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Paperback. Why on earth do cars have the same symmetry as dragonflies? Is there really a beautiful swirling pattern lurking in every dripping tap? What do insect eggs have in common with planets, and why? This book introduces the main principles of symmetry, and shows how symmetry can be found in almost every corner of science, nature and human culture. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; ABA; ACVN; PB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 127 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263517
- ISBN
- 9781904263517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.09
€ 10.09
Hardback. A companion volume to "Symmetries of Culture", this book applies the method of symmetry analysis to actual case studies from cultures around the world. It explores how cultural information is embedded in the symmetrical structure of pattern. It is intended as a reference for anthropologists, archaeologists, art historians, and mathematicians. Editor(s): Washburn, Dorothy K. Num Pages: 392 pages, 204 illus., 19 in color. BIC Classification: ABA; ACBK; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 188 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295983660
- ISBN
- 9780295983660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.38
€ 84.38
Hardcover. Examining the ways in which artists shared the structuralist devotion to systems of many sorts, this title shows that even as structuralism encouraged the advent of conceptual art, it also raised intractable problems that artists were forced to confront. Num Pages: 240 pages, 36 colour plates, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226007885
- ISBN
- 9780226007885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85
€ 67.85
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 35. BIC Classification: ACQ; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801444616
- ISBN
- 9780801444616
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.72
€ 80.72
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- teNeues
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783832733667
- ISBN
- 9783832733667
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.51
€ 16.99
€ 13.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 140 pages, 106 color illus., 102 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5830 x 7765 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Missoula Art Museum United States
- Number of pages
- 140
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780974613741
- ISBN
- 9780974613741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.95
€ 62.95
Hardback. The first major U.S. monograph in ten years on Murakami is the definitive survey of the paintings of one of today s most influential artists. Num Pages: 320 pages, 200 Colour and black and white photographs. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847859115
- ISBN
- 9780847859115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.38€ 43.63
€ 58.38
€ 43.63
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Paul Holberton Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907372339
- ISBN
- 9781907372339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 39.65
€ 40.99
€ 39.65
Hardback. An insightful examination of the complex functions of Northwest Coast art objects produced between 1922 and 1961, and a vital addition to First Nations and Canadian history. Num Pages: 256 pages, 45 b&w photographs, 1 map, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBCB; 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJPG; ACBK; ACX; JFSL9; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 4039 x 22. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780774809542
- ISBN
- 9780774809542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.13
€ 141.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 255 x 21. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Guggenheim Museum
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892075294
- ISBN
- 9780892075294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 39.54
€ 45.99
€ 39.54
Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 165 x 7. Weight in Grams: 327.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Dis Voir France
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782906571877
- ISBN
- 9782906571877
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.65
€ 29.99
€ 24.65
Hardcover. Investigating the history behind color as a method of gender differentiation in ancient Greek and Egyptian art Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; ACG; HBLA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119110
- ISBN
- 9780472119110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.59
€ 97.59
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Joost van den Bergh Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956682406
- ISBN
- 9780956682406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Tantra is a set of beliefs and practices that originates in India and combines eroticism, magic and metaphysics. This book provides an account of a much-misunderstood ancient mystical tradition that has long aroused spiritual and artistic curiosity in the West. Series: Art & Imagination. Num Pages: 128 pages, 186 illustrations, 37 in colour. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP; HRE; VX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500810484
- ISBN
- 9780500810484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.35
€ 15.99
€ 15.35
Hardback. Translator(s): Tweed, Michael. Num Pages: 112 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACXJ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 287 x 17. Weight in Grams: 688. 112 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACXJ; AFC; AGC. Dimension: 212 x 287 x 17. Weight: 688. Translator(s): Tweed, Michael.
- Publisher
- Siglio Press
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780979956270
- ISBN
- 9780979956270
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.92
€ 40.99
€ 34.92
Paperback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 40 colour illus. BIC Classification: AC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 784.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press (Red Crane Books) United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878610171
- ISBN
- 9781878610171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.08
€ 34.99
€ 25.08
Hardcover. Num Pages: 120 pages, colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1060.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press (Red Crane Books) United States
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781878610164
- ISBN
- 9781878610164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 35.75
€ 50.99
€ 35.75
Paperback. Tarr is the blackly comic story of the lives and loves of two artists, set against the backdrop of Paris before the start of the First World War. The first edition to do the novel justice, with an introduction and notes placing it in the context of social satire and avant-garde art movements, offering new insights into a major Modernist novel. Editor(s): Klein, Scott W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, one map. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199567201
- ISBN
- 9780199567201
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.32
€ 15.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 636 pages, 367. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 298 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2140.
- Publisher
- Hatje Cantz
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783775740920
- ISBN
- 9783775740920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.08€ 87.44
€ 91.08
€ 87.44
Hardcover. Beginning with the adventures "Tarzan in the City of Gold" and continuing with "Tarzan and the Boers," Hogarth and writer Don Garden hit the ground running, and produced some of the most acclaimed stories ever to appear in the pages of newspapers worldwide. This title collects all of Hogarth's newspaper strips. Num Pages: 176 pages, chiefly Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 331 x 252 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1276.
- Publisher
- Titan Books Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781163177
- ISBN
- 9781781163177
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 27.99
€ 40.99
€ 27.99
Hardback. A riveting and superbly illustrated account of the enigmatic House Beautiful editor's profound influence on mid-century American taste Num Pages: 260 pages, 96 color + 90 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ; AKB; AMR; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 206. .
