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Art & Architecture: general issues

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Art & Architecture: general issues

Hardback. Few, if any, early modern European cities boasted a population as racially, ethnically and religiously diverse as Renaissance Venice, from German merchants living in the Fondaco dei Tedeschi to the Jewish inhabitants of the Ghetto. This book focuses on the wealthy elite of that immigrant population. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 black-&-white illustrations & 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DST; ABQ; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 232 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300148817
ISBN
9780300148817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.33
€ 49.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816696987
ISBN
9780816696987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.41

Paperback. From Botticelli to birdsong, Mozart, and the Turner Prize, Roger Scruton explores what it means for something to be beautiful. This thought-provoking introduction to the philosophy of beauty draws conclusions that some may find controversial, but, as Scruton shows, help us to find greater sense of meaning in the beautiful objects around us. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 208 pages, Approximately 20 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199229758
ISBN
9780199229758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.74

Hardback. 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: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006424
ISBN
9780253006424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.61

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

€ 29.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. It charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801609
ISBN
9780192801609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.03

Hardcover. Focuses on the painterly pre-occupation with bathing, whether at the beach, in lakes and rivers, in public swimming pools, or in bathtubs. This book brings to bear a lifetime of looking at, teaching, talking about, wrestling with, loving, and hating art to reveal and complicate the lived and felt - the visceral - experience of art. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 300 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC; AGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 187 x 176 x 24. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021167
ISBN
9780674021167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.42
€ 53.40

Paperback. The second revised edition of this book integrates text and pictures more clearly, illustrations have been added to include more colour diagrams and examples of similar work done by students in recent years. The revisions were made by the author's widow, a lecturer in art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100. BIC Classification: ABA; AK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 368. The Dynamics of Visual Form. 128 pages, 100. The second revised edition of this book integrates text and pictures more clearly, illustrations have been added to include more colour diagrams and examples of similar work done by students in recent years. The revisions were made by the author's widow, a lecturer in art. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA; AK. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 11. Weight: 360.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2 Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713683660
ISBN
9780713683660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.49

Paperback. Rehabilitating some of Bakhtin's neglected ideas and reframing him as a philosopher of aesthetics, Bakhtin Reframed will be essential reading for the huge community of Bakhtin scholars as well as students and practitioners of visual culture. Series: Contemporary Thinkers Reframed. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 bw integrated. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780765129
ISBN
9781780765129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784781484
ISBN
9781784781484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.31

Paperback. The Awakening Artist invites artists to discover their relationship to the greatest source of creativity the world has ever known. Num Pages: 268 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
268
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780996455
ISBN
9781780996455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.36

Paperback. Editor(s): Zhilyaev, Arseny. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816699193
ISBN
9780816699193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Series: New African Histories. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACBS; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Ohio University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821421918
ISBN
9780821421918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 60 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837629545
ISBN
9783837629545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 266 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Power Publications Australia
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780909952389
ISBN
9780909952389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 74.71

Hardback. * Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art. * Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists. * Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world. Editor(s): Osborne, Robin; Tanner, Jeremy. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135375
ISBN
9781405135375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.98

Hardcover. 192 pages, 150 photographs. Illustrator(s): Hoppe, Paul. A beautiful, revealing, and inspirational guided visual tour through the creative process of an A-list group of artists, writers, choreographers, filmmakers, fashion designers, and other creators. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 215 x 155 x 20. Weight: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811871280
ISBN
9780811871280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.70

Paperback. Artwash assesses oil sponsorship of the arts in its global formations, looking at the largest international oil companies. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ABQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 214 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Pluto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745335889
ISBN
9780745335889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.86

Paperback. Scientists are famous for believing in the proven and peer-accepted, the very ground that pioneering artists often subvert. This book shows how innovation in the 'post-Google generation' is often catalyzed by those who cross a conventional line so firmly drawn between the arts and the sciences. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JNF; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674034648
ISBN
9780674034648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.23

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138235199
ISBN
9781138235199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.58

Paperback. Assesses the state of the arts in America and finds cause for alarm. This title combines personal and professional memoir, policy analysis, and deeply held convictions to explore and define a coordinated vision for art, culture, and expression in American life. Num Pages: 364 pages, 11 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520267923
ISBN
9780520267923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.19

Paperback. The pagodas of Burma, the temples of Angkor, the great Buddhist monuments of Borobudur - these achievements of powerful courts and rulers were part of a broad artistic tradition including textiles, applied arts, vernacular architecture and village crafts. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 183 illustrations, 102 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FM; AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500203811
ISBN
9780500203811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 5.70

Paperback. Arts of Independence takes a hard look at the most neglected aspect of the argument for Scotland's distinctive national identity: the arts. Series: Viewpoints. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908373755
ISBN
9781908373755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Hardcover. Audience behavior began to shift dramatically in the mid 1990s. Since then, people have become more spontaneous in purchasing tickets and increasingly prefer selecting specific programs to attend rather than buying a subscription series. Arts attenders also expect more responsive customer service than ever before. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AB; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787978440
ISBN
9780787978440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.67

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