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paperback. This is an illustrated study of the representation of the body and clothing in Western art, from Greek sculpture and vase painting, through medieval and Renaissance portraits, to contemporary films and fashion photography. Num Pages: 520 pages, 37 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AC; AKTA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520082311
ISBN
9780520082311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 31.97

Hardcover. Challenging the view that ideas about sexual and gender dissidence were too confused to congeal into a coherent form in the Middle Ages, the author demonstrates that sodomy had a rich, multimedia presence in the period - and that a flexible approach to questions of terminology sheds new light on the many forms this presence took. Num Pages: 400 pages, 11 colour plates, 78 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; ACK; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226169125
ISBN
9780226169125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, 50. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612190440
ISBN
9781612190440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.79

Paperback. Chronicles three decades of conversation between Lawrence Weschler and light and space master Robert Irwin. This book surveys many of Irwin's site-conditioned projects - in particular the Central Gardens at the Getty Museum and the design that transformed an abandoned Hudson Valley factory into Dia's new Beacon campus. Num Pages: 336 pages, 51 color and 36 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 678. Over Thirty Years of Conversations with Robert Irwin. 336 pages, illustrations. Chronicles three decades of conversation between Lawrence Weschler and light and space master Robert Irwin. This book surveys many of Irwin's site-conditioned projects - in particular the Central Gardens at the Getty Museum and the design that transformed an abandoned Hudson Valley factory into Dia's new Beacon campus. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN; AGB. Dimension: 203 x 155 x 22. Weight: 674.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition, Over Thirty Years of Conversations
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520256095
ISBN
9780520256095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.34

Paperback. Featuring works from three of contemporary artist Luis Jacob's recent exhibitions in Canada, this book focuses on the art museum as the frame, influencing the way the audience views and interprets the art. It questions what lies behind the picture and proposes another dimension to art that is the viewer's encounter with it. Num Pages: 192 pages, 150 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 223 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1194. Seeing and Believing. 192 pages, 150 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Dimension: 269 x 223 x 17. Weight: 1194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908966063
ISBN
9781908966063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. .
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910433225
ISBN
9781910433225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 33.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, Colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KBBWF; ACBP; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 317 x 241 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2006.
Publisher
Asian Art Museum  
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Hardcover with Jacket
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939117697
ISBN
9780939117697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.58

Hardcover. Illuminates the role of icons and relics in Buddhist writing and practice Series: Franklin D. Murphey Lecture Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, 116 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP; HREC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4531 x 6466 x 20. Weight in Grams: 726.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990897
ISBN
9780295990897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.26

Paperback. Ever since it came to the world's attention in the 17th century, the world's most famous tapestry has been a source of never-ending speculation. This book highlights the background of its construction and the vents of 1066 that it portrays. It details: warfare and weaponry, armour and costumes, depictions of everyday life, houses, and farming. Editor(s): McIlwain, John. Series: Pitkin History. Num Pages: 32 pages, 80 colour illustrations and 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACK; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 84 x 3. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841652221
ISBN
9781841652221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.03

Hardcover. The remains of the ancient city of Pompei have provided archaeologists with evidence into the daily life of a city at the height of the Roman Empire. This title takes a look at how ancient Romans interacted in their public squares, how they worshipped and spent their leisure time - at the theatre, in the gyms, and in the baths and brothels. Num Pages: 200 pages, 170 full-colour illustrations & maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1218.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369416
ISBN
9780892369416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.41

Paperback. Demonstrates how Renaissance artists used mirrors and lenses to develop perspective and chiaroscuro challenging our view of how these two foundations of Western art were established. Num Pages: 328 pages, 510 illustrations, 442 in colour. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 300 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1906.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500286388
ISBN
9780500286388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 32.90

Paperback. Editor(s): Konno, Yuichi. Num Pages: 112 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACX; AFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 8. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Shinbaku Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781840683219
ISBN
9781840683219
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.06

Hardcover. The volume chronicles how in their poetic skirmishes they sharpened and shaped each other's work - Garcia Lorca defending his verses of absence and elegy and his love of tradition while Dali argued for his theories of "Clarity" and "Holy Objectivity" and the unsettling logic of Surrealism. Editor(s): Maurer, Christopher. Translator(s): Maurer, Christopher. Num Pages: 220 pages, 24 color plates. BIC Classification: 2ADS; ACXD7; AFC; AGB; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Swan Isle Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780967880884
ISBN
9780967880884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.16

Hardcover. Places Keller's modern treatment of enigmatic subjects within the cultural mileau of fin de siecle Germany Editor(s): Danzker, Jo-Anne Birnie; Bott, Gian Casper. Num Pages: 104 pages, 54 illus., 34 in color. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 7459 x 17. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295990828
ISBN
9780295990828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 88 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 230 x 8. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783865603289
ISBN
9783865603289
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.36

Hardback. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 288 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857227580
ISBN
9788857227580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.51

