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Theory of art

Hardcover. Theory--an embattled discourse for decades--faces a new challenge from those who want to model the methods of all scholarly disciplines on the sciences. What is urgently needed, says D. N. Rodowick, is a revitalized concept of theory that can assess the limits of scientific explanation and defend the unique character of humanistic understanding. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674416673
ISBN
9780674416673
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 44.93

Discusses uses of photography in the context of art practice, and relates them to wider cultural debates. Focusing on conceptual and political projects between 1970 and the turn of the century, it draws parallels between issues discussed in theory and those displayed visually in practice. Num Pages: 224 pages, Halftones, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACX; AJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719081569
ISBN
9780719081569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.16

Paperback. This anthology offers contemporary readers a comprehensive resource of pertinent articles and information spanning the history of photographic theory. Num Pages: 476 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 242 x 24. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405198639
ISBN
9781405198639
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.20

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231168182
ISBN
9780231168182
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. As anyone who has wielded a camera knows, photography has a unique relationship to chance. It also represents a struggle to reconcile aesthetic aspiration with a mechanical process. Robin Kelsey reveals how daring innovators expanded the aesthetic limits of photography in order to create art for a modern world. Num Pages: 398 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 37. Weight in Grams: 752.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674744004
ISBN
9780674744004
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.78

Paperback. In this companion volume to "Iconology", the author investigates pictures - the concrete, representational objects in which images appear. Focusing on popular and television coverage of the Gulf War, he examines the capacity of visual images to awaken/stifle public debate, emotion and violence. Num Pages: 462 pages, 79 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; APFA; APT; GTE; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 718.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226532325
ISBN
9780226532325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.61

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Bang, Molly. Num Pages: 152 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: ABA; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 246 x 13. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Anniversary, Expanded, Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452151991
ISBN
9781452151991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.00

Paperback. Shows that any of us can appreciate art. Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this title presents the author's personal journey through the art world that answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979618
ISBN
9780141979618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 bw integrated. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780769127
ISBN
9781780769127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.52
€ 137.06

Hardback. In order to better understand the conditions of the twenty-first century, the authors revisit the 20th century in this work. They revisit some of the most significant periods in art and politics in the twentieth century paying close attention to the relationship between aesthetics and politics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739111376
ISBN
9780739111376
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.61

Paperback. This revised edition of Pollock and After features ten new articles and is fully updated to take account of new critical approaches to post-war American art. Editor(s): Frascina, Francis. Num Pages: 396 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACXD9; ACXJ8; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 22. Weight in Grams: 730.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415228671
ISBN
9780415228671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Paperback. Exploring the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points and asking key questions about its nature this book considers issues of identity, modernity and gender within a cultural and historical context. West uncovers much detail about a genre which has often been seen as purely representational. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842589
ISBN
9780192842589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.14

paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Valiz
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9789078088394
ISBN
9789078088394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.67

Hardback. Postdigital Aesthetics is a contribution to questions raised by our newly computational everyday lives and the aesthetics which reflect both the postdigital nature of this age, but also critical perspectives of a post-internet world. Editor(s): Berry, David M.; Dieter, Michael. Num Pages: 344 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137437198
ISBN
9781137437198
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.67

Paperback. Postmodernism has been a buzzword of contemporary society for the last decade. But how can it be defined? In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler challenges and explores the key ideas of postmodernists, and their engagement with theory, literature, the visual arts, film, architecture, and music. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 113 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192802392
ISBN
9780192802392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACN; AGB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271008165
ISBN
9780271008165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.39
€ 81.01

Paperback. Imagining a new self equal to the new art of modernism; primordial and futuristic fictions of origin in the work of Gauguin, Picasso, F. T. Marinetti, Max Ernst, and others. Series: October Books. Num Pages: 464 pages, 121 b&w illus., 15 color plates. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 182 x 25. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262562812
ISBN
9780262562812
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.76

Paperback. Psychoanalysis and the Image brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern art and visual representation. Editor(s): Pollock, Griselda. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405134613
ISBN
9781405134613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.68

Hardback. Psychoanalysis and the Image brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern art and visual representation. Editor(s): Pollock, Griselda. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405134606
ISBN
9781405134606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.57

Hardcover. Editor(s): Burton, Johanna; Jackson, Shannon; Willsdon, Dominic. Series: Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture. Num Pages: 544 pages, 38 color illus., 78 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 250 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262034814
ISBN
9780262034814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 37.99

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