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Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 440 pages, 95 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1QFH; 3JH; 3JJ; ACBP; ACV; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175746
ISBN
9780231175746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.32

Hardback. This is a discussion of the contribution and effects of East Asian art on American culture. The author portrays the assembling of the great American collections of East Asian art and explains how this art became part of the cultural consciousness of the people of the USA. Num Pages: 264 pages, 34 photos & illus. BIC Classification: 1FP; 1KBB; ACBP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231076449
ISBN
9780231076449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.70

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

paperback. This text provides an understanding of the life and work of Claude Monet and the myth of the modern artist. Levine analyzes the extensive critical reception of Monet and the artist's own writings in the context of the story of Narcissus, popular in late 19th-century France. Num Pages: 392 pages, 127 halftones. BIC Classification: ACVT; ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 31. Weight in Grams: 706.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226475448
ISBN
9780226475448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.17

Paperback. First-time backlist specialist paperback. Cloth edition appeared in 2012 and is now o.s.i. Publication of the paperback has a subsidy from Washington and Lee University; We will print an acknowdgment on the copyright page. Series: Religion and Postmodernism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226411804
ISBN
9780226411804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 471 pages, , black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
471
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226379067
ISBN
9780226379067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 466 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
466
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317540
ISBN
9780226317540
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 264 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226260167
ISBN
9780226260167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.95

Hardback. Bertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem's "beauty and attraction" invisible. The author explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers whose work speaks to questions of political economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 colour plates, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226210261
ISBN
9780226210261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.37

Paperback. One of the most important avant-garde movements of postwar Paris was Lettrism, which crucially built an interest in the relationship between writing and image into projects in poetry, painting, and especially cinema. This is a monograph in English on the Lettrists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 90 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; ACXJ; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226174594
ISBN
9780226174594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.40

Paperback. We are living in a golden age of cartoon art. This book includes discussions with twelve of the most prominent artists and writers in comics to reveal a creative community that is richly interconnected yet fiercely independent, its members sharing many interests and approaches while working with wildly different styles and themes. Num Pages: 272 pages, 39 colour plates, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226099446
ISBN
9780226099446
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.66

Paperback. This work reveals German artist Max Beckmann's experience of life from the first years of his career in Berlin and Paris through his final years in the United States. The collection of Beckmann's writings serves as a companion to his art and a testament to the complexities of his life. Translator(s): Buenger, Barbara Copeland (Professor of Art History, University of Wisconsin, USA); Heller, Reinhold (Professor of Art and German, University of Chicago, USA); Britt, David. Num Pages: 444 pages, 10 halftones, 8 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 139 x 24. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041360
ISBN
9780226041360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Paperback. An introduction to the work of Jan Vermeer. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour and 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 514. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0015191
ISBN
9780714834634
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Molon, Dominic. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 562. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004220
ISBN
9781616894030
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. 500 great works of art from all periods and regions of the world. Num Pages: 544 pages, 500 col. BIC Classification: ABC; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 614. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004129
ISBN
9780714849690
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 9.99
€ 5.80

Paperback. A host of prominent and influential thinkers such as political scientist Ivan Krastev and historians Philipp Blom and Adam Zamoyski have been invited to write essays. Their thoughts are assembled in the anthology Re:Thinking Europe. Editor(s): Albrecht, Yoeri; Segers, Mathieu. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: AC; PD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462983151
ISBN
9789462983151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.22

Paperback. This book explores the position of art and artists under a number of different political regimes of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, traveling around the world to consider how art and politics have interacted and influenced each other in different conditions. Num Pages: 168 pages, 25 black and white; 3 full color. BIC Classification: ACX; JPF; JPVN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 264 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
Number of pages
168
SKU
V9789462981782
ISBN
9789462981782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.22

Paperback. Gregor Langfeld argues that National Socialism played a crucial role in the canonization of movements such as Expressionism and the Bauhaus and offers important new insights into the political and ideological motivations behind the New York art world's fluctuations in opinion, fashion, and price. Num Pages: 232 pages, 40 black and white; 100 full color. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 241 x 17. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089647665
ISBN
9789089647665
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 103.43

Hardcover. Surrealism and the Occult offers a fresh view of the debate whether Surrealism was involved with occultism and the esoteric or not, with special examination of the movement's leadership by its founder, Andr Breton. Num Pages: 262 pages, 11 black and white; 4 full color. BIC Classification: AB; ACXD7; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089646361
ISBN
9789089646361
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 262.50

Paperback. By placing emerging artists in their political and social contexts, this collection attempts to confront the new activist scene that has arisen in the Russian art world during the past few years. It brings to light the important work of Russian artists today and to explicate the political environment that has given rise to such work. Editor(s): Dziewanska, Marta; Degot, Ekaterina; Budratskis, Ilya. Translator(s): Aslanyan, Anna. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JM; ACXJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Poland
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9788393381845
ISBN
9788393381845
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.61

Paperback. In the late 1960s and '70s, artists in Yugoslavia rejected the official language of expression licensed by the regime, abstract art, and replaced it with "anti-art". This book explores this crucial period in the Yugoslav art scene and situates it in the broader cultural context of Central and Eastern Europe. Num Pages: 344 pages, 40 colour plates, 120 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVWY; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 174 x 14. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art in Warsaw Poland
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9788392404439
ISBN
9788392404439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.89

