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Hardcover. Painting and sculpture have inspired great poetry, but so also have photography, calligraphy, tapestry and folk art. This title includes poems that celebrate Leonardo da Vinci's "Mona Lisa", Monet's "Waterlilies" and Grant Wood's "American Gothic"; well-known poems such as Keats' "Ode on a Grecian Urn" and Auden's "Musee de Beaux-Arts". Editor(s): Fragos, Emily. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 111 x 19. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597935
ISBN
9781841597935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Surveys the art and architecture created in the Spanish Viceroyalties of New Spain, Peru, New Granada, and La Plata from the time of the conquest to the independence era. This book offers a chronological review of the major objects and monuments of the colonial era. Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 colour plates, 104 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KL; AC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of New Mexico Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826334596
ISBN
9780826334596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.71

Paperback. Offers an interpretive history of Mexican art and architecture from the Spanish Conquest to the early decades of the 21st century. The author shows how artists in Mexico participated in local and international developments, and highlights the important role played by Mexicans in the art world of the last five centuries. Series: World of Art. Num Pages: 432 pages, 275 illustrations, 248 in colour. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ACB; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 912.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500204061
ISBN
9780500204061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.55

Paperback. A third book in the three volume survey of Italian Baroque art and architecture which focuses on the arts in every centre between Venice and Sicily in the early, high, and late Baroque periods. Editor(s): Connors, Joseph; Pinto, John. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 194 pages, 40 colour plates & 90 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACQB; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 284 x 217 x 15. Weight in Grams: 858.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
4th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300079418
ISBN
9780300079418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.16

Paperback. The Erligang culture is best known for the remains of an immense walled city at Zhengzhou, a smaller site at Panlongcheng in Hubei, and a large-scale bronze industry of remarkable artistic and technological sophistication. This book deals with Erligang culture. Editor(s): Steinke, Kyle; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 240 pages, 155 color illus. 106 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3B; ACBP; ACC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 304 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1286.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159942
ISBN
9780691159942
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.92
€ 45.40

Hardback. The Erligang culture is best known for the remains of an immense walled city at Zhengzhou, a smaller site at Panlongcheng in Hubei, and a large-scale bronze industry of remarkable artistic and technological sophistication. This book deals with Erligang culture. Editor(s): Steinke, Kyle; Ching, Dora C. Y. Series: Publications of the Department of Art & Archaeology, Princeton University. Num Pages: 240 pages, 155 color illus. 106 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3B; ACBP; ACC; HDDA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1571.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159935
ISBN
9780691159935
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.04
€ 83.23

Hardback. The last part of the four-volume series which aims to make available the most important studies of Cornelius Vermuele the former curator of Classical Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. This volume spans the years between 1985 and 1995 and includes a wide range of studies on broad themes and specific works of art, mainly in American collections. Num Pages: 548 pages. BIC Classification: ACG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 244 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
548
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828616
ISBN
9781899828616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.68

Hardback. The third part of the four volume set which aims to make available the most important studies of Cornelius Vermeule, the formercurator of Classical Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Art. Num Pages: 534 pages. BIC Classification: ACG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 243 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1342.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
534
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828609
ISBN
9781899828609
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.15

Hardback. Over the last fifty years, Professor Cornelius Vermeule, formerly curator of Classical Art at the Boston Museum of Fine Arts, has consolidated his reputation as one of the foremost American authorities on Graeco-Roman art. Num Pages: 604 pages, 285 illus. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 182 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1716.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
604
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828104
ISBN
9781899828104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.88

Hardback. The second part of a four-volume work which aims to make available the most important of Cornelius Vermeule's journal contributions over the last fifty years. Num Pages: 478 pages, 282 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; ACG; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Weight in Grams: 1552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828111
ISBN
9781899828111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.59

Hardback. Asher Ovadiah is Professor of Art History at Tel Aviv University, and an authority on the Classical and Byzantine monuments of Israel. This selection of articles, published over the last twenty-five years, falls into four groups and is gathered around a number of common themes. Num Pages: 580 pages, 415 illus. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ACG; HDD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9781899828470
ISBN
9781899828470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.44

