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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Dots of great variety, in all their minuscule glory, are depicted in 540 color photographs of historic fabric. A must-have reference for the professional textile historian, textile designer, fashion designer, and costume designer, this book is an invaluable encyclopedia of dotty design ideas. Num Pages: 112 pages, 540 color photos. BIC Classification: AC; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306341
ISBN
9780764306341
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.95

Paperback. More than 300 historic fabric samples from the mid-1920s and 1930s provide a visual textbook of design ideas prevalent during the Art Deco era. These were the everyday fabrics used for housedresses and curtains that is an invaluable reference for costume historians and a treasure trove of inspiration for designers. Num Pages: 112 pages, 317 color photos. BIC Classification: ACVY; ACXD3; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 279 x 10. Weight in Grams: 576. 112 pages, 317col.ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACVY; ACXD3; WFB. Dimension: 217 x 279 x 10. Weight: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764306501
ISBN
9780764306501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.85

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 400-plus. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 222 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1448.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764332715
ISBN
9780764332715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 31.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 401 x 246 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1380.
Publisher
David Zwirner
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941701324
ISBN
9781941701324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 392 pages, 365 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 1KBBEY; ACND; AFP; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 314 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2038.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588395610
ISBN
9781588395610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.90
€ 49.35

Paperback. An original consideration of the temporal in digital art and aesthetics Num Pages: 248 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Dartmouth
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611683004
ISBN
9781611683004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.96

Hardcover. An illustrated study of the early twentieth-century transformation from Expressionism to Constructivism and beyond in the Central European arts. Editor(s): Benson, Timothy O. Num Pages: 448 pages, 480 illus., 360 color. BIC Classification: 1DF; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 349 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Edition
1St Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262025225
ISBN
9780262025225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.87

Paperback. Alberto Giacometti's attenuated figures of the human form are among the most significant artistic images of the 20th century. Both a critical study of Giacometti's life and work, and an investigation of their affective power, this book asks what encounters with Giacometti's pieces can tell us about the history of our own time. Num Pages: 304 pages, 90 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767871
ISBN
9781780767871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.28

Hardback. An essential new look at the diverse work and artistic methods of beloved American realist painters Andrew and Jamie Wyeth Num Pages: 224 pages, 286 color illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 293 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1724.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300214215
ISBN
9780300214215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.07

Hardback. Textual Vision offers a new and original perspective on Enlightenment visual culture as a contested area of representation, and its discussions of major authors like Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, and Jane Austen are both learned and persuasive. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 310 pages, 28 black & white halftones, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; AC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611485691
ISBN
9781611485691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.97

Paperback. "The Great Wave" is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. This book explores the meaning behind "Hokusai's Great Wave", in the context of "the Mount Fuji" series and Japanese art as a whole. Series: Objects in Focus. Num Pages: 64 pages, 29 illustrations, 28 in colour. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 211 x 6. Weight in Grams: 172. Series: Objects in Focus. 64 pages, 29 illustrations, 28 in colour. "The Great Wave" is a colour woodblock print designed by Japanese artist Hokusai in around 1830. This book explores the meaning behind "Hokusai's Great Wave", in the context of "the Mount Fuji" series and Japanese art as a whole. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACBP; AFH. Dimension: 154 x 211 x 6. Weight: 158.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124674
ISBN
9780714124674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.23

Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, 300 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 250. .
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500094068
ISBN
9780500094068
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.77

Paperback. Offers an understanding of Vermeer's paintings and of the era they portray. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACQB; HBG; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Profile Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846681202
ISBN
9781846681202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.09

Hardcover. .
Publisher
John Adamson Dist A/C
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898565154
ISBN
9781898565154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.11

Paperback. This book introduces the reader to important artists and their work, but also to the intellectual issues and concepts surrounding the production, consumption and display of art in Japan in the Edo period. Num Pages: 384 pages, 245 illustrations, 180 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 195 x 253 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780237442
ISBN
9781780237442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 33.36

Paperback. Changes in Japanese law in the 1990s enabled erotic images to be published without fear of prosecution, and many shunga picture-books have since appeared. This book offers an assessment of the genre of Japanese paintings and prints known as shunga. It seeks to re-establish shunga in a proper historical frame of culture and creativity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 125 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFC; AFH; AGHX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 910.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861894328
ISBN
9781861894328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, 440 color, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 922.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764320163
ISBN
9780764320163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.81

paperback. Explores how Israelis and Palestinians have used postcards and greeting cards to present images of the national self, to build national awareness and reinforce nationalist ideologies, and to gain international acceptance. This work discusses and displays the works of various postcard/greeting card manufacturers, artists, and photographers. Num Pages: 255 pages, 15 color and 68 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBH; 1FBP; ACX; AFH; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 554.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292702158
ISBN
9780292702158
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Victoria Miro Gallery
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993179839
ISBN
9780993179839
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.04

Hardcover. Reveals the results of the challenge to fit utopian modernist principles to day-to-day living. This book dissolved the closed spaces of the traditional home, modernizing the bathrooms and kitchens, opening the interior to natural light and providing balconies and terraces for sun-worship and sleeping in the open air. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60col ill 30b/w. BIC Classification: AC; AMKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 187 x 16. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851774760
ISBN
9781851774760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.34

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