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Art & Architecture: general issues

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Art & Architecture: general issues

hardcover. Includes essays that engage questions that are central to the development of literature, music, and the arts in the period from Romanticism at the end of the eighteenth century to the avant-garde movements of the early twentieth, a period in which modern evolution of the arts is coupled with a rise in the significance of music as artistic form. Series: Literary Conjugations. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 illus., musical examples. BIC Classification: AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 30. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295990057
ISBN
9780295990057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.51

Paperback / so. Series: Synthese. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783322983121
ISBN
9783322983121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.70

Paperback. .
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934105818
ISBN
9781934105818
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.38

Paperback. Analyzing the rise of art in the 18th century, this treatise demonstrates how painting, sculpture and literature were not regarded as valuable art forms before the emergence of a new bourgeois culture. The author reveals how Romantic poets and philosophers invented "art" as we know it today. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACV; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106016
ISBN
9780231106016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618859
ISBN
9780748618859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.28

Hardback. This book provides a stimulating account of the dominant cultural forms of 1950s America: fiction and poetry; theatre and performance; film and television; music and radio; and the visual arts. Series: Twentieth-century American Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AB; DSBH; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618842
ISBN
9780748618842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.88
€ 97.93

Paperback. An examination of the major optically oriented examples of artistic theory and practice, from Brunelleschi's invention of perspective and its exploitation by Leonardo and Duerer to the beginnings of photography. It discusses colour theory and shows the interaction between art and science. Num Pages: 383 pages, 549 b&w illustrations, 16 colour plates, select bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 282 x 254 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1806.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
383
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300052411
ISBN
9780300052411
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.56
€ 45.65

Hardcover. Series: Page-Barbour Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; PDA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 178. .
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813937007
ISBN
9780813937007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.87

Paperback. Series: Bildwissenschaft. Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Deutscher Universitats-Verlag Germany
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9783824445660
ISBN
9783824445660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.75

Paperback. An introduction to anthropological perspectives on art that links the production of art to political and cultural processes Series: Anthropology, Culture and Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 b+w photos. BIC Classification: ABA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745317946
ISBN
9780745317946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.81

Most theories of material culture, transnationalism, and globalization have failed to incorporate a focus on emotions even though an increasing number of scholars in recent years have explored emotion-dense processes. This book fills the gap and examines how "emotions" can be theorized and serve as a useful analytical tool for understanding.. Editor(s): Svasek, Maruska. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. Num Pages: 300 pages, 45 ills and tables. BIC Classification: ABA; JFCD; JFFN; JHM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526. Transnationalism, Cultural Productions and Emotions. Series: Material Mediations: People and Things in a World of Movement. 300 pages, 45 ills and tables. Editor(s): Svasek, Maruska. Most theories of material culture, transnationalism, and globalization have failed to incorporate a focus on emotions even though an increasing number of scholars in recent years have explored emotion-dense processes. This book fills the gap and examines how "emotions" can be theorized and serve as a useful analytical tool for understanding. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: ABA; JFCD; JFFN; JHM. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 20. Weight: 526.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857453235
ISBN
9780857453235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 162.79

Paperback. Presents a study and appraisal of paintings, drawings and prints. This book shows how you can develop visual, analytical and historical skills in learning to look at and understand an image by analyzing how it works, what its pictorial elements are and how they relate to each other. It contains images by such artists as Rembrandt and Tacita Dean. Num Pages: 304 pages, 83 black & white halftones, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415435185
ISBN
9780415435185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.55

Hardback. Series: The Arts in Higher Education. Num Pages: 274 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137544483
ISBN
9781137544483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.19

Hardback. How is art conceived, created, and experienced? How is it taught? How does the act of viewing a work make the viewer part of that work? This title addresses these questions and documents the changing practices in the making, teaching, and exhibition of art. Editor(s): Jacob, Mary Jane; Baas, Jacquelynn. Num Pages: 296 pages, 67 color illustrations and 6 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 200 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520260764
ISBN
9780520260764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.90
€ 49.59

Paperback. Designed to aid visual artists in furthering their careers through unfiltered information about the business practices and idiosyncrasies of the contemporary art world, this book demystifies practices through testimonials, interviews, and commentary from leading artists, curators, gallerists, collectors, critics, art consultants, and others. Editor(s): Nieves, Marysol. Num Pages: 316 pages, 1 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AB; JNR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823234141
ISBN
9780823234141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 44 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 3. Weight in Grams: 97.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1913
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
44
Condition
New
SKU
V9783662237052
ISBN
9783662237052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.10

Paperback. Long form scenic improv began with the Harold. The comic philosophy of this form started an era of comedy marked by support, trust, and collaboration. This book tells of the Harold, beginning with the development of improv theatre, through the tensions and evolutions that led to its creation at iO, and to its use in contemporary filmmaking. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349477739
ISBN
9781349477739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.70
€ 47.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 364 pages, 450. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 215 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1788.
Publisher
Moleskine srl Italy
Number of pages
364
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Csm Jou Ha
Condition
New
SKU
V9788862935319
ISBN
9788862935319
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.73

Paperback. A Concise Companion to Realism offers an accessible introduction to realism as it has evolved since the 19th century. Though focused on literature and literary theory, the significance of technology and the visual arts is also addressed. Editor(s): Beaumont, Matthew. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444332070
ISBN
9781444332070
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Paperback. The Clever Object presents a multidisciplinary exploration of the ways objects materialise, embody, or negotiate various forms of intelligence, revealing the use of the idea of "the clever object" as an analytic tool of art-historical interpretation. Editor(s): Hunter, Matthew C.; Lucchini, Francesco. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118710760
ISBN
9781118710760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.73

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