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Paperback. Argues that some histories, including Tibetans armed resistance against the Chinese, are arrested, deliberately left untold until some future moment when changed circumstances favor their telling. Num Pages: 328 pages, 36 photographs, 5 maps. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; HBJF; HBLW3; HBTV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347712
ISBN
9780822347712
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 314 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; HBG; JWL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 24. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Turner Publishing Company United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471119760
ISBN
9780471119760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.24

Hardback. Editor(s): James, Paula. Num Pages: 346 pages, 90+ illustrations, 6 in full colour. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; AKC; GTH; KNXB2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
346
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857285300
ISBN
9780857285300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.92

Hardback. Focuses on artwork produced from the 1950s to the 1970s, when Mao Zedong was in leadership. This book argues that important contributions were made during this period that require fuller consideration in Chinese art history, especially with relevance to the contemporary world. Editor(s): Shengtian, Zheng. Series: Asia Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 50 black & white illustrations + 150 colour images. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1919.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300140644
ISBN
9780300140644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.18
€ 67.69

Paperback. In most contemporary historical writing the picture of modern life in Habsburg Central Europe is a gloomy story of the failure of rationalism and the rise of protofascist movements. This book tells a different story, focusing on the Czech writers and artists distinguished by their optimistic view of the world in the years before WWI. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 2AGZ; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137486486
ISBN
9781137486486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. Covering the period from the late 1940s to 1990s , Walker provides a detailed survey of the most prominent cases of art that has scandalised. Num Pages: 288 pages, 51 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACX; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745313542
ISBN
9780745313542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Rochester, Monica Rene. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Feral House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781627310093
ISBN
9781627310093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.58

Hardcover. Offers an account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period. This book celebrates the styles rich variety of form and its diverse international roots as the very factors that make it a perennial favourite of modern collectors and designers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1000 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD3; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 316 x 248 x 50. Weight in Grams: 3608.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238554
ISBN
9780500238554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.30
€ 58.06

Paperback. Showcasing IWM's extensive collection, this book includes works from the major artists of the time such as John and Paul Nash, Orpen, Spencer and Singer Sargent, as well less familiar artists, offering an insight into the huge range and power of wartime art during the First World War. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJF; ACXD; HBG; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 182 x 7. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Imperial War Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904897897
ISBN
9781904897897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.65

Paperback. In this title, Belting examines how art is made, viewed, and interpreted today. Arguing that contemporary art has burst out of the frame that art history had built for it, Belting calls for an entirely new approach to thinking and writing about art. Translator(s): Saltzwedel, Caroline; Cohen, Mitch. Num Pages: 248 pages, 48 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041858
ISBN
9780226041858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.82

Paperback. Examines the career of New York-based artist Sherrie Levine, whose 1981 series of photographs "after Walker Evans" - taken from Evans' famous depression-era documents of rural Alabama - became central examples in theorizing postmodernism in the visual arts in the 1980s. Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 color illustrations and 50 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; ACXJ8; AGB; AJB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267220
ISBN
9780520267220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Art in Ireland since 1910 is the first book to examine Irish art from the early twentieth century to the present day. In this highly illustrated volume Fionna Barber looks at the work of a wide range of artists from Yeats and le Brocquy to Cross and Doherty, many of whom are unfamiliar to audiences outside Ireland. Num Pages: 320 pages, 266 illustrations, 222 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJ; ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 193 x 246 x 21. Weight in Grams: 992.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780235127
ISBN
9781780235127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. London. A snowy December, 1888. Sherlock Holmes, 34, is languishing and back on cocaine after a disastrous Ripper investigation. Watson can neither comfort nor rouse his friend - until a strangely encoded letter arrives from Paris. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 1DDF; 3JJC; FF; FHD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008129699
ISBN
9780008129699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. * New edition of this popular anthology of twentieth-century art-theoretical texts. * Now updated to include the results of new research, together with significant contributions from the 1990s. * Includes writings by critics, philosophers, politicians and literary figures. Editor(s): Harrison, Charles; Wood, Paul J. Num Pages: 1288 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 172 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1626.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631227083
ISBN
9780631227083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.06

Paperback. This book decodes the rhetoric of China's turbulent decade, a time of both brutal iconoclasm and radical experimentation in the arts, to offer new insights into works that have transcended their times. Editor(s): King, Richard. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies Series. Num Pages: 318 pages, 65 illustrations, 23 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; ACBP; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780774815437
ISBN
9780774815437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 67. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AC; AG; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816685752
ISBN
9780816685752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.67

Paperback. During the 1990s a particular focus of discussions on American culture has been the role of visual arts in public life. In this volume, five cultural critics and two contemporary artists set out to show the ways in which this debate has profoundly reshaped the view of American culture. Editor(s): Yenawine, Philip; Weems, Marianne; Wallis, Brian. Num Pages: 320 pages, 125 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; ABA; ABQ; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780814793510
ISBN
9780814793510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Examples of over 600 dazzling full color Art Nouveau tiles. A very useful and beautiful collectors guide, it provides information about many major tile manufacturers. It is arranged by company and design and contains a guide to market prices, as well as suggestions and tips for tile collectors. Series: Schiffer Book for Collectors. Num Pages: 192 pages, 658 colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJC; ACVY; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1236.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764314414
ISBN
9780764314414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 44.31

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 156 b/w photos & 94 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JJC; HBT; WMQL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764326660
ISBN
9780764326660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.65
€ 39.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJP; 3JM; ANB; APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Germany
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9783903131484
ISBN
9783903131484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.53

Hardcover. Includes the developments in the study and practice of art. With a clear year-by-year structure, this book presents 130 articles, each focusing on a crucial event - such as the creation of a seminal work, the publication of an important text, or the opening of a major exhibition - to tell the myriad stories of art from 1900 to the present. Num Pages: 896 pages, 884 illustrations, 579 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 291 x 58. Weight in Grams: 3478.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239537
ISBN
9780500239537
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 62.24

Paperback. Presents an overview that helps you make coherent sense of the often-bewildering diversity of styles, forms, media, techniques, and agendas that proliferate in contemporary art. This edition includes a new chapter on developments in contemporary art since 2000. It offers information on the evolution of art over the decades. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 253 illustrations, 124 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204245
ISBN
9780500204245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers'. This book examines this movement. Num Pages: 294 pages, 12 color illustrations and 92 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 13. Weight in Grams: 578. Radical Practice in the Vietnam War Era. 294 pages, Illustrations (some col.). During the late 1960s and early 1970s, in response to the political turbulence generated by the Vietnam War, an important group of American artists and critics sought to expand the definition of creative labor by identifying themselves as 'art workers'. This book examines this movement. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXJ. Dimension: 255 x 175 x 13. Weight: 522.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269750
ISBN
9780520269750
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. This work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown Editor(s): Etlin, Richard A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AB; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226220871
ISBN
9780226220871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

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