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Paperback. Illustrated with masterpieces of western art, this volume explores the rituals, customs, and symbolism of food and dining in art. It describes the importance of food and feasts in art throughout history as told in the Scriptures and in the lives of the saints; food and dining in Greek and Roman mythology; and food in later literature and history. Series: Guide to Imagery. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369140
ISBN
9780892369140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.38

Hardback. A study of an important but anonymous part of the history of American art: the materials and techniques used by American painters. Based on research including artists' recipe books, letters, journals, and painting manuals, it includes topics such as the quest for the 'secrets' of the Old Masters; the application of 'toning' layers; and more. Num Pages: 256 pages, 19 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACQ; ACV; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 778.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060773
ISBN
9781606060773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.78
€ 40.56

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061350
ISBN
9781606061350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.78
€ 40.56

Hardback. Born in Dresden in 1932, Gerhard Richter was first educated under the prevailing doctrine of Socialist Realism, but retrained after emigrating to West Germany, thus uniquely embodying the division of Germany during the Cold War. This volume takes a look at the unique work and artistic vision of Gerhard Richter. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 colour & 67 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 201 x 17. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060407
ISBN
9781606060407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.78
€ 40.69

Paperback. Through a series of texts and images, this work explores how extreme sensations such as wonder, misery, ecstasy and rage have been portrayed at different times in Western culture. It covers multiple fields of creative endeavour and intellectual inquiry - from Descartes's writings to the Internet. Editor(s): Meyer, Richard. Series: Issues & Debates. Num Pages: 312 pages, 93 illustrations, (14 colour ). BIC Classification: AB; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366767
ISBN
9780892366767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.10

Hardcover. Num Pages: 804 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AC; AFF; AGZ; HBJK; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 340 x 259 x 91. Weight in Grams: 5919.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
804
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892368952
ISBN
9780892368952
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 253.16
€ 193.18

Paperback. This volume is devoted to the smaller and more unusually-shaped works of Carleton E. Watkins, many of which have not been published before. The book also contains an overview of his life, and an edited transcript of a colloquium on his career. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 55 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AJC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363995
ISBN
9780892363995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.51

Paperback. Celebrating twenty years of collecting photographs at the Getty Museum Photographers of Genius at the Getty spolights the genius of thirty- eight seminal photographers selected from the hundreds of artists represented in the collection. Num Pages: 176 pages, 114 illustrations, (60 colour ). BIC Classification: AGC; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1072.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367498
ISBN
9780892367498
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.10

Paperback. Chronically associates artistic maturity either with transcendence, degeneration, or irrelevance. This volume looks to the non-representational arts of music, abstract painting and sculpture, and architecture for fresh insight into the juncture of aesthetics and mortality. Editor(s): Painter, Karen; Crow, Thomas. Num Pages: 264 pages, 17 b&w and 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892368136
ISBN
9780892368136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.76

Paperback. Filmmaker, musicologist, painter, ethnographer, graphic designer, mystic, and collector of string figures and other patterns, Harry Smith (1923-1991) was among the most original creative forces to emerge in post-war American art and culture. This title presents an examination of the life and works of Harry Smith. Editor(s): Singh, Rani. Num Pages: 296 pages, 39 colour & 53 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892367351
ISBN
9780892367351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.10

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060070
ISBN
9781606060070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.43

Paperback. An exploration of the Pisa Altarpiece, Masaccio's multi-panelled painting of which the Saint Andrew panel is thought to have once formed a part. It discusses Masaccio's short life and illustrious career; the commission of the altarpiece; its patron and programme; its original location; and more. Series: Getty Museum Studies on Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 29 colour & 47 b&w illustrations, 1 drawing, 1 colour fold-out. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892362868
ISBN
9780892362868
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.33

Hardcover. It is often assumed that reading about the lives of artists enhances our understanding of their work. This book contains a collection of essays, by a number of respected art historians that attempt to address this relationship by looking at the life and works of such artists as Andy Warhol, Bob Dylan, Van Gogh, Cezanne, and Leonardo da Vinci. Editor(s): Salas, Charles G. Num Pages: 200 pages, 31 colour & 44 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; AVH; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368235
ISBN
9780892368235
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.40

