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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. In design history, globalization is deeply intertwined with a long-held bias towards Western, industrialized nations. By reassessing the role of regional and national design histories and challenging the claim that nation states are obsolete in identity construction, Designing Worlds reflects on new national narratives from around the world. Editor(s): Fallan, Kjetil; Lees-Maffei, Grace. Series: Making Sense of History. Num Pages: 302 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Berghahn Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785331558
ISBN
9781785331558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 250 color illus. BIC Classification: AC; AK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1080.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
356
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781609014964
ISBN
9781609014964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.42
€ 112.74

Paperback. A sourcebook of hundreds of designs drawn from the work of artists and craftsmen throughout time, from the Pacific cultures of Oceania to the rich and varied heritage of Ancient Greece. It includes an informative introduction and a selection of illustrated patterns. Series: British Museum Pattern Books. Num Pages: 240 pages, 512 illustrations, 12 in colour. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 277 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1204. Series: British Museum Pattern Books. 240 pages, 512 illustrations, 12 in colour. A sourcebook of hundreds of designs drawn from the work of artists and craftsmen throughout time, from the Pacific cultures of Oceania to the rich and varied heritage of Ancient Greece. It includes an informative introduction and a selection of illustrated patterns. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACG. Dimension: 246 x 277 x 21. Weight: 1206.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714150888
ISBN
9780714150888
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.30

Paperback. Whilst there are some studies of architecture in Scotland post-devolution, writings on design are largely non-existent. This book tells a story about Scotland's creatives - where they work and how their ideas and what they create and design contribute to Scotland's democratic culture and identity. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AC; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 174.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780996387
ISBN
9781780996387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Presents the 1925 Paris Exhibition as a key moment in the attempts to update the image of Paris, 'capital of the nineteenth century'. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 3JJG; ACX; AK; AM; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719066740
ISBN
9780719066740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.11

Paperback. Offering a look at the creative power of institutions, this book explores the rise of the modern idea of the artist in the 19th century, a period that also witnessed the emergence of the museum and the professional critic. Drawing upon neoclassical art and theory, it aims to bring to life the artistic passions and anxieties of an entire era. Num Pages: 328 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; DSBF; DSC; HBG; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691049144
ISBN
9780691049144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.60
€ 43.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JJ; 3JM; ACXJ; AFC; AFH; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 231 x 11. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Ridinghouse
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781909932258
ISBN
9781909932258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.83

Paperback. Presents the scandalous saga of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood whose Bohemian lifestyle and intertwined love affairs shockingly broke 19th Century class barriers and bent the rules that governed the roles of the sexes. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16pp inset section. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACVM; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848540507
ISBN
9781848540507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.13

Hardcover. Destruction Rites reveals how the great destructive acts of the postwar era were transformed into constructive acts, both in the public sphere and the art museum. Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 30 bw integrated. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JFC; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784533403
ISBN
9781784533403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.02
€ 123.31

Hardcover. "Modernist scholar Jed Rasula presents the first narrative history of the emergence, decline, and legacy of Dada, showing how this strange artistic phenomenon spread across Europe and then the world in the wake of the Great War, fundamentally reshaping modern culture in ways we're still struggling to understand today"-- Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; ACXJ; AGB; BGF; HBLW; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 243 x 38. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Basic Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465089963
ISBN
9780465089963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.30

hardcover. Editor(s): Gygax, Raphael. Num Pages: 92 pages, 150 colour, 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9783037640760
ISBN
9783037640760
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.42

paperback. Addresses the complex relationship between the way we think we see and the way that the brain actually processes images. Num Pages: 56 pages, 46 color illus.trations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 5193 x 10. Weight in Grams: 250.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989600
ISBN
9780295989600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.98

Hardcover. Museum visitors today usually see pre-16th-century Italian painted altarpieces exhibited alone, as single paintings. This catalogue shows that these works were once part of decorative, integrated schemes, and the original experience for viewers of the paintings was significantly different from our own. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857095258
ISBN
9781857095258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.04

Hardcover. This is the first book about one of the most celebrated art critics in US history, Donald Kuspit, whose intertwined careers as a philosopher, art historian, and psychoanalyst have yielded a type of criticism with unrivalled range in Western history. Editor(s): Craven, David; Winkenweder, Brian. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781846314797
ISBN
9781846314797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.08

Paperback. This is the first book about one of the most celebrated art critics in US history, Donald Kuspit, whose intertwined careers as a philosopher, art historian, and psychoanalyst have yielded a type of criticism with unrivalled range in Western history. Editor(s): Craven, David; Winkenweder, Brian. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318115
ISBN
9781846318115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.59

Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231149389
ISBN
9780231149389
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.82
€ 55.54

Paperback. This illuminating book brings together interviews with contemporary women artists whose work was exhibited in Ireland in the 1990s - a significant decade for art in Ireland, particularly for women artists. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1DBR; ACX; AGB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 189 x 72. Weight in Grams: 720.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781850436218
ISBN
9781850436218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages, 29 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 263 x 23. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232003
ISBN
9788857232003
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.44

Hardcover. This source lists some 41,000 artists and contains much information that has not previously been published. Editor(s): Johnson, J.; Greutzner, A. Series: Dictionary of British Art. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; ACN; ACV; AFC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 221 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780902028364
ISBN
9780902028364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.07

Paperback. Most historic buildings are owned by private citizens who have little or no background in building preservation or its allied fields. Editor(s): Bucher, Ward. Num Pages: 576 pages, 400 drawings. BIC Classification: AC; AM; CBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 193 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471144137
ISBN
9780471144137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 958 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AC; CFP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1644.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Birkhauser Boston Inc United States
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 1989
Number of pages
958
Condition
New
SKU
V9781468469417
ISBN
9781468469417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.94

Paperback. Essential dictionary for anyone stepping into the fascinating world of South and Southeast Asian art Num Pages: 240 pages, 112 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1F; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 21. Weight in Grams: 224.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Silkworm Books / Trasvin Publications LP Thailand
Edition
Second
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9789749575611
ISBN
9789749575611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 21.47

Paperback / so. Series: Aus Natur Und Geisteswelt. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AC; DQ; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 136.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1921
Publisher
Vieweg+Teubner Verlag United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663155447
ISBN
9783663155447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.72

Paperback / so. Kunstgeschichte der europischen Lnder von der Mitte des 16 bis zum Ende des 18 Jahrhunderts. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AC; HB; RG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 925.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1886
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642939556
ISBN
9783642939556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.10

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