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Paperback. Drawing on Freudian theories of sexuality and Kant's conception of the beautiful, French art historian Hubert Damisch considers artists as diverse as Raphael, Picasso, Watteau and Manet to demonstrate that beauty has always been connected to ideas of sexual difference and pleasure. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Num Pages: 396 pages, 116 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 230 x 31. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226135120
- ISBN
- 9780226135120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.82
€ 52.82
Paperback. George Inness (1825-94) is considered one of America's greatest landscape painters. A complicated artist and thinker, he painted stunning, evocative views of the American countryside. This title demonstrates how the artistic, spiritual, and scientific aspects of Inness' art found expression in his landscapes. Num Pages: 350 pages, 21 colour plates, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1054.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226142302
- ISBN
- 9780226142302
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.24
€ 65.24
Hardcover. Robert Delaunay was one of the leading artists working in Paris in the early decades of the twentieth century, and his paintings have been admired ever since as among the earliest purely abstract works. This study mounts a powerful argument that Delaunay was not only one of the earliest artists to tackle abstraction. Num Pages: 184 pages, 92 colour plates, 46 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226159065
- ISBN
- 9780226159065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.06
€ 59.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 446 pages, 137 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 26. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 446
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226159430
- ISBN
- 9780226159430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.34
€ 80.34
Hardcover. The end of the eighteenth century saw the start of a new craze in Europe: tiny portraits of single eyes that were exchanged by lovers or family members. Unearthing these portraits, the author proposes that the rage for eye miniatures - and their abrupt disappearance - reveals a knot in the unfolding of the history of vision. Num Pages: 240 pages, 24 colour plates, 53 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 261 x 186 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1006.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309668
- ISBN
- 9780226309668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.21
€ 66.21
Hardcover. Offering an original theory of perspective's impact on pictorial representation, the act of looking, and the understanding of truth in painting, Grootenboer, shows how these paintings both question the status of representation and explore the limits and credibility of perception. Num Pages: 280 pages, 23 color plates, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACQ; AFC; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226309682
- ISBN
- 9780226309682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.33
€ 127.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 110 p. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 180 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 112
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226469584
- ISBN
- 9780226469584
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
Hardcover. This is the official record of the restoration of Leonardo's painting "The Last Supper". Barcilon documents the technical aspects of the restoration, while art historian, Pietro C. Marani focuses on the history of the fresco, from conception through to restoration. Translator(s): Tighe, Harlow. Num Pages: 454 pages, 382 colour plates, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: ABC; ACND; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 294 x 260 x 54. Weight in Grams: 3402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 454
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226504278
- ISBN
- 9780226504278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.44
€ 179.44
paperback. A court-painter to Marie Antoinette, Elisabeth Vigee-LeBrun was rediscovered in the 1970s as part of the "hidden feminist heritage". This text uses her career to explore the position of "woman-artist" in the moral, philosophical, professional and medical debates about women in 18th-century France. Num Pages: 368 pages, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; BG; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226752822
- ISBN
- 9780226752822
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.25
€ 65.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 334 pages, 1 colour plate, 57 halftones. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 170 x 18. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226753065
- ISBN
- 9780226753065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.77
€ 64.77
Hardcover. Num Pages: 368 pages, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 181 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1018.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226893587
- ISBN
- 9780226893587
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.37
€ 126.37
Paperback. Series: Interpretations in Art S. Num Pages: 89 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AC; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 856 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 89
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231083881
- ISBN
- 9780231083881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.29
€ 46.29
Hardback. Shows how early American painters transformed themselves from provincial followers of the established traditions of Europe into some of the innovative artists in the world. This book explores not only the status of artists and their personal relationship to their work but also the dialogue between the artist and society. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 246 pages, 96 halftones, 4 full-color plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132961
- ISBN
- 9780231132961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.70
€ 138.70
Paperback. Moving beyond descriptions of what distinguishes American art from other movements and forms, this work explores not only the status of artists and their relationship to their work but also the larger dialogue between the artist and society. It looks to the intensely studied portraits of America's early painters, especially Copley and Eakins. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 246 pages, 96 halftones, 4 full-color plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132978
- ISBN
- 9780231132978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.63
€ 46.63
Paperback. Looks at two different genres in relation to the construction of femininity in late nineteenth-century France - Degas' representation of ballet dancers and the transforming tradition of female portraiture. Series: University of Kansas Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AFC; AGHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 253 x 181 x 6. Weight in Grams: 259.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987934
- ISBN
- 9780295987934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.48
€ 35.48
Paperback. A history of a past phenomenon - racial art - which has ramifications for the present Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 264 pages, 59 illus., 12 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD; AFC; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Original
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991450
- ISBN
- 9780295991450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.36
€ 46.36
Paperback. Considers paintings that show the pivotal stages in Johnson's career as a modernist painter of post-impressionist and expressionist works reminiscent of Cezanne, Van Gogh, and Soutine Editor(s): Gionis, Teresa G. Series: Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists. Num Pages: 75 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991481
- ISBN
- 9780295991481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.03
€ 30.99
€ 27.03
Hardcover. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 880 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 311 x 216 x 89. Weight in Grams: 4600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 880
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300031515
- ISBN
- 9780300031515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 309.39
€ 309.39
Hardcover. With introductory essays on Edward Norgates's life, readership and technique, this edition of his treatise on limning incorporates new critical and annotated text. Written first in 1627-28 and revised in 1648, it presents the techniques used by the English miniaturists. Editor(s): Muller, Mr. Jeffrey M. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 308 pages, 8 b&w illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB; AGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 710.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- New Critical ed Edited Introduced and Annotat
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300069136
- ISBN
- 9780300069136
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.65
€ 65.65
Hardcover. Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) spent his formative years in Seville, learning his craft and producing his early masterpieces. This work explores the importance of Seville for Velasquez, examining Sevillian culture, Catholic theology, and picaresque literature. Editor(s): Clarke, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 b/w + 50 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACN; AFC; AGB; GBCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 342 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1564.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Hardback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300069495
- ISBN
- 9780300069495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.17
€ 80.17