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Decorative arts

Paperback. Series: Material Vernaculars. Num Pages: 148 pages, 41 color illus. BIC Classification: AFTB; JFCD; JFSP31. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 288.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253022165
ISBN
9780253022165
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. The movement of a work of art from artist's studio to gallery, to collector, and to curator sometimes follows a clear and distinct route, easily discernable from start to finish. This book contributes to an understanding of the collecting process and the convoluted courtship rituals involving collectors, donors, museum staff, and board members. Editor(s): Ice, Joyce. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWX; AFTB; AGC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295988887
ISBN
9780295988887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.87

Hardcover. Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881) ranks among the least understood and most tragic Aesthetic Movement figures in England. This abundantly illustrated study of Jeckyll's life and work presents his notable buildings and diverse examples of his decorative arts. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 268 pages, 100 illustrations, 350 colour pl. BIC Classification: AFT; AMB; AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 228 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1702.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bard Graduate Center and Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099225
ISBN
9780300099225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.66
€ 57.94

Hardback. Explores one aspect of the collection of furniture that Sir William Lever bequeathed to the Lady Lever Art Gallery in Port Sunlight: pieces designed for human support, primarily seat furniture, but also beds, footstools and a coach model. This book also reviews the use of decorative treatments, different textiles, and a range of protective covers. Num Pages: 1200 pages, 2000 b&w + 140 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFT; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 250 x 79. Weight in Grams: 6518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111316
ISBN
9780300111316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.21
€ 184.69

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300124903
ISBN
9780300124903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.76

Hardback. The friendship between William Morris and Edward Burne-Jones began when they met as undergraduates in 1853 and lasted until Morris' death in 1896, despite their differences in temperament and in attitudes to political engagement. This book explores particular aspects of the paintings of Burne-Jones and the designs of Morris. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 40 black & white illustrations + 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACVM; AFT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1421.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300140934
ISBN
9780300140934
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.40

Hardback. The Yale University Art Gallery is home to an amazing collection of American decorative arts. This title provides a comprehensive look at the Gallery's holdings of modernist design made in America or for the American market. It features a mix of high-style decorative arts, industrial design, and everyday objects. Series: Yale University Art Gallery. Num Pages: 432 pages, 329 colour images + 19 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; AFT; AGC; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 241 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2806.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300153019
ISBN
9780300153019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.05
€ 54.75

Paperback. The power of Christmas derives from the appeal of its repeated rituals, and the presumed antiquity of its traditions. Christmas cards seemed inevitable, but in years the genre has been visibly in decline. This book explores the imagery, graphic forms, subject matter, and significance of Christmas cards in their chronological timeframe. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 684.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300176872
ISBN
9780300176872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.94

Hardback. The Art Institute of Chicago is home to one of the world's finest - and largest - collections of American folk art. Including reproductions and detailed entries for each of the sixty-one objects it features, this book highlights an array of masterworks such as "primitive" New England portraits, a face jug from South Carolina, and ship figureheads. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 112 pages, 90 colour images + 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AFTB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 248 x 15. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179729
ISBN
9780300179729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.79

Hardback. Published in celebration of the Renwick Gallery's fortieth anniversary, this title highlights forty artists (all under the age of forty) actively engaged in creating objects that are transforming contemporary crafts. It also investigates evolving notions of craft within traditional media such as ceramics and metalwork. Series: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Num Pages: 256 pages, 220 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1737.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187977
ISBN
9780300187977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.76

Hardback. From 1650 to 1900 Paris was the undisputed centre of fashion and taste in Europe. This book traces the story of Parisian decorative arts from the reign of Louis XIV to the triumph of art nouveau, through a selection of 150 masterpieces from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Series: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Num Pages: 608 pages, 800 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DDN; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 254 x 51. Weight in Grams: 3752.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Slp
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300191295
ISBN
9780300191295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 241.21
€ 184.66

Paperback. Textile production and consumption has played a central role in the economy of the Andes region of South America since the Inca Empire (AD 1400-1532). This book traces 1500 years of textile arts in the Andes, with a focus on chuspas, small bags originally designed to hold coca leaves. Series: Bard Graduate Center for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design & Culture. Num Pages: 128 pages, 70 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSX; AFTB; AFW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 217 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300200720
ISBN
9780300200720
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.97

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393082784
ISBN
9780393082784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.69

Hardback. Catalogs more than four hundred decorative objects in the Robert Lehman Collection at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, including painted enamels, snuffboxes, porcelain, pottery, ceramics, jewelry, furniture, cast metal, and textiles from throughout Europe and Asia, with the majority dating from the late seventh century to the twentieth century. Num Pages: 400 pages, 478 color illus. 75 duotones. BIC Classification: 1D; 1F; 1KBBEY; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 290 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691154909
ISBN
9780691154909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.53
€ 84.13

Hardcover. What did it mean to be Russian as the imperial era gave way to Soviet rule? The author turns to a unique art form produced in the village of Palekh to investigate how artists and craftsmen helped to reshape Russian national identity. This book follows the development of Palekh art as it adapted to dramatic changes in the Russian nation. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JH; 3JJ; ACB; AFT; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875803395
ISBN
9780875803395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 52.72

Paperback. A study of the Spitz book of hours, one of the finest French manuscripts in the collections of the Getty Museum, painted in the International style. Gregory Clark places the manuscript in the turbulent context of Parisian culture around 1420. All the book's miniatures are reproduced in colour. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 90 pages, 40 colour & 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; AFT; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 191 x 7. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
J. Paul Getty Museum
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367122
ISBN
9780892367122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. An illustrated survey of the art of illumination from the collection of the J Paul Getty Museum. It presents more than 70 full-colour reproductions of some of the most highly-prized German and Central European manuscript illuminations in the world. Num Pages: 96 pages, 71 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DF; AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369485
ISBN
9780892369485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.27

Paperback. Assembles 13 key essays in art history and cultural theory by Russian-language writers. The essays erase boundaries between high and low, official and dissident, avant-garde and socialist realism. Everything visual is deemed worthy of analysis, from painting to architecture. Editor(s): Efimova, Alla; Manovich, Lev. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18ill.2figs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AC; AFT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226951249
ISBN
9780226951249
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.73

paperback. Essays on the development of Boas' theories on primitive art and his legacy i Northwest Coast art studies offer a theoretical framework for this collectio of 14 articles written between 1889 and 1916 by the art historian and anthropologist. The articles, in which he disputes Eurocentric art theorie Editor(s): Jonaitis, Aldona. Num Pages: 380 pages, 242 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBK; AFTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 563.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780295973845
ISBN
9780295973845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.90

Paperback. Initiates a gender-based framework for analyzing Latin American and Caribbean folk art. Exploring the roles of women as artists and consumers in specific cultural contexts, this title looks at a range of artistic forms from across Latin America, including Colombian molas (textiles), Andean weavings, Mexican ceramics, Mayan hipiles (dresses). Editor(s): Bartra, Eli. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 1KL; AFTB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822331704
ISBN
9780822331704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.47

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