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History of art / art & design styles
paperback. Larry Silver investigates the origins of new pictorial types and their media as a phenomenon of sixteenth-century Antwerp and interprets several pictorial genres as he charts their evolution and their role in the development and marketing of individual artistic styles. Num Pages: 392 pages, 152 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDB; ACN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812222111
- ISBN
- 9780812222111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.17€ 51.54
€ 52.17
€ 51.54
hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACV; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816694716
- ISBN
- 9780816694716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.65
€ 118.65
Hardcover. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 289 x 14. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Black Dog Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910433690
- ISBN
- 9781910433690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.07
€ 32.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. Art is often appreciated for its ability to delight our eyes and refresh our minds. But it can also serve as a powerful vehicle for exploring darker emotions, such as fear, sadness, and grief. This title examines the richly varied representation of tragedy in the European artistic tradition over the course of two centuries. Num Pages: 128 pages, 75 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACQ; ACV; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 203 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Smart Museum Of Art, The University Of C
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935573497
- ISBN
- 9780935573497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.85
€ 30.99
€ 23.85
Paperback. Abstract expressionist painter Jackson Pollock is famous for the highly textured works created through his trademark "drip" technique in which he poured paint from its can directly onto the canvas. This book explores the personal and artistic interrelationship between him and Swiss-born photographer and graphic designer Herbert Matter. Editor(s): Landau, Ellen G.; Cernuschi, Claude. Num Pages: 178 pages, 282 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 281 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1172.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- McMullen Museum of Art United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781892850133
- ISBN
- 9781892850133
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 41.32
€ 53.99
€ 41.32
paperback. Explorations of contemporary art have focused on issues of identity and race for some time. Few, however, have sought to investigate these themes by juxtaposing historical and contemporary frameworks. This book examines an especially charged icon - the black female body. Editor(s): Thompson, Barbara. Num Pages: 376 pages, 250 illus., 212 in color. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 304 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1744.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295987712
- ISBN
- 9780295987712
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Condition: New
€ 52.16€ 51.54
€ 52.16
€ 51.54
Hardcover. A neglected aspect of Byzantium, physical beauty appears as a quality with an unmistakable dark side, relating ambiguously to notions of power, goodness, evil, masculinity, effeminacy, life and death. Examined as an attribute of the human and, in particular, of the male body, this study of beauty refines our understanding of the Byzantine world. Num Pages: 206 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ACK; HBG; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230007154
- ISBN
- 9780230007154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.43
€ 64.43
Hardcover. From majestic Celtic crosses to elaborate knotwork designs, visual symbols of Irish identity at its most medieval abound in contemporary culture. Consdering both scholarly and popular perspectives this book offers a commentary on the blending of pasts and presents that finds permanent visualization in these contemporary signs. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; AC; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230103207
- ISBN
- 9780230103207
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Condition: New
€ 64.03
€ 64.03
Hardcover. Why were so many late-nineteenth-century homosexuals passionate about the Italian Renaissance? This book answers that question by showing how the Victorian coupling of criminality with self-fashioning under the sign of the Renaissance provided queer intellectuals with an enduring model of ruthlessly permissive individualism. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 249 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ACND; DSB; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230219977
- ISBN
- 9780230219977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This unique collection of essays focuses on various aspects of Plato's Philosophy of Art, not only in The Republic, but in the Phaedrus, Symposium, Laws and related dialogues. The range of issues addressed includes the contest between philosophy and poetry, the moral status of music, the love of beauty, censorship, motivated emotions. Editor(s): Denham, Alison. Series: Philosophers in Depth. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 tables. BIC Classification: ACG; DSBB; HPCA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 221 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230314405
- ISBN
- 9780230314405
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Condition: New
€ 143.84
€ 143.84
Paperback. Develops a materialist and immanent approach to modern and contemporary art. This book presents an argument which is made for a return to aesthetics - an aesthetics of affect - and for the theorization of art. Series: Renewing Philosophy. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230573734
- ISBN
- 9780230573734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 133.21
