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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages, 25 b&w illustrations and 14 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACV; DSBF; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Harrington Park Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781939594075
ISBN
9781939594075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Iannacchione, Anita; Rhine, Patrick. Num Pages: 304 pages, 50 colour, 50 b&w. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 249 x 187 x 27. Weight in Grams: 972.
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783863358952
ISBN
9783863358952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.35

Hardcover. Selected papers from the 16th Conference of the International Association for Ladakh Studies (Heidelberg 17-20 April, 2013) Editor(s): Linrothe, Rob; Poll, Heinrich. Num Pages: 272 pages, Full of coloured illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACBP; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 283 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publisher
Studio Orientalia
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9788192450278
ISBN
9788192450278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 86 colour, 2 black & white images, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; ACX; AFCC; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 281 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1062.
Publisher
Texas A & M University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623493936
ISBN
9781623493936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.05

Flexibound. In the same format of the best-selling Leonardo's Notebooks, which has 320,000 copies in print worldwide,Michelangelo's Notebooks is an illustrated record of the artist's life and work. Num Pages: 368 pages, 200 drawings and illustrations in 2 and 4 colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; DCF; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 211 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
Publisher
Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781579129798
ISBN
9781579129798
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.27

paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038421
ISBN
9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Hardcover. An exquisite hand-bound and screen-printed book of paintings by three of the finest artists of the Gond tribal art tradition. Limited edition of 1000 copies. Num Pages: 40 pages, colour, screen printed by hand on black paper. BIC Classification: ACX; JFHF; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 322 x 247 x 14. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Tara Books India
Number of pages
40
Condition
New
SKU
V9788186211922
ISBN
9788186211922
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.24
€ 44.74

paperback. Today, the moving image is ubiquitous in global contemporary art. This book tells the story of the postwar expanded cinema. It travels back to the 1950s and 1960s when the rise of television caused movie theaters to lose their monopoly over the moving image, leading cinema to be installed directly alongside other forms of modern art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ; AFKV; APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 241 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226842998
ISBN
9780226842998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.24

Hardcover. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 983.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299247805
ISBN
9780299247805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.26

Paperback. Taking a look at the poetry and visual art of the Hellenistic age, from the death of Alexander the Great in 323 BC to the Romans' defeat of Cleopatra in 30 BC, this book makes discoveries about the assumptions and conventions of Hellenistic poets and artists and their audiences. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 248 pages, 38 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299194543
ISBN
9780299194543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.50

Hardcover. In this highly illustrated, engaging and comprehensive survey, Timon Screech introduces the important artists of Edo period Japan and their work, as well as the issues and concepts surrounding the production and consumption of art in Japan at that time. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 colour illustrations, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 200 x 256 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898142
ISBN
9781861898142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.38

paperback. Robert Motherwell was by far the most intellectual and articulate of the Abstract Expressionists. This book examines Motherwell's way of thinking and writing in relation to his paintings. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 84 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891419
ISBN
9781861891419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.89

paperback. Offers an account of art made in Hong Kong in the years leading up to the handover of British sovereignty to China. The author considers a range of media, including painting, sculpture and photography, as well as other kinds of visual production such as architecture, fashion and graphic design. Series: Envisioning Asia. Num Pages: 224 pages, 35 colour and 100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACXJ; AK; AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891129
ISBN
9781861891129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.49

hardcover. Presents the history of the suicide from the ancient world to its decriminalization in the twentieth century. Looking at instances of voluntary death in ancient Greece, this title discusses the contrast between the absence of such events in early Christianity and the proliferation of images of biblical suicides in the late medieval era. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 colour and 104 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACB; AG; JHBZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160 x 28. Weight in Grams: 705.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891051
ISBN
9781861891051
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Paperback. Investigating and documenting the histories, theories and forms of Conceptual Art, this book shows that Conceptual Art was a broad movement encompassing a range of artistic tendencies. Editor(s): Bird, Jon; Newman, Michael. Series: Critical Views. Num Pages: 264 pages, 80 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890528
ISBN
9781861890528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.45

hardcover. The authors of this text controversially claim that Ireland. more sophisticated in the technical education of its craftsmen and artists, not only devised its own subtle "insular" Rococo, but exported this mode successfully in a gesture of cultural colonialism to the West of England. Num Pages: 324 pages, 40 colour, 160 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; ACQ; AM; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 203 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1235.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890443
ISBN
9781861890443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.58

Hardback. The stature of the Dadaist, Marcel Duchamp, in the history of art has grown steadily since the 1950s, but he continues to be relatively unknown outside his narrow circle of followers. This book sets out to offer a careful explanation of the oeuvre which has been shrouded in mystery. Num Pages: 320 pages, 300 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 193 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1023.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890276
ISBN
9781861890276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.70

Hardcover. In this book, Craig Clunas analyses the Ming Dynasty aristocracy's patronage of architecture, painting, calligraphy, and other art forms, as well as the contents of their splendid and recently-excavated tombs. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 colour, 40 black and white. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; ACBP; ACN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 256 x 196 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1018.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780231037
ISBN
9781780231037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.98

paperback. Placing individual works by the allegorical artist and sculptor Jasper Johns in their social context as well as in Johns's oeuvre, this book aims to get to terms with - and find terms for - a difficult and elusive body of work by one of the most important artists of the 20th century. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 colour and 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AFK; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
Reaktion Books
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462580
ISBN
9780948462580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.84

paperback. According to most of the critical commentary on Francis Bacon, the paintings by this crucially important artist are about violence, torment, fragmentation and loss. This title argues that it is the violence done to the viewer that needs to be addressed if we are to understand how these works function. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 98 black & white illustrations, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462344
ISBN
9780948462344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.89

paperback. Illustrator(s): Poussin, Nicholas; Alberti, Leon Battista. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 208 pages, 48 colour drawings. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486441559
ISBN
9780486441559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.00

paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pearson United States
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780205887897
ISBN
9780205887897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 183.33

paperback. An account of the development of Greek art in the Classical period about 480-320 BC. Num Pages: 205 pages, 87ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 188 x 13. Weight in Grams: 506. 1976 reprint. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0037391
ISBN
9780521096621
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

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

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