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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. National Treasures explores the fate of French art and heritage during the Nazi occupation of France, revealing the roots of contemporary cultural policy in the Vichy era and exposing a hidden convergence of resistance and collaboration in French museology. Num Pages: 404 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; ABC; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804770187
ISBN
9780804770187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.31

Paperback. Now in paperback, the fascinating story behind the outsiders who staged the 1913 Armory Show in New York, the most important art exhibition in United States history, which introduced Picasso, Duchamp, Matisse, and the rest of Modernism to America. Num Pages: 232 pages, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJC; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 18.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781493000623
ISBN
9781493000623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.78

Paperback. Brings images of holy motherhood and childbearing into the centre of an art-historical enquiry. Focuses on miniatures of the birth of the Virgin and the mothers of the Holy Kinship in Books of Hours made for aristocratic women in relation to the dynastic importance of heirs and the material culture of childbearing. Series: Manchester Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 52 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3H; ACK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087264
ISBN
9780719087264
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.03

Hardback. A catalogue that presents a selection of approximately 100 of the finest watercolours, pastels, and drawings by American modernists from the Wadsworth Atheneum's renowned collection of American art. It features two essays exploring the historical significance of the collection and the importance to American modernists of working on paper. Series: Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXD2; AFCC; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 248 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151664
ISBN
9780300151664
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.57
€ 58.07

Hardback. Series: The Olana Collection. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; ACVC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254 x 12. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449208
ISBN
9780801449208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.25

Hardcover. Published to accompany the landmark opening of the V&A's new Europe 1600 - 1800 galleries, The Arts of Living explores the breadth, depth and beauty of the V&A's seventeenth- and eighteenth-century collections. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 232 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1076.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851778072
ISBN
9781851778072
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 23.53

Hardback. Num Pages: 156 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; ACBK; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 331. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781477310595
ISBN
9781477310595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 156 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; ACBK; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 331. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310694
ISBN
9781477310694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.45

Hardcover. This interdisciplinary collection, which brings together new research on a range of patristic and medieval texts and visual materials, sets the cultural transformation of early medieval Ireland and Britain in the context of these islands' inheritance from late antiquity and their engagement with the wider medieval world. Editor(s): Scully, Diarmuid; Mullins, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 486 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 3H; ACK; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1002. 459pp
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
486
Condition
New
SKU
9781859184660
ISBN
9781859184660
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.00
€ 32.82

Paperback. What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. It charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192801609
ISBN
9780192801609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 130 color + 30 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; ACV; ACX; AGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300222753
ISBN
9780300222753
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.62
€ 41.17

Hardback. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: 1FBH; ACK; ACND; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1538.
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271061221
ISBN
9780271061221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.31
€ 80.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 31 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 115 x 5. Weight in Grams: 54. New.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Veritas Publications
Number of pages
31
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9781853909870
ISBN
9781853909870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.57

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691604862
ISBN
9780691604862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 37.05

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633879
ISBN
9780691633879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.44

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, Over 50 colour photographs. BIC Classification: ACVN; AGB; AKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 263 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Pavilion
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909815544
ISBN
9781909815544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.57

Hardback. A catalogue that presents 135 paintings - works by artists from England, Ireland, Scotland, and Wales. It includes portraits from the famed War Gallery created by English painter George Dawe, who was awarded a prestigious commission to produce more than 300 images of Russian generals for the Gallery of 1812 in the historic Winter Palace. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 400 pages, 650 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; ACN; ACQ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 259 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Exp Rev
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300170467
ISBN
9780300170467
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.77
€ 75.23

Paperback. Discusses the place of art in human evolution and in the future Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295974798
ISBN
9780295974798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.10

Hardcover. A study of John Raphael Smith's career in printmaking. It investigates how he conducted his engraving and publishing business, and what his prints, drawings and paintings reveal about the culture and morality of the society that viewed them. It includes a catalogue raisonne. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 300 pages, 200 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; ACV; AFH; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 192 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1250.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300076301
ISBN
9780300076301
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 36.95

Hardback. A revolutionary look at the profound impact of Mexico and its culture on the development of American modernism Num Pages: 240 pages, 31 colour images + 78 b&w illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; ACXD2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition /First Printing
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300169133
ISBN
9780300169133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.10
€ 49.51

Paperback. Twenty-five leading artist duos and collectives give insight into how and why to work collaboratively Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 172 x 22. .
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714872889
ISBN
9780714872889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Series: MFA Spotlight Series. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878468331
ISBN
9780878468331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.57

paperback. This book introduces the relationship between the apocryphal texts and the paintings, mosaics, and sculpture in which they are paralleled, and which have been so significant in transmitting these non-Biblical stories to generations of churchgoers. Num Pages: 304 pages, over 100 plates. BIC Classification: AC; AGR; HRCG9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 18. Weight in Grams: 521.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780415233927
ISBN
9780415233927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.67

Paperback. Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). This book explains how those who first purchased these prints would have read them. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 630. Ukiyo-E in Edo, 1700-1900. 144 pages, 100 colour illustrations. Japanese woodblock prints of the Edo period (1615-1868) were the products of a highly commercialised and competitive publishing industry. Their content was inspired by the vibrant popular culture that flourished in Edo (Tokyo). This book explains how those who first purchased these prints would have read them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFH. Dimension: 229 x 228 x 17. Weight: 620.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714124537
ISBN
9780714124537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.60

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