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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

Paperback. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 288 pages, 300ill.(100col). BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; AC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 282 x 213 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1474.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300104691
ISBN
9780300104691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.32

Hardback. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; ACXJ; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 262 x 992. Weight in Grams: 2609.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310083
ISBN
9781477310083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.02

Hardback. Shows how American artists, photographers, and graphic designers helped to shape public perceptions about World War I. This book considers how flag-based patriotic imagery prompted Americans to intervene in Europe in 1917, and contemplates the corrosive effects of the war on soldiers who lost their faces on the battlefield. Series: Franklin D. Murphy Lectures. Num Pages: 124 pages, 41 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; ACXD; AG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520283633
ISBN
9780520283633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.72

Paperback. Series: Refiguring Modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32 colour/27 duotones. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 248 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1212.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271029726
ISBN
9780271029726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.76

paperback. This treatise on modernism and postmodernism establishes that modernists' faith in the cult of novelty inevitably led to its destruction. Exploring the paradoxical nature of the modernist tradition in literature and the arts, the author considers its aesthetic and moral contradictions. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034332
ISBN
9780231075770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. A consistent undercurrent has been Britain's preference for the real world (landscape and portraiture) as against "high" art and abstraction. This is a survey of the personalities of British painting and an assessment of its latest flowering. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 256 pages, 183 illustrations, 71 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3J; AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500203491
ISBN
9780500203491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. An illustrated discussion of Fischli and Weiss's famous film The Way Things Go, marking the twentieth anniversary of its first screening, explores why this captivating work continues to fascinate viewers. Series: Afterall. Num Pages: 119 pages, 19 color illus., 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Afterall Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
119
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846380358
ISBN
9781846380358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.50

Paperback. First Cuts shows 15 photographic appropriations that artist Harald F. Muller realized for the first time in Switzerland's tallest building: the Prime Tower in Zurich, designed by architects Gigon/Guyer. Num Pages: 180 pages, 38. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 183 x 17. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037784082
ISBN
9783037784082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.79

Paperback. In the first book devoted to the subject, Billy Reading looks at the architecture and history of some of Britain's most distinctive buildings. Series: Britain's Heritage Series. Num Pages: 64 pages, 80. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACX; AMG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 165. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445665825
ISBN
9781445665825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 624 pages, B&W throughout; 16p color insert. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608194193
ISBN
9781608194193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.55

Hardback. Translations of author's selected writings in Bengali. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Tulika Print Communication Services India
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9788185229829
ISBN
9788185229829
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 86 pages, illustrated in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 303 x 14. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Timothy Taylor Gallery
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780992930929
ISBN
9780992930929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.71

Hardcover. The first survey of the Brooklyn Museum's internationally renowned collection of drawings and works on paper. Num Pages: 248 pages, 177 Colour, 15 B&W. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 261 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1356.
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804144
ISBN
9781907804144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 35.00

hardcover. Consists of photographs, film scripts, found family portraits and childhood drawings. This book is grouped by concept into five sections: 'Events and Conditions', 'Finding Transmitting Receiving', 'Scripts', 'Family and Evidence' and 'Pavilions'. Num Pages: 306 pages, 124 b/w & colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKN; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1261.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing Limited London United Kingdom
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781904772798
ISBN
9781904772798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.49

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Other Criteria United Kingdom
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904212119
ISBN
9781904212119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.33
€ 80.34

paperback. Placing individual works by the allegorical artist and sculptor Jasper Johns in their social context as well as in Johns's oeuvre, this book aims to get to terms with - and find terms for - a difficult and elusive body of work by one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AFK; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462580
ISBN
9780948462580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.84

Hardcover. Over the past 200 years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet debate continues about what the images depicted on these vases actually meant to ancient Greek viewers. This work demonstrates how the study of visual images will enrich understanding of the ancient world. Num Pages: 408 pages, 149 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFPC; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244365
ISBN
9780226244365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.54

Hardback. Fig-2 brings together material from the eponymous arts programme staged at ICA Studio in 2015. Fig-2 staged 50 week-long residencies with contemporary artists, with the artists only announced the week before their exhibition. The book includes a series of interviews, curatorial texts and images of the work or performance in situ. Editor(s): Fatos, Ustek. BIC Classification: 3JMG; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Blackdog Press
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911164395
ISBN
9781911164395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. Editor(s): Durden, Mark. Series: Routledge Key Guides. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AJ; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415549455
ISBN
9780415549455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Hardback. This lavishly illustrated reading of the structure and meaning of portraiture asks what happens when portraits are interpreted as imitations or likenesses not only of individuals but also of their acts of posing. Includes 84 illustrations, 40 in color. Num Pages: 656 pages, 44 half-tones 40 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4776 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804733236
ISBN
9780804733236
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 292.88

