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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. Challenges assumptions regarding "radical" and "experimental" performance that have long dominated thinking about the avant-garde. The essays bring to light vanguard performances rarely discussed: those that support totalitarian regimes, promote conservative values, or have been effectively snapped up by right-wing regimes they sought to oppose. Editor(s): Jannarone, Kimberly. Num Pages: 344 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB; JPF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119677
ISBN
9780472119677
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.59

Paperback. "The Dignity of Every Human Being" studies the vibrant New Brunswick artistic community which challenged "the tyranny of the Group of Seven" with socially-engaged realism in the 1930s and 40s. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACXD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613898
ISBN
9781442613898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.10

"The Dignity of Every Human Being" studies the vibrant New Brunswick artistic community which challenged "the tyranny of the Group of Seven" with socially-engaged realism in the 1930s and 40s. Series: Canadian Social History Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 36. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACXD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645608
ISBN
9781442645608
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.35

Hardback. What is abstract art good for? What's the use - for us as individuals, or for any society - of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves? This book presents an account of abstract art. Series: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 132 color plates. 129 halftones. 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 246 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1496.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126784
ISBN
9780691126784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.46
€ 60.76

Paperback. An argument against reductive accounts of the nineteenth-century sculptor Mary Edmonia Lewis s work as the product of her identity as an African American and Native American woman. Num Pages: 344 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 18 in color. BIC Classification: ACV; AFKB; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822342663
ISBN
9780822342663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.93

Hardback. Explores why astronomy captivated Joseph Cornell, and considers hundreds of his works - found-footage films, three-dimensional space-object boxes, enigmatic collages, and cosmic ephemera - that contain references to astronomical phenomena. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 color illus. 81 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 210 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691134987
ISBN
9780691134987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.24

Hardback. An intimate study of the friendship and creative dialogue between two artists, offering an in-depth understanding of their work and the upheavals of 1960s New York Num Pages: 200 pages, 33 color + 46 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 237 x 22. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300211566
ISBN
9780300211566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.12

Hardback. Editor(s): Coelewij, Leontine; Reus, Magali. Num Pages: 144 pages, 140 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 205. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Publisher
JRP Ringier
Number of pages
Ringier
SKU
V9783037644829
ISBN
9783037644829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.56

Hardcover. This beautiful volume focuses on a five-year period in Elizabeth Peyton s evolving career to suggest not only a visual chronicle of an age, its heroes, heroines, and interests, but also of an individual s life that of Peyton herself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 165 Colour Photographs. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 244. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847858552
ISBN
9780847858552
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 118 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 302 x 14. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Hatje Cantz
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783775741484
ISBN
9783775741484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.63

Paperback. Examines the last century of Scandinavian design to reveal how the region's design culture is very different from popular assumption. Editor(s): Fallan, Kjetil. Num Pages: 322 pages, 51 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DN; ACX; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 560.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847889119
ISBN
9781847889119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.46

Hardback. In design history, globalization is deeply intertwined with a long-held bias towards Western, industrialized nations. By reassessing the role of regional and national design histories and challenging the claim that nation states are obsolete in identity construction, Designing Worlds reflects on new national narratives from around the world. Editor(s): Fallan, Kjetil; Lees-Maffei, Grace. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 302 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331558
ISBN
9781785331558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.89

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
RM Verlag SL Spain
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9788492480722
ISBN
9788492480722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.95

Hardcover. Examines the beginnings of Onos extensive career, demonstrating her pioneering role in visual art, performance and music during the 1960s and early 1970s. This book includes an introduction written by a guest scholar, artwork descriptions and key figures from the time. It also features exhibition dedicated exclusively to the artists work. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 315 x 245 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1308.
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870709661
ISBN
9780870709661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.03

Hardcover. Andy Warhol (1928-1987) is recognized today as the most important exponent of the Pop Art movement. Warhol was a critical observer of American society, exposing his compatriots' consumerism in his paintings, as well as their fascination for sensational journalism. This book features a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work. Num Pages: 96 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 267 x 14. Weight in Grams: 582.
Publisher
Taschen GmbH Germany
Number of pages
96
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836543897
ISBN
9783836543897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 104 pages, color illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1D; ACK; AGR; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 294 x 212 x 8. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Hong Kong. University Museum and Art Gallery Hong Kong
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9789881902344
ISBN
9789881902344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.32

Paperback. In this set of essays that cover the period from 1992 to 2012, Kobena Mercer uses a diasporic model of criticism to analyze the cross-cultural aesthetic practice of African American and black British artists and to show how their refiguring of visual representations of blackness transform perceptions of race. Num Pages: 384 pages, 111 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; ACBS; HBJH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 4522 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360940
ISBN
9780822360940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 32.26

Hardback. In this set of essays that cover the period from 1992 to 2012, Kobena Mercer uses a diasporic model of criticism to analyze the cross-cultural aesthetic practice of African American and black British artists and to show how their refiguring of visual representations of blackness transform perceptions of race. Num Pages: 384 pages, 111 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; ACBS; HBJH; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Bilingual
SKU
V9780822360803
ISBN
9780822360803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.18

Hardcover. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 144 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410626
ISBN
9781572410626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Air Raid Protection represented an era: a mode of thought, a political and administrative concept, and a collection of technical and organisational measurements to protect citizens against attacks from the air. This book offers an interpretation of the Dutch, English and German air raid protection systems, and the construction of a Shelter City, pa Series: Landscape & Heritage Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 952.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089642110
ISBN
9789089642110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.01