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Art & Architecture: general issues

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Art & Architecture: general issues

paperback. Examines the history and psychology of pictorial representation in light of present-day theories of visual perception information and learning. Searching for a rational explanation of the changing styles of art, this title reexamines many ideas on the imitation of nature and the function of tradition. Series: A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 512 pages, 320 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
Edition
Revised
SKU
V9780691070001
ISBN
9780691070001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.82

Hardback. Offers an approach to understanding the evolution of abstractionism by looking at the personal artistic development of seven of its practitioners. This book explores the works and concerns of three European abstract painters - Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky - and then those of their American successors - Pollock, Newman, Rothko, and Still. Series: A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 240 pages, 63 color plates 109 halftones. BIC Classification: AB; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1199.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University Press Group Ltd United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691048963
ISBN
9780691048963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.92

Leather / fine. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 316 x 237 x 44. Weight in Grams: 2074.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Derrydale Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780615243481
ISBN
9780615243481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.24

Hardcover. Num Pages: 496 pages, 400 illustrations, 17 in colour. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 179 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500973981
ISBN
9780500973981
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 41.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Dimension: 208 x 142. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393351675
ISBN
9780393351675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.89

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

€ 137.70

Paperback. The relationship between writers and artists has long been a collaborative one. Plato used the word ekphrasis to describe what happens when a writer writes creatively, as opposed to critically, about art. This title responds to works of art held in the permanent collection of Seattle's Frye Art Museum or exhibited there. Editor(s): Brown, Rebecca; Knecht, Mary Jane. Series: The Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists. Num Pages: 104 pages, 14 color illus. BIC Classification: ABA; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 6797 x 4531 x 10. Weight in Grams: 477.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988825
ISBN
9780295988825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Dimension: 208 x 151. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The MIT Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262528665
ISBN
9780262528665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.47

Paperback. Drawing on psychoanalytic discourse, the author of this work probes the use of words and images in contemporary culture. She draws upon a number of artistic movements and exhibitions to examine the emotional and intellectual responses to art. Series: Psychoanalysis & Culture. Num Pages: 273 pages, 44 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072977
ISBN
9780231072977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.09

paperback. A summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas, by Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACN; HBG; HBLC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 124.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300093049
ISBN
9780300093049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 12.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 60 colour images. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Witte de With Centre for Contemporary Art Netherlands
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9789073362871
ISBN
9789073362871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.63

Hardback. Aby Warburg (1866-1929), founder of Warburg Institute, was one of the influential cultural historians of twentieth century. Focusing on the period 1896-1918, this book presents a study of his response to German political, social and cultural modernism. Series: Monographs in German History. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; 3JJ; ABQ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453695
ISBN
9781845453695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, 58 color illus. BIC Classification: AB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7765 x 5830 x 7. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Anderson Gallery, Virginia Commonwealth University United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935519280
ISBN
9780935519280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 209 x 10. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Power Institute of Fine Arts Australia
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780909952273
ISBN
9780909952273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.64

Hardback. Criteria and methods of a structural analysis of pictorial language as a way of understanding the semiotic system of the visual arts. This is presented with a discussion of an information-processing model for optical illusions and computer simulations. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; GTE; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880334891
ISBN
9780880334891
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.04

Hardback. The painting and poetry of the Renaissance shared the same goal of imitating nature. This study is concerned with the various kinds of allusions and what they can tell us not only about the poets' attitudes to the visual arts but also their attitudes to their own art of representation. Illustrated. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AB; AFC; DCF; DSBD; DSC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134599
ISBN
9780874134599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.49

Paperback. Sandor Radnoti looks at forgeries, artistic reproductions, replicas, variations, and pastiches in order to study the dilemmas surrounding artistic illusion and "poetic license." He reveals how forgeries as the parasites of art make clear and transparent the meaning of artistic orginality. Translator(s): Dunai, Ervin. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: ABA; ABK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847692064
ISBN
9780847692064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.82

Paperback. Deleita tu corazon y anima tu espiritu mientras coloreas inspiradoras ilustraciones acompanadas por palabras tomadas del inolvidable y querido himno 'Todas las criaturas de nuestro Dios y Rey'. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: AB; WFA. Dimension: 254 x 254. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Vida US
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780829767865
ISBN
9780829767865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.68

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

Paperback. A survey of the thought about painting and sculpture from the early 18th to the mid-19th centuries. Barasch studies the opinions of the artists and treats the doctrines of philosophers, poets and critics of this period, thus tracing the development of modernism in art and art theory. Editor(s): Barasch, Moshe. Num Pages: 460 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
460
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814711767
ISBN
9780814711767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

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