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History of art / art & design styles
Hardback. Developes close and enduring professional relationships with the artistic community in China. In this title, the author tells their stories and depicts their work and personalities in an entirely distinct style, documenting a part of contemporary history and an immensely dynamic time in China. Num Pages: 528 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 300 x 216 x 47. Weight in Grams: 3084.
- Publisher
- Skira Italy
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788857214863
- ISBN
- 9788857214863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.59€ 55.28
€ 55.59
€ 55.28
paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 80+ colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBC; AC; AFCC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 215 x 7. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harbour Publishing Canada
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781550174656
- ISBN
- 9781550174656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.23
€ 14.99
€ 14.23
Paperback. For passionate lovers of shoes, this reference book explores various types and supplies information about platforms, Cinderella's slipper, sandals and the allure of the naked foot, the 50 steps in the making of a shoe, and profiles of shoe designers and makers. Num Pages: 512 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AKTA; JFCK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 107 x 30. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Workman Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761101147
- ISBN
- 9780761101147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.66
€ 14.99
€ 11.66
Paperback. Walking Through Africa, the Arts and Beyond. 256 pages. Editor(s): Gutberlet, Marie-Helene; Snyman, Cara. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AC; AGC. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 22. Weight: 714.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Jacana Media
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781920196431
- ISBN
- 9781920196431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.18
€ 29.99
€ 25.18
hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, Full-Colour Throughout; 30 ZEN Koans. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; AKD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1290.
- Publisher
- TUTTLE PUB
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Hardcover with Jacket
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9784805312049
- ISBN
- 9784805312049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 25.68
€ 38.99
€ 25.68
paperback. A groundbreaking analysis of two movements of the historical avant-garde Num Pages: 256 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781584659174
- ISBN
- 9781584659174
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Hardcover. An introduction to maritime prints, drawings and watercolours. The text includes a sweeping historical survey of marine artists and printmakers from earliest times to the present day. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations (some colour) facsimiles (some colour), portraits. BIC Classification: AC; AGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 251 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Publisher
- Philip Wilson Publishers
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856674846
- ISBN
- 9780856674846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.86€ 65.82
€ 86.86
€ 65.82
Paperback. With styles ranging from traditional to abstract, this volume features works spanning late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century American art. It includes paintings that play on the boundaries between reality and fantasy and are rendered in an expressive style which does not directly imitate the natural world. Num Pages: 140 pages, 87 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 301 x 228 x 11. Weight in Grams: 806. Westheimer Family Collection. 140 pages, 87 colour illustrations. With styles ranging from traditional to abstract, this volume features works spanning late nineteenth-century and twentieth-century American art. It includes paintings that play on the boundaries between reality and fantasy and are rendered in an expressive style which does not directly imitate the natural world. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC. Dimension: 301 x 228 x 11. Weight: 806.
- Publisher
- Oklahoma Museum of Arts
- Number of pages
- 140
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780911919073
- ISBN
- 9780911919073
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.96
€ 33.96
Paperback. Features the artwork of pinup artist and character designer and gathers the artwork from the Shining RPG series. The book includes full-page pin-ups, character designs, weapon concepts, rough sketches. It also features multiple interviews with the creators behind the Shining video game series. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AKL; JFCA; UDX; YNVU. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 216 x 468 x 14. Weight in Grams: 882.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Udon Entertainment Corp United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927925430
- ISBN
- 9781927925430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 37.41
€ 46.99
€ 37.41
Paperback. This work offers a sustained examination of Dutch 17th-century genre painting from a theoretically informed feminist perspective. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages, 100ill. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ACQ; AFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 16. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804744775
- ISBN
- 9780804744775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Air Raid Protection represented an era: a mode of thought, a political and administrative concept, and a collection of technical and organisational measurements to protect citizens against attacks from the air. This book offers an interpretation of the Dutch, English and German air raid protection systems, and the construction of a Shelter City, pa Series: Landscape & Heritage Studies. Num Pages: 416 pages, 200 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 172 x 22. Weight in Grams: 952.
