 9780226774534
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.40
€ 45.99
€ 35.40
Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 80 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Edition
- Revised
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486234113
- ISBN
- 9780486234113
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Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.39
€ 11.99
€ 10.39
Paperback. Contains an English translation of Les Peintures concretes de Kandinsky by Alexandre Kojeve. Num Pages: 280 pages, figures, colour plates. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXD1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804784849
- ISBN
- 9780804784849
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Paperback. Presents arguments about the structure of images and the histories ascribed to them by scholars and critics working in the tradition of Vasari and Panofsky. Num Pages: 336 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271024721
- ISBN
- 9780271024721
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.29
€ 47.99
€ 37.29
Hardback. A ground-breaking rethink of the radical Situationist art movement drawn from a life's worth of research. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745335278
- ISBN
- 9780745335278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.82€ 84.13
€ 100.82
€ 84.13
Paperback. Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art. Editor(s): Kieran, Matthew. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405102407
- ISBN
- 9781405102407
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 41.99
€ 42.99
€ 41.99
Hardback. Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art. Editor(s): Kieran, Matthew. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 188 x 34. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405102391
- ISBN
- 9781405102391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.26
€ 137.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JFD; JHB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837635744
- ISBN
- 9783837635744
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Condition: New
€ 132.83€ 100.38
€ 132.83
€ 100.38
Paperback. Creative Writing and Art History considers the ways in which the writing of art history intersects with creative writing. Essays range from the analysis of historical examples of art historical writing that have a creative element to examinations of contemporary modes of creative writing about art. Editor(s): Grant, Andrew; Grant, Catherine; Rubin, Patricia. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444350395
- ISBN
- 9781444350395
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Condition: New
€ 36.07
€ 36.07
Paperback. Margaret Boden presents a series of essays in which she explores the nature of creativity in a wide range of art forms. Creativity is the generation of novel, surprising, and valuable ideas. Boden identifies three forms of creativity (combinational, exploratory, and transformational) each eliciting a different form of surprise. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPM; HPN; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199659395
- ISBN
- 9780199659395
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Condition: New
€ 48.07
€ 48.07
Paperback. Accessible and scholarly, this classic book considers the underlying philosophy and the aesthetics of Chinese art and poetry, the expression of the Taoist approach to existence. Chung-yuan Chang's always lucid narrative explores the relationship between the Tao and the creative arts, introducing classic paintings and poems to bring Taoism to life. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA; HPDF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848190504
- ISBN
- 9781848190504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.58
€ 25.58
Paperback. Seeking throughout to bridge the gap between the creative and the critical, and to span disciplinary boundaries, this book offers a significant intervention in the theory of creativity and the practice of criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415349161
- ISBN
- 9780415349161
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.23
€ 51.23
Paperback. From Francis Alys and Ursula Biemann to Vivan Sundaram, Allora & Calzadilla, and the Center for Urban Pedagogy, some of the most compelling artists today are engaging with the politics of land use. This book brings together a range of international voices and artworks to illuminate this critical mass of practices. Editor(s): Scott, Emily Eliza; Swenson, Kirsten J. Num Pages: 272 pages, 63 b/w. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AMV; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 19. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285491
- ISBN
- 9780520285491
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.35
€ 40.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sternberg Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783956790461
- ISBN
- 9783956790461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.31
€ 21.31
Paperback. In addition to the 22 original essays, this edition includes 9 new ones as well as new introductory material. All help expand the book's scope while retaining its central goal of stimulating discussion of theoretical issues in art history and making it accessible. Num Pages: 536 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 167 x 30. Weight in Grams: 832.
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226571683
- ISBN
- 9780226571683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.56
€ 41.99
€ 32.56
Hardback. Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176569
- ISBN
- 9781405176569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.49
€ 95.49
Paperback. Ranging from Marcel Proust to tarot readings, from urban planning to interiors, the author investigates an underlying Puritanism in critical commentary on matters as wide ranging as Roger Federer and C S Lewis, Surrealism and fashion and the relationship of religion to fan culture. Num Pages: 222 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 142 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780762869
- ISBN
- 9781780762869
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.89
€ 34.99
€ 29.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Sternberg Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934105818
- ISBN
- 9781934105818
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Condition: New
€ 15.78
€ 15.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, 42 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ABQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 13. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816641314
- ISBN
- 9780816641314
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.32
€ 26.99
€ 25.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Wooden Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263883
- ISBN
- 9781904263883
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Condition: New
€ 9.34
€ 9.34
Hardcover. In the digital age, photography confronts its future under the competing signs of ubiquity and obsolescence. By examining the medium as articulated in literature, film, and the graphic novel, this book demonstrates how photography secures identity for figures with an unstable sense of self. Num Pages: 232 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 12. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226242033
- ISBN
- 9780226242033
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
Paperback. Entertaining non-fiction from the number one bestselling writer now reissued with a new cover in B format and supported by a marketing campaign for King's entire back catalogue. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781444723267
- ISBN
- 9781444723267
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.56
€ 12.99
€ 11.56