Theory of art
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Theory of art
Hardback. * Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art. * Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists. * Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world. Editor(s): Osborne, Robin; Tanner, Jeremy. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405135375
- ISBN
- 9781405135375
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Condition: New
€ 116.98
€ 116.98
Paperback. "It actually gave me what I expected to learn in college. I learned a great deal about life. " "A strong and important underlying philosophy, the knowledge of which will be useful in the real world. This knowledge is very important to anyone who aspires to be artistic as well as anyone who just aspires to be. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405155632
- ISBN
- 9781405155632
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€ 41.99€ 41.41
€ 41.99
€ 41.41
Hardback. Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405176569
- ISBN
- 9781405176569
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Condition: New
€ 93.46
€ 93.46
Paperback. Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178822
- ISBN
- 9781405178822
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.71
€ 42.99
€ 42.71
Hardback. Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405178839
- ISBN
- 9781405178839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.97
€ 97.97
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.
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- 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
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Condition: New
€ 85.49
€ 85.49
Hardback. The Art of Comics is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AKLC; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334647
- ISBN
- 9781444334647
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Condition: New
€ 94.69
€ 94.69
Paperback. Creative Writing and Art History considers the ways in which the writing of art history intersects with creative writing. Essays range from the analysis of historical examples of art historical writing that have a creative element to examinations of contemporary modes of creative writing about art. Editor(s): Grant, Andrew; Grant, Catherine; Rubin, Patricia. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 716.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444350395
- ISBN
- 9781444350395
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Condition: New
€ 35.35
€ 35.35
Paperback. A study of the iconic Brillo box through the theories of design, aesthetics, and art Num Pages: 144 pages, 34 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; AK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Dartmouth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584657019
- ISBN
- 9781584657019
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.79
€ 26.99
€ 21.79
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900055
- ISBN
- 9781903900055
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.76
€ 126.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 222 x 11. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941792049
- ISBN
- 9781941792049
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.99
€ 25.99
€ 20.99
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Birkhauser
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783034600927
- ISBN
- 9783034600927
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 28.12
€ 29.99
€ 28.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 53. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Diaphanes AG
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037342091
- ISBN
- 9783037342091
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.02
€ 30.99
€ 24.02
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Architecture
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764324728
- ISBN
- 9783764324728
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Condition: New
€ 114.93
€ 114.93
Hardback. Bertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem's "beauty and attraction" invisible. The author explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers whose work speaks to questions of political economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 colour plates, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226210261
- ISBN
- 9780226210261
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.81€ 78.06
€ 93.81
€ 78.06
Hardcover. In the digital age, photography confronts its future under the competing signs of ubiquity and obsolescence. By examining the medium as articulated in literature, film, and the graphic novel, this book demonstrates how photography secures identity for figures with an unstable sense of self. Num Pages: 232 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 60 x 90 x 12. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226242033
- ISBN
- 9780226242033
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.05
€ 41.99
€ 32.05
Hardback. Explores the history of bodily beautification Editor(s): Brand, Peg Zeglin. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 color illus., 64 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253006424
- ISBN
- 9780253006424
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Condition: New
€ 92.61
€ 92.61
Paperback. Exploring the political forces that shaped Impressionism, this work proposes that at the heart of the modern is a "guilty secret" - the need of the dominant, mainly bourgeois, classes in Paris to expunge from historical memory the haunting nightmare of the Commune and its socialist ideology. Series: Princeton Series in Nineteenth-Century Art, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, 162 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACVT; HBJD; HBLL; HBTB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 191 x 254 x 13. Weight in Grams: 524.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691015552
- ISBN
- 9780691015552
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Condition: New
€ 64.49€ 49.96
€ 64.49
€ 49.96
Paperback. Examines art and censorship in the current political climate. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AN; JFCA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 245.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745326474
- ISBN
- 9780745326474
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 26.64
€ 40.99
€ 26.64
Hardback. A ground-breaking rethink of the radical Situationist art movement drawn from a life's worth of research. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JPFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780745335278
- ISBN
- 9780745335278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.67€ 81.97
€ 99.67
€ 81.97
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780801478987
- ISBN
- 9780801478987
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.80
€ 36.99
€ 35.80
Paperback. This book offers an overview and critique of the conventions surrounding artistic creativity and intellectual endeavor which began with the decline of feudalism in the church. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804728430
- ISBN
- 9780804728430
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Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Paperback. Phantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrum-sometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its model-in light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733366
- ISBN
- 9780804733366
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.35
€ 32.99
€ 29.35
Paperback. Six Stories is a radically new look at the intersection of science and art through "failed" images. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 figures, 71 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741484
- ISBN
- 9780804741484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.42
€ 40.99
€ 39.42