Art & Architecture: general issues
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Art & Architecture: general issues
Paperback. How do we judge what is good in art? And more to the point, can we even judge art? The author takes us on a grand tour of ancient and contemporary art, sharing five simple metrics of quality that help us to increase our visual literacy as we learn to see and, yes, even to judge art. Num Pages: 236 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 261 x 20. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- American Association of Museums United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933253671
- ISBN
- 9781933253671
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Condition: New
€ 78.58
€ 78.58
Paperback. Proposes "low theory" as a means of recovering ways of being and forms of knowledge not legitimized by existing systems and institutions Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 224 pages, 37 illustrations, including 14 in colour. BIC Classification: AB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350453
- ISBN
- 9780822350453
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Hardcover. Exposes the charlatanry that fuels much academic art history today and leaks into the art world generally. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781893554863
- ISBN
- 9781893554863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.72
€ 27.99
€ 24.72
Paperback. Exposes the charlatanry that fuels academic art history and leaks into the art world generally. Num Pages: 200 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 361.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Encounter Books,USA United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781594031212
- ISBN
- 9781594031212
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.14
€ 18.99
€ 18.14
Paperback. The life of Count Harry Kessler (1868-1937), the famous Anglo-German art patron, writer, and activist, offers a vivid and engrossing perspective on the tumultuous transformation of art and politics that took place in modern Europe between 1890 and 1930. This is his biography. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; AB; BGH; HBJD; HBLW; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 814.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248175
- ISBN
- 9780520248175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.01
€ 41.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. "This book gives the necessary background for the study and appreciation of Italian painting and sculpture from about 1250 to 1550. It tells how the artists learned their craft, the organization of the" Num Pages: 224 pages, 110 illus, notes, index. BIC Classification: AB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Westview Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780064301299
- ISBN
- 9780064301299
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Condition: New
€ 58.58
€ 58.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; ABC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 255 x 21. Weight in Grams: 934.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606065167
- ISBN
- 9781606065167
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.14€ 55.15
€ 71.14
€ 55.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 24 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; AFC; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309705
- ISBN
- 9780226309705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
paperback. Presents a fresh perspective on Merleau-Ponty's philosophy. The author offers fresh contexts to approach art, philosophy and the resonance between them. Num Pages: 184 pages, 5 halftones, 18 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJ; AB; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226274256
- ISBN
- 9780226274256
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.07
€ 26.99
€ 22.07
Paperback. The first study of how the art market developed in London and made the city the capital of the international trade in art. Editor(s): Fletcher, Pamela M.; Helmreich, Anne. Num Pages: 368 pages, 47 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JH; 3JJ; ABQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719084614
- ISBN
- 9780719084614
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.92
€ 33.99
€ 32.92
Paperback. This series supports scholarship in the field of art education and disseminates ideas about the theory and practice of discipline-based art education. Series: Occasional Paper. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JNA; JNC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892361458
- ISBN
- 9780892361458
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.96
€ 23.99
€ 17.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 194 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761811725
- ISBN
- 9780761811725
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Condition: New
€ 115.56
€ 115.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Navas, Eduardo; Gallagher, Owen; Burrough, Xtine. Series: Routledge Companions. Num Pages: 556 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JFD; LNR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 30. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138216716
- ISBN
- 9781138216716
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Condition: New
€ 68.84
€ 68.84
Paperback. 'The Routledge Companion to Research in the Arts' offers theoretical & practical approaches to identifying, structuring & resolving some of the key issues in the debate about the nature of research in the arts which have surfaced during the establishment of this subject over the last decade. Editor(s): Biggs, Michael; Karlsson, Henrik. Num Pages: 488 pages, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: AB; GPS; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 176 x 28. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415697941
- ISBN
- 9780415697941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.90
€ 64.90
Hardback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 431 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 431
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804725682
- ISBN
- 9780804725682
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Condition: New
€ 173.09
€ 173.09
The Russian Avant-Garde and Radical Modernism. An Introductory Reader....
. Ed(S): Ioffe, Dennis G.; White, Frederick H...
Hardback. The Russian avant-garde was a composite of antagonistic groups who wished to overthrow the basic aesthetics of classical realism. This collection of essays by leading scholars examines the major figures, movements and manifestos of the period. It is also suitable for university courses on the Russian twentieth century. Editor(s): Ioffe, Dennis G.; White, Frederick H. Series: Cultural Syllabus. Num Pages: 350 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; AB; DSBH; HBJD; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 27. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235292
- ISBN
- 9781936235292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.88€ 128.35
€ 128.88
€ 128.35
Paperback. Surveys a wide range of cultural controversies, from the Mapplethorpe affair to Salman Rushdie's death sentence. This book seeks to show that the fear and outrage these events inspired were the result of dangerous misunderstandings about the relationship between art and life. Num Pages: 258 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226772240
- ISBN
- 9780226772240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages, 58 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First edition
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816646531
- ISBN
- 9780816646531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Scientific concepts are basic to the conservation of artefacts of every type, yet many conservators have little or no scientific training. These introductory volumes provide non-scientists with the essential theoretical background to their work. Series: Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management. Num Pages: 140 pages, 35 line-drawings and photographs, bibliography. BIC Classification: ABC; GLP; TDCJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 177 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415071659
- ISBN
- 9780415071659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.58
€ 58.58
Paperback. Scientific concepts are basic to the conservation of artefacts of every type, yet many conservators have little or no scientific training. These introductory volumes provide non-scientists with the essential theoretical background to their work. Series: Heritage: Care-Preservation-Management. Num Pages: 144 pages, 45 line-drawings, bibliography. BIC Classification: ABC; GLP; TDC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 166 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415071635
- ISBN
- 9780415071635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.03
€ 51.03
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
€ 57.51€ 45.04
€ 57.51
€ 45.04
Hardback. Incorporates contemporary analytic philosophy in interpretations of art and architecture, literature, and film about the Holocaust Num Pages: 296 pages, 41 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823245406
- ISBN
- 9780823245406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.72
€ 61.72
Paperback. Drawing upon insights in fields such as anthropology and linguistics, this book deals with the concept of historical sequence and continuous change across time. Num Pages: 148 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300100617
- ISBN
- 9780300100617
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Paperback. An illustrated 100-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. . Num Pages: 448 pages, 269 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1654.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500275825
- ISBN
- 9780500275825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.09
€ 46.99
€ 33.09