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Paperback. Since the 1980s Thomas Schutte has created a highly individual, enigmatic and disturbingly diverse oeuvre beyond the realms of all trends and fashions. This year the internationally renowned artist is being awarded the Ernst Franz Vogelmann Prize for Sculpture. This publication provides insight into more than twenty years of artistic development. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 191 x 12. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777423098
ISBN
9783777423098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.49

Hardback. What is the place of painted pictures? What is their relevance? And what is their reality? Thomas Huber is an internationally acknowledged painter whose cool picture constructions, mostly devoid of humans, circle around these questions. This volume presents the works by the artist, who was born in Zurich and now lives in Berlin. Num Pages: 168 pages, 115 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 304 x 2. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777426846
ISBN
9783777426846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.04

Paperback. .
Publisher
Afterall Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846381430
ISBN
9781846381430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100. BIC Classification: ACV; AGB; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 265 x 19. Weight in Grams: 764.
Publisher
Monacelli Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580934626
ISBN
9781580934626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 168 pages, 40 ills. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1402.
Publisher
Damiani Italy
Number of pages
168
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9788862081634
ISBN
9788862081634
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.22

Hardback. Andy Warhol, the iconic Pop artist, presented himself as the vacuous, dumb kid, famously saying, 'If you want to know all about Andy Warhol, just look at the surface of my paintingsand there I am. This book penetrates the surface and explores Warhols art from his beginnings as a commercial artist to his apotheosis as a society portrait painter. Illustrator(s): Rae, Andrew. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 174 x 13. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780670140
ISBN
9781780670140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.23

Hardback. Vincent van Gogh used art to express his intensely emotional response to the world around him. Enraptured by the beauty of nature and tormented by the sorrows of human existence, he produced in his tragically short life some of the most powerfully expressive paintings ever seen. Illustrator(s): Harasymowicz, Slawa; Ingram, Catherine. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780674803
ISBN
9781780674803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.13

Hardback. Rembrandt van Rijn is probably the most famous Dutch painter of the seventeenth century. His works are greatly loved today, but he was not always so well regarded. His life was one of a dramatic rise and fall, unfolding during the Golden Age of the newly formed Dutch Republic. This book deals with his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780677453
ISBN
9781780677453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

paperback. What does it mean to write "This is not a pipe" across a bluntly literal painting of a pipe? By exploring the nuances and ambiguities of Magritte's visual critique of language, the author finds the painter less removed than previously thought from the pioneers of modern abstraction. Illustrator(s): Magritte, Rene. Editor(s): Harkness, James. Translator(s): Harkness, James. Series: Quantum Books. Num Pages: 104 pages, 30 b/w illustrations, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 128 x 7. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780520236943
ISBN
9780520236943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 19.04

Hardback. Claude Monet is best known as a leader of the Impressionists, his paintings defining the style that triggered a revolution in art. During the eighty-six years of his life, Monet never rested, and was always driven by the urge to paint. This book tells about Monet's work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780676234
ISBN
9781780676234
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.49

Hardback. Belgian artist Rene Magritte's life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. He would shape his own life story to be its own surreal work of art. This book tells his story. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780678504
ISBN
9781780678504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Leonardo da Vinci lived an itinerant life. Throughout his career - from its beginnings in the creative maelstrom of fifteenth-century Florence to his role as genius in residence at the court of the king of France - Leonardo created a kind of private universe for himself and his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780677514
ISBN
9781780677514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Intellectual, emotional, restless, dogged, loyal, selfish; Kandinsky was an artist - and a man - of contradictions. This genre-defying painter didn't pick up a brush until he was thirty years old. He was an academic with a promising career that he threw away to explore the arts. This is an introduction to the life of this artist. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780675657
ISBN
9781780675657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.16

Hardback. Modern art begins with Goya. He was the first to create works of art for their own sake, and he lived in a time of incredible cultural and social dynamism when the old concepts of social hierarchy were being shaken by the new concept of equality for all. This book deals with his life and work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780676166
ISBN
9781780676166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 8.52

Hardback. Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He created paintings whose radically simplified lines and colours echoed the unschooled art of the rustic and native cultures he loved. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 illustrations, 25 in colour. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781780671895
ISBN
9781780671895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 258 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 115 x 28. Weight in Grams: 730. 288 pages, 258 colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AC. Dimension: 205 x 115 x 28. Weight: 730.
Publisher
21 Publishing Ltd
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781901785111
ISBN
9781901785111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.15

Hardback. Paul Cezanne challenged convention and pioneered new possibilities in painting. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint aspects of everyday life in ways that revealed dynamic yet deeply harmonious visions of the world. Illustrator(s): Vale, Patrick. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781780674780
ISBN
9781780674780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Mercurial, saturnine, scandalous and unpredictable, Caravaggio - as a man, as a character and as an artist - holds dramatic appeal. He spent a large part of his life on the run, leaving a trail of illuminated chaos wherever he passed, most of it recorded in criminal justice records. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780677002
ISBN
9781780677002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 107 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 229. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300211931
ISBN
9780300211931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.32

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780974187327
ISBN
9780974187327
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 178 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816637133
ISBN
9780816637133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.50

