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History of art / art & design styles

Hardcover. Offers an account of the decorative arts of the Art Deco period. This book celebrates the styles rich variety of form and its diverse international roots as the very factors that make it a perennial favourite of modern collectors and designers. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1000 colour images. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD3; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 316 x 248 x 50. Weight in Grams: 3608.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238554
ISBN
9780500238554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.06
€ 57.94

Hardback. Thijs Lijster considers the thought of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno on such key topics as the relationship between art and historical experience, between avant-garde art and mass culture, and between the intellectual and the public. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462981409
ISBN
9789462981409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 208.48

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gossel, Peter. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AMB; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 268 x 14. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836544672
ISBN
9783836544672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.26

Hardcover. "Published on the occasion of the exhibition Past Futures: Science Fiction, Space Travel, and Postwar Art of the Americas, on view at the Bowdoin College Museum of Art, Brunswick, Maine, March 5-June 7, 2015, organized by Sarah J. Montross." Editor(s): Montross, Sarah J. Num Pages: 136 pages, 135 color illus. BIC Classification: 1K; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 303 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Publisher
Bowdoin College Museum of Art & The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262029025
ISBN
9780262029025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.75

Hardback. .
Publisher
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783858817747
ISBN
9783858817747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.28

Hardcover. Illustrator(s): Ravilious, Eric William. Editor(s): Mainstone, Tim. Num Pages: 48 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 250 x 11. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
The Mainstone Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780955277740
ISBN
9780955277740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 27.85

Paperback. Deep underground, hidden from view, some of humanity's earliest artistic endeavours have lain buried for thousands of years. Often undisturbed for tens of thousands of years, these were among the first visual symbols that humans shared with each other. However, as the author reveals, we have ways of unlocking their secrets. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 223 illustrations, 208 in colour. BIC Classification: ACC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204351
ISBN
9780500204351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.42

Hardcover. A full-color introduction to the most outstanding pieces in the Metropolitan Museum's superb Islamic collection, in Arabic Editor(s): Canby, Sheila R.; Haidar, Navina Najat. Num Pages: 448 pages, 377 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2CSR; AC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 225 x 33. .
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774168154
ISBN
9789774168154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816672882
ISBN
9780816672882
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

paperback. Since his death in 1896, William Morris has come to be regarded as one of the giants of the Victorian era. The author has managed to encompass all the different facets of Morris' complex character, shedding light on his immense creative powers as artist and designer of furniture, fabrics, wallpaper, stained glass, and as a poet, and novelist. Num Pages: 800 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. (some col.). BIC Classification: ACVN; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1088.
Publisher
Faber And Faber Ltd.
Number of pages
800
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571255597
ISBN
9780571255597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 32.60

Paperback. Published to accompany exhibition at Martin-Gropius-Bau, Berlin, this book explores the work of the founders Heinz Mack, Otto Piene and Gunther Uecker, alongside international artists who were close to ZERO such as Yves Klein and Lucio Fontana, and such lesser-known artists as Hermann Goepfert, Oskar Holweck and Hans Salentin. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 249 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2140.
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863356972
ISBN
9783863356972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.33
€ 56.78

Paperback.
Publisher
University of British Columbia Press Canada
Number of pages
1120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780774820509
ISBN
9780774820509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.86

Hardback. A strong and insightful work which argues that skin is not just any surface an artist can represent, but a highly overdetermined one. Focusing on five French painters - Fragonard, David, Girodet, Benoit and Ingres - it spans the fields of history of art and of medicine. Series Editor(s): Jones, Amelia; Meskimmon, Marsha. Series: Rethinking Art's Histories. Num Pages: 352 pages, 76 colour illustrations, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACQ; ACV; AFC; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 878.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087967
ISBN
9780719087967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.94

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 521 color photos. BIC Classification: ACX; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 289 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1582. Sculpture from the Modern Blacksmith and Metalsmith. 256 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACX; AFKB. Dimension: 222 x 289 x 26. Weight: 1584.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764332470
ISBN
9780764332470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.70
€ 38.41

Paperback. Playing at Home explores the different ways in which contemporary artists have engaged with ideas of the house and home - from 'broken homes' to haunted houses, doll's houses, mobile homes and greenhouses. Num Pages: 240 pages, 45 colour, 75 black and white. BIC Classification: ACX; AGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231808
ISBN
9781780231808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.73

Paperback. Chris Kraus examines artistic enterprises of the past decade that reclaim the use of lived time as a material in the creation of visual art. Series: Semiotext(e) / Intervention Series. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 115 x 13. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Autonomedia United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Semiotext
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584350989
ISBN
9781584350989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.73

Hardback. The articulated human figure made of wax or wood has been a common tool in artistic practice since the 16th century. This book locates the artist's mannequin within the context of an expanding universe of effigies, avatars, dolls and shop window dummies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 220 colour + 50 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 288 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1746.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300208221
ISBN
9780300208221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 408 pages, Paperback with spine tape, 408 pages; Over 1500 black and white illustrations;. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF; AGB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452128238
ISBN
9781452128238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.24

Hardback. Investigates how historians since 1945 wrote about music, art, architecture, theater, film, and dance in Nazi Germany and how their accounts were colored by politics of the Cold War, the fall of communism, and the wish to preserve the idea that true art and politics cannot mix. Series: Weimar & Now: German Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 438 pages, 22 b/w. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AVC; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition /First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282346
ISBN
9780520282346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.53

Hardback. As an artist, Edgar Degas (1834-1917) defies easy description. Including essays on Degas' life and work, his sculptural technique and materials, and the story of the sculptures after his death, this title features art-historical and technical discussions of various works in the collection of National Gallery of Art, Washington. Series: National Gallery of Art Systematic Catalogues. Num Pages: 408 pages, 221 color illus. 209 halftones. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFKB; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 291 x 254 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2482.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691148977
ISBN
9780691148977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.28