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History of art / art & design styles

Paperback. This text, first published in France in 1977, presents cultural critic Louis Marin's theories about the aims of painting in Europe in the 16th and 17th centuries. It explores a number of notions implied by theories of painting and offers insight into the aims and effects of visual representaion. Translator(s): Hjort, Mette. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; ABA; ACN; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226505350
ISBN
9780226505350
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.21

Paperback. Documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z. This title presents a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farm's anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow's 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming. Num Pages: 384 pages, 100 scattered thoughout. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 172 x 28. Weight in Grams: 804. Eco Art in Pursuit of a Sustainable Planet. 384 pages, illustrations. Documents the burgeoning eco art movement from A to Z. This title presents a panorama of artistic responses to environmental concerns, from Ant Farm's anti-consumer antics in the 1970s to Marina Zurkow's 2007 animation that anticipates the havoc wreaked upon the planet by global warming. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ACX. Dimension: 254 x 172 x 28. Weight: 796.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520273627
ISBN
9780520273627
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.43

Hardcover. Features pinks, purples, reds and blues that describe bodies comprising swollen bellies, heavy breasts, engorged phalluses and stooped torsos. Num Pages: 76 pages, 24 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publisher
Violette Editions United Kingdom
Number of pages
76
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Limited
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900828369
ISBN
9781900828369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.69

hardcover. Illustrator(s): Madison, Tobias. Editor(s): Ruf, Beatrix. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 206 x 15. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
JRP | Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9783037643907
ISBN
9783037643907
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 650 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ4; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 190. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863357047
ISBN
9783863357047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.33

Gain insight to the current world of Botanical Art and see the work of 65 top artists from throughout America. Gorgeous flowers, leaves, plants, roots, and vegetables have been beautifully drawn and painted and are displayed here. See 220 colorful images Num Pages: 176 pages, 220 color illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1228. 176 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACB. Dimension: 289 x 228 x 22. Weight: 1212.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764329050
ISBN
9780764329050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 31.52

Paperback. Greeting cards today are an extension of the person giving the card, a way to express personal style and taste. This book profiles over 160 beautiful color images of artwork from 52 contemporary greeting card and stationery designers, complete with contac Num Pages: 128 pages, 169 color photos. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 219 x 12. Weight in Grams: 650.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764328329
ISBN
9780764328329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 355 color photos. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764337376
ISBN
9780764337376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.61

Hardcover. The contributors to this volume study the huge woodcut generated by the artists Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige an Kunisada titled "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road." Editor(s): Marks, Andreas. Translator(s): Allen, Laura; Wehmeyer, Ann. Series: Cofrin Asian Art Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1746.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813060217
ISBN
9780813060217
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.35

Paperback. Centered around the theme of storytelling, this title features twenty-three both established and emerging artists, with roots in the Arab world, who have been commissioned to produce a new work, ranging from painting, drawing and sculpture, to photography, video and mixed-media installations. Num Pages: 260 pages, 218 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 240 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857208190
ISBN
9788857208190
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.55
€ 48.31

Hardcover. This brand new full-colour art book reveals in sumptuous detail more than 100 paintings based on The Lord of the Rings by acclaimed Dutch artist, Cor Blok, many of which appear here for the first time. Illustrator(s): Blok, Cor. Editor(s): Collier, Pieter. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 col illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 199 x 19. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
Edition
UK ed.
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007437986
ISBN
9780007437986
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.60

Paperback. Offers insight into the making of Up in the Air, the largest artwork Tom Friedman has made to date for a solo exhibition at Magasin 3 Stockholm Konsthall in 2010. This title consists of nearly a thousand meticulously handcrafted objects suspended from the ceiling at different heights an art-work that kept Friedman's studio busy for the years. Num Pages: 100 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 299 x 225 x 13. Weight in Grams: 788.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857218946
ISBN
9788857218946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.30

Hardback. This is the first book to survey the work of painter and printmaker Tom Hammick (b.1963). It sets Hammick's art within the context of contemporary debates about painting while relating it to the two-centuries-old Romantic tradition. Julian Bell explores in depth the artist's techniques, imagery and career to date. Num Pages: 144 pages, Includes 130 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 244 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1152.
Publisher
Lund Humphries Publishers Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Special edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848221659
ISBN
9781848221659
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.55
€ 51.45

Hardcover. This stunning Chinese art book presents almost a hundred recently unearthed objects that offer a glimpse into the extraordinary wealth and artistic accomplishments of elite society during the Western Han Dynasty Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3D; ACBP; AMGD; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1461.
Publisher
Asian Art Museum
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939117789
ISBN
9780939117789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.95

Hardcover. * Serious study of an inaccessible series of Theban tombs * Important scholarly work of keen interest to Egyptology libraries and organizations *The first publication on the groundbreaking work on these Kushite tombs in the Theban Necropolis Editor(s): Pischikova, Elena. Num Pages: 312 pages, 80 b/w integrated. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG; HDDG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774166181
ISBN
9789774166181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Hardcover. The first major monograph dedicated to the work of the internationally acclaimed abstract painter. Num Pages: 136 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 209 x 22. Weight in Grams: 916.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
135
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714848822
ISBN
9780714848822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.13