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300221763
- ISBN
- 9780300221763
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.87
€ 87.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The MIT Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262027540
- ISBN
- 9780262027540
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.29
€ 37.99
€ 32.29
Hardback. Ben Nicholson (1894-1982) was one of the greatest British artists of the twentieth century, first coming to international prominence with his famous 'white reliefs' of the 1930s. A pioneer of abstract art in Britain, he played a significant role in the European avantgarde, forming close links with Picasso, Braque, Arp, Mondrian and others. Series: Tate British Artist Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 196 x 13. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781849762755
- ISBN
- 9781849762755
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 5.12
€ 17.99
€ 5.12
Hardback. Reissued in the brand new hardback British Artists format, this is an ffordable introduction to one of the most important British painters in history. Includes full colour illustrations of all Turner's best-known work. Series: British Artists Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 colour. BIC Classification: ACVC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 248 x 11. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849761918
- ISBN
- 9781849761918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.15
€ 25.99
€ 22.15
Hardback. John Constable is best known for his idyllic paintings of the English countryside. Yet he was also a brilliant innovator who brought a new vivacity to the observation of nature. Series: British Artists Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 colour images. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 254 x 12. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849762779
- ISBN
- 9781849762779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 23.59
€ 27.99
€ 23.59
Hardback. A perfect introduction to one of the most important painters of the twentieth century. Includes full colour illustrations of all Caulfield's best-known work. This is a brand new title in the hardback British Artists format. Series: British Artists Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, *60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 194 x 12. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849761277
- ISBN
- 9781849761277
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.70
€ 19.99
€ 15.70
Hardback. Terry Frost was one of Britain's great abstract painters. His career spanned seven decades, starting with his introduction to art in a prisoner of war camp, and stretching into the twenty-first century. Chris Stephens presents Frost's art within a historical context and in relation to the work of his international contemporaries. Series: Tate British Artist Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 199 x 15. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849763646
- ISBN
- 9781849763646
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.84
€ 13.84
Paperback. Tate Introductions: Andy Warhol is part of the popular series that offers a concise introduction and pictorial overview of the greatest modern artists and artistic movements. Series: Tate Introductions. Num Pages: 80 pages, Fully illustrated throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 168 x 8. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849763189
- ISBN
- 9781849763189
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.95
€ 8.95
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849764896
- ISBN
- 9781849764896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.85
€ 10.99
€ 9.85
Paperback. A survey of the hugely important British sculptor, it includes interviews with the artist on his major key works. Published to accompany a major exhibition at Tate Britain. Series: Modern Artists Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 212 x 11. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849762250
- ISBN
- 9781849762250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.19
€ 27.99
€ 24.19
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; ACBK; ACVN; JH; JNMT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 150 x 150. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Auckland University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781869403478
- ISBN
- 9781869403478
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.29
€ 52.29
Paperback. Assembles 13 key essays in art history and cultural theory by Russian-language writers. The essays erase boundaries between high and low, official and dissident, avant-garde and socialist realism. Everything visual is deemed worthy of analysis, from painting to architecture. Editor(s): Efimova, Alla; Manovich, Lev. Num Pages: 264 pages, 18ill.2figs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AC; AFT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226951249
- ISBN
- 9780226951249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.30
€ 43.30
Paperback. Focuses on Philip Guston's controversial figurative paintings of the late 1960s and 1970s. This title looks at the early critical reception of these works to see what the artist was actually doing and, at another level, to investigate the odd alchemy of artists and their audiences. It deals with Guston's complicated relationship to Judaism. Num Pages: 128 pages, 10 color illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 212 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198. Philip Guston's Later Works. 128 pages, illustrations. Focuses on Philip Guston's controversial figurative paintings of the late 1960s and 1970s. This title looks at the early critical reception of these works to see what the artist was actually doing and, at another level, to investigate the odd alchemy of artists and their audiences. It deals with Guston's complicated relationship to Judaism. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Dimension: 142 x 212 x 11. Weight: 198.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265769
- ISBN
- 9780520265769
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.36
€ 49.36
Paperback. Examines the many ways artists have portrayed both turbulent and calm weather conditions in marine and landscape paintings, drawings, and prints. This book places emphasis on the artist's observation and experience of weather and climate, as well as on works which use calm seas, storms, and tempests as symbol and metaphor. Num Pages: 136 pages, 100 illus., 66 in color. BIC Classification: 1D; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 7765 x 5830 x 10. Weight in Grams: 753.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oklahoma City Museum of Art United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780911919042
- ISBN
- 9780911919042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.68
€ 42.68
Hardcover. An exhaustive study of the terracotta figurines unearthed at the site of Dura-Europos Num Pages: 364 pages, 152 photographs, 44 drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; AC; AFPC; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472112371
- ISBN
- 9780472112371
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.57
€ 128.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Graz, Kunsthaus. Num Pages: 120 pages, Numerous colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 281 x 13. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Verlag fur Moderne Kunst Germany
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783903004894
- ISBN
- 9783903004894
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.69
€ 38.99
€ 32.69
Hardcover. Num Pages: 96 pages, full colour throughout. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 170 x 12. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Sansom (Acc)
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908326539
- ISBN
- 9781908326539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 9.35
€ 9.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, 150 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FMN; ACBP; AFW; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6466 x 5499. .
- Publisher
- KIT Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789460223907
- ISBN
- 9789460223907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.64
€ 55.64
Hardback. Essays centred round the representation of weaving, both real and imagined, in the early middle ages. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3F; ACK; AKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783270736
- ISBN
- 9781783270736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.79
€ 125.79
Hardback. Textual Vision offers a new and original perspective on Enlightenment visual culture as a contested area of representation, and its discussions of major authors like Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, and Jane Austen are both learned and persuasive. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 310 pages, 28 black & white halftones, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; AC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611485691
- ISBN
- 9781611485691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.27
€ 156.27