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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. In Mounting Frustration Susan E. Cahan uncovers the moment when the civil rights movement reached New York City's elite art galleries. Focusing on three controversial exhibitions that integrated African American culture and art, Cahan shows how the art world's racial politics is far more complicated than overcoming past exclusions. Series: Art History Publication Initiative. Num Pages: 360 pages, 113 illustrations (incl. 20 in color). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; HBJK; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 266 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822358978
ISBN
9780822358978
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Paperback. Through an examination of the expressive arts of needlework, painting, and writing, Pens and Needles offers insights into women's lives and, in its final chapters, into literary texts such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline and Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 color, 31 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222524
ISBN
9780812222524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.48

Paperback. Series: Dover Pictorial Archives. Num Pages: 80 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 276 x 5. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486240961
ISBN
9780486240961
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.94

Hardback. Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances. Num Pages: 372 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; DSBD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
372
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251742
ISBN
9780823251742
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 149 x 39. Weight in Grams: 606.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903155905
ISBN
9781903155905
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.29

Hardback. Rothko progressed from figurative and symbolist works to eventually using shimmering and enveloping abstract colour to elevate you to a higher spiritual awareness. Discover the themes, thinking and methodology behind the oeuvre, from Greek tragedy and Nietzsche to music and colour, whilst experiencing his pieces displayed in full, free of clutter. Series: Masterworks. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 289 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1642.
Publisher
Flame Tree Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783619993
ISBN
9781783619993
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.48

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300135466
ISBN
9780300135466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations (chiefly color), color maps. BIC Classification: ACX; WTHH1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 318 x 36. Weight in Grams: 3175.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fresco Fine Art Publications
Edition
5th or later Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934491393
ISBN
9781934491393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.52

Hardcover. Includes an array of cat characters take the starring roles in a variety of instantly recognizable settings. This compilation features feline re-imaginings of scenes from art, theatre, opera, ballet and films. Num Pages: 320 pages, 326 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 200 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1216.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500239360
ISBN
9780500239360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.09

Hardcover. Sir Anthony van Dyck (1599-1641) is among the greatest portrait painters of all time. This manual is a catalogue raisonne of his painted ouevre, and includes a reproduction of every known authentic painting by the artist, the provenance and the significant facts and literature on each. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 528 pages, 750 illustrations, (150 colour ). BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ACQ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 250 x 54. Weight in Grams: 4674.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300099287
ISBN
9780300099287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 480 pages, 24 pages of color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3F; ACQ; BGH; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681774206
ISBN
9781681774206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.73

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 pages of color images. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JF; ACQ; BGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pegasus Books
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781605989723
ISBN
9781605989723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.01

Paperback. Contemporary Native American artist. Num Pages: 87 pages, 59 illus., 52 in color. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5193 x 5193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
87
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295984834
ISBN
9780295984834
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.14

Hardback. Jean-Auguste-Dominique Ingres (1780-1867) produced a body of work that strongly appealed to his contemporaries while disconcerting them. This book offers an account on various aspects of Ingres' achievement. Num Pages: 320 pages, 100 black-&-white illustrations + 40 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 201 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1934.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300148831
ISBN
9780300148831
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.38

Hardback. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter's fifty-year career, this book reassesses De Forest's art-historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context. Num Pages: 200 pages, 185 color images, 25 black/white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520292208
ISBN
9780520292208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.85

Hardback. Describes the creation and restoration of the extraordinary large-scale drawing The Temptation of Saint Anthony - a work by late 19th-century Belgian artist James Ensor (1860-1949) that is composed of fifty-one sheets of paper collaged into a hallucinatory social critique and artist's manifesto. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 144 pages, 98 colour illustrations, with foldout. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 291 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1258.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Har/Pstr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203912
ISBN
9780300203912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.96

Hardback. This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750. Arranged thematically, it highlights the key debates with which art historians continue to grapple. Editor(s): Dixon, Susan M. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Art History S. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACQB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 28. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405139663
ISBN
9781405139663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.85

paperback. This anthology presents classic and recent scholarship on Italian art from 1600-1750. Arranged thematically, it highlights the key debates with which art historians continue to grapple. Editor(s): Dixon, Susan M. Series: Blackwell Anthologies in Art History S. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACQB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Blackwell Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781405139670
ISBN
9781405139670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.09

Paperback. Observations of the sun, moon, planets, and stars played a central role in ancient Maya lifeways, as they do among contemporary Maya who maintain the traditional ways. This book constructs Maya astronomy and cosmology through the astronomical information encoded in Precolumbian Maya art and confirmed by the practices of living Maya peoples. Series: The Linda Schele Series in Maya and Pre-Columbian Studies. Num Pages: 382 pages, 48 figures, 22 b&w plates, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KLS; ACBK; JFHF; JHMC; PG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292752269
ISBN
9780292752269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.52

Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages, 100 b&w, 100 Col. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AKL; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 365 x 293 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pointed Leaf Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780977787548
ISBN
9780977787548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.38
€ 57.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 color + 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ABQ; ACND; AGC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300219197
ISBN
9780300219197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.87

Hardcover. The Art of Drawing is the first book in sixty years to cover the wider history of drawing in Britain exploring the role drawing has played in British art. Featuring works by foremost British artists from the early seventeenth century right up to the present day, this book offers fresh insights into the range of ways these artists have used drawing. Num Pages: 208 pages, 155 colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AC; AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 233 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
V & A Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851777587
ISBN
9781851777587
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.11

Paperback. Jonathan Richardson (1667-1745) was one of 18th-century England's most significant cultural figures. At the age of 61, shortly before his retirement, Richardson began to create a remarkable series of self-portrait drawings. Not intended for public display, these were unguarded explorations of his own character. Num Pages: 64 pages, 40 colour. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 220 x 9. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907372841
ISBN
9781907372841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.09

Hardback. An in-depth look at the changing status of American artists in the 18th and early 19th century Num Pages: 316 pages, 90 color + 80 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; HBJK; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 190. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300214611
ISBN
9780300214611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.24