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Hardback. Brings fresh theoretical perspectives to the study of the 'propagandistic' art and architecture of the Jesuit order as exemplified by its late Baroque Roman church interiors. This study evaluates how the term 'propaganda' functions in art history, distinguishes it from rhetoric, and proposes a precise use of the term for the visual arts. Num Pages: 368 pages, 105 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 921.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520233577
- ISBN
- 9780520233577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 65.36
€ 84.42
€ 65.36
Hardback. A collection of dialogues, talks, and writings by Philip Guston (1913-1980), one of the most intellectually adventurous and poetically gifted of modern painters. Editor(s): Coolidge, Clark. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 b/w scattered. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 874.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235090
- ISBN
- 9780520235090
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.97€ 53.97
€ 68.97
€ 53.97
Hardback. "Three features make this book remarkable. First, its scholarship is impeccable, unusually broad, and complete. Second, its author has a clear story to tell. Third, it illuminates the world of Late Antiquity, which is only now beginning to be understood."--Oleg Grabar, author of "The Shape of the Holy " Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 419 pages, 60 b/w photographs, 11 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1QDA; AB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236653
- ISBN
- 9780520236653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.42€ 65.36
€ 84.42
€ 65.36
Paperback. Challenges art history from a feminist perspective. Following their "Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany" (1982) and "The Expanding Discourse: Feminism and Art History" (1992), this volume identifies female agency as a central theme of feminist scholarship. It also features essays on artists and issues from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Broude, Norma; Garrard, Mary D. Num Pages: 486 pages, 157 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242524
- ISBN
- 9780520242524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.70€ 43.58
€ 54.70
€ 43.58
Paperback. Explores children's art and its history. This book addresses central questions of how children use art to make sense of their experience and what really constitutes visual 'giftedness' in children. It also covers such topics as visual thinking, and the influence of popular culture on children's drawings. Editor(s): Fineberg, Jonathan. Num Pages: 304 pages, 112 color illustrations, 88 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AB; AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520250437
- ISBN
- 9780520250437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.69
€ 47.99
€ 34.69
Paperback. Examines the role of sound and audio in the development of media theory and practice, including technologies and performance art events, with particular emphasis on sound, embodiment, art, and technological interactions. This book takes an historical approach, focusing on technologies that became available in the mid-twentieth century-electronics. Num Pages: 262 pages, 8 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AB; AV; JFD; TTA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368. Immersion and Embodiment in the Arts and Culture. 262 pages, illustrations. Examines the role of sound and audio in the development of media theory and practice, including technologies and performance art events, with particular emphasis on sound, embodiment, art, and technological interactions. This book takes an historical approach, focusing on technologies that became available in the mid-twentieth century-electronics. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: AB; AV; JFD; TTA. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258990
- ISBN
- 9780520258990
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder. Num Pages: 72 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 108. An Essay on Disorder and Order. 72 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 40th Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266001
- ISBN
- 9780520266001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
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€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Hardback. A biography of Peter Selz that traces the journey of this Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. It illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century, describing Selz's extraordinary career. Num Pages: 321 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 321
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520269354
- ISBN
- 9780520269354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.55
€ 27.99
€ 21.55
Hardback. * Provides a critical overview of Western visual art theory from a wide range of perspectives. * Helps students to pursue questions about the nature and ambitions of theory in the context of art. * Can be used alongside the three a Art in Theorya anthologies also published by Blackwell. . Editor(s): Smith, Paul; Wilde, Carolyn. Series: Blackwell Companions in Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 552 pages, 30. BIC Classification: ABA; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 189 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207627
- ISBN
- 9780631207627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 222.25
€ 222.25
Hardback. * Provides an overview of the most significant issues and debates in Gothic studies. * Explains the origins and development of the term Gothic. * Explores the evolution of the Gothic in both literary and non-literary forms, including art, architecture and film. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220626
- ISBN
- 9780631220626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.52
€ 144.52
Hardcover. This work explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Iversen, Margaret. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227144
- ISBN
- 9780631227144
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.88
€ 136.88
Paperback. This work explores the relationship between the discipline of art history and important movements in the history of western thought from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Iversen, Margaret. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227151
- ISBN
- 9780631227151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardcover. Focuses on questions of history, methods, and the nature of art theories, as well as the value and evaluation of art. This book is intended as a primer to aesthetics, as well as a summary and extension of the author's contribution to the field. Num Pages: 120 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229452
- ISBN
- 9780631229452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.69
€ 126.69
Paperback. Focuses on questions of history, methods, and the nature of art theories, as well as the value and evaluation of art. This book is intended as a primer to aesthetics, as well as a summary and extension of the author's contribution to the field. Num Pages: 120 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631229469
- ISBN
- 9780631229469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.59
€ 42.59
Paperback. Bringing together essays by museum professionals and academics from both sides of the Atlantic, Art and its Publics tackles current issues confronting the museum community and seeks to further the debate between theory and practice around the most pressing of contemporary concerns. Editor(s): McClellan, Andrew. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AB; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230472
- ISBN
- 9780631230472
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.51
€ 51.51
Hardcover. It has become apparent that criticism has fallen on hard times. This book explores contemporary approaches which have sought to renew criticism's energies in the wake of a 'theatrical turn' in visual arts practice, and the emergence of a 'performative' arts writing over the decade or so. Editor(s): Butt, Gavin. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631232834
- ISBN
- 9780631232834
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.70
€ 140.70
Paperback. Other Objects of Desire; Collectors and Collecting Queerly explores gay identities and identifications as they are communicated in and through art, and provides a critical approach to the study of collectors and collecting. Editor(s): Camille, Michael; Rifkin, Adrian. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 3J; AB; AC; AGC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233619
- ISBN
- 9780631233619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Paperback. Society is rapidly changing its expectations of professionals in all arenas. This book looks at the changing professional standards in health, education and the creative arts. Editor(s): Higgs, Joy, BSc, GradDipPty, MPHEd, AM, PhD; Titchen, Angie. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JN; KCF; MBPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632059331
- ISBN
- 9780632059331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 111.41
€ 111.41
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Dimension: 250 x 174. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1970
- Publisher
- Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
- Edition
- First
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674691520
- ISBN
- 9780674691520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.31€ 81.79
€ 90.31
€ 81.79