Theory of art
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Theory of art
Paperback. The theory and practice of imitation has long been central to the construction of art and yet imitation is still frequently confused with copying. Theorizing Imitation in the Visual Arts challenges this prejudice by revealing the ubiquity of the practice across cultures and geographical borders. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 210. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119004035
- ISBN
- 9781119004035
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Condition: New
€ 33.29
€ 33.29
Paperback. This book is a revealing exploration of the lives of 21 famous writers, philosophers, musicians and painters including George Orwell, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Andy Warhol and many others, in light of the recognized criteria for diagnosis of high-functioning autism and Asperger's Syndrome (AS). Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ABA; MJNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843103349
- ISBN
- 9781843103349
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Condition: New
€ 34.67
€ 34.67
Paperback. An account of the changing attitudes to the way art is presented in the modern museum of art. It examines the relationship between the artist, the public and the curator, taking the reader into the artist's studio, and then on an international tour of museums, galleries and installations. Series: Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; GM; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 211 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500282168
- ISBN
- 9780500282168
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Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.41
€ 10.99
€ 9.41
Paperback. Marc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art in revolutionary Russia, to the position of a world-famous French artist. This book presents a comprehensive collection of Chagall's public statements on art and culture. Series: Contraversions: Jews & Other Differences. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 227 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Special ed.
- SKU
- V9780804748315
- ISBN
- 9780804748315
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.39
€ 27.99
€ 26.39
Hardcover. Documents commissioned art for display on the Central Line between 2011 and 2012 which included Michael Landy's Acts of Kindness Anna Barham, Alice Channer and Bob and Roberta Smith's art on communication and exchange in the tube and the artworks produced by Hackney youth as part of A Lock is A Gate. Editor(s): Bonham-Carter, Charlotte; Coysh, Louise; Dillon, Tamsin. Num Pages: 88 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 237 x 12. Weight in Grams: 354. Art on the Underground. 88 pages, 80 illustrations. Editor(s): Bonham-Carter, Charlotte; Coysh, Louise; Dillon, Tamsin. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ABA; ACXJ. Dimension: 171 x 237 x 12. Weight: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Black Dog Publishing
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907317903
- ISBN
- 9781907317903
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€ 17.99€ 16.42
€ 17.99
€ 16.42
Paperback. Imagining a new self equal to the new art of modernism; primordial and futuristic fictions of origin in the work of Gauguin, Picasso, F. T. Marinetti, Max Ernst, and others. Series: October Books. Num Pages: 464 pages, 121 b&w illus., 15 color plates. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 182 x 25. Weight in Grams: 946.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262562812
- ISBN
- 9780262562812
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.76
€ 31.99
€ 22.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 472.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646531
- ISBN
- 9780816646531
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Images and texts document the legendary Department of Media Study at SUNY Buffalo when it set the world standard; a history of the program and examples of work by "Buffalo heads" James Blue, Tony Conrad, Hollis Frampton, Gerald O'Grady, Paul Sharits, Steina, Woody Vasulka, and Peter Weibel. Editor(s): Vasulka, Woody; Weibel, Peter. Num Pages: 840 pages, 900 color illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 290 x 53. Weight in Grams: 3482.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262720502
- ISBN
- 9780262720502
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Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 53.85
€ 65.36
€ 53.85
Paperback. Editor(s): Stimson, Blake; Sholette, Gregory. Num Pages: 304 pages, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 17. Weight in Grams: 576.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816644629
- ISBN
- 9780816644629
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226423456
- ISBN
- 9780226423456
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.26
€ 45.99
€ 35.26
Hardcover. A provocative look at the contemporary art scene by one of the country's leading art critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 222.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Basic Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465055203
- ISBN
- 9780465055203
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 29.31
€ 44.99
€ 29.31
Paperback. This analysis of art and its modes of existence by a contemporary French philosopher begins with an essay that introduces the principal concern sustained in the four succeeding ones. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727815
- ISBN
- 9780804727815
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Bringing together essays on activist and community-based art from the pages of "Afterimage" - one of the most influential journals in the media and visual arts fields, this title demonstrates that activist art, far from being antithetical to the true meaning of the aesthetic, can be its most legitimate expression. Editor(s): Kester, Grant H. Num Pages: 328 pages, 40 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; JFC; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320951
- ISBN
- 9780822320951
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.59
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€ 28.59
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
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.56
€ 44.99
€ 39.56
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780942299571
- ISBN
- 9780942299571
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.47
€ 26.99
€ 20.47
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.
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- 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
€ 162.40
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.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551114781
- ISBN
- 9781551114781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.64
€ 53.99
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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
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
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
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Condition: New
€ 25.78
€ 25.78
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
€ 71.21