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Theory of art
hardcover. This is an analysis of art as a social and perceptual system by one of Germany's leading social theorist of the late 20th century. It is intended to represent an intellectual step in discussions of art and an important advance in systems theory. Translator(s): Knodt, Eva M. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 755.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804739061
- ISBN
- 9780804739061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.45
€ 159.45
Hardcover. Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become technologized. This change reflects a broader social shift. Speed and politics have been transformed in the twenty-first century to speed and mass culture. This work puts art at the centre of politics. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF7; JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Berg Publishers
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845206116
- ISBN
- 9781845206116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.22
€ 65.36
€ 50.22
Hardcover. Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art, and between different artistic disciplines. This book offers a view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116664
- ISBN
- 9781405116664
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.97
€ 144.97
Paperback. * Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405116671
- ISBN
- 9781405116671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 50.81
€ 50.99
€ 50.81
Paperback. Two authorities on popular culture reveal the ways in which art can enhance mood and enrich lives - now available in paperback Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; MMJ; MQTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780714872780
- ISBN
- 9780714872780
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. Series: Occasional Paper. Num Pages: 80 pages, 1 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: ABA; JMC; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 258 x 228 x 7. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- J. Paul Getty Museum
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892361793
- ISBN
- 9780892361793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.84
€ 23.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. In this title, Belting examines how art is made, viewed, and interpreted today. Arguing that contemporary art has burst out of the frame that art history had built for it, Belting calls for an entirely new approach to thinking and writing about art. Translator(s): Saltzwedel, Caroline; Cohen, Mitch. Num Pages: 248 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226041858
- ISBN
- 9780226041858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.82
€ 36.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. Unique in its approach, by applying the different theories used in art history to one painting, Picasso's Les Demoiselles d'Avignon An ideal text for teaching, it provides a lively and stimulating introduction to methodological debates within the subject Offers a lucid account of approaches from Hegel to post-colonialism by. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 black & white illustrations, 1 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719069598
- ISBN
- 9780719069598
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Condition: New
€ 22.20
€ 22.20
Paperback. Van Alphen analyzes how art visually "thinks" about these difficult cultural issues, tapping into an understudied interpretation of art as the realm where ideas and values are actively created, given form, and mobilized. Num Pages: 250 pages, 72 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226015293
- ISBN
- 9780226015293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.29
€ 43.99
€ 33.29
Paperback. An invaluable introduction to the continuing debates between high art and low culture for students of media and cultural studies and art history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 93 black and white photos. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Third Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745317441
- ISBN
- 9780745317441
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.71
€ 40.99
€ 26.71
Hardcover. Today's artists have an unprecedented level of choice with regard to materials and methods available to them, yet the processes involved in making artworks are rarely addressed in books or exhibitions on art. This title sets out a history of trends in artistic production and the possible catalysts for the proliferation of production strategies. Num Pages: 248 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 329 x 25. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239339
- ISBN
- 9780500239339
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.42
€ 33.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. Art in Theory (1648-1815) provides a wide-ranging and comprehensive collection of documents on the theory of art from the founding of the French Academy until the end of the Napoleonic Wars. Editor(s): Harrison, Charles; Wood, Paul J.; Gaiger, Jason. Num Pages: 1248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; ABA; ACQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 166 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1576.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200642
- ISBN
- 9780631200642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.12
€ 44.99
€ 43.12
Paperback. * Provides an indispensable companion to Harrison and Wooda s classic volume Art in Theory 1900--1990. * Extends to a startling degree the canon of nineteenth--century art theory. * Offers for the first time English translations of material from foreign sources, comprising a third of the entire volume. Num Pages: 1120 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JH; ABA; ACV; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1456.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 1120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631200666
- ISBN
- 9780631200666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.68
€ 46.68
Paperback. * New edition of this popular anthology of twentieth-century art-theoretical texts. * Now updated to include the results of new research, together with significant contributions from the 1990s. * Includes writings by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures. Editor(s): Harrison, Charles; Wood, Paul J. Num Pages: 1288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1626.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227083
- ISBN
- 9780631227083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.06
€ 44.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 1288 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781444336313
- ISBN
- 9781444336313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.56
€ 46.99
€ 45.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Shambhala
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570620782
- ISBN
- 9781570620782
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 21.67
€ 31.99
€ 21.67
Paperback. Art Is Not What You Think It Is presents a thought-provoking manifesto by two leading art historians which reconsiders current discussions on the idea of art, and offers new and challenging insights into its uses, meanings, and its very nature. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192392
- ISBN
- 9781405192392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.97
€ 31.99
€ 31.97
Hardback. Art Is Not What You Think It Is presents a thought-provoking manifesto by two leading art historians which reconsiders current discussions on the idea of art, and offers new and challenging insights into its uses, meanings, and its very nature. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192408
- ISBN
- 9781405192408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.70
€ 86.70
Hardback. A discussion of the main issues that beset modern time and philosophy by locating these same issues in artworks and describing closely what they reveal. This volume is divided between contemporary and prehistoric art in order to reveal the presumptions of "Western" culture. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 512 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337744
- ISBN
- 9780792337744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.45
€ 250.45
Paperback. During the 1990s a particular focus of discussions on American culture has been the role of visual arts in public life. In this volume, five cultural critics and two contemporary artists set out to show the ways in which this debate has profoundly reshaped the view of American culture. Editor(s): Yenawine, Philip; Weems, Marianne; Wallis, Brian. Num Pages: 320 pages, 125 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; ABA; ABQ; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814793510
- ISBN
- 9780814793510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60