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Theory of art

Paperback. A provocative triptych of black queer desire, articulated through aesthetic works and experiences Series: The New Black Studies Series. Num Pages: 216 pages, 29 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; APF; JFCA; JFSK2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077876
ISBN
9780252077876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. 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: 156 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006493
ISBN
9780253006493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

Hardback. A companion volume to "Symmetries of Culture", this book applies the method of symmetry analysis to actual case studies from cultures around the world. It explores how cultural information is embedded in the symmetrical structure of pattern. It is intended as a reference for anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians, and mathematicians. Editor(s): Washburn, Dorothy K. Num Pages: 392 pages, 204 illus., 19 in color. BIC Classification: ABA; ACBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1414.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983660
ISBN
9780295983660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.95

Hardcover. Reinterprets key phases and figures in 20th-century art, focusing on the way artists and critics negotiate philosophically significant ideas. The text aims to illuminate a language of 20th century art that cuts across boundaries set out by such conventional notions as avant-garde and postmodernism. Num Pages: 260 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300072419
ISBN
9780300072419
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.41
€ 40.15

Paperback. How do we do justice to art when we treat it as a worldwide phenomenon with a long history? In this study, academics, curators, bibliographers and representatives of international organizations explain the ways they deal with the conflict between the need to compress and the desire to express. Editor(s): Onians, John. Series: Clark Studies in the Visual Arts. Num Pages: 268 pages, 40 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 181 x 246 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300097900
ISBN
9780300097900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts were begun in 1952 at the National Gallery of Art in order to bring the best in contemporary scholarship to the public. This illustrated documentary volume tells the story of the genesis of the lectureship, featuring essays by a variety of scholars. Editor(s): Cropper, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 255 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 205 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099614
ISBN
9780300099614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.92

Paperback. Explores the artistic practices that employ evocation - the calling forth of past emotions, desires, frustrations, and memories - as a mode of connecting past and present. Featuring the work of artists working in a variety of media, this book challenges the conventional approach to history whereby the past is kept at a distance as historical fact. Editor(s): Fassi, Luigi; Gallun, Lucy; Schillinger, Jakob. Series: Whitney Museum of American Art. Num Pages: 120 pages, 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300159028
ISBN
9780300159028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.75

Hardback. Explores how art, design, and performance registered the changes in the Edwardian period (1901-1910) and helped to precipitate them. Acknowledging familiar divisions between the neo-Baroque magnificence of central London and the slums of the East End, this title discusses the middlebrow culture that characterizes the anonymous edge of the city. Editor(s): O'Neill, Morna; Hatt, Michael. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations + colour images. BIC Classification: 3JJC; ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1092.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300163353
ISBN
9780300163353
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 42.32

Paperback. The Art of Understanding Art reveals to students and other readers new and meaningful ways of developing personal ideas and opinions about art and how to express them with confidence. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 191 x 247 x 13. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470658345
ISBN
9780470658345
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.72

Paperback. Body art or eyesore, tattoos provide fertile ground for philosophical discussion Whether seen as a celebration of individuality or as a conversation piece, tattoos raise intriguing philosophical questions, from aesthetics to feminism, from semiotics to the philosophy of the person. Editor(s): Arp, Robert. Series: Philosophy for Everyone. Num Pages: 294 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HP; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672068
ISBN
9780470672068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.15

Paperback. A collection of essays that explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. It deals with color composition, forgeries, and the problems of perspective, on art in education and therapy, on the style of artists' late works, and the reading of maps. Num Pages: 348 pages, 61ill. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484. 348 pages, 61ill. A collection of essays that explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. It deals with color composition, forgeries, and the problems of perspective, on art in education and therapy, on the style of artists' late works, and the reading of maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight: 484.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520055544
ISBN
9780520055544
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Presents the development and aesthetic theories of the symbolist movement in art and literature. This book traces symbolism and its roots from artist to artist and critic to critic from the 1860s to the early twentieth century. Num Pages: 396 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
396
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520077683
ISBN
9780520077683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. Challenges art history from a feminist perspective. Following their "Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany" (1982) and "The Expanding Discourse: Feminism and Art History" (1992), this volume identifies female agency as a central theme of feminist scholarship. It also features essays on artists and issues from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Broude, Norma; Garrard, Mary D. Num Pages: 486 pages, 157 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1116.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520242524
ISBN
9780520242524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.56
€ 43.10

Paperback. This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder. Num Pages: 72 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 108. An Essay on Disorder and Order. 72 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
40th Anniversary Edition
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266001
ISBN
9780520266001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.42

Hardback. A biography of Peter Selz that traces the journey of this Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. It illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century, describing Selz's extraordinary career. Num Pages: 321 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269354
ISBN
9780520269354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.50

Hardback. * Provides a critical overview of Western visual art theory from a wide range of perspectives. * Helps students to pursue questions about the nature and ambitions of theory in the context of art. * Can be used alongside the three a Art in Theorya anthologies also published by Blackwell. . Editor(s): Smith, Paul; Wilde, Carolyn. Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 552 pages, 30. BIC Classification: ABA; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 189 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631207627
ISBN
9780631207627
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 220.77

Hardback. * Provides an overview of the most significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. * Explains the origins and development of the term Gothic. * Explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary and non-literary forms, including art, architecture and film. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220626
ISBN
9780631220626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.95

Hardcover. This work explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Iversen, Margaret. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631227144
ISBN
9780631227144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.00

Paperback. This work explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Iversen, Margaret. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631227151
ISBN
9780631227151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.46

Hardcover. Focuses on questions of history, methods, and the nature of art theories, as well as the value and evaluation of art. This book is intended as a primer to aesthetics, as well as a summary and extension of the author's contribution to the field. Num Pages: 120 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229452
ISBN
9780631229452
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.87

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