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Paperback. Piero della Francesca's "Madonna del Parto", a celebrated fifteenth-century Tuscan fresco in which the Virgin gestures to her partially open dress and her pregnant womb, is unusual in its iconography. This book uses Piero's enigmatic painting to narrate our archaic memories. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 280. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734424
- ISBN
- 9780804734424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.63
€ 26.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. How faces are captured shows in striking ways the artistic aims of those who painted them. But how can the depiction of a face suggest a personality? This book tackles this and other questions, and introduces such issues as the ideals of beauty and how portrait painters have captured a likeness and convey character. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- National Gallery London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857094640
- ISBN
- 9781857094640
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.44
€ 13.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
- Publisher
- National Gallery London
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857096163
- ISBN
- 9781857096163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.49
€ 13.99
€ 11.49
Paperback. A guide that helps readers identify saints and their significance in a painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. It explains, through the National Gallery's collection of religious images, the significance of saints and their role in the history of European painting as well as different types of saints. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- National Gallery London
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857094657
- ISBN
- 9781857094657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.45
€ 13.99
€ 11.45
Paperback. This big book presents a wide range of cast metal bookend designs shown in over 500 color photos. Each is identified and there are histories of the manufacturers, book racks, catalogs and a useful identification and buyers' guide. Num Pages: 192 pages, 573 color photos. BIC Classification: AFT; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 281 x 12. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764300400
- ISBN
- 9780764300400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.17
€ 41.99
€ 32.17
Hardcover. This unrivalled new companion to the dynamic and fast-moving world of digital art gives readers an in-depth understanding of the form, covering its history and evolution, aesthetics, and politics, as well as its often turbulent relationships with established institutions. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: AFKV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118475201
- ISBN
- 9781118475201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.38
€ 207.38
Hardcover. Focuses on an overlooked strand in British painting of the 1930s. This title reveals a small group of figure painters, situated stylistically between the avant-garde abstractionists and the entrenched Edwardian traditions of belle peinture, who were looking for ways of being both modern and in touch with a wide public. Num Pages: 112 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJG; AFC; AGC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- Philip Wilson Publishers
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856676192
- ISBN
- 9780856676192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 36.90
€ 44.99
€ 36.90
Paperback. The main body of this work is a collection of 24 photographs of Picasso and others at a cafe in Paris in the mid 1910s. They have been analyzed for date and time and present a record of the artist and his friends. Short biographies and more illustrative material is included. Num Pages: 110 pages, 70. BIC Classification: 3JJF; AFC; AGB; AJCP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 178 x 4. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262611473
- ISBN
- 9780262611473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.30
€ 20.99
€ 18.30
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; ACX; AFC; AGNB; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Publisher
- Rocky Mountain Books
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927330050
- ISBN
- 9781927330050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.74
€ 33.99
€ 22.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 250+ color photos, 11 patterns. BIC Classification: 5HC; AFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 6. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887408816
- ISBN
- 9780887408816
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.66
€ 15.99
€ 14.66
Hardback. Whistler embarked on a new project in the 1880s, working on a small scale in oil, pastel and watercolour, representing new London subjects and painting portraits of new urban types. This book studies Whistler and his Impressionist followers and offers an analysis of Whistler's art as well as fresh insights into his modernist project. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 90 b&w illustrations and 40 colour images. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 192 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1089.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135459
- ISBN
- 9780300135459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.74€ 40.56
€ 51.74
€ 40.56
Paperback. Presents the history of artists' film and video in Britain. Structured in two parts ('Institutions' and 'Artists and Movements'), this work considers the work of some 300 artists, including Kenneth Macpherson, Basil Wright, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, Margaret Tait, Jeff Keen, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono, Malcolm Le Grice, and Peter Gidal. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AFKV; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 200 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1062.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844570966
- ISBN
- 9781844570966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.90
€ 46.99
€ 45.90
Hardback. Presents the history of artists' film and video in Britain. Structured in two parts ('Institutions' and 'Artists and Movements'), this work considers the work of some 300 artists, including Kenneth Macpherson, Basil Wright, Len Lye, Humphrey Jennings, Margaret Tait, Jeff Keen, Carolee Schneemann, Yoko Ono, Malcolm Le Grice, and Peter Gidal. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; AFKV; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 205 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1254.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844570959
- ISBN
- 9781844570959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.29
€ 145.29
Paperback. The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting? Num Pages: 360 pages, 325 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 289 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2188.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239490
- ISBN
- 9780500239490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 35.96
€ 45.99
€ 35.96
Paperback. This book surveys four thousand years of pottery production and presents totally unexpected fresh information, using technical and analytical methods. Num Pages: 232 pages, 91 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAL; AFP; HDDC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Equinox Publishing
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845535070
- ISBN
- 9781845535070
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 56 pages, 58 colour illus. BIC Classification: AFY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 237 x 16. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 56
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Har/Pstr
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764343865
- ISBN
- 9780764343865
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 17.46
€ 24.99
€ 17.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Includes 127 colour and 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 279 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1088.
- Publisher
- Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Ill
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848221703
- ISBN
- 9781848221703
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 45.62
€ 51.99
€ 45.62
Paperback. An intimate portrait of the life of Eleanor 'Erlund' Hudson (1912-2011), the watercolourist, etcher and designer who was best known for her evocative depictions of women at work during the Second World War. Num Pages: 116 pages. BIC Classification: AFCC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 218 x 7. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- John Catt Educational Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909717213
- ISBN
- 9781909717213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.63
€ 23.63
Paperback. Offers insights into Picasso's life and work. This title reveals Picasso at the height of his powers, producing not only the costumes and sets for such Diaghilev Ballets Russes productions as Parade and Tricorne but some of his most important sculpture and paintings. Num Pages: 608 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 186 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1630.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845951290
- ISBN
- 9781845951290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 33.25
€ 51.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. An exquisite art book of gentle and elegant found poetry. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: AFJ; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 114 x 5. Weight in Grams: 42.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Wave Books United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 56
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933517032
- ISBN
- 9781933517032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.86
€ 17.99
€ 14.86