Hardback. BIC Classification: AC; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 246 x 18. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863350437
ISBN
9783863350437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.52

Paperback. Thomas's newly discovered poems written in response to the work of major 20th century artists published for the first time along with the works of modern art which inspired them. Num Pages: 96 pages, 36 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780373072
ISBN
9781780373072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.09

Paperback. A collection of hard-hitting, highly readable essays. Num Pages: 304 pages, 165 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 19. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Phaidon Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714827919
ISBN
9780714827919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 464 pages, 100 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; ACXD2; AVRL; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 178 x 25. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262533584
ISBN
9780262533584
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 29.12

Hardback. Series: Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs & paintings. Num Pages: 521 pages, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; ACG; GBCR; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 1054.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Edition
Augmented
Number of pages
521
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416156
ISBN
9780900416156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.45

Hardback. Series: Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs & paintings. Num Pages: 284 pages, 40 plans. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 242 x 29. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416309
ISBN
9780900416309
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416101
ISBN
9780900416101
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.19

Hardcover. Num Pages: 622 pages, 49 maps and plans. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 165 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1286.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Griffith Institute United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416187
ISBN
9780900416187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.02

Hardcover. Series: Topological bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs & paintings. Num Pages: 422 pages, 40 maps and plans. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 37. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Griffith Institute
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416194
ISBN
9780900416194
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.93

Hardcover. Series: Topographical bibliography of ancient Egyptian hieroglyphic texts, reliefs & paintings. Num Pages: 489 pages, 63 figs, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1HBE; ACG; HDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 42. Weight in Grams: 998.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Griffith Institute
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780900416040
ISBN
9780900416040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.65

Paperback. A study of the Torajan ricebarn, a traditional Indonesian structure where the rice crop is stored, and where the main social life of the village takes place. This paper was stimulated by the construction of a ricebarn for the Museum of Mankind at the British Museum in 1987. Series: Occasional Paper. Num Pages: 37 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACBK; AMK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 291 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
37
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861590728
ISBN
9780861590728
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.23

Hardcover. Focuses on short-story small scrolls (ko-e), one of the most complex but visually appealing forms of early Japanese painting. This book offers an examination of Tosa Mitsunobu's extensive and underappreciated body of artistic achievements. Num Pages: 320 pages, 180 color illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AGB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 285 x 261 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989020
ISBN
9780295989020
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.00

Paperback. Covers topics as varied as: the concept of totalitarianism and totalitarian art, totalitarian exhibitions, monuments and architecture, forerunners of totalitarian art in romanticism and heroic realism, and diverse receptions of totalitarian art in democratic cultures. Editor(s): Rasmussen, Mikkel Bolt; Wamberg, Jacob. Num Pages: 359 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AB; ACX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345607
ISBN
9788779345607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 47.95

Hardcover. Editor(s): Probst, Ursula Maria. Num Pages: 127 pages, 47 colour, 4 b&w. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKP; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 150. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
VFMK
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783903131767
ISBN
9783903131767
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 61 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: ACX; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816638895
ISBN
9780816638895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.97

Paperback. Illustrated with over 100 images, the book is organised around many reproductions of Aevankmajer's wondrous tactile art objects, tactile poems, experiments and games. Translator(s): Dalby, Stanley. Num Pages: 224 pages, 90 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 172 x 13. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780761473
ISBN
9781780761473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836534901
ISBN
9783836534901
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.63

Hardcover. Though deeply engaged with painting and drawing, Toulouse-Lautrecs lasting contribution to artistic practice was as a graphic artist. This publication presents thematically organized groupings of Toulouse-Lautrecs prints from the Museums collection, each accompanied by an illuminating essay on the theme. Num Pages: 160 pages, 185 illustrations, 123 in colour. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1090.
Publisher
The Museum of Modern Art, New York
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Har/Pstr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870709135
ISBN
9780870709135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 43.45

Hardcover. This is the first volume in the series "Studies in British Art" and examines the development of the London art world - its institutions and individual artists - over the past two centuries in an attempt to explain the marginal position of British modern art. Editor(s): Allen, Brian. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 49 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300063806
ISBN
9780300063806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Wood, Mara-Helen. Num Pages: 192 pages, 161 one colour images, 10 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DNN; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AFF; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 285 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1276.
Publisher
MHW Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780993522802
ISBN
9780993522802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 31.06

Hardback. Editor(s): Gygax, Raphael; Munder, Heike; Welter, Judith. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037644249
ISBN
9783037644249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. Presents a collection of seventy works of art that the author created for the Miller Blueprint calendars. This book features recordings of buildings from farmhouses to industrial plants, from shanties to mansions in Texas county. Editor(s): Baker, T. Lindsay. Num Pages: 176 pages, 70 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 279 x 13. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653617
ISBN
9780875653617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.40

Hardback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198789727
ISBN
9780198789727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Paperback. This monograph engages in a close reading of the traditio legis, highlighting its novelty and complexity to early Christian viewers. The image is analyzed as a conflation of two distinct forms of representation, each constructed of unusual and potentially multivalent elements. Num Pages: 146 pages, Extensively illustrated with 56 plates, 3 in colour. BIC Classification: ACG; AGR; HD; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 297 x 12. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Archaeopress United Kingdom
Number of pages
146
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784910815
ISBN
9781784910815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.71