Hardback. A fresh consideration of the images of saints and martyrs Rubens created for the churches of Flanders and the Holy Roman Empire that offers a masterly demonstration of Rubens' achievements, liberating their message from the secular misunderstandings of the post-religious age and showing them in their intended light. Translator(s): Dollenmayer, David. Num Pages: 306 pages, 76 colour & 33 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606062685
ISBN
9781606062685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.30

Hardback. In the summer of 1874, Edouard Manet (1832-1883) and Claude Monet (1840-1926), two outstanding painters of the nascent Impressionist movement, spent their holidays together in Argenteuil on the Seine River. Their growing friendship is expressed in their artwork. This book offers a look at one of the defining images of the Impressionist movement. Translator(s): Dollenmayer, David. Num Pages: 80 pages, 30 colour & 8 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 228 x 12. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064283
ISBN
9781606064283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.27

Hardback. Mural, painted in 1943, was Pollock's first major commission. It was made for the entrance hall of the Manhattan duplex of Peggy Guggenheim who donated it to the University of Iowa in the 1950s where it stayed until its 2012 arrival for conservation and study at the Getty Center. This book unveils the findings of that examination. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour & b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 940.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606063231
ISBN
9781606063231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.77

Paperback. Catalogues the heritage of images according to type and subject, from the ancient at the Monastery of Saint Catherine in the Sinai to those from Greece, Constantinople, and Russia. This book includes chapters such as role of icons in the Orthodox liturgy and on common iconic subjects, including the fathers and saints of the Eastern Church. Num Pages: 384 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; HRCC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Getty Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368457
ISBN
9780892368457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.38

Paperback. The six scenes that make up the Triumph of the Eucharist series by Peter Paul Rubens (1577-1640) are highlights of the Museo Nacional del Prado's collection of Remish paintings. This illustrated volume provides fresh insight into the history of the Eucharist series of paintings and tapestries and attests to Rubens' exhilarating art. Num Pages: 112 pages, 88 full-colour & 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 280 x 12. Weight in Grams: 654.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064306
ISBN
9781606064306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.38

Paperback. A catalogue of the European decorative art in the Getty Museum. It features photographs of each object, and identifies its creator or manufacturer, its materials, and the date it was created. Provenance information is provided for each object along with a bibliography of related reading. Num Pages: 320 pages, 596 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBBWF; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892366323
ISBN
9780892366323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.29
€ 48.87

Paperback. A catalogue of the almost life-size porcelain animals created for the elector of Saxony and king of Poland, Augustus the Strong, in 1735. This was perhaps the most significant commission for porcelain ever executed in Europe. The text discusses the challenges and solutions the work demanded. Num Pages: 48 pages, 30 colour & 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; ACQ; AFPC; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 205 x 3. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892366446
ISBN
9780892366446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.67

Paperback. The Mogao Grottoes, a World Heritage Site in northwestern China, are located along the ancient caravan routes, collectively known as the Silk Road, that once linked China with the West. This book gives an account of a ground-breaking conservation project to conserve the cave paintings of the Mogao Grottoes in China. Editor(s): Agnew, Neville. Num Pages: 458 pages, 500 colour & 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABC; ACBP; AGR; HDW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1752.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061572
ISBN
9781606061572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.54
€ 44.77

Paperback. Precisely rendered to dazzle the eye with their botanical accuracy, the sumptuous arrays of fruit and flowers by Dutch painter Jan van Huysum (1682-1749) were among the most avidly collected paintings of the 18th century. This little book explores two of Van Huysum's most important still-life paintings, "Vase of Flowers" and "Fruit Piece". Num Pages: 48 pages, 24 full-colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 122 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606060902
ISBN
9781606060902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Takes readers on a visual tour of fourteen Rembrandt paintings held in collections across Southern California. This title provides biographical information about the Master artist, and also looks at how and why so many important works ended up in this one location. Num Pages: 64 pages, 26 full-colour illustrations & 1 map. BIC Classification: AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 102.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780892369935
ISBN
9780892369935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.63

Paperback. Offers fresh insights into the evolution of the forms and meanings of Roman art. The author offers a cultural history of the functions of the visual arts, the messages that these images carried, and the values that they affirmed in late Republican Rome and the Empire. Num Pages: 216 pages, 60 full-colour & 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606061015
ISBN
9781606061015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.70

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