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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

Hardback. Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed an unrivaled collection over the course of his reign. This work weaves the history of this collection into the life of its owner with a narrative style. It also includes photographs that recreates Europe's greatest tapestry collection. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 440 pages, 114 b&w illustrations and 206 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JB; ACND; AFWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 286 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2296.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300122343
ISBN
9780300122343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.97
€ 49.05

Paperback. Explores key themes in the making of Renaissance painting, sculpture, architecture and prints: the use of specific techniques and materials, theory and practice, change and continuity in artistic procedures, and conventions and values. This book also reconsiders the importance of mathematical perspective. Editor(s): Woods, Kim W. Series: Open University: Renaissance Art Reconsidered. Num Pages: 352 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 214 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1st ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300121896
ISBN
9780300121896
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 24.27

Paperback. Analyzing the painting, Saint James Freeing Hermogenes, this book reexamines and confirms Fra Angelico's status as a pioneer of the representational style championed in Florence in the early fifteenth century by Brunelleschi, Masaccio, and Donatello, and shows why he was one of the great artistic minds of his age. Series: Kimbell Masterpiece Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 3 black & white illustrations + 55 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300121360
ISBN
9780300121360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.45

Paperback. Written by one of the world's leading authorities on medieval textiles and illustrated with many lovely colour reproductions, The Unicorn Tapestries traces the origins of the tapestries as well as possible interpretations of their symbolic meaning. This is an essential book for any lover of medieval art and textiles. Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 14 b&w illustrations, 77 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; ACND; AGC; WFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 304 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300106305
ISBN
9780300106305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.20

Hardcover. Diego Velasquez (1599-1660) spent his formative years in Seville, learning his craft and producing his early masterpieces. This work explores the importance of Seville for Velasquez, examining Sevillian culture, Catholic theology, and picaresque literature. Editor(s): Clarke, Michael. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 b/w + 50 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACN; AFC; AGB; GBCR; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 342 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Hardback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300069495
ISBN
9780300069495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.97
€ 45.40

Hardcover. These essays show how unpredictable attitudes to classical art turn out to be in Britain during the period 1550-1650. They aim to show how British artists, patrons and builders made informed choices from the classical vocabulary while working within systems distinct from those of classicism. Editor(s): Gent, Lucy. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 478 pages, 200 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1650.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Paul Mellon Centre BA
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300063813
ISBN
9780300063813
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.97
€ 45.40

Hardcover. This visual and analytical record of the work and career of Jacopo Sansovino, the leading sculptor and architect of 16th-century Venice and one of the greatest sculptors of the High Renaissance, provides a detailed description of his works. Num Pages: 652 pages, 440 b/w + 12 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 286 x 60. Weight in Grams: 3010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
652
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300047592
ISBN
9780300047592
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 214.49
€ 165.98

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

Hardcover. Today few would think of astronomy and astrology as fields related to theology. Fewer still would know that physically absorbing planetary rays was once considered to have medical and psychological effects. This book reveals how Renaissance artworks were designed to be not only beautiful but also - perhaps even primarily - functional. Num Pages: 304 pages, 14 colour plates, 12 halftones, 14 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; 3JB; ACND; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 582.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226922843
ISBN
9780226922843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.75
€ 76.88

Hardcover. A study of the controversies over religious images that pervaded Italian life both before and parallel to the Reformation north of the Alps. Num Pages: 448 pages, 60 colour plates, 100 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 261 x 224 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226567723
ISBN
9780226567723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.36
€ 63.06

Paperback. As a woman wielding public authority, Elizabeth I embodied a paradox at the very center of sixteenth-century patriarchal English society. This title illuminates the ways in which the Queen and her subjects variously exploited or obfuscated this contradiction. It is suitable for historians, literary scholars, and art historians of the period. Num Pages: 352 pages, 51 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; AG; HBJD1; HBLH; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534756
ISBN
9780226534756
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 202 halftones, 33 line drawings, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSV; ACK; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327822
ISBN
9780226327822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. A synthesis of the work of international scholars, this is an account of the people who animated a decisive period in the genesis of the modern mind - the Renaissance. Confining its attention to the "great" Renaissance which originated in Italy, the book treats a broad spectrum of figures. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226283562
ISBN
9780226283562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 364 pages, 140 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 144 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226002408
ISBN
9780226002408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.08

paperback. This book provides a new perspective on Sienese painting after the Black Death. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: ACN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 15. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107686694
ISBN
9781107686694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 45.25

Paperback. Originally published in 1940, this book charts the origins and evolution of academies of art from the sixteenth century to the mind-twentieth century. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; ACQ; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107421448
ISBN
9781107421448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.10

hardcover. This well-illustrated study investigates the symbolic dimensions of painted maps as products of ambitious early modern European courts. Num Pages: 318 pages, 91 b/w illus. 8 colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; HBTP1; JFCX. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 263 x 17. Weight in Grams: 818.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107067035
ISBN
9781107067035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.41

hardcover. This book presents new archival sources, suggests new interpretations of the David, and connects the statue to contemporary historical events in Florence. Num Pages: 399 pages, 82 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 261 x 24. Weight in Grams: 996.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
399
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781107043596
ISBN
9781107043596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.95

hardcover. This book explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist. Num Pages: 216 pages, 76 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107002395
ISBN
9781107002395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.53

Hardback. This volume examines works of art in a variety of media produced in Florence during the period 1300 to 1600. Editor(s): Ames-Lewis, Francis (University of London). Series: Artistic Centers of the Italian Renaissance. Num Pages: 464 pages, 282 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 286 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1888.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521851626
ISBN
9780521851626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.95

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