Paperback. In the early 1650s Ferdinand Bol produced a series of wall-covering paintings. This 'painted chamber' is a unique example of a branch of the art of painting which was extremely popular in the seventeenth century, although hardly any of it now remains. Bol's ensemble has always been surrounded by mysteries. Who was the initial owner, what was the re Series: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. Num Pages: 324 pages, 89 black and white 121 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ABC; ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 260 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1464. The Ambitions of a Wealthy Widow in a Painted Chamber by Ferdinand Bol. Series: Amsterdam Studies in the Dutch Golden Age. 297 pages, 89 black and white 121 colour illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ABC; ACQ; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 260 x 260 x 20. Weight: 1464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089643261
ISBN
9789089643261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823253098
ISBN
9780823253098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.53

Hardback. Catalogue of an exhibition held October 3, 2015-January 10, 2016 at the Tacoma Art Museum; Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, Ga.: February 20-May 22, 2016; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY: June 23-September 11, 2016. Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6782 x 5334 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295994949
ISBN
9780295994949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 40.99

Paperback. In 1968, Chicago made headlines for the ferocity of its police response to protesters at the Democratic National Convention, prompting outrage in the art world. This book examines the creative tactics of the city's activist artists and their ways of addressing the broad definitions of the law. Editor(s): Zorach, Rebecca. Num Pages: 200 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 226 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982879832
ISBN
9780982879832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.98

Paperback. Offers an overview of the art being made at the scientific research. This title shows how some of the world's most dynamic art is being produced not in museums, galleries and studios but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical and social questions connected with scientific and technological advances. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500289952
ISBN
9780500289952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.72

Paperback. Suitable for students of art history as well as those seeking an understanding of art and of the cultural and historical context in which it is made, this title brings together primary texts by artists, critics and art historians ranging from the medieval period right through to our own times. Editor(s): Lymberopolou, Angeliki; Bracewell-Homer, Pamela; Robinson, Joel. Num Pages: 384 pages, black-and-white illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 824.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849760485
ISBN
9781849760485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.30

Paperback. Looks at works of art in terms of their audiences, functions and cross-cultural contexts. While focused on painting, sculpture and architecture, this title also explores a wide range of visual culture in a variety of media and methods. It also includes essays on key themes of Medieval and Renaissance art. Editor(s): Woods, Kim W. Num Pages: 416 pages, 255 colour. BIC Classification: ACK; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1300.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849760935
ISBN
9781849760935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 980.
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
Second Edition, Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789212191
ISBN
9780789212191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.06

Hardcover. The most spectacular, uplifting and outstanding examples of site-specific art in the Americas. Num Pages: 376 pages. Dimension: 324 x 278 x 41. Weight in Grams: 3148.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714865515
ISBN
9780714865515
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.86
€ 45.23

Hardback. Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of conceptual art collective Art & Language to show how its international collaborations with dozens of artists and critics between 1969 and 1977 laid the foundation for global contemporary art, all while highlighting how conceptual art exceeds the visual to impact the philosophical and political. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361497
ISBN
9780822361497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.52

Paperback. Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of conceptual art collective Art & Language to show how its international collaborations with dozens of artists and critics between 1969 and 1977 laid the foundation for global contemporary art, all while highlighting how conceptual art exceeds the visual to impact the philosophical and political. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361688
ISBN
9780822361688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.81

Paperback. A cultural and political interpretation of the portraits, reliefs, allegories and historical paintings commissioned for the US Capital between 1815 and 1860. It seeks to give the reader an enhanced appreciation for the racial and ethnic implications of these works. Series: Perspectives on the Art & Architectural History of the United States Capitol. Num Pages: 292 pages, illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; HBJK; HBLL; HBTQ; JFC; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 685.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Ohio University Press Ohio
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KEX0212660
ISBN
9780821413425
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. This volume deals with the art of church treasures and cloisters in the early Middle Ages in Europe - the work of goldsmiths, ivory carvers, bronze casters, enamellers and wood carvers. It traces the unbroken development of the Sacred Arts and their interrelationships throughout Europe. Series: The Yale University Press Pelican History of Art Series. Num Pages: 340 pages, 275 b&w illustrations, 75 colour Plates, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; ACK; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 292 x 223 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
2 Sub
Number of pages
340
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300060485
ISBN
9780300060485
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.83
€ 87.64

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