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Paperback. The most complete book on the acclaimed British photographer. Num Pages: 160 pages. Dimension: 290 x 254 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1012.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714835501
ISBN
9780714835501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.73

Hardcover. Paul Klee consistently intertwined the visual and the verbal in his art has long fascinated commentators, including such illustrious figures as Walter Benjamin and Michel Foucault. This book offers an account of the interplay between the visible and the legible in Klee's works from the 1910s and 1920s. Num Pages: 256 pages, 32 colour plates, 35 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 192 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 948.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226091181
ISBN
9780226091181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.58

Hardcover. Definitive monograph on America's most challenging and influential artist Series: Contemporary Artists Series. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 250 x 30. .
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Expanded, Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714868936
ISBN
9780714868936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.71

Paperback. Series: MFA Highlights. Num Pages: 56 pages. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFKG; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
MFA Publications, Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780878468324
ISBN
9780878468324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.00

Hardcover. Paul Wegener was one of the most striking actors in the German theatre. Seeing Wegener's pictorial world in the context of the art of his period and in a retrospective view of the motif's history, this book presents pictorial comparisons and analyses from the view of interdisciplinary iconography, revealing his position in artistic development. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AGB; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 996.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Edition Axel Menges Germany
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9783932565144
ISBN
9783932565144
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.88

Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 235 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1914.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ram Publications
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905464784
ISBN
9781905464784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.37

hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, 200 Colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Monacelli Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580933292
ISBN
9781580933292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.26

Paperback. Recognized today as one of the great modernist painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer, and her large body of letters and journals represent the story of her life. This volume presents the journals and every extant letter, each carefully annotated. Editor(s): Busch, Gunter; von Reinken, Liselotte. Translator(s): Wensinger, Arthur S.; Hoey, Carole Clew. Num Pages: 576 pages, 46 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACXD1; AGB; BJ; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 830.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810116443
ISBN
9780810116443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.86

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 237 x 15. Weight in Grams: 987.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Publisher
JRP Ringier
Number of pages
160
SKU
V9783037642870
ISBN
9783037642870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 124 pages, 82 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 289 x 17. Weight in Grams: 958.
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777424477
ISBN
9783777424477
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 300+ color photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 215 x 14. Weight in Grams: 770.
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764323454
ISBN
9780764323454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.02

Paperback. 155 pristine negatives recently turned up in some forgotten storage. They were taken while the Wild West show was on tour between 1900 and 1905 by cowboy/amateur photographer Harry Bock. This is a photo documentary without parallel and offers western, historical, and tent show buffs a visual look back in time with exceptional detail and clarity. Num Pages: 128 pages, 155 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJC; AC; AJC; HBTB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 281 x 12. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887404375
ISBN
9780887404375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.02

Hardcover. Mike Kelley, Paul McCarthy, and Raymond Pettibon - these Southern California artists formed a "bad boy" trifecta. Showing how their work rethinks transgressive art practices in the wake of the 1960s, this book argues that their collaborations as well as their individual enterprises make them among the most compelling artists in Los Angeles. Num Pages: 224 pages, 24 colour plates, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 213 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1070.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226026060
ISBN
9780226026060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.29

Hardback. Born a generation apart, they were seeming opposites: Mariano Fortuny, a Spanish aristocrat thrilled by the cultures of Crete and Knossos; William Morris, a British craftsman, in thrall to the myths of the North. Yet through their inventions and textiles, they inspired a new variety of art. This book traces their genius right to the source. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784740801
ISBN
9781784740801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.79

paperback. This catalogue of a Kelsey Museum of Archaeology exhibition showcases a selection of Islamic art works held in the University of Michigan's collections. Rather than arranged chronologically, geographically, or by media, the objects are organized thematically and conceptually. Series: Kelsey Museum Publications. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AC; JFSR2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Kelsey Museum of Archaeology United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990662303
ISBN
9780990662303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.49

paperback. Larry Silver investigates the origins of new pictorial types and their media as a phenomenon of sixteenth-century Antwerp and interprets several pictorial genres as he charts their evolution and their role in the development and marketing of individual artistic styles. Num Pages: 392 pages, 152 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDB; ACN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 757.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812222111
ISBN
9780812222111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.28

