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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
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Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 44.93
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 151.16
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.61
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.00
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.70
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 140.61
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 48.51
€ 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
€ 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
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.67
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 53.99
€ 37.99