Hardcover. Editor(s): Beard, Jason. Num Pages: 56 pages, 57 colour. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 254 x 10. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Other Criteria United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904212225
ISBN
9781904212225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 39.88

Hardback. Editor(s): Herman, Bernard L. Num Pages: 144 pages, 60 colour plates, 15 figs. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1297.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469627625
ISBN
9781469627625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 44.75

Hardback. One hundred years ago in Brazil the rituals of Candomble were feared as sorcery and persecuted as crime. Addressing this history as a journey of objectification and appropriation, the author offers a fresh, and illuminating look at questions of syncretism, hybridity and cultural resistance in Brazil and in the Black Atlantic in general. Series: Remapping Cultural History. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; 3JJ; ACX; AGR; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845453633
ISBN
9781845453633
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.73

paperback. Offers an exposition of the temporary architecture erected for festivals and the role it has played in developing Western architectural and urban theory. This book is arranged in historical periods - from Antiquity to the modern era - and divided between analyses of specific festivals, set in relation to contemporary architecture and urban design. Series: The Classical Tradition in Architecture. Num Pages: 332 pages, 71 black & white halftones, 13 colour illustrations, 6 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPG; ACX; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
332
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415701297
ISBN
9780415701297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 96.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 810.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764350108
ISBN
9780764350108
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 31.52

Paperback. In close dialogue with architects like Wallace K Harrison and Le Corbusier French artist Fernand Leger (1881-1955) produced fascinating, often unexpectedly experimental and frequently abstract projects for houses, flats, churches, ships and world exhibitions. This book deals with his work. Num Pages: 312 pages, 280 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 275 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777425948
ISBN
9783777425948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 48.04

Paperback. Explores the important artists represented in the collection of The Museum of Modern Art, and guides readers through various artists' memorable achievements. Series: MOMA Artist Series. Num Pages: 48 pages, 27 illustrations, 20 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870707865
ISBN
9780870707865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.78

Hardback. Series: The Olana Collection. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJWJ; ACVC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 254 x 12. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801449208
ISBN
9780801449208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.43

Hardback. This impressive book, which assembles contributions by some of the world's most eminent historians, art historians and other scholars of the Iranian world, explores the history of the country through the prism of Persian literature, art and culture. Editor(s): Hillenbrand, Robert; Peacock, A. C. S.; Abdullaeva, Firuza. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp colour plates, 48 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; AC; DSB; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 244 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1110.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760155
ISBN
9781780760155
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.03
€ 134.32

Hardback. Examines the significance of the female body, beauty and culture. This title shows how the female body is constantly being changed, and by various sometimes punishing means made to fit in with feminine physical ideals. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 185 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; AC; HBTB; JFCK; JFCX; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890047
ISBN
9781861890047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 37 b&w plates. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816653553
ISBN
9780816653553
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.95

Hardback. Focusing on the art of Henri Fantin-Latour (1836-1904) and his colleagues Gustave Courbet, Edgar Degas, Edouard Manet, Frederic Bazille, and Pierre-Auguste Renoir, this book argues for the importance of the group as a defining subject of nineteenth-century French painting. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 color illus. 122 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 260 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153674
ISBN
9780691153674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.40

Hardcover. Num Pages: 656 pages, 595 colour. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KJC; 3JJ; ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 292 x 54. Weight in Grams: 3064.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Edition
01st Edition
Number of pages
656
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863359737
ISBN
9783863359737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.17
€ 48.64

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472449603
ISBN
9781472449603
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.49

Hardcover. Series: Detail Development. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1439.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Condition
New
SKU
V9783920034324
ISBN
9783920034324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.78

Paperback. Explores the role of the meal in contemporary art. This title offers the survey of the artist-orchestrated meal: since the 1930s, the act of sharing food and drink has been used to advance aesthetic goals and foster critical engagement with the culture of the moment. Editor(s): Smith, Stephanie. Num Pages: 268 pages, 320 colour plates, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1696.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780935573527
ISBN
9780935573527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.76

Hardback. .
Publisher
Parallax Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941529553
ISBN
9781941529553
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.31

Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JJ; ACXD; DSC; DSK; JPHL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 32. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The New Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595580566
ISBN
9781595580566
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.37

Paperback. Focuses on the role of images in the culture of fear in contemporary art and on the development of an 'aesthetics of fear'. This book offers a broad look at the ways in which fear pervades various aspects of our lives and defines how we relate to and interpret the world around us. Num Pages: 240 pages, 80 black & white illustrations, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780230191
ISBN
9781780230191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.96