Paperback. Translator(s): Moholy-Nagy, Sibyl. Num Pages: 64 pages, 87 drawings. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 153 x 6. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571086184
ISBN
9780571086184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.93

Hardback. Dedicated to the works of Reyes, this book covers the production of Reyes' career from the mid-1990s - starting with the celebrated series of semi-utopian architectural structures, passing through his performance and video pieces of the early 2000s, and culminating with the collaborative projects in which he has been engaged. Editor(s): Falconi, Jose Luis. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies, Art Catalogs. Num Pages: 98 pages, 48 colour photographs. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 133. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Harvard University, The David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies United States
Number of pages
98
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025158
ISBN
9780674025158
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.52
€ 49.20

Num Pages: 176 pages, 400 b/w & color photos. BIC Classification: ACX; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1374.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764345654
ISBN
9780764345654
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.91
€ 39.05

Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABQ; AC; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 23. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300224290
ISBN
9780300224290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 354 color & 7 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AC; WC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 786.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764312458
ISBN
9780764312458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 25.08

Paperback. Through an examination of the expressive arts of needlework, painting, and writing, Pens and Needles offers insights into women's lives and, in its final chapters, into literary texts such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline and Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 color, 31 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812222524
ISBN
9780812222524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.48

Paperback. First published in 1976, People of the Eland was the first major step away from the outsider's view upon San rock art that had dominated studies of rock art for nearly a century. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrated, full colour. BIC Classification: ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 270 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1505.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Wits University Press
Edition
Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144976
ISBN
9781868144976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 245 x 20. Weight in Grams: 734.
Publisher
Sansom & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908326911
ISBN
9781908326911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Explores questions surrounding stem cell research, public perceptions of biotechnology, and the parallels and differences between creative and scientific practices Editor(s): Caulfield, Sean; Gillespie, Curtis; Caulfield, Timothy. Num Pages: 47 illus., 30 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; TCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Alberta. Department of Art and Design Canada
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780969989844
ISBN
9780969989844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.70

Hardback. In this invitation to reflect on the power of performance, Diana Taylor explores the multiple and overlapping meanings of performance, showing how it can convey everything from artistic, economic, and sexual performance, to providing ways of understanding how race, gender, identity, and power are performed. Num Pages: 240 pages, 74 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBS; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5193 x 3564 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822359548
ISBN
9780822359548
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.38

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719095917
ISBN
9780719095917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.28

Hardcover. Suitable for scholars, curators, and critics invested in modern and contemporary German art, this title explores the work of three generations of German artists who, beginning in the 1960s, turned to jokes and wit in an effort to confront complex questions regarding German politics and history. Num Pages: 248 pages, 12 colour plates, 76 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 255 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1168.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226898957
ISBN
9780226898957
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.59

Hardcover. The human-constructed modifications of the environment and landscape examined in the essays collected here have been referred to as everything from piles of junk to the greatest accomplishments of humankind. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Popular Press 1
Condition
New
SKU
V9780879722968
ISBN
9780879722968
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.42

Paperback. Erwin Panofsky's Perspective as Symbolic Form is one of the great works of modern intellectual history, the legendary text that has dominated all art historical and philosophical discussions on the topic of perspective in this century. Translator(s): Wood, Christopher S. Num Pages: 198 pages, 63. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299533
ISBN
9780942299533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.36

Hardcover. Examines medieval culture from different viewpoints to reveal how the art of the Middle Ages can provide an insight into the wider issues of medieval politics and culture. This title includes the essays that address the teaching of medieval art and architecture as well as examine society's longing for ecclesiastical drama. Editor(s): Heller, Ena; Pongracz, Patricia C. Num Pages: 224 pages, 90 col. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904832690
ISBN
9781904832690
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 35.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 325+ color and b/w images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 324 x 243 x 68. Weight in Grams: 4300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764336829
ISBN
9780764336829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 115.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854374196
ISBN
9781854374196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.30

