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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Springer
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2022
Condition
New
SKU
V9781234567897
ISBN
9781234567897
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.52

Paperback. The vast array of sculptural work made by Andy Warhol between 1954 and 1987 reveals a major, but overlooked aspect of his oeuvre. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784534288
ISBN
9781784534288
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.44

Hardback. Published in celebration of the Renwick Gallery's fortieth anniversary, this title highlights forty artists (all under the age of forty) actively engaged in creating objects that are transforming contemporary crafts. It also investigates evolving notions of craft within traditional media such as ceramics and metalwork. Series: Smithsonian American Art Museum. Num Pages: 256 pages, 220 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1737.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300187977
ISBN
9780300187977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.36

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 3JMG; ACXJ; AFJG; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 285 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1382.
Publisher
Braun Publish,Csi
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783721209471
ISBN
9783721209471
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. This roll-call of British artists confirms the dominance and excellence of British art across five centuries, from Blake to Banksy, Turner to Tracey Emin. Num Pages: 160 pages, 140. BIC Classification: 1DB; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 201 x 16. Weight in Grams: 628.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Prestel
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1900
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791345383
ISBN
9783791345383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.43

Paperback. Now available in a new edition, this chronologically arranged volume covers a century and a half of masterpieces which beautifully capture the development of art in the modern age. Series: The 50s Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 145 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; ACX; AFJ; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 193. .
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791383385
ISBN
9783791383385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. A catalog of the exhibition curated by Daniel Birnbaum for T2 - the second Torino Triennale. It brings together works by fifty young international artists and presents two special projects by Paul Chan and Olafur Eliasson. Editor(s): Birnbaum, Daniel. Num Pages: 480 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 33. Weight in Grams: 946.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9788861302679
ISBN
9788861302679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 32.18

Paperback. Now available in an updated edition, this generously illustrated book is a tour of the most important Western paintings since the Renaissance. Num Pages: 160 pages, 142, 112 colour. BIC Classification: ACB; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 259 x 15. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791381701
ISBN
9783791381701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. This wide-ranging collection of 50 iconic portraits includes works by many of the world's most renowned artists, each with their own style, technique, and story to tell. Num Pages: 144 pages, 75 colour. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 188 x 13. Weight in Grams: 546.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791349800
ISBN
9783791349800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 492 pages, 600 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 210. .
Publisher
CYPI Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Mini Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908175762
ISBN
9781908175762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.32
€ 40.28

Hardback. 7 Reece Mews, South Kensington, was the artist Francis Bacon's home and studio for over 30 years. On his death in 1992, access was granted to photographer Perry Ogden to work undisturbed for days on end to produce this fascinating record of the artist's private space and its contents. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; ACX; AFC; AGB; AJCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 598.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
120
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500510346
ISBN
9780500510346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.53

Paperback. does drawing make one 'see things clearer, and clearer, and clearer still', as Hockney suggests? What significance do different media - from a Lascaux cave wall to an iPad - have for the way we see? What is the relationship between the images we make and the reality around us? This title deals with these questions. Num Pages: 304 pages, 181 illustrations, 174 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 269 x 29. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500292259
ISBN
9780500292259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.97

Paperback. Offers a look at the dynamic relationship between performance and painting from 1950 onwards. Moving through half a century of work in painting, video and photography, and including archival and documentary material, this book shows how performance art has challenged and energised the medium of painting for successive generations. Editor(s): Wood, Catherine. Num Pages: 128 pages, 120 colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AFKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 9. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1ST
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849760201
ISBN
9781849760201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.69

Hardback. Drawing on examples from literature, politics, philosophy, and additional pieces of art, this book reveals surprising parallels between the people's political representation and their aesthetic representation. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 b&w text halftones, 5 color and 1 halftone in insert. BIC Classification: AC; AG; HBTB; HBTV; JPWQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145268
ISBN
9780231145268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.74
€ 40.56

Hardcover. The amazing story of the life and work of the renowned botanical artist Maria Sibylla Merian is told alongside her beautiful illustrations of butterflies in this charming and elegant book. Num Pages: 144 pages, 70 colour. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791381497
ISBN
9783791381497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.36

Hardcover. Focusing on the theme of collective nouns for animals, this title includes a charm of goldfinches, an ascension of larks, a school of dolphins, a cloud of bats, a murder of crows. Illustrated with watercolours, it is a suitable gift for nature and art lovers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGN; WNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Ebury Press Longford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785033889
ISBN
9781785033889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.71

Paperback. Piero della Francesca's "Madonna del Parto", a celebrated fifteenth-century Tuscan fresco in which the Virgin gestures to her partially open dress and her pregnant womb, is unusual in its iconography. This book uses Piero's enigmatic painting to narrate our archaic memories. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 280. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804734424
ISBN
9780804734424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.27

Paperback. How faces are captured shows in striking ways the artistic aims of those who painted them. But how can the depiction of a face suggest a personality? This book tackles this and other questions, and introduces such issues as the ideals of beauty and how portrait painters have captured a likeness and convey character. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
National Gallery London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094640
ISBN
9781857094640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80 color + b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 146. .
Publisher
National Gallery London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857096163
ISBN
9781857096163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.49

Paperback. A guide that helps readers identify saints and their significance in a painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. It explains, through the National Gallery's collection of religious images, the significance of saints and their role in the history of European painting as well as different types of saints. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 8. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Gallery London
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094657
ISBN
9781857094657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.45

Hardcover. A Companion to American Art presents 35 newly-commissioned essays by leading scholars that explore the methodology, historiography, and current state of the field of American art history. Editor(s): Davis, John; Greenhill, Jennifer A.; LaFountain, Jason D. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470671023
ISBN
9780470671023
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 202.55

Hardback. A Companion to Ancient Egyptian Art presents a comprehensive collection of original essays exploring key concepts, critical discourses, and theories that shape the discipline of ancient Egyptian art. Editor(s): Hartwig, Melinda K. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 622 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 183 x 253 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1106.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781444333503
ISBN
9781444333503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.91

Paperback. This companion presents new critical views on crucial aspects of the large and varied field of Asian art and architectural history. The essays collected here provide scholars and the public with an opportunity to engage with the field in all its diversity - from coinage to monastic spaces to imperial commissions and beyond. Editor(s): Brown, Rebecca M.; Hutton, Deborah S. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 688 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; ACB; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 250 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1036.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119019534
ISBN
9781119019534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.61

Paperback. Over the last two decades, British art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries has been one of the most lively and innovative areas of art-historical study. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana; Corbett, Professor David Peters. Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History. Num Pages: 592 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119170112
ISBN
9781119170112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.77

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