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History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600

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History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600

Paperback. This generously illustrated volume on the work of Botticelli makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 colour. BIC Classification: ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 700 x 15. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Prestel Germany
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791346182
ISBN
9783791346182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Natale, Mauro. Num Pages: 400 pages, 259 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 293 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2612.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857223698
ISBN
9788857223698
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Hardback. Sixteenth-century Roman presses turned out hundreds of technical treatises and learned discourses written in the vernacular. This book follows the story of the Roman illustrated book from the printed page back out to the Renaissance streets, piazzas, palaces, convents and bookshops where these publications, carefully shepherded through the press. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 colour images + 120 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACN; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 204 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1280.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300204193
ISBN
9780300204193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 7.28

Hardcover. At a time when artists were widely preoccupied with religious or mythological subject matter, the great Flemish painter Pieter Bruegel the Elder (c. 1525-1569) defied the trend. This comprehensive introduction features the complete paintings of Bruegel, including the Prado's The Wine of Saint Martin's Day, identified as a Bruegel original in 2010. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 219 x 14. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
TASCHEN GmbH
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9783836553063
ISBN
9783836553063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.60

Paperback. This generously illustrated volume on the work of Breugel makes the world's greatest art accessible to readers of every level of appreciation. Num Pages: 160 pages, 80 colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 208 x 14. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Prestel Germany
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9783791347400
ISBN
9783791347400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.35

Hardback. Feminist historians of science and philosophy have shown that during the Italian Renaissance, the profound shift in the concept of nature - from an organic worldview to the scientific - was assisted by the gender metaphor that defined nature as female. This book proposes that the larger shift was both anticipated and mediated by the visual arts. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 color photographs and 241 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 225 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2302.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261525
ISBN
9780520261525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.52
€ 67.40

Hardcover. The renowned Italian painter Michelangelo Merisi da Caravaggio (1571-1610) established his career in Catholic Rome, making paintings that placed particular importance on sacred relics and the glorification of martyred saints. Beginning with his early works, he was intensely engaged with the physical world. This book deals with his work. Num Pages: 288 pages, 70 colour images + 80 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 288 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190137
ISBN
9780300190137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.15
€ 48.94

hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 265 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271023625
ISBN
9780271023625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.84
€ 83.28

Hardback. For much of early modern history, the opportunity to be immortalized in a portrait was explicitly tied to social class: only landed elites and royalty had the money and power to commission such an endeavour. This book examines the patronage and production of portraits in Tudor and Jacobean England. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 40 colour images + 80 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; ACN; ACQ; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 292 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1540.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300162790
ISBN
9780300162790
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.67
€ 41.17

Hardcover. An interpretation of the art, architecture, and liturgy created for the conversion of Aztecs and other native peoples of central Mexico by European Franciscan missionaries in the mid-16th century. Num Pages: 408 pages, 239 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JB; ACN; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 254 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2118.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033644
ISBN
9780268033644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.88

Paperback. Towering across time as the painter of the "Mona Lisa", forever famous as a sculptor and an inventor, Leonardo da Vinci was one of the greatest minds of both the Italian Renaissance and Western civilisation. This title includes a selection of sketches, diagrams and writings from his notebooks. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 112 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Profile Books
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861979872
ISBN
9781861979872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.70

Paperback. Reveals the paradoxes, self-doubts and political compromises which made the battle for the soul of the Renaissance city one of the most complex and important moments in Western history. Num Pages: 464 pages, col. Illustrations, maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099546443
ISBN
9780099546443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.67

Hardback. The Reformation is generally regarded as a calamitous episode in the history of British art, with the rich artistic heritage of the medieval period eradicated and replaced by an austere Protestant culture of the word. This title argues that religious subject matter was common in the arts of Protestant Britain. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 colour images + 80 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; ACN; ACQ; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 203 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1402.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300162820
ISBN
9780300162820
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.67
€ 41.21

hardcover. Understanding late medieval pictorial representations of violence. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: ACK; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781890951375
ISBN
9781890951375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.84

Paperback. Understanding late medieval pictorial representations of violence. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela. Num Pages: 217 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Zone Books United States
Number of pages
217
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890951382
ISBN
9781890951382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.05

Hardback. This catalogue, written in German, describes the outstanding collection of 16th-century German and Austrian bookplates in the British Museum. Series: Scholarly. Num Pages: 256 pages, 570 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 1DFG; 3JB; ACN; AGC; AKC; GBCR; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 282 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1320.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
British Museum Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714126340
ISBN
9780714126340
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.74

Hardcover. Museum visitors today usually see pre-16th-century Italian painted altarpieces exhibited alone, as single paintings. This catalogue shows that these works were once part of decorative, integrated schemes, and the original experience for viewers of the paintings was significantly different from our own. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 128 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 275 x 18. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857095258
ISBN
9781857095258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.04

Hardcover. This source lists some 41,000 artists and contains much information that has not previously been published. Editor(s): Johnson, J.; Greutzner, A. Series: Dictionary of British Art. Num Pages: 568 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; 3JJ; ACN; ACV; AFC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 221 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2176.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Antique Collectors Club Dist
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780902028364
ISBN
9780902028364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.07

hardcover. With a contextual approach that encompasses the full range of media, from textiles to stucco, this study traces the concept of a unified interior. It argues that art history - even the emergence of the modern category of fine art - was worked out as much in the rooms of palaces as in the printed pages of Vasari and other early writers on art. Num Pages: 384 pages, 50 colour & 116 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; ACQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 223 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Getty Research Institute
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606062982
ISBN
9781606062982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.94
€ 57.26

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 34 colour, 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780271032047
ISBN
9780271032047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.84
€ 83.11

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