Paperback. Since the collapse of the iron curtain, Prague has become one of Europe's - and the world's - most popular tourist destinations. This title presents the monuments and buildings of Prague that are representative of the art nouveau movement and offers insightful commentary on each. Num Pages: 135 pages, 100 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; ACVY; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 206 x 10. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
135
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024613468
ISBN
9788024613468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.56

Paperback. Series: Edition Angewandte. Num Pages: 360 pages, 177 colour illustrations, 177 farb. Abb. BIC Classification: AC; AKLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 215 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1660.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Ambra Verlag
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783990435809
ISBN
9783990435809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.84

Hardcover. Series: Detail Development. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 297 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1439.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Condition
New
SKU
V9783920034324
ISBN
9783920034324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.78

Paperback. El Hadji Sy is one of the most significant figures in African contemporary art and an internationally recognized activist. This book places the artist's work in the context of activism in Senegal since the country gained independence from France in 1960. Num Pages: 320 pages, 50 colour plates, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 220 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Diaphanes AG
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037348413
ISBN
9783037348413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Diaphanes AG
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037345344
ISBN
9783037345344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.65

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Edition
2nd Printing. 3rd Printing.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034600316
ISBN
9783034600316
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 35.74

Paperback. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 199 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947419
ISBN
9781933947419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 78.81

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Michigan, Museum of Art United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781930561144
ISBN
9781930561144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.57

Paperback. Accompanying an exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery and the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, this book offers material that is chronologically and geographically distant from imperial Rome, the better to characterize and understand local responses and identities within the provinces as they were expressed through material culture. Editor(s): Brody, Lisa R.; Hoffman, Gail L. Num Pages: 300 pages, 75 colour plates, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 26. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Mcmullen Museum Of Art, Boston College
Condition
New
SKU
V9781892850225
ISBN
9781892850225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.16

Hardback. Examining Tony Conrad's collaborative interactions as a guiding thread by which to investigate the contiguous networks and discursive interconnections in 1960s art. Num Pages: 480 pages, 78 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; ACXJ. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 868.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951863
ISBN
9781890951863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.80

Paperback. A study of a largely forgotten optical device and its relation to notions of opacity, transparency, and imagination. Translator(s): Fort, Jeff. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: ACB; AGZ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951481
ISBN
9781890951481
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.19

Hardback. A fresh look at the multiplicity of meanings in Leonardo's Last Supper. Num Pages: 312 pages, 187 illus., fold-out color insert. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 272 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951184
ISBN
9781890951184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 49.86

Paperback. An English-language introduction to the writings of the so-called New Vienna School of art history. Editor(s): Wood, Christopher S. Num Pages: 488 pages, 58 illus. BIC Classification: ACX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 753.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951153
ISBN
9781890951153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.87

Paperback. Features the shift between the explosive and experimental moment in the Argentine art scene of the 1960s. This exhibition catalogue brings together a historical section as well as information of performance-based actions and sound and video works by Argentine contemporary artists. Editor(s): Noorthoorn, Victoria. Series: David Rockefeller Centre for Latin American Studies, Art Catalogs. Num Pages: 150 pages, 50 colour photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; ACX; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
David Rockefeller Center for Latin American Studies
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879128347
ISBN
9781879128347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.75

hardcover. Catalogues paintings from Venice made between 1540 and 1600. This volume includes pictures in the National Gallery, London such as: Titian's Vendramin Family venerating a Relic of the True Cross and his Death of Actaeon; Veronese's Family of Darius and his four Allegories, and Tintoretto's Origin of the Milky Way. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 528 pages, 300 colour images + 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 291 x 228 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2614.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
National Gallery London
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857099133
ISBN
9781857099133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.96

Hardcover. The English romantic artist Joseph Mallord William Turner (1775-1851) was hailed as the painter of light for his brilliantly coloured landscapes and seascapes. This book examines the ways in which Turner consistently strove to confront Claude's achievement and legacy. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 160 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 293 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857095371
ISBN
9781857095371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.78

Paperback. When we say that 'Love is blind' or 'Time flies' - making concepts sound like living beings - we are using the language of allegory. Painters have long relied on allegory to create 'message pictures'. This guide helps readers understand the language of allegory within Western painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. Series: A Closer Look. Num Pages: 96 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 161 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094855
ISBN
9781857094855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.58

Hardcover. he National Gallery houses one of the most important collections of early Italian paintings outside Italy, including works by Cimabue, Duccio, Ugolino di Nerio, Giotto, Bernardo Daddi and the Cioni brothers. This title presents an account of the substantial body of research published over the years. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 568 pages, 500 colour illustrations approx. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ACN; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 223 x 43. Weight in Grams: 2698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094824
ISBN
9781857094824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.18

Paperback. Accompanies the National Gallery's display of its Italian Renaissance paintings - one of the richest collections of its kind in the world. This book focuses on Italian masterpieces made between 1250 and 1500. It includes highlights such as Leonardo's "Virgin and Child with Saint Anne" and "Saint John the Baptist". Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 72 pages, 80 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 229 x 6. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094213
ISBN
9781857094213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.48