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Philosophy

Paperback. Presents a fresh look at an ancient question, bringing it into contemporary relief. This volume offers a comprehensive account of Plato's influence through nearly the whole history of Western aesthetics. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; HPC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226272634
ISBN
9780226272634
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.69

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

€ 124.87

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

€ 42.02

Hardcover. Art used to be an engagement between artist and materials. But in our media world art has changed, its very materials have changed and have become technologized. This change reflects a broader social shift. Speed and politics have been transformed in the twenty-first century to speed and mass culture. This work puts art at the centre of politics. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 128 pages, index. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF7; JHBA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Berg Publishers
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845206116
ISBN
9781845206116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.22

Hardcover. Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts that reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art, and between different artistic disciplines. This book offers a view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405116664
ISBN
9781405116664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.97

Paperback. * Elaborates and defends a broad conceptual framework for thinking about the arts. * Offers a provocative view about the kinds of things that artworks are and how they are to be understood. * Reveals important continuities and discontinuities between traditional and modern art. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405116671
ISBN
9781405116671
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

Ever since Plato expelled the poets from his ideal state, the ethics of art has had to confront philosophy's denial of art's morality. In Art before the Law, Ruth Ronen proposes a new outlook on the ethics of art by arguing that art insists on this tradition of denial, affirming its singular ethics through negativity. Num Pages: 200 pages, figures. BIC Classification: HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647886
ISBN
9781442647886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.32

Paperback / so. BIC Classification: AGR; HPN; HRCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 141 x 5. Weight in Grams: 96.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781596380073
ISBN
9781596380073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.06

Hardback. A discussion of the main issues that beset modern time and philosophy by locating these same issues in artworks and describing closely what they reveal. This volume is divided between contemporary and prehistoric art in order to reveal the presumptions of "Western" culture. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 512 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792337744
ISBN
9780792337744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 250.45

Paperback. One of anthropology's premier writers on fieldwork methodology looks at the essential elements that constitute the art of his discipline. In The Art of Fieldwork, Wolcott compares the fieldworker to the artist, while recognizing the inherent differences between the labors of each. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: HPQ; JHMP; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761991014
ISBN
9780761991014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

Paperback. Translator(s): Rose, Julie. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: HPJ; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816625710
ISBN
9780816625710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.21

Paperback. Provides an insight into everything from holiday romance to hotel mini-bars, airports to sight-seeing. This book suggests how we might be happier on our journeys. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Penguin
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970065
ISBN
9780241970065
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Now available in its complete form, including the Chinese characters and English text, this essential examination of the art of strategic thinking features extensive commentary and an insightful historical introduction written by Lionel Giles, its original translator Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: HPDF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804848206
ISBN
9780804848206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.15

Paperback. Explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, bringing together philosophy, art theory, and many examples. This work discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, sex, web sites, and research on the brain's role in perceiving art. It is suitable for the public, introductory students, and teachers in the arts. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 184 pages, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 116 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804631
ISBN
9780192804631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Art's Undoing is about radical aestheticism, the term that best describes a recurring event in some of the most powerful and resonating texts of nineteenth-century British literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251124
ISBN
9780823251124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Prometheus Books United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
239
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879753979
ISBN
9780879753979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 38.64

Hardback. This argument in favour of subsidizing the arts offers a distinctly political rationale for government support: engaging the arts helps develop the intellectual faculties of judgement. For those who oppose subsidy, it maps arts subsidy onto the larger landscape of political liberalism. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792362920
ISBN
9780792362920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.00

Hardcover. This volume presents new essays on art, mind, and narrative inspired by the work of the late Peter Goldie. Topics covered include the role of narrative thinking in our lives, the nature of our imaginative engagement with fiction, the emotions and their role in motivating action, and the nature of conceptual art. Editor(s): Dodd, Julian. Series: Mind Association Occasional Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: HPCF; HPJ; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198769736
ISBN
9780198769736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.45

Hardback. Editor(s): Berkowitz, Roger. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823272174
ISBN
9780823272174
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Berkowitz, Roger. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: HPS; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823272181
ISBN
9780823272181
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.49

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