History of art / art & design styles
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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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 23.01