Hardcover. Best known of the British pop artists, Peter Blake came to fame in the late 1950s and early 1960s with iconic works like "On the Balcony" and "First Real Target". His famous works for album covers such as the Band Aid single "Do They Know Its Christmas", brought him to a wider audience. This title features the design work of Blake. Series: Design. Num Pages: 96 pages, 100 col. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AFC; AGB; AKB; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851496181
ISBN
9781851496181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.65

Hardcover. Pop artist Peter Blake has an eye for the quirky and the overlooked. As well as being known as a painter, Blake is renowned for his works on paper and as a leading exponent of collage. This work displays the strong graphic sensibility and the love of popular culture for which the artist has long been renowned. Num Pages: 64 pages, 56 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854378163
ISBN
9781854378163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.82

Hardcover. Now updated and available in a new price and format, this is the most comprehensive monograph on Turner Prize-nominated artist Peter Doig. Num Pages: 432 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 282 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2452.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847849796
ISBN
9780847849796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.47
€ 48.20

paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Walther Konig, Koln
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9783883757230
ISBN
9783883757230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.19

paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9782914563505
ISBN
9782914563505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. In all his films, Peter Greenaway shows obsessive attention to detail, exaggerating the archaic and fabricating his plots out of an artificial realm of caricature and pastiche. This book examines his vision from a number of perspectives and traces a shift of sensibility in his work. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890054
ISBN
9781861890054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.87

Hardback. The first monograph on Swiss sculptor Peter Hachler in English. Editor(s): Hachler, Gabrielle; Schaschl, Sabine. Num Pages: 96 pages, 52 colour, 35 b&w. BIC Classification: ACX; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 307 x 12. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Scheidegger und Spiess AG, Verlag
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783858815057
ISBN
9783858815057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.46

Hardback. A biography of Peter Selz that traces the journey of this Jewish-German immigrant from Hitler's Munich to the United States and on to an important career as a pioneer historian of modern art. It illuminates key historical and cultural events of the twentieth-century, describing Selz's extraordinary career. Num Pages: 321 pages, 27 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
321
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520269354
ISBN
9780520269354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.51

Hardback. A fresh look at the British Museum's celebrated and extensive ancient Egyptian collection from across three thousand years Num Pages: 176 pages, 280 color illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 3D; ACG; AGC; HBJH; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 273. .
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218381
ISBN
9780300218381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.77

Paperback. Fresh attention to contemporary black British art, exploring its political power through phenomenological attention to art and embodied experience, the senses and perception, affectivity and the emotions. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ABA; ACX; AF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781384176
ISBN
9781781384176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Hardcover. Fresh attention to contemporary black British art, exploring its political power through phenomenological attention to art and embodied experience, the senses and perception, affectivity and the emotions. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 45, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ABA; ACX; AF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383124
ISBN
9781781383124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.21

Hardback. During the 1960s and 1970s, a loosely affiliated group of Los Angeles artists embraced light as their primary medium. This title explores and documents the unique traits of the work produced in Southern California during the 1960s and 1970s and traces its influence on different generations of international artists. Editor(s): Clark, Robin Lee. Num Pages: 240 pages, 100 color illustrations, 75 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 247 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First edition.
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520270602
ISBN
9780520270602
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.68

Hardback. Philip de Lszl (1869-1937) was the pre-eminent portrait artist working in Britain between 1907 and 1937. He painted nearly 3,000 portraits, including those of kings and queens, four American presidents and members of the European nobility. This title gives an account of both his life and his work. Num Pages: 448 pages, 100 black-&-white illustrations + 45 colour images. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 168 x 33. Weight in Grams: 956.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300137163
ISBN
9780300137163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.27

Paperback. A collection of dialogues, talks, and writings by Philip Guston (1913-1980), one of the most intellectually adventurous and poetically gifted of modern painters. It lets us hear Guston's voice - as the artist delivers a lecture on Renaissance painting, instructs students in a classroom setting, and discusses various artists and writers. Editor(s): Coolidge, Clark. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 344 pages, 33 b/w scattered. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 179 x 23. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520257160
ISBN
9780520257160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 36.04

