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Art & Architecture: general issues

Paperback. Covers topics as varied as: the concept of totalitarianism and totalitarian art, totalitarian exhibitions, monuments and architecture, forerunners of totalitarian art in romanticism and heroic realism, and diverse receptions of totalitarian art in democratic cultures. Editor(s): Rasmussen, Mikkel Bolt; Wamberg, Jacob. Num Pages: 359 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AB; ACX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345607
ISBN
9788779345607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.53

Paperback. Kay Jamison draws on her work as a psychiatrist and researcher in mood disorders to explore connections between manic-depressive illness and artistic activity. She applies what is known about the illness to the lives and works of artists including Byron, Van Gogh, Schumann and Woolf. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations facsim., genealogy, port. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JMAL; MBP; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 213 x 24. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780684831831
ISBN
9780684831831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.13

Paperback. 'Toward a Geography of Art' offers essays that examine the intricacies of accounting for the geographical dimension of art history during the early modern period in Europe, Latin America and Asia. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 27. Weight in Grams: 758.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
488
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226133126
ISBN
9780226133126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.85

Paperback. Based on the assumption that art is subject to psychology, accessible to understanding, and needed for any comprehensive survey of mental functioning, this book offers psychological findings range from experiments in the perception of shape or observations on the art work of children to broad deliberations on nature of images or of inspiration. Num Pages: 380 pages, 1 color illustration, 3 b/w photographs, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266018
ISBN
9780520266018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Shows how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into the two-dimensionality of magic) and of industrial into post-industrial society (from work into leisure) went hand in hand, and how photography allows us to read and interpret these changes with particular clarity. Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 121 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890764
ISBN
9781861890764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.33

Paperback. Translator(s): Gussen, Sebastian. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037348857
ISBN
9783037348857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401745512
ISBN
9789401745512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.59

Paperback. Tracing Architecture looks at the impact that knowledge of ancient Egyptian, Greek, Roman and British architecture had on aesthetic attitudes and architectural design. It explores the changing relationship between text and image in an era before the introduction of mass mechanical reproduction. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Bending, Stephen. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HBA; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 245 x 12. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105354
ISBN
9781405105354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.34

Hardcover. This book examines the challenges of modernity to the development, understanding and practice of the traditions of architecture, sculpture, textiles and paintings of South Asia in the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Branfoot, Crispin. Series: Saffron Asian Art & Society. Num Pages: 248 pages, 275. BIC Classification: 1FK; 2B; 3J; 4K; 4P; 5AX; AB; AC; AF; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
EAPGROUP United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781872843322
ISBN
9781872843322
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.25
€ 48.72

Paperback. Introduces the traditional houses, barns, watermills and chapels of the Lake District and the surrounding hills and valleys that make up the county of Cumbria. This title explains how the building types have developed over the centuries. Series: Vernacular Buildings Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 82 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKENM; ABA; AMG; AMK; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 190 x 15. Weight in Grams: 712.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170597
ISBN
9780300170597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.45

Paperback. Provides material on Japanese arts and culture from the prehistoric era to the Meiji Restoration (1867). These sources, including many translations, are placed in their historical context and outfitted with brief commentaries, allowing the reader to make connections to larger concepts and values found in Japanese culture. Editor(s): Addiss, Stephen; Groemer, Gerald; Rimer, J. Thomas. Num Pages: 344 pages, 62 illustrations, 44 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824820183
ISBN
9780824820183
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.75

Hardcover. Essays in this volume seek to clarify the meaning of tragedy and the tragic in its many German contexts, art forms, and disciplines, from literature and philosophy to music, painting, and history. Editor(s): Dowden, Stephen D.; Quinn, Thomas P. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135858
ISBN
9781571135858
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.34

Paperback. Series: Transnational Theatre Histories. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349493807
ISBN
9781349493807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Petersen, Nils Holger; Christffersen, Svein Aage. Num Pages: 138 pages, b/w & colour photos. BIC Classification: 1DND; 2ACSD; ABA; ACB; ACG; HPN; HRAB; HRCC1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763504959
ISBN
9788763504959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Petersen, Nils Holger. Num Pages: 247 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763542050
ISBN
9788763542050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.07

Hardcover. Develops a framework for thinking about art through innovative readings of some of the most important philosophical writing on the subject by Kant, Hegel, and Heidegger. This title exposes fresh layers in their texts and theories while also marking their limits. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 60 x 90 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226734224
ISBN
9780226734224
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.89
€ 77.41

Paperback. The importance of the late 18th century in the genesis of modern art emerges in these four essays on various aspects of the art and architecture of a neglected period.

Num Pages: 344 pages, 215 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003023
ISBN
9780691003023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.48
€ 58.81

Hardcover. Defining the political and aesthetic tensions that have shaped Cuban culture for over forty years, Linda Howe explores the historical and political constraints imposed upon Cuban artists and intellectuals during and after the Revolution. Num Pages: 275 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 3JJ; AB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299197308
ISBN
9780299197308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.02

Hardback. Presents a collection of essays on the continuing debates over medium specificity and the politics of the digital arts. This book stages debates across essays, creating dialogues that give different narrative accounts of what is historically and ideologically at stake in medium specificity and digital politics. Editor(s): Kinder, Marsha; McPherson, Tara. Num Pages: 416 pages, 26 b/w images. BIC Classification: AB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281851
ISBN
9780520281851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.89
€ 71.30

Paperback. This collection of interdisciplinary essays examines current cinematic and media landscapes from the perspective of transnational feminist practices and methodologies. Focusing on film, media art, and video essays, the contributors chart innovative strategies for exploring contemporary visual cultures. Editor(s): O'Healy, Aine; Marciniak, Katarzyna; Imre, Aniko. Series: Comparative Feminist Studies. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349539109
ISBN
9781349539109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover. The transvisuality project deals with how the visual today transcends acts of seeing and being seen, and in fact co-creates the world in new dimensions and organisations of meaning: the result is transvisuality. Editor(s): Kristensen, Tore; Michelsen, Anders; Wiegand, Frauke. Num Pages: 261 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318917
ISBN
9781846318917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.66

Hardcover. Explores the ways in which the 'stuff' of visuality-an image like a photograph, an incident on TV, a cinematic oeuvre- are intertwined in a range of cultural practices, transformed and transgressed by them in transvisuality. Editor(s): Kristensen, Tore; Michelsen, Anders; Wiegand, Frauke. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381786
ISBN
9781781381786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 176.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226639673
ISBN
9780226639673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 132 x 210 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Barricade Books Inc United States
Number of pages
186
Condition
New
SKU
V9781569801468
ISBN
9781569801468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.05

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