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History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -

Paperback. Images of celebrities, acquaintances, and friends - in the news, on social networking sites, on the street - are constantly changing. Portraits, on the other hand, slow us down. This title shows the use of portraiture or self-portraiture to explore the complex issues of identity, while also testing the boundaries of figurative art. Num Pages: 79 pages, 56 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295989716
ISBN
9780295989716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.75

Hardback. Charts the history of French female portraiture from its heyday in the early nineteenth century to its demise in the early twentieth century. This book focuses on six canonic paintings and how they illuminate evolving social attitudes and aesthetic concerns in France over the course of the century. Num Pages: 304 pages, 150 b&w illustrations, 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; 3JJC; ACV; ACX; AFC; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 280 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1615.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111187
ISBN
9780300111187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.68

Hardcover. Num Pages: 156 pages, Illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 286 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1176.
Publisher
Titan Books Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781169124
ISBN
9781781169124
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 21.36

paperback. Explores the visualization of geometry and geometrical forms through history with an emphasis on modern and contemporary art. This work visual journey that records not only the commonalities of human perception throughout the ages and in different cultures, but also the continuing dialogue of vanguard art from the 19th, 20th, and 21st centuries. Num Pages: 128 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 155 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cleveland Museum of Art United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780940717862
ISBN
9780940717862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.37

Paperback. Published in 1975, this autobiography of private Andy Warhol talks about love, sex, food, beauty, fame, work, money, success; about New York and America; and about himself - his childhood in McKeesport, Pennsylvania, good times and bad times in the Big Apple, the explosion of his career in the Sixties, and life among celebrities. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189109
ISBN
9780141189109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.85

Hardback. In 1970 photography curator Peter C Bunnell organized an exhibition called Photography into Sculpture for the Museum of Modern Art, New York. This title proposes precedents for contemporary artists who continue to challenge traditional practices and categories. Editor(s): Statzer, Mary. Num Pages: 256 pages, 56 color photographs, 23 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGC; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520281479
ISBN
9780520281479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.85

Paperback. Pablo Ruiz Picasso was the most prolific artist in the history of Western art. Born in 1881 in Malaga, southern Spain, he spent almost all of his productive life in France, dying in Mougins in 1973. This guide provides the essential information on the artist's work and career. Series: Essential Artists. Num Pages: 224 pages, 80 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 193 x 17. Weight in Grams: 772.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854378439
ISBN
9781854378439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.13

Paperback. An exploration of the possibilities of representation after modernism, this study charts the logic and continuity of Mark Tansey's painting by considering the philosophical ideas behind his art. The book examines how Tansey uses structuralist and poststructuralist thought to create paintings. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226791296
ISBN
9780226791296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGHX; AKLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 230 x 4. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
S Q Publications,US United States
Number of pages
48
Condition
New
SKU
V9780865621015
ISBN
9780865621015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Henry Pearson is often linked to the Op Art movement of the 1960s because his best-known paintings feature a labyrinth of undulating parallel lines. This text accompanied an exhibition of Pearson's drawings from 1959 to the mid-1970s, the years when the artist moved toward geometric abstraction. Illustrator(s): Pearson, Henry. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations (some col.), ports. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 273 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palmer Museum of Art
Condition
New
SKU
V9780911209549
ISBN
9780911209549
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, Colour/B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 258 x 195 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1270.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781911024293
ISBN
9781911024293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.00
€ 28.42

Paperback. Documents an innovative project from the Spanish Royal Academy in Rome - the creation of a Pop-Up store. This volume showcases each project featured in the pop-up store, and provides a brief introduction to the artist, their works, and the inspiration behind them. Editor(s): La Fabrica. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 266 x 37. Weight in Grams: 896.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
La Fábrica/aecid
Edition
Bag Pap/Ac
Condition
New
SKU
V9788415691846
ISBN
9788415691846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.45

Paperback. A handbook for practical living in posthuman world - all by way of examining the imagined 1916 chess game between Tristan Tzara, the daddy of Dada, and V I Lenin, the daddy of communism. Series: The Public Square. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; D; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 206 x 107 x 14. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137780
ISBN
9780691137780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.83

Paperback. Explores how animal imagery has been used in modern and contemporary art and performance, and in postmodern philosophy and literature, to suggest and shape ideas about identity and creativity. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 58 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ8; JFC; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890603
ISBN
9781861890603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.96

Contemporary artists discuss the avant-garde movement and how the Great War influenced art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 150 colour, 50 b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1800.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lannoo Belgium
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401437660
ISBN
9789401437660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 84 illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Trust for Museum Exhibitions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781882507177
ISBN
9781882507177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.42

Paperback. Andrew Fekete - a painter, architect, poet and writer, who died in 1986 from an Aids-related illness. Andrew, flaneur, walked the city; he was a man whose writings, to adapt the words of Baudelaire, serve as a mirror as vast as the crowd itself. This anthology deals with his development as an artist. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383315
ISBN
9781781383315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.58

Our era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and America's Next Top Model to the snapshots we post on Face-book and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. The author shows us the very meaning of the arts in the process of transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772196
ISBN
9780226772196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.29

Paperback. Contemporary Art and Vinyl. 240 pages, 225 illustrations, incl. 200 in colour. Editor(s): Schoonmaker, Trevor. Museum catalogue for the first museum exhibition to explore the culture of vinyl records in the history of contemporary art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGC. Dimension: 268 x 268 x 18. Weight: 1238.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Duke University Press Books
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780938989332
ISBN
9780938989332
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.73

