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Art & Architecture: general issues

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Art & Architecture: general issues

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.57

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Autonomedia
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351597
ISBN
9781584351597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.99

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. 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
€ 29.06

paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 244 x 10. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Condition
New
SKU
9783775739764
ISBN
9783775739764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 16.46

Hardcover. Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 159 x 55. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118475447
ISBN
9781118475447
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.53

Paperback. Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118475461
ISBN
9781118475461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.62

Paperback. Features a crystalline fresh translation of art works - published on its one-hundredth anniversary. In this volume the introductory essays provides a historical framework and referencing debates engendered by principles in the twentieth century. It also includes translations of the prefaces and afterword. Num Pages: 368 pages, 122 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 182 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064528
ISBN
9781606064528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. Editor(s): Julavits, Heidi; Leland, Andrew; Vida, Vendela. Num Pages: 80 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 315.
Publisher
McSweeney´s Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Pck
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940450162
ISBN
9781940450162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.73

Paperback. This book addresses one of the most exciting and innovative developments within higher education: the rise in prominence of the creative arts and the accelerating recognition that creative practice is a form of research. Editor(s): Smith, Hazel; Dean, Roger T. Series: Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: AB; GPS; GTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 506. Series: Research Methods for the Arts and Humanities. 288 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Smith, Hazel; Dean, Roger T. This book addresses one of the most exciting and innovative developments within higher education: the rise in prominence of the creative arts and the accelerating recognition that creative practice is a form of research. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AB; GPS; GTC. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 21. Weight: 434.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748636297
ISBN
9780748636297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 118 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACND; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 280 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271020914
ISBN
9780271020914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.20
€ 50.33

Paperback. This text sets out to demonstrate that a psychoanalytic point of view can enrich one's understanding and appreciation of works of art. It draws on late-1990s psychoanalytic views of the importance of fantasy in order to address the impact of psychoanalysis on the understanding of the visual arts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 photographs, 1 black and white drawing. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JMAF; MMH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 249.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814782651
ISBN
9780814782651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Paperback. Applies and brings up to date the methods of interpretation Berger has developed during the past half-century in his studies of literature, drama, philosophy, social and cultural studies, and the visual arts Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 14. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245178
ISBN
9780823245178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

paperback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 30 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; RGC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138952928
ISBN
9781138952928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Paperback. "As a stylist, in his descriptions of art and movements and books, Rosenberg has no equal. . . . One is grateful for [this] essay collection. To my mind, his piece on art criticism and the distinction between it and art history is alone worth the price of the book." Corinne Robins, "New York Times Book Review "" Num Pages: 318 pages, 75 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 311.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226726748
ISBN
9780226726748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 102 figures. BIC Classification: ABA; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262526708
ISBN
9780262526708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardcover. These essays trace the femme fatale across literature, visual culture and cinema, exploring the ways in which fatal femininity has been imagined in different cultural contexts and historical epochs, and moving from mythical women such as Eve, Medusa and the Sirens via historical figures such as Mata Hari to fatal women in contemporary cinema. Editor(s): Hanson, Helen; O'Rawe, Catherine. Num Pages: 252 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; APFA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230203617
ISBN
9780230203617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5; ACXJ8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 41. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141976631
ISBN
9780141976631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages, Colour and b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 198 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Sternberg Press United States
Number of pages
110
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933128252
ISBN
9781933128252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.82

Paperback. Moving from meetings with artists to the creation of the first public museums in the 18th century, recounting the practice of inspirational figures such as Diaghilev, skipping between exhibitions, continents and centuries, the author argues that curation is far from a static practice. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 170 x 27. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
PENGUIN BOOKS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950968
ISBN
9780241950968
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.73

Hardcover. Chaos and anarchy represent the opposite pole to an ordered life. Infernal threats, ambushes, fiery rain and other catastrophes were described even in the Bible. This book delivers a detailed assessment of ruins as a phenomenon in architecture, landscape design, fine art, film and the media. Num Pages: 272 pages, 125 illus. BIC Classification: AB; AJ; AMA; AMV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 291 x 242 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1504.
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783936681468
ISBN
9783936681468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.93

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

€ 32.00
€ 28.47

Paperback. Proposes an anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested, this book presents a challenging and provocative account of what pictures are and how they function. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Translated by Thomas Dunlap ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691160962
ISBN
9780691160962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. "First published in Germany under the title Faces: Eine Geschichte des Gesichts." Translator(s): Hansen, Thomas S.; Hansen, Abby J. Num Pages: 288 pages, 53 color illus. 51 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB; JHMP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162355
ISBN
9780691162355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

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