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Theory of art

Paperback. What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. It charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801609
ISBN
9780192801609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 518 pages, 281 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738. A Psychology of the Creative Eye. 518 pages, 281 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight: 734.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520243835
ISBN
9780520243835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 202 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874776317
ISBN
9780874776317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.22

Paperback. Written by one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, this book presents a sceptical and an intelligent assessment of the true value of art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571226030
ISBN
9780571226030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Kay Jamison draws on her work as a psychiatrist and researcher in mood disorders to explore connections between manic-depressive illness and artistic activity. She applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of artists including Byron, Van Gogh, Schumann and Woolf. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations facsim., genealogy, port. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JMAL; MBP; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684831831
ISBN
9780684831831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783956790003
ISBN
9783956790003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.06

Hardcover. A collection of essays written in affectionate tribute to Gombrich. Editor(s): Onians, John. Num Pages: 420 pages. Dimension: 248 x 178 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714829715
ISBN
9780714829715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.78

Hardback. Americans, on average, spend between six and ten seconds looking at individual artworks in museums or galleries. This book dwells upon various media-photography, painting, sculpture, "living pictures," film, video, digital and performance art - and even light, time, and space, from both the present and past. Num Pages: 344 pages, 10 color photographs, 99 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520285507
ISBN
9780520285507
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.42
€ 46.81

Paperback. Completed just before Alfred Gell's death in January 1997, this book embodies the characteristics for which he was admired. The book aims to challenge the basis of the way art has been viewed in the human sciences. It presents a fundamental theory for an anthropology of art. Num Pages: 296 pages, numerous black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198280149
ISBN
9780198280149
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 170.16

Paperback. Addresses art history's complex relationships with fiction, poetry, and creative writing. Inspired by a 2010 conference, this volume examines art historians' viewing practices and modes of writing. Editor(s): Ledbury, Mark. Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 177 x 19. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191929
ISBN
9780300191929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.82

Hardcover. Series: Page-Barbour Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 178. .
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937007
ISBN
9780813937007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Scheer, Edward. Series: Outline Studies in Biology. Num Pages: 334 pages, b&w images. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of Sydney Australia
Number of pages
334
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781864872910
ISBN
9781864872910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.57

Paperback. Offers a way of understanding what art is and why human beings create it. This book asserts that humans create things in order to work out ideas. It draws on examples from several societies to argue that the art-making impulse is primarily cognitive and only secondarily aesthetic. It is intended for those who creates or thinks about works of art. Num Pages: 264 pages, 145 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 278 x 15. Weight in Grams: 874.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292706910
ISBN
9780292706910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 361 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AJC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837636246
ISBN
9783837636246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.94

Hardcover. The book proposes a novel theorisation of what happened in art after the demise of postmodernism in the 1990s, exploring select instances in art's and theory's shift of emphasis from cultural to economic relations. Editor(s): Dimitrakaki, Angela; Lloyd, Kirsten. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381380
ISBN
9781781381380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226774534
ISBN
9780226774534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 35.30

Hardback. White is not a book about colors. It is rather Kenya Haras attempt to explore the essence of "White," which he sees as being closely related to the origin of Japanese aesthetics - symbolizing simplicity and subtlety. The central concepts discussed by Kenya Hara in this publication are emptiness and the absolute void. Num Pages: 64 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037781838
ISBN
9783037781838
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.02

Paperback. "The texts by John McHale that comprise this volume were first published in a variety of different publications." Editor(s): Kitnick, Alex. Num Pages: 296 pages, 22 illus., b&w. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 118 x 21. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
GSAPP Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883584702
ISBN
9781883584702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. .
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Amended ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837618037
ISBN
9783837618037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 41.99

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