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paperback. Examines how Poussin cultivated a poetics of painting from the literary culture of his own time. Num Pages: 305 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107626744
ISBN
9781107626744
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 48.76

Hardback. A strong and insightful work which argues that skin is not just any surface an artist can represent, but a highly overdetermined one. Focusing on five French painters - Fragonard, David, Girodet, Benoit and Ingres - it spans the fields of history of art and of medicine. Series Editor(s): Jones, Amelia; Meskimmon, Marsha. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, 76 colour illustrations, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACQ; ACV; AFC; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087967
ISBN
9780719087967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.57

Paperback. In 1508, Pope Julius II commissioned Michelangelo to paint the ceiling of the Sistine Chapel. For the next four years, he and a team of assistants laboured over the vast ceiling. This book tells the story of those four years and paints a picture of day-to-day life on the Sistine scaffolding - in the upheaval of early sixteenth-century Rome. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 pp coloured plates, 40 integrated line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSV; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Pimlico
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844139323
ISBN
9781844139323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.17

Hardback. "I am trying to find out why a subject does look so marvelous, and trying to make that sensation manifest on a flat surface."--Euan Uglow Num Pages: 320 pages, 120 b&w, 310 colour images. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 2150. 2013 reprint
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300123494
ISBN
9780300123494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.04
€ 78.48

Hardback. The Glasgow Boys revolutionized Scottish painting from 1880 until around 1895, although their influence lasted until just before World War 1. They painted outdoors, and captured a way of life that changed Scottish painting. This title introduces them. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 colour and black& white pictures. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; ACV; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 96 x 15. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
The Gresham Publishing Co. Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849340267
ISBN
9781849340267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.42

Hardcover. Tells the story of Turner's life and work. This title features colour plates illuminating Turner's range dramatic views of the sea or mountains, sweeping landscapes, architecture, imaginary scenes from history and legend, panoramas of contemporary towns. Num Pages: 256 pages, 186 illustrations, 164 in colour. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 275 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1902.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238301
ISBN
9780500238301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 36.79

Hardback. Num Pages: 832 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
832
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857227740
ISBN
9788857227740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 254.87
€ 182.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 colour illustrations, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526106629
ISBN
9781526106629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.72

Paperback. This guide to painting in oils examines such topics as massing values, chiaroscuro and light value, handling edges and other topics. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour and 20 b&w illustrations, index. BIC Classification: AFCL; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 214 x 9. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Watson-Guptill Publications
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Edition Unstated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823032792
ISBN
9780823032792
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.84

Paperback. A guide to pastel materials and techniques. The author uses traditional soft and hard pastels, as well as oil pastels and oil sticks, showing the effects produced by each in step-by-step demonstrations. Included are ways to combine pastels with water, acrylic, alkyd gels and oil paint. Num Pages: 144 pages, 450 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Watson-Guptill Publications United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823039050
ISBN
9780823039050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 20.07

Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 286 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781169124
ISBN
9781781169124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.58

Hardback. A fascinating guide to Van Gogh's itinerant life, with vibrant images and stories about the many places where he lived and worked Translator(s): Watkinson, Laura. Num Pages: 180 pages, 400 color + 70 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; ACVT; AFC; AGB; GBGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 201 x 20. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300222845
ISBN
9780300222845
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Random House USA Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781101873120
ISBN
9781101873120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.19

Paperback. Series: Dover Art Instruction. Num Pages: 144 pages, 58 diagrams. BIC Classification: AFC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 212 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486229270
ISBN
9780486229270
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.54

Paperback. Expert watercolour landscape painter, Geoff Kersey, explains how to work from photographic reference to produce beautiful paintings. Clear tips and advice are accompanied by Geoff's reference photographs, colour charts, preparatory sketches and finished paintings, and there are full details of the adaptations and creative processes involved. Num Pages: 128 pages, colour throughout. BIC Classification: AFCC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Search Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844489985
ISBN
9781844489985
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.59

Paperback. Traces the origins and growth of modern art, assessing the intrinsic qualities of individual works and describing the social forces in play. The book covers various areas including works of Impressionism, Cubism, Constructivism and Surrealism. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 621 pages, 75 colour plates, 232 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACX; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 27. Weight in Grams: 940.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
621
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
6th Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300056495
ISBN
9780300056495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.62

Hardcover. A single, encompassing view of the rise of landscape painting in Britain from the eighteenth to the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 248 pages, 115 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804342
ISBN
9781907804342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 35.19

Hardback. More than most artists, Henri Matisse conducted an ongoing dialogue with his earlier works, continually questioning himself and his methods in order to, as he put it, "push further and deeper into true painting". This book examines sixty works and more than five decades in a series of chapters by Matisse scholars from the United States and Europe. Num Pages: 256 pages, 200 colour + black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 273 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1504.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300188578
ISBN
9780300188578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.95

Paperback. 240 pages, 192 colour plates, 24 b&w illustrations. Recognized as a major figure in postwar American painting, Richard Diebenkorn (1922-1993) was an artist strongly identified with California but whose work is beloved throughout the United States and the rest of the world. This catalogue covers Diebenkorn's career and focuses on the artist's inner life and purposes as revealed in his paintings. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AFC; AGB; GBCR. Dimension: 303 x 251 x 28. Weight: 1680.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520212589
ISBN
9780520212589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.76
€ 44.51

Hardcover. Found throughout Andrew Wyeth's portraits, landscapes and domestic interiors, these objects form patterns that illuminate core themes and reveal the artist wrestling with issues of memory, temporality, embodiment, and the metaphysical. This book will introduce readers to the people associated with these painted things and places. Num Pages: 240 pages, 180 colour illustrations, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 257 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1648.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847827718
ISBN
9780847827718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.38

Hardcover. Oxyrhynchus is a city in upper Egypt that was established in 332 BC and is considered one of the most important archaeological sites ever discovered. Num Pages: 100 pages, full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 338 x 297 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1440.
Publisher
Gagosian / Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847845668
ISBN
9780847845668
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.50
€ 52.77

Paperback. Towering across time as the painter of the "Mona Lisa", forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. This title includes a selection of sketches, diagrams and writings from his notebooks. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861979872
ISBN
9781861979872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.97

Paperback. Explores the ways in which artists have used color, and describes the pigments that are characteristic of a particular period, the effect of the chosen medium on color, and how the development of fresh pigments extended the palette. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, approx. 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094428
ISBN
9781857094428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

Hardback. The first fully-illustrated account of the life and work of Christopher Wood. The text describes the trajectory of Wood's reputation as an artist during his short lifetime and after his death, when the originality of his output was recognized by key figures in British art history and a posthumous exhibition of his works proved phenomenally popular. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 321 x 281 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848221864
ISBN
9781848221864
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.50

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