Theory of art
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Theory of art
Hardback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639885
- ISBN
- 9780748639885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.16€ 113.30
€ 118.16
€ 113.30
Paperback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception. Newly available in paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBH; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643196
- ISBN
- 9780748643196
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Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.80
€ 34.99
€ 31.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 integrated bw. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780763361
- ISBN
- 9781780763361
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Condition: New
€ 46.14
€ 46.14
Paperback. Contains 34 essays by professionals from various disciplines, from a conference on the preservation of contemporary art. This volume attempts to identify the objects which will define the art of the 20th century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 111 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 274 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Getty Conservation Institute
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892365289
- ISBN
- 9780892365289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.29
€ 46.99
€ 33.29
Most theories of material culture, transnationalism, and globalization have failed to incorporate a focus on emotions even though an increasing number of scholars in recent years have explored emotion-dense processes. This book fills the gap and examines how "emotions" can be theorized and serve as a useful analytical tool for understanding.. Editor(s): Svasek, Maruska. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 300 pages, 45 ills and tables. BIC Classification: ABA; JFCD; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526. Transnationalism, Cultural Productions and Emotions. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. 300 pages, 45 ills and tables. Editor(s): Svasek, Maruska. Most theories of material culture, transnationalism, and globalization have failed to incorporate a focus on emotions even though an increasing number of scholars in recent years have explored emotion-dense processes. This book fills the gap and examines how "emotions" can be theorized and serve as a useful analytical tool for understanding. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ABA; JFCD; JFFN; JHM. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight: 526.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857453235
- ISBN
- 9780857453235
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Condition: New
€ 164.30
€ 164.30
This analysis of art and its modes of existence by a contemporary French philosopher begins with an essay that introduces the principal concern sustained in the four succeeding ones. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 142
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727808
- ISBN
- 9780804727808
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Condition: New
€ 128.79
€ 128.79
Hardback. The author shows how museum culture offers a unique vantage point on the 19th and 20th centuries' preoccupation with history and subjectivity, and demonstrates how the constitution of the aesthetic provides insight into the realms of technology, industrial culture, architecture, and ethics. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732024
- ISBN
- 9780804732024
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Condition: New
€ 147.45
€ 147.45
Hardback. Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens when Rembrandt spells out Hebrew in the sky or Poussin spells out Latin on a tombstone? What happens when Virgil, Ovid, or Shakespeare suspend their plots to describe a fictitious painting? This title answers these questions. Series: Essays in the Arts. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141831
- ISBN
- 9780691141831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Explores peoples attachment to their countries, and the planets role in forming ones identity, as well as the paths and consequences of human migrations. This book also discusses subjects ranging from Tuvaluans forced to leave their Pacific island, to a human cannonball who catapults himself over the US-Mexico border. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Actes Sud France
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- NS Around the World. ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782742789047
- ISBN
- 9782742789047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.28
€ 11.28
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
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.35
€ 35.99
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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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.29
€ 30.99
€ 24.29
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
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.46
€ 23.99
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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
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Condition: New
€ 26.35
€ 26.35
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€ 30.94
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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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.07
€ 40.99
€ 29.07
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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.18
€ 30.99
€ 26.18
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
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.41
€ 33.99
€ 27.41
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
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.49
€ 23.99
€ 20.49
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€ 33.71
€ 37.99
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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
€ 59.08€ 50.65
€ 59.08
€ 50.65