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Theory of art

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, xviii, 324 p., 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ABA; ACV; ACX; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
0002-
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226555843
ISBN
9780226555843
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.50

Paperback. This revision of avant-garde history traces a direct line back from John Cage, pop and conceptual art to the work of Whitman, Emerson, Ruskin, Carlyle and Wordsworth, showing how the art of everyday objects, often thought to be a contemporary phenomenon, actually began as far back as 1800. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; AVA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226472539
ISBN
9780226472539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 986.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226380193
ISBN
9780226380193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.64

Paperback. This text examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical conditions and institutions that have framed the development and uses of art theory. It looks at the work of major figures in the avant-garde movement, such as John Cage, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Andy Warhol. Num Pages: 370 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AVGC6; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226328928
ISBN
9780226328928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources - from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible - to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. Translator(s): Gaiger, Jason. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327556
ISBN
9780226327556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.93

Paperback. In this book, Murray Edelman continues his quest to understand the influence of perception on the political process by turning to the role of art. Num Pages: 162 pages, 5 halftones, references, index. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
162
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184012
ISBN
9780226184012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.82

Paperback. Clement Greenberg (1909-94), champion of abstract expressionism and modernism has been esteemed by many as the greatest art critic of the second half of the twentieth century, and possibly the greatest art critic of all time. This title assesses Greenberg's writings, and features the approaches to the man and his work. Translator(s): Holmes, Brian. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First English Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226175164
ISBN
9780226175164
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.88

Paperback. Early in this century, Futurist and Dada artists developed brilliantly innovative uses of typography that blurred the boundaries between visual art and literature. In this text, Johanna Drucker shows how later art criticism has distorted our understanding of such works. Num Pages: 306 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ABA; ACX; AKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226165028
ISBN
9780226165028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 204 pages, 32ill. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJ; ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
204
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226117904
ISBN
9780226117904
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Hardcover. Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato's famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato's challenge was resolved long ago. In this title, the author argues that Plato has in fact never been satisfactorily answered. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226040028
ISBN
9780226040028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 79.17

hardcover. In this study, Alan Paskow situates the phenomenological approach to the experience of painting. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 583.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521828338
ISBN
9780521828338
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.93

Paperback. Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject, this concise anthology brings together key texts in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Designed for readers with no or little prior knowledge of the subject. Presents two contrasting pieces on each of six topics. Series: Reading Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 22. Weight in Grams: 629.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405118088
ISBN
9781405118088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 40.69

Paperback. The author shows how museum culture offers a unique vantage point on the 19th and 20th centuries' preoccupation with history and subjectivity, and demonstrates how the constitution of the aesthetic provides insight into the realms of technology, industrial culture, architecture, and ethics. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations facsimiles, port. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804736046
ISBN
9780804736046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226325583
ISBN
9780226325583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.26

Paperback. States that where prayer is concerned, it is simply a matter of trying to turn to God as honestly as the person you are in the circumstances you find yourself in. This book offers a biographical sketch about being a nun and at the same time one of the art world's most acute and revered commentators and a TV personality. Num Pages: 184 pages, 12 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HRCR1; HRCX8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 172 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826483898
ISBN
9780826483898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.74

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. This book argues that the extraordinary force of the image in contemporary life-the contemporary imaginary-can be traced back to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries. Translator(s): Franses, Rico. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741019
ISBN
9780804741019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; CF; GTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2 Pap/Cdr
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415595278
ISBN
9780415595278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Manzotti, Riccardo. Num Pages: 250 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Imprint Academic
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845402389
ISBN
9781845402389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 3H; 3J; ABA; AC; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628971
ISBN
9780816628971
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Aesthetic judgment is extended beyond art and nature into the everyday in The Extraordinary in the Ordinary. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551114781
ISBN
9781551114781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.64

Hardback. The sixteen essays in this collection explore the surface as a site where complex forces meet, thorugh a wide range of subjects including avante garde fashion, the faking of antiques, postmodern architecture and design, and film costume. The book provides insights into the whole lifecycle of objects, not just their condition when new. Editor(s): Adamson, Glenn; Kelley, Victoria. Series: Studies in Design. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 black & white halftones, 39 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 170 x 20. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087516
ISBN
9780719087516
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.40

Paperback. In this classic meditation on the problem of style in art history, Henri Focillon describes how art forms change over time. Translator(s): Kubler, George. Num Pages: 192 pages, 24. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299571
ISBN
9780942299571
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.47

Paperback. Translator(s): Goshgarian, G. M.; Goshgarian, Gary J. Num Pages: 256 pages, 119. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482724
ISBN
9780801482724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.56

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