Paperback. Published in conjunction with the book launch of Moritz's 'Helicopter' at Serpentine Galleries and as a catalogue to a companion exhibition of the series. Originally derived from a simple black and white sketch, reproduced and painted over, 'Sea King' comprises 41 individual works focussing on the global presence of the helicopter. Num Pages: 88 pages, 41 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 280 x 11. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Heni Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993010385
ISBN
9780993010385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. In the OXFORD HISTORY OF ART series, a look at innovative and avant-garde sculpture in relation to contemporary events, festivals, commissions and the changing functions of museums. Explores Anti-form, minimalism, Earth Art, Performance Art and other forms, presenting a holistic picture of post-war sculpture which will stimulate future debate. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, colour and black and white halftones throughout. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACX; AFKB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 728.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842053
ISBN
9780192842053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.74

Paperback. Editor(s): Kelly, Julia; Wood, Jon. Num Pages: 296 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 168. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Hatje Cantz Germany
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
V9783775733472
ISBN
9783775733472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.00
€ 59.24

Paperback. A work which sets out to open up the debate on the reproduction and authenticity of sculpture, from the ancient world to contemporary art. Editor(s): Ranfft, Erich; Hughes, Anthony. Series: Critical Views. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 439.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890023
ISBN
9781861890023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.89

Hardcover. Explores the ways in which the aesthetics of public art were affected by the social, political, and cultural changes of the Enlightenment. This book chronicles the transformation of public art in eighteenth-century France. Num Pages: 336 pages, 33 colour & 78 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 199 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1310.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892369591
ISBN
9780892369591
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.77

Hardcover. Based on a Harvard Art Museums symposium on the acquisition of Margarete Bieber's coin collection, Sculpture and Coins addresses the relation between large statuary and miniature art in the private and public domain. Scholars from various disciplines explain the importance of coins for identifying and analyzing Greek and Roman portraiture. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 270 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; AFKB; AFKG; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard Department of the Classics United States
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674428379
ISBN
9780674428379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.94

Paperback. Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources - from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible - to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. Translator(s): Gaiger, Jason. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327556
ISBN
9780226327556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.30

Hardcover. 200 pages, Photographs. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Dimension: 222 x 236 x 19. Weight: 852.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Protea Boekhuis
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781869194857
ISBN
9781869194857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.09

Paperback. Create innovative and imaginative wooden cane handles in a wide variety of shapes. The 169 clear color photos detail the process and provide examples sure to inspire wood carvers, cane makers, and cane collectors alike. Featured are examples in zebra, Co Num Pages: 64 pages, 169 color photos. BIC Classification: ACVN; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 218 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764328237
ISBN
9780764328237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 13.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages, 33 colour photographs, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; ACB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 960.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884023425
ISBN
9780884023425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.40

Hardcover. In this book, Craig Clunas analyses the Ming Dynasty aristocracy's patronage of architecture, painting, calligraphy, and other art forms, as well as the contents of their splendid and recently-excavated tombs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 colour, 40 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; ACBP; ACN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 256 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231037
ISBN
9781780231037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.65

Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824838522
ISBN
9780824838522
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; ACXJ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 298 x 11. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
D & M Heritage Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911148005
ISBN
9781911148005
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.35

Hardback. Editor(s): Ruf, Beatrix. Num Pages: 96 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 205 x 12. Weight in Grams: 568.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
JRP Editions Switzerland
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783905701630
ISBN
9783905701630
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Bovier, Lionel. Num Pages: 232 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037641187
ISBN
9783037641187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.87

Paperback. Feng Shui is a Chinese wisdom in knowledge and experience related to the built environment, which has accumulated over more than three thousand years. This book offers a remarkable in-depth view of Feng Shui by integrating the historical theories with scientific data and examples of applications. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 282 x 217 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
City University of Hong Kong Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9789629372361
ISBN
9789629372361
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.11

Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 48 pages, 44ill. BIC Classification: ACXD1; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 210 x 4. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486281506
ISBN
9780486281506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.60

Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 210. .
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836504423
ISBN
9783836504423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.26

Hardback. Shows the intensity of authors gaze that explores what the appearance of the world has to offer to a virtuoso colourist for a painting. Num Pages: 336 pages, 970 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 313 x 31. Weight in Grams: 2242.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424378
ISBN
9783777424378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.56
€ 87.94

hardcover. Evocative works in Tonalism, Impressionism, and Naturalism that offer relief from the urban world Num Pages: 225 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACXD; AFC; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611176759
ISBN
9781611176759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFKV; JFD; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780816646708
ISBN
9780816646708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Paperback. Informed by fossil discoveries, scientists and artists collaborated during the years before Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published to produce images of a prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. This book explores the implications of reconstructing a past humans have never seen. Num Pages: 294 pages, 107 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: AC; AKL; PDX; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
n
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731056
ISBN
9780226731056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Hardback. A gloriously colourful, dynamic new body of work in glass Num Pages: 128 pages, 60 color illus., 2 gatefolds, DVD. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFP; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 5830 x 21. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991887
ISBN
9780295991887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.21

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

€ 45.99
€ 38.46