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Theory of art
Paperback. Elkins's intimate history of art demonstrates persuasively that there can never be one story of art. The story of art is the story of different cultures, and our own different experiences of art - perspectives that art history usually ignores. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415939430
- ISBN
- 9780415939430
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Condition: New
€ 49.98
€ 49.98
Paperback. The reader is invited to view Islamic art as no more and no less than ordinary art, neither better nor worse than anything else that counts as art. It follows that there are no special techniques required in Islamic aesthetics as compared with any other form of aesthetics. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ABA; ACBP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617357
- ISBN
- 9780748617357
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Paperback. "A curator, a paintings conservator, a photographer, and a conservation scientist walk into a bar." What happens next? In lively and accessible prose, color science expert Roy S. Berns helps the reader understand complex color-technology concepts and offers solutions to problems that occur when art is displayed, conserved, imaged, or reproduced. Num Pages: 208 pages, 250 color. BIC Classification: ABA; ABC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 257 x 19. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064818
- ISBN
- 9781606064818
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Condition: New
€ 56.93€ 45.08
€ 56.93
€ 45.08
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
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Condition: New
€ 32.21
€ 32.21
Paperback. BIC Classification: ABA; AFF; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Watson-Guptill Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307987181
- ISBN
- 9780307987181
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 20.59
€ 30.99
€ 20.59
paperback. A summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas, by Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACN; HBG; HBLC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300093049
- ISBN
- 9780300093049
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Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.71
€ 15.99
€ 12.71
Paperback. Proposes an anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested, this book presents a challenging and provocative account of what pictures are and how they function. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Translated by Thomas Dunlap ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160962
- ISBN
- 9780691160962
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.23
€ 40.99
€ 29.23
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857855350
- ISBN
- 9780857855350
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.95
€ 40.99
€ 40.95
Paperback. Discusses 'colour in art', its inception, the progress made, and its influences on art. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 x 8pp colour sections. BIC Classification: ABA; TDCJ; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507130
- ISBN
- 9780099507130
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.63
€ 23.99
€ 16.63
Paperback. This volume includes previously unpublished essays by Robert Smithson and gathers articles, interviews and photographs as well as a catalogue of the books in Smithson's library. Together they provide a picture of his wide-ranging views on art and culture. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 385 pages, 220 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203853
- ISBN
- 9780520203853
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.59
€ 46.99
€ 33.59
Paperback. Num Pages: 305 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510697
- ISBN
- 9781843510697
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.57
€ 19.99
€ 18.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Robinson, Hilary. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; ABA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118360590
- ISBN
- 9781118360590
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Condition: New
€ 66.16
€ 66.16
Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5; ACXJ8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 41. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141976631
- ISBN
- 9780141976631
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.00
€ 19.99
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854379078
- ISBN
- 9781854379078
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.27
€ 17.99
€ 14.27
Paperback. Asks the art lover to look at familiar works of art and their artists - and embrace a new way of seeing. This volume contains pieces on artists as diverse as David Hockney, Rembrandt and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and on such subjects as the 'unforgettable peculiarity' of Stanley Spencer. It is of interest to lovers of both art and social history. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 233 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780563522898
- ISBN
- 9780563522898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.94
€ 26.99
€ 18.94
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€ 26.29
€ 30.99
€ 26.29
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Whitechapel Art Gallery
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854881826
- ISBN
- 9780854881826
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.63
€ 23.99
€ 17.63
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.29
€ 47.99
€ 37.29
Paperback. Essays that seek to redefine the status of theory in modernist critical discourse Series: October Books. Num Pages: 357 pages, 87. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 177 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 357
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262521802
- ISBN
- 9780262521802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.00€ 49.42
€ 51.00
€ 49.42
Paperback. Visual Culture: The Reader provides an invaluable resource of over 30 key statements from a wide range of disciplines. Although underpinned by a focus on contemporary cultural theory, this Reader puts the study of visual culture and the rhetoric of the image at centre stage. Editor(s): Evans, Jessica; Hall, Stuart. Series: Published in Association with the Open University. Num Pages: 512 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; CFG; JFD; JHM. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 35. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Publisher
- SAGE Publications Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761962489
- ISBN
- 9780761962489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.88
€ 66.88