Hardback. A revealing look at the irrevocable change in art during the 1960s and its relationship to the modern culture of fact Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 color + 125 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; ACXJ5; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300187274
ISBN
9780300187274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.65
€ 7.81

Hardback. Presents an examination of Pablo Picasso's use of religious imagery and the religious import of many of his works with secular subject matter. Num Pages: 128 pages, 37 color illustrations, 29 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 15. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
124
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276291
ISBN
9780520276291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.58

hardcover. Num Pages: 56 pages, col. Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 130. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Film & Video Umbrella United Kingdom
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904270201
ISBN
9781904270201
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.01

Hardcover. Provides a link between the rebellious spirit of the current generation of Chinese artists and the mood of rebellion that was so evident during the years of the Cultural Revolution that ran from 1966 to 1976. This work argues that the destruction of traditional Chinese treasures by the Red Guards, especially in 1966, overshadows the entire period. Num Pages: 272 pages, col. ill. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 295 x 298 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2005.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224084994
ISBN
9780224084994
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.67

hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, profusely illustrated in colour throughout. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 272 x 280 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Publisher
Halsgrove United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906690380
ISBN
9781906690380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 31 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 115 x 5. Weight in Grams: 54. New.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Veritas Publications
Number of pages
31
Publication date
2006
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
9781853909870
ISBN
9781853909870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.57

Hardback. Robert Lehman, one of the foremost art collectors of his generation, embraced traditional and modern masters. This work catalogues 130 nineteenth- and 20th-century paintings that are part of the Robert Lehman Collection at the Metropolitan Museum. It includes paintings by Ingres, Theodore Rousseau, and Corot among other early 19th-century artists. Num Pages: 496 pages, 130 color illus. 300 halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; ACX; AFC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 291 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2262.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691145365
ISBN
9780691145365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 169.36

Paperback. This volume traces the development of Russian art from 1863 to 1922. It discusses the major movements and artists involved. Series: World of Art S. Num Pages: 324 pages, 256 illustrations, 21 in colour. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500202074
ISBN
9780500202074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.96

hardcover. Marcel Duchamp left a thousand letters in which he talks of his plans and works in progress. This volume contains his letters in their original language (French or English) with translations where appropriate. The editor focuses on the historical content and introduces each correspondent. Num Pages: 424 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX; AFC; AGB; DN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 246 x 53. Weight in Grams: 920. Very good copy showing minor age and shelf wear. Dust jacket intact, shows some wear & tear. Text clean throughout
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0025068
ISBN
9780500019580
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A modern painter discusses meaning and form in contemporary painting and offers advice to aspiring artists. Series: The Charles Eliot Norton Lectures. Num Pages: 144 pages, 35 line illustrations, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
9th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674805705
ISBN
9780674805705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.13

Paperback. An illustrated 100-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. . Num Pages: 448 pages, 269 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1654.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500275825
ISBN
9780500275825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.33

Paperback. Simon Sadler searches for the Situationist City among the detritus of tracts, manifestos, and works of art that the Situationist International left behind. Num Pages: 248 pages, 117. BIC Classification: 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACX; AMA; HPCF; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
245
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262692250
ISBN
9780262692250
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.84

Paperback. 'The Sketchbook War' is not a book about art but the story of war artists, how men who had previously made a comfortable living painting in studios were transformed by military uniforms and experiences that were to shape the rest of their lives and the way in which we view war today. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations, 30 colour illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; ACXD; HBG; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750956154
ISBN
9780750956154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.01

paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages, 100 Colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKB; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 299 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Merz
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789490693534
ISBN
9789490693534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 118. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JJP; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 266 x 38. .
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900960
ISBN
9781517900960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.37

Paperback. A record of The Path, a night time pilgrimage through Coire Faion and The Storr, which is aimed to enhance the participants' sense of the power of the natural landscape and rediscover what we may have forgotten about the world around us. Num Pages: 144 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 376.
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905222223
ISBN
9781905222223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.66

Hardback. 800 pages, 2500 illustrations. Editor(s): Klanten, Robert; Ehmann, Sven; Schulze, Franz. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACX; AKR. Dimension: 312 x 265 x 94. Weight: 6286.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Die Gestalten Verlag
Number of pages
800
Condition
New
SKU
V9783899552300
ISBN
9783899552300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.28
€ 127.33

Paperback. In The Story of Post-Modernism, Charles Jencks, the authority on Post-Modern architecture and culture, provides the defining account of Post-Modern architecture from its earliest roots in the early 60s to the present day. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ACXJ8; AMX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 191 x 16. Weight in Grams: 866.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470688953
ISBN
9780470688953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.94

Paperback. The essential guide to the story of London's acclaimed museum - from its origins in the 1980s to its pivotal move in 2016 Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 3JJP; 3JM; ACXJ; AK; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714872537
ISBN
9780714872537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.71

Hardback. Details Lemieux's fusion of conceptualism with a studio practice that remains respectful of abstract painting generally, and of minimalism specifically Num Pages: 232 pages, 223 illus., 127 in color. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 4862 x 6797 x 23. Weight in Grams: 976.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Krannert Art Museum,US United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781883015459
ISBN
9781883015459
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.64

Paperback. What does it mean to be in the studio? What is the space of the studio in the artist's practice? How do studios help artists envision their agency and, beyond that, their own lives? This title locates the studio both spatially and conceptually - at the center of an art world that careens across institutions, markets, and disciplines. Editor(s): Jacob, Mary Jane; Grabner, Michelle. Num Pages: 328 pages, 67 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 179 x 26. Weight in Grams: 842.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226389615
ISBN
9780226389615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29