Hardback. Thinking Through Material Culture provides a new theoretical framework for understanding the pivotal role of material culture in human cognition, perception and action. Series: Archaeology, Culture & Society. Num Pages: 216 pages, 44 illus. BIC Classification: AC; HD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812237887
ISBN
9780812237887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.64

Paperback. Thinking about Art explores some of the greatest works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to offer intriguing juxtapositions of art and history. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 280 x 17. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118904978
ISBN
9781118904978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.30

Paperback. Why do some people seem to find it easy to come up with fresh, brilliant ideas? And how do they turn them into something worthwhile? This book provides basic practices and processes that allow your talents to flourish, and which we can adopt - no matter what we do - to help us achieve extraordinary things too. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AC; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Viking
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241970805
ISBN
9780241970805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.33

Paperback. The catalogue of the International Triennial of New Media Art held at the National Art Museum of China. Editor(s): Di'An, Fan; Ga, Zhang. Num Pages: 336 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 286 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381458
ISBN
9781781381458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.04

Paperback. An updated edition of the hugely successful original anthology that captures the essence and the edge of the contemporary art scene. Editor(s): Kocur, Zoya; Leung, Simon. Num Pages: 552 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 190 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444338577
ISBN
9781444338577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 76.67

Paperback. Concentrating on canonical critical texts and images, the book examines modern art through a rhetoric of representation rather than through formalist criticism or the history of the avant-garde. Series: Interpretations in Art S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080835
ISBN
9780231080835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. The theory and practice of imitation has long been central to the construction of art and yet imitation is still frequently confused with copying. Theorizing Imitation in the Visual Arts challenges this prejudice by revealing the ubiquity of the practice across cultures and geographical borders. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 210. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119004035
ISBN
9781119004035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.95

Paperback. Offering a collection of texts from letters, manifestos, notes and interviews, this book offers an insight into the way artists think and work. Series: California Studies in the History of Art. Num Pages: 680 pages, 113 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 912. A Source Book by Artists and Critics. Series: California Studies in the History of Art. 680 pages, illustrations. Gathers interviews, articles, letters, and manifestos dealing with Postimpressionism, symbolism, fauvism, Expressionism, and cubism. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ACV. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 31. Weight: 910.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520052567
ISBN
9780520052567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Paperback. Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven traditions of antiquity, through the aesthetic values of the Middle Ages, to the branching out of art history, art criticism, abstract aesthetics in the late Renaissance. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACK; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
436
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415926256
ISBN
9780415926256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.98

Paperback. Presents thirty countries and more than one hundred contemporary artists. Num Pages: 1168 pages, 163 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1810. A Sourcebook of Artists' Writings. 1168 pages, illustrations. Presents thirty countries and more than one hundred contemporary artists. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACX. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 43. Weight: 1804.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
1168
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257184
ISBN
9780520257184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour prints. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACV; AFH; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 4. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Methuen Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413619006
ISBN
9780413619006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.12

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 344 pages, 193, 193 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 256 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1182.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801456886
ISBN
9780801456886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087479
ISBN
9780719087479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.14

Hardback. Editor(s): Silbergeld, Jerome; Wang, Eugene Y. Num Pages: 472 pages, 124 colour, 90 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AGN; JFFZ; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 168. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Hawai'i Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824846763
ISBN
9780824846763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.95

Hardback. Features photographs of the BergeSaint Laurent collection. This title highlights one hundred of the most important pieces with commentaries by Christie's experts. An It includes images of the works sold, accompanied by their estimated values and final auction prices. It is suitable for art lovers and serious collectors. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 328 x 249 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2834.
Publisher
Editions Flammarion France
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Slp
Condition
New
SKU
V9782080301307
ISBN
9782080301307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.01
€ 59.94

Hardcover. By the age of just twenty-two, Anthony Van Dyck (1599-1641) had produced over 160 paintings, many of them ambitious compositions of remarkable quality. This book offers a study of the artists early career, spanning the eight years between 1613, when the artist was just fourteen, to his departure for Italy from Antwerp in October 1621. Editor(s): Vergara, Alejandro; Lammertse, Friso. Num Pages: 416 pages, 278 illustrations, 242 in colour. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 248 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2650.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500970508
ISBN
9780500970508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.32

paperback. An account of the tumultuous nine weeks in which the famous nineteenth century artists Vincent van Gogh and Paul Gauguin shared a house in the small French town of Arles. It is an exploration of a fragile friendship, art, madness, genius behind a shocking act of self-mutilation that the world has sought to explain. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Penguin
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141016733
ISBN
9780141016733
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.81

Paperback. Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. This book presents the artist's writings about art includes public lectures, essays, and interviews. It features an informative introductory essay, rigorous annotation, and illustrations. Editor(s): Ashton, Dore; Banach, Joan. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 397 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 816. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. 397 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. Editor(s): Ashton, Dore; Banach, Joan. Robert Motherwell (1915-1991), one of the leading American Abstract Expressionist painters, was also a theorist and exponent of the movement. This book presents the artist's writings about art includes public lectures, essays, and interviews. It features an informative introductory essay, rigorous annotation, and illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 252 x 178 x 31. Weight: 820.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
397
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250482
ISBN
9780520250482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 112 pages, 75 color illus. BIC Classification: ACND; ACQ; AGB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 290 x 15. Weight in Grams: 988.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300215243
ISBN
9780300215243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.52