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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Hardcover. The subjects and styles of Anthony Whishaw encompass an exceptional range. He paints in concurrent series, which sometimes overlap to form unexpected hybrids. His paintings can be both figurative and abstract, illustrative and allusive. Whishaw also employ a broad range of media. This title deals with his work. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 292 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Publisher
Royal Academy Publications
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910350416
ISBN
9781910350416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 43.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 50 colour, 100 b&w. BIC Classification: 3JJPN; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 155. .
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig,Germany
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783960980230
ISBN
9783960980230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 38 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816646012
ISBN
9780816646012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. Offers an inquiry into how to understand, describe, and represent what it is to live in the contemporary moment. This book argues that predictions that post-modernity would emerge as a global successor to modernity have not materialized as anticipated. Editor(s): Enwezor, Okwui; Condee, Nancy; Smith, Terry. Num Pages: 456 pages, 77 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 156 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342038
ISBN
9780822342038
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.25

Hardback. Argentinian figurative artist Antonio Berni (1905-1981) is known for his aesthetic originality and for art steeped in social commentary. This title documents the lives of two fictional characters, Juanito Laguna and Ramona Montiel. Series: Museum of Fine Arts, Houston. Num Pages: 464 pages, 270 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 325 x 252 x 36. Weight in Grams: 2728.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300196481
ISBN
9780300196481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.29
€ 62.09

Paperback. A new reading of the philosophy of contemporary art by the author of The Politics of Time Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Verso Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781680940
ISBN
9781781680940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.22

Hardback. In a world where 'smart' objects can talk to each other and a gun can be printed with a desktop 3D printer, the conditions for contemporary design are nothing if not surreal. This book charts the development of this fertile relationship, revealing how these ideas are being put to use by contemporary architects in extraordinary ways. Num Pages: 256 pages, 300 illustrations, 250 in colour. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 290 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780500343203
ISBN
9780500343203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.00

Hardcover. Published to accompany the major exhibition at The Museum of Modern Art, this book examines the work of the celebrated Venezuelan artist Armando Reveron. Num Pages: 240 pages, 205 illustrations, 164 in colour. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 259 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Museum of Modern Art United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870707117
ISBN
9780870707117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 37.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 245 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1260.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
DuMont Literatur und Kunst Verlag GmbH & Co KG Germany
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9783832193355
ISBN
9783832193355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.29
€ 53.87

Paperback. Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of conceptual art collective Art & Language to show how its international collaborations with dozens of artists and critics between 1969 and 1977 laid the foundation for global contemporary art, all while highlighting how conceptual art exceeds the visual to impact the philosophical and political. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361688
ISBN
9780822361688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.81

Hardback. Robert Bailey reconstructs the history of conceptual art collective Art & Language to show how its international collaborations with dozens of artists and critics between 1969 and 1977 laid the foundation for global contemporary art, all while highlighting how conceptual art exceeds the visual to impact the philosophical and political. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361497
ISBN
9780822361497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.52

Paperback. Offers an overview of the art being made at the scientific research. This title shows how some of the world's most dynamic art is being produced not in museums, galleries and studios but in the laboratory, where artists probe cultural, philosophical and social questions connected with scientific and technological advances. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 273 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500289952
ISBN
9780500289952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.72

Hardback. Catalogue of an exhibition held October 3, 2015-January 10, 2016 at the Tacoma Art Museum; Bernard A. Zuckerman Museum of Art, Kennesaw, Ga.: February 20-May 22, 2016; The Bronx Museum of the Arts, Bronx, NY: June 23-September 11, 2016. Num Pages: 288 pages, 200 color illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6782 x 5334 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295994949
ISBN
9780295994949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 40.99

Hardback. Focuses on artwork produced from the 1950s to the 1970s, when Mao Zedong was in leadership. This book argues that important contributions were made during this period that require fuller consideration in Chinese art history, especially with relevance to the contemporary world. Editor(s): Shengtian, Zheng. Series: Asia Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 50 black & white illustrations + 150 colour images. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1919.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300140644
ISBN
9780300140644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.08
€ 66.38

Paperback. In Art and Democracy in Post-Communist Europe, Piotr Piotrowski examines the art made after 1989 in Eastern Europe in light of the profound political, social, economic and cultural transformations in the region. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 colour illustrations, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DV; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861898951
ISBN
9781861898951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 42.59

Hardcover. Investigating the uneasy relationship between aesthetics and political history, this book traces a genealogy of modernism in colonial and postcolonial India. Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 288 pages, 48 bw integrated, 32 colour in 2x8pp plates. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACXD2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Sew
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784531096
ISBN
9781784531096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.02
€ 124.87

Paperback. Talks about the work of 20th-century artists, from Hans Bellmer through to Nobuyoshi Araki, from Robert Mapplethorpe to Annie Sprinkle, and from Hermann Nitsch to Paul McCarthy. Here, the author argues that some works, regardless of their 'high art' context, remain deeply problematic, whilst others are both groundbreaking and liberating. Series: Art and Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845112356
ISBN
9781845112356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.09

Paperback. Covering the period from the late 1940s to 1990s , Walker provides a detailed survey of the most prominent cases of art that has scandalised. Num Pages: 288 pages, 51 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACX; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745313542
ISBN
9780745313542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.95

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

€ 31.99
€ 30.74

paperback. An illustrated survey of more than 200 artists whose works address the political, often using radical approaches and techniques to communicate their ideas. It provides a closely woven argument about the contribution of specific artworks and projects to different aspects of political and social engagement. Num Pages: 240 pages, 419 illustrations, 389 in colour. BIC Classification: 3JM; ACXJ; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 281 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1094.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Thames and Hudson
Condition
New
SKU
9780500291474
ISBN
9780500291474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 14.93

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