Paperback. Presenting stunning reproductions of oil paintings by landscape artist Philip Juras, this exhibition catalogue offers a glimpse of the presettlement southern wilderness as late eighteenth-century naturalist William Bartram would have experienced it during his famed travels through the region. Illustrator(s): Juras, Philip. Num Pages: 128 pages, maps. BIC Classification: AC; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 277 x 8. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347974
ISBN
9780820347974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.20

paperback. Leading philosophers and art theorists engage with the philosophical puzzles raised by conceptual art: What kind of art is conceptual art? What follows from the fact that conceptual art does not aim to have aesthetic value? What knowledge or understanding can we gain from conceptual art? How ought we to appreciate conceptual art? Editor(s): Goldie, Peter; Schellekens, Elisabeth. Num Pages: 308 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5; HPM; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780199568253
ISBN
9780199568253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.77

Paperback. Offers an introduction to analytic aesthetics. This book helps define the structure of aesthetics in 24 articles. Editor(s): Margolis, Joseph. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: AC; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 152 x 43. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780877224402
ISBN
9780877224402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: ACB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 263 x 13. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Guggenheim Museum Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892075218
ISBN
9780892075218
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 41.54

Paperback. Photography After Conceptual Art presents a series of original essays that address substantive theoretical, historical, and aesthetic issues raised by post-1960s photography as a mainstream artistic medium. It explores the relation between recent art, theory and aesthetics, for which photography serves as an important test case. Editor(s): Costello, Diarmuid; Iversen, Margaret. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 13. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444333602
ISBN
9781444333602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Discusses photography, offering various ways of approaching photography, showing how photographs circulate in an 'image world' that exists beyond their art and media origins. This book argues that these images permeate people's minds as much as the environment and that photography has affected our sense of time and its relationship to memory. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ8; AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2022
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845115029
ISBN
9781845115029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.78

Paperback. Aiming to re-evaluate the status and usage of the photographic image in historical surrealism, this book seeks to locate the use of photography by surrealists within the cultural discourses of that historical moment. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AJ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
I. B. Tauris
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860643798
ISBN
9781860643798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Paperback / so. Introductory text in this handsome coffee table book accompanies compelling historic South Texas images, from cowboys to firewood vendors to the imprisoned Geronimo to Mrs. Favre s piano class enjoying a picnic." BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JH; AC; AGC; AJC; HBJK; HBLL; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 251 x 8. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781595346995
ISBN
9781595346995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.14

Hardback. Editor(s): Bitterli, Konrad; Bechter, Laura. Num Pages: 76 pages, illustrations in colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 260 x 13. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Germany
Number of pages
76
Condition
New
SKU
V9783903004702
ISBN
9783903004702
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.02

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Picasso. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages. Dimension: 300 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
126
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714827087
ISBN
9780714827087
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.86

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 black & white illustrations, 60 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JJ; ACXD5; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 260 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300104127
ISBN
9780300104127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.74

hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; ACX; AGB; BK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 236 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Pointed Leaf Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781938461330
ISBN
9781938461330
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.33
€ 64.23

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300135466
ISBN
9780300135466
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.60

Paperback. Analyzes the circus and related spectacles in fin-de-siecle Paris, and how they were interpreted by print arts of the era Editor(s): Earenfight, Phillip J. Num Pages: 72 pages, 83 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
The Trout Gallery United States
Number of pages
72
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780982615621
ISBN
9780982615621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.46

Hardback. One of Pablo Picasso's most important muses is the subject of this diverse and beautiful collection of drawings, paintings, sculpture, and ceramics. Num Pages: 264 pages, 270 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 245 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1776.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791353623
ISBN
9783791353623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.50

Paperback. 'Picasso and the Mysteries of Life' uses new scientific studies of 'La Vie' to examine the artist's working method and the painting's enigmatic subject. Author William H. Robinson reconstructs the relationship between the painting's complex symbolism and the process of its creation. Num Pages: 176 pages, 200 Colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
D Giles Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804212
ISBN
9781907804212
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 24.11