€ 133.21
Hardcover. Reviews, art criticism, theoretical texts, interviews, catalog statements, notecards, magazine interventions, and other writings on art and art in the form of writing by a leading conceptual artist; many pages reproduced in facsimile. Series: Writing Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 120 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262026314
- ISBN
- 9780262026314
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.86
€ 31.99
€ 30.86
Paperback. This book is a companion to the catalogue for California Design, 1930-1965: Living in a Modern Way, an exhibition on view at the Los Angeles County Museum of Art from October 1, 2011, through June 3, 2012. Editor(s): Tigerman, Bobbye. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 color illus., 140 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACXJ8; AK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262518383
- ISBN
- 9780262518383
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.54
€ 38.99
€ 32.54
Paperback. Examines the ways in which Indians and their cultures have been represented by museums and presents new directions. Num Pages: 119 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: 1KB; ACBK; HBJK; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 119
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295984599
- ISBN
- 9780295984599
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Condition: New
€ 31.80
€ 31.80
Hardcover. Captures a record of Trimpin's journey and places his work in the context of visual art, music composition, performance, ambitious engineering, acoustics, and installation art Editor(s): Focke, Anne. Num Pages: 208 pages, 110 illus., 100 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1174.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295991092
- ISBN
- 9780295991092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.87
€ 41.99
€ 39.87
Hardcover. Features the work of 25 Australian artists linked to each other and to the Northwest through workshops and classes, use of a common material, training and education, shared space, and/or production assistance Num Pages: 130 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1146.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295992655
- ISBN
- 9780295992655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.19
€ 75.19
Paperback. Ik' vases are acclaimed for their naturalistic colour, veristic portraiture, and calligraphic line. This book explores 8th-century Maya vase painting of the Ik' kingdom, located in the tropical lowlands of present day Guatemala. It also describes the dramatic scenes represented on the vases with historically accurate vignettes. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 208 pages, 200 colour images + 20 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 3F; ACK; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300174380
- ISBN
- 9780300174380
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Condition: New
€ 65.29
€ 65.29
Hardback. This work offers a tour of Romantic visual culture, from the West End stage to the Scottish Highlands, from Leicester Square to the photography studios of Second Empire Paris. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; ACVC; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312226541
- ISBN
- 9780312226541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.75
€ 64.75
Hardcover. This text examines the widespread response in British artistic media to the death in childbirth in 1817 of Princess Charlotte Augusta of Wales, showing how both in print materials and extra-literary artifacts her life and death were invested with the qualities of myth. Num Pages: 268 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; ACV; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333695807
- ISBN
- 9780333695807
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Condition: New
€ 123.04
€ 123.04
Paperback. "Money, pretension, horrid behavior by cultured people" (New York) -John Anderson's tale delivers it all in fabulously juicy detail. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 pages of photographs. BIC Classification: ACB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 206 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393347319
- ISBN
- 9780393347319
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.26
€ 16.99
€ 16.26
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- THAMES & HUDSON
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500970454
- ISBN
- 9780500970454
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.54€ 85.31
€ 87.54
€ 85.31
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; ACX; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 989.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Melbourne University Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780522853773
- ISBN
- 9780522853773
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.12
€ 45.12
Paperback. Brings together thirteen critics and scholars to explore children's art and its documented influence on the evolution of modern art. This book shows that children's art and childhood have inspired major works of art, served as central metaphors for artistic spontaneity and honesty, and provided a window into the fundamental human qualities. Editor(s): Fineberg, Jonathan. Num Pages: 296 pages, 161 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691086828
- ISBN
- 9780691086828
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Condition: New
€ 93.32
€ 93.32
Paperback. Established in 1917, the Index of Christian Art, located at Princeton University, is the largest archive of medieval art in existence and the most specialized resource for the iconographer. This book features essays that highlight some of the research in the archive and the scholarship for which it has been renowned. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Series: Index of Christian Art Occasional Papers. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ACK; AGR; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691099910
- ISBN
- 9780691099910
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06