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History of art / art & design styles
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 10.78
Fern Hunting among These Picturesque Mountains: Frederic Edwin Church ...
Elizabeth Mankin Kornhauser
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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 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
€ 56.76
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Parallax Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781941529553
- ISBN
- 9781941529553
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.31
€ 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
€ 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
€ 39.96
Paperback. Les Fauvres (the wild beasts) was the nickname given in 1905 to a group of painters led by Henri Matisse and including Derain, Vlaminck, Braque and Dufy. This work offers a reappraisal of this popular movement and discusses all its aspects - the artists, their works and their achievements. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 216 pages, 171 illustrations, 24 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500202272
- ISBN
- 9780500202272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.78
€ 15.99
€ 15.78
hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages, 45 col, 25 b/w ills. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1021.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Hauser & Wirth Publishers Germany
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783864421600
- ISBN
- 9783864421600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.37
€ 40.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJPG; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 131 x 40. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Ridinghouse United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905464029
- ISBN
- 9781905464029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.56€ 47.63
€ 53.56
€ 47.63