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Art & Architecture

Paperback. The first scholarly study of John Lewis and the Third Stream music of the Modern Jazz Quartet Series: Jazz Perspectives. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 tables, 18 music examples. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGJ; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472053209
ISBN
9780472053209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.29

Paperback. Reflects on the early nineteenth-century doctrine of 'art for art's sake'. Attacked by Proudhon and Nietzsche, but defended by Theophile Gautier and E M Forster, it influenced movements as diverse as futurism and Dada. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 119 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Prickly Paradigm Press, LLC United States
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984201006
ISBN
9780984201006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Issued in connection with an exhibition held August 25, 2012-February 10, 2013, Cedar Rapids Museum of Art, Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Num Pages: 96 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Iowa Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982613832
ISBN
9780982613832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.72

Paperback. The Works Progress Administration gave federal financial support to a wide range of artistic projects during the Depression, from fiction to fine art. This book accompanies an exhibition at the DePaul Art Museum in celebration of the generous gift to the museum of one hundred WPA-era prints from the collection of Belverd and Marian Needles. Editor(s): Lincoln, Louise. Num Pages: 90 pages, 20 colour plates, 45 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; ACXD; AFH; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
DePaul Art Museum
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978907488
ISBN
9780978907488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.30

Paperback. The German-born, Chicago-based artist Peter Karklins creates small pencil-and-paper drawings that capture the processes and energies just below the surface of all human life. This title shows Karklins' work to be a fertile topic for discussion and a vibrant example of intuitive art. Editor(s): Kirkland, Sean D. Num Pages: 64 pages, 1 colour plate, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 268 x 3. Weight in Grams: 166.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
DePaul University Art Museum United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978907457
ISBN
9780978907457
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.06

Paperback. For over a century the Chicago art community has struggled to define itself in relation to other urban art centers. This book and the exhibition on which it is based reframe Chicago as an artistic center in its own right, with a perspective and community as distinctive as its geography, economy, and politics. Num Pages: 86 pages, 41 colour plates, 29 figures. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 201 x 6. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
DePaul University Art Museum United States
Number of pages
86
Condition
New
SKU
V9780978907433
ISBN
9780978907433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: AVGJ; JNU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 300 x 12. Weight in Grams: 674.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pentatonic Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
169
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977371242
ISBN
9780977371242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.16

Hardcover. Num Pages: 104 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
West Virginia Univ Libraries
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780975292501
ISBN
9780975292501
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.03

Paperback. Traces A. James Speyer's early career as a student of Mies van der Rohe in Chicago. During the 1940s and 1950s he taught architecture under Mies while completing glass and steel projects in Chicago and Pittsburgh. This biography also includes essays by Franz Schulze and six of Speyer's friends. Num Pages: 136 pages, plans, photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AM; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 214 x 13. Weight in Grams: 622.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Richard Nickel Committee
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780966027303
ISBN
9780966027303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. Whereas in our own day the subject of death is usually avoided, in pre-Industrial England the rituals and processes of death were present and immediate. This book explores the meanings behind a range of these artefacts, and describes the attitudes and practices which lay behind their production and use. Num Pages: 160 pages, 91 black & white illustrations, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; ACN; ACV; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462160
ISBN
9780948462160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.62

Paperback. Published to accompany an exhibition at The Fruitmarket Gallery, Edinburgh (23 April - 26 June 2011), and featuring works by Dali, Masson, Cocteau, Cahun, Kahlo, Jess, Kusama, Rist, Viola and many more, Narcissus Reflected explores the myth of Narcissus in Surrealist and contemporary art. Num Pages: 176 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 259 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 700.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780947912994
ISBN
9780947912994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.12

Paperback. Throughout the vast interior of the United States, contemporary artists are responding to the world around them and reshaping it in unexpected ways. This title offers an idiosyncratic look at innovative forms of cultural production taking place across the region. Editor(s): Esche, Charles; Neimann, Kerstin; Smith, Stephanie. Num Pages: 176 pages, 90 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 203 x 15. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573473
ISBN
9780935573473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.47

Paperback. What does it mean to be German? This catalogue to accompany the exhibtion at the David and Alfred Smart Museum of Art turns to artworks, artists, and their audiences to explore how Germans of the past two centuries have confronted issues of identity, both individual and collective. Num Pages: 180 pages, 20 colour plates, 80 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; AC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 279 x 15. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573367
ISBN
9780935573367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.90

Paperback. The essays in this work explore the influence of antiquity on a broad spectrum of artistic production in Europe, from the 16th to the 18th centuries. It includes investigations of proto-scientific imagery, Ovidian myth, allegorical devices, and the growing influence of Ancient Greece. Num Pages: 118 pages, 9 colour plates, 81 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3J; ACN; ACQ; HBJD; HBLH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 205 x 11. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
118
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573282
ISBN
9780935573282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Sheehy, Colleen J.; Schultz, Elizabeth A. Num Pages: 164 pages, 80 color plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 277 x 13. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934266406
ISBN
9780934266406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.91

Paperback. Chicago-based artist David Klamen fuses op-art effects with art historical images to create high impact and engaging artworks looking like obsessive crosses between bar codes, puzzles, and old master paintings. Editor(s): Panczenko, Russell. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations, 6 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 277 x 7. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Elvehjem Museum of Art
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932900395
ISBN
9780932900395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.05

Paperback. Here, 34 poets use art in the Elvehjem galleries as their inspiration. Each artwork is shown on a page facing the poem. Num Pages: 72 pages, 34 colour plates. BIC Classification: AFC; DCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Chazen Museum of Art
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932900388
ISBN
9780932900388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.80

Paperback. This volume presents on paper the work of Robert Cummings which depicts ordinary objects such as chairs, cups, birdhouses, light bulbs and rulers. Num Pages: 48 pages, 34 b&w illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 219 x 4. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Elvehjem Museum of Art
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932900296
ISBN
9780932900296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.25

Paperback. Here, James Watrous explores the development of the University of Wisconsin's art collections,and the campaign to create its eventual home, the Elvehjem Museum of Art, which opened in 1970. Num Pages: 44 pages, 43 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Chazen Museum of Art
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932900142
ISBN
9780932900142
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.79

Paperback. Photographer Jerome Mallmann has captured images of New Yorkers in unguarded moments since the late 1960s. Images in this exhibition organized by the Elvehjem Museum of Art show a dispossessed population, those driven or escaping to the streets of New York to indulge in the compulsion to smoke or the need to sleep. Num Pages: 48 pages, 48 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AJC; JFFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254 x 5. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Chazen Museum of Art
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780932900029
ISBN
9780932900029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.26

Paperback. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 221 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Dalhousie Architectural Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929112633
ISBN
9780929112633
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 221 x 10. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Number of pages
88
Condition
New
SKU
V9780917046902
ISBN
9780917046902
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.03

Hardcover. Features more than 148 highlights selected by the curators and staff of the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. This volume includes works from the ancient Mediterranean, Byzantine, ancient American, Asian, African, European painting, European sculpture and decorative arts, modern and contemporary art, and more. Num Pages: 336 pages, 160 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 216 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1891.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Virginia Museum of Fine Arts
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780917046827
ISBN
9780917046827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Hardcover. A collection of Frank Dina's photographs, seeking to capture the light, colour and mood of Chicago's parks throughout the changing seasons. Both well-known and lesser-visited parks are featured, and the images at once incorporate and contrast the natural landscape within the urban landscape. Num Pages: 117 pages, 54 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AJB; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1143.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Jannes Art Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780912223032
ISBN
9780912223032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.69