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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. Charts the theological defense of icons during the Iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries, whose high point came in AD 787, when the Second Council of Nicaea restored the cult of images in the church. This title demonstrates how the dogmas of the Trinity and the Incarnation eventually provided the basic rationale for images. Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AFWH; AGR; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141251
ISBN
9780691141251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.17
€ 41.17

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486753
ISBN
9780801486753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.00

Hardcover. Focuses on Chinese ceramics from the Qing period, including earthenware, stoneware, and polychrome porcelain. This title catalogues rugs and carpets from the collection of Peter A B Widener. Num Pages: 344 pages, 250 color, 100 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; ACBP; AFC; AFPC; AFWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 400 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2042.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
National Gallery of Art,Washington United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780894682520
ISBN
9780894682520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.35

Hardcover. Presents the designs for bookplates and badges by the English Arts and Crafts designer and architect, C F A Voysey, (1857-1941). Num Pages: 306 pages, 153 col. BIC Classification: ACVN; AKB; AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1022.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
ACC Art Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851496402
ISBN
9781851496402
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 28.04

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

€ 44.99
€ 44.93

Paperback. Benjamin Binstock revolutionises how we think about Vermeer's work and life. Vermeer is famously a mystery in art: there is scant information on his life and training, and nothing to connect him to any students. What remains is the paintings themselves as well as some historical information and surmise. Num Pages: 456 pages, 133 black & white illustrations, 91 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 255 x 28. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415861335
ISBN
9780415861335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.37

paperback. A standard work and the most comprehensive collection of documents and pictoral material ever published on this famous school of design. Translator(s): Jabs, W.; Gilbert, B. Num Pages: 680 pages, illustrations facsimiles, map, plans, portraits. BIC Classification: ACX; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 302 x 220 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
675
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262730471
ISBN
9780262730471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.84
€ 63.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACN; AGB; HBAH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271008165
ISBN
9780271008165
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.01
€ 78.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271033068
ISBN
9780271033068
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 colour/80 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271036472
ISBN
9780271036472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.48

Paperback. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends - in the news, on social networking sites, on the street - are constantly changing. Portraits, on the other hand, slow us down. This title shows the use of portraiture or self-portraiture to explore the complex issues of identity, while also testing the boundaries of figurative art. Num Pages: 79 pages, 56 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989716
ISBN
9780295989716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.38

Hardback. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 220 pages, 99 halftones. BIC Classification: ACG; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 265 x 19. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674143258
ISBN
9780674143258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.46
€ 69.00

Hardback. The Cult of Art in Nazi Germany presents a new interpretation of National Socialism, arguing that art in the Third Reich was not simply an instrument of the regime, but actually became a source of the racist politics upon which its ideology was founded. Translator(s): Lloyd, Janet. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, 110 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; ACX; JFC; JPFQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5334 x 4217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804743266
ISBN
9780804743266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 32 black & white illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACXJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816679348
ISBN
9780816679348
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. An interdisciplinary collection exploring how creative practices broadly conceived to encompass urban design, museums, graffiti, film, music, literature, architecture, and performance art, continually reconstruct the urban scene in Latin America. Editor(s): Biron, Rebecca. Num Pages: 288 pages, 39 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822344704
ISBN
9780822344704
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.88

Hardcover. Editor(s): Forni, Silvia; Steiner, Christopher. Num Pages: 220 color illus. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBS; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 316 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Royal Ontario Museum
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888545060
ISBN
9780888545060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1352.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780976820291
ISBN
9780976820291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.75

Hardback. Survey of one of the most important surviving medieval manuscripts reveals much of its contemporary cultural, literary and social milieu. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45, 16 colour, 29 black and white. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ACK; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842804
ISBN
9781843842804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.33
€ 95.57

Paperback. The exhibition Echoes of the Past draws upon the findings of a multiyear research project headed by Katherine R. Tsiang at the University of Chicago's Center for the Arts of East Asia. This exhibition catalog features entries with full-color illustrations of the works in the exhibition. Num Pages: 192 pages, 160 colour plates, 3 charts, 3 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFKB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573503
ISBN
9780935573503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.49

Hardback. Editor(s): Cole, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages, 151 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; ACQ; AFH; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 238 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271029054
ISBN
9780271029054
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.26
€ 68.55

hardcover. Editor(s): Jones, Anna Maria; Mitchell, Rebecca N. Series: Series in Victorian Studies. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JM; ACV; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821422472
ISBN
9780821422472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.87

hardcover. The opening of the Sensation exhibition at the Royal Academy in the late 1990s caused a public furore and a media frenzy, with both broadsheet and tabloid journalists falling over themselves to comment on the shows controversial images. This catalogue of that seminal exhibition features the work of over forty artists. Editor(s): Rosenthal, Norman. Num Pages: 224 pages, 179 illustrations, 104 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
THAMES HUDSON
Condition
New
SKU
9780500238646
ISBN
9780500238646
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 7.55

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804267
ISBN
9781907804267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 32. BIC Classification: ACXD7; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 799.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9780801446740
ISBN
9780801446740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.11

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