- Publisher
- Amsterdam University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789089642110
- ISBN
- 9789089642110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.18
€ 18.18
paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 54 halftones. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816647828
- ISBN
- 9780816647828
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.90
€ 31.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. In her performances, videos, and installations, Sharon Hayes (b 1970) explores the nexus between politics, history, speech, and desire. This book provides an insight into the complex motivations and development of Hayes' projects. Series: Whitney Museum of American Art. Num Pages: 150 pages, 75 colour images + 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKP; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 278 x 7. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300180374
- ISBN
- 9780300180374
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.49
€ 23.99
€ 18.49
Hardback. Reaching an apogee of 6,000 members in the years just before the American Civil War, the Shaker movement was the most enduring, and successful utopian society established in America. This book presents an array of fine examples of Shaker furniture, household objects, textiles, religious drawings, and items made to sell to the 'world's people'. Series: Published in Association with the Bard Graduate Centre for Studies in the Decorative Arts, Design and Culture. Num Pages: 320 pages, 350 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; WF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 292 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1618.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300137286
- ISBN
- 9780300137286
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.28€ 58.46
€ 75.28
€ 58.46
Hardback. Discusses the way shadows were represented - or ignored - by artists from the Renaissance to the 17th century and then describes how Romantic, Impressionist and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast shadow to enhance the illusion of realism or drama in their representations. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 col illus. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300210040
- ISBN
- 9780300210040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.92
€ 19.99
€ 15.92
Num Pages: 240 pages, 273 color & 118 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JJC; 3JJG; ACX; AFC; AFF; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1712.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340543
- ISBN
- 9780764340543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.11€ 52.44
€ 74.11
€ 52.44
Paperback. In the 1980s - at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities - the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British culture irreversibly. This volume presents a history of that movement. Editor(s): Bailey, David A. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 368 pages, 116 (31 in color; 85 in timeline as b/w). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; ACBK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 252 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1132.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334200
- ISBN
- 9780822334200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.25
€ 35.99
€ 32.25
Paperback. This wide-ranging study of sexuality, aesthetics, and epistemology covers everything from the aesthetics of war to the works of Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Christopher Marlowe, and Francis Bacon, synthesizing queer theory and psycholanalysis. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 colour plates, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; HBJD; HPK; HPN; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315195
- ISBN
- 9780226315195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.15
€ 36.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. Changes in Japanese law in the 1990s enabled erotic images to be published without fear of prosecution, and many shunga picture-books have since appeared. This book offers an assessment of the genre of Japanese paintings and prints known as shunga. It seeks to re-establish shunga in a proper historical frame of culture and creativity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 125 black & white illustrations, 46 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFC; AFH; AGHX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 134 x 28. Weight in Grams: 910.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861894328
- ISBN
- 9781861894328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.70
€ 35.70
Hardcover. The fascinus, or phallus, was at the heart of classical Roman art and life. No god was more represented in ancient Rome than the phallic deity Priapus, and the fescennine verses, one of the earliest forms of Roman poetry, accompanied the celebrations of Priapus, the harvest, and fertility. This title looks closely at this delicate interplay. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; ACG; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Tra
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906497866
- ISBN
- 9781906497866
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.89
€ 30.99
€ 23.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACXJ; AGB; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 226 x 15. Weight in Grams: 716.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Korero Press
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993337406
- ISBN
- 9780993337406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.16
€ 30.99
€ 22.16
Paperback. A collection of the best of Gordon Burn's writing on art. Focusing on two principle generations - the Royal College pop art of Hockney and his contemporaries, and the YBA sensations of the 1990s, it explores how these artists rose to prominence with their friends and contemporaries, and what happened next. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571229291
- ISBN
- 9780571229291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 17.90
€ 26.99
€ 17.90
Hardcover. Editor(s): Perlove, Shelley; Keyes, George. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1656.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038434
- ISBN
- 9780268038434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.62
€ 91.62
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 289
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271035451
- ISBN
- 9780271035451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 97.22€ 80.52
€ 97.22
€ 80.52