Paperback. Picasso's extraordinary capacity to work in a variety of mediums and styles amazed his critics since the first years of the century. This collection of critical and personal reactions to Picasso provides an account of the many innovations and changes of direction that baffled his contemporaries. It also reveals his working methods and attitudes. Editor(s): McCully, Marilyn. Num Pages: 288 pages, 55 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003481
ISBN
9780691003481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Hardback. Picasso's work appears never to have ceased to haunt the imagination of his peers. The great stylistic periods and certain emblematic works by Picasso like Les Demoiselles d'Avignon or Guernica will be answered by contemporary artworks. This title showcases the confrontation with Picasso's work undertaken by contemporary artists since the 1960s. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Hirmer Verlag Germany
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9783777425207
ISBN
9783777425207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.18

Hardback. Published to accompany a major exhibition originating at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, this volume illuminates Picasso's radical reformulation of human physiognomy. Containing eighty-two color illustrations and sixty-eight duotones, this catalogue explores the Fernande portraits and related works as a single oeuvre. Num Pages: 192 pages, 82 color plates. 68 duotones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1285.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117416
ISBN
9780691117416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.98

Hardback. This beautifully designed book is filled with illustrations and photographs of the many animals in Picasso's life - those he painted and drew, as well as those he loved. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60, 40 colour. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Prestel
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791349909
ISBN
9783791349909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.21

Paperback. Translator(s): Polan, Dana. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AFC; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816648597
ISBN
9780816648597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 64 pages, 194 color photos. BIC Classification: ACBK; WFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 215 x 6. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Schiffer Pub Ltd
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887403187
ISBN
9780887403187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.54

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Halsgrove United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841147345
ISBN
9781841147345
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.77

Hardcover. In her sequences of pictures, the author illustrates such scenes as feminist gatherings against violence and discrimination, the encroachment of large corporations in farmlands, and what the world may look like to a poor woman in a village in India. Num Pages: 200 pages, 200 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 218 x 15. Weight in Grams: 918.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Zubaan Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9789381017685
ISBN
9789381017685
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.23

Hardback. Editor(s): Kummerling-Meibauer, Bettina. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AKLB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415818018
ISBN
9780415818018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.98

Paperback. James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Drawing upon anecdotes related to individual works of art, he provides a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 88 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415970532
ISBN
9780415970532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.31

Paperback. This is the first survey of the vast array of images produced in sixteenth-century China, from conventional artworks, to wall decorations, to books, maps, images on ceramics, and even on the dress of the prosperous. Craig Clunas provides a stimulating and innovative point of entry to Chinese art history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 224 b&w. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JB; 3JD; ACBP; ACN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861896681
ISBN
9781861896681
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.75

Hardback. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 122 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1430. Vernacular Painting in High Qing China. 280 pages, col. Illustrations. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Dimension: 257 x 216 x 31. Weight: 1438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520258570
ISBN
9780520258570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51

Hardback. Features ID photos collected by the author while he was visiting the Cummins Unit, a state prison farm in Arkansas. This book also contains a description of everyday life at Cummins prison in the 1950s. Num Pages: 200 pages, 33 Halftones, 121 Duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 534. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592139484
ISBN
9781592139484
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.03

Paperback. Features ID photos collected by the author while he was visiting the Cummins Unit, a state prison farm in Arkansas. This book also contains a description of everyday life at Cummins prison in the 1950s. Num Pages: 192 pages, 33 Halftones, 121 Duotones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Temple University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592139491
ISBN
9781592139491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.25

Hardback. What is abstract art good for? What's the use - for us as individuals, or for any society - of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves? This book presents an account of abstract art. Series: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 132 color plates. 129 halftones. 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 246 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1496.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126784
ISBN
9780691126784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.47
€ 60.76

Paperback. Editor(s): DeLue, Rachael Z. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Terra Foundation for the Arts,U.S. United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780932171573
ISBN
9780932171573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.81

Paperback. Since South Africa's transition to democracy, many universities have acquired new works of art for key spaces on their campuses. The new works convey messages about the advantages of cultural diversity, and many engage critically with histories of racial intolerance and conflict. Num Pages: 256 pages, Full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 875.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Wits University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868145805
ISBN
9781868145805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.08