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History of art / art & design styles

Hardback. Argues that we can only learn how and why certain kinds of spatial representation prevailed over others by carefully considering how Renaissance artists and theorists interpreted perspective. This book challenges basic assumptions about the way early modern artists and theorists represented their relationship to the visible world. Num Pages: 184 pages, 43 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGZ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271029801
ISBN
9780271029801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.26

Hardback. Editor(s): Groseclose, Barbara; Wierich, Jochen. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 25. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271032009
ISBN
9780271032009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 89 duotones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JH; ACV; AKC; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 249 x 20. Weight in Grams: 910.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271032030
ISBN
9780271032030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.03

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

€ 138.18

Paperback. Addresses the imagery of space exploration as a field of mythical representation informed by Cold War politics and acted out in an expansive variety of media, from the picture press to comic books. This book offers various ways to think about the historical emergence of pop, conceptual, postmodern, and installation art. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24 colour/113 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 245 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271033426
ISBN
9780271033426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.66

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 100 colour/100 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1633.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034089
ISBN
9780271034089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034157
ISBN
9780271034157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.35

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271035451
ISBN
9780271035451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 135.47

Paperback. Editor(s): Elkins, James (Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA). Series: Stone Art Theory Institutes. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271054254
ISBN
9780271054254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.50

Hardback. Editor(s): Reist, Inge (Director of The Frick Collection's Center for the History of Collecting). Series: Frick Collection Studies in the History of Art Collecting in. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 412 x 22. Weight in Grams: 970.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271064710
ISBN
9780271064710
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.01

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. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Num Pages: 388 pages, 21 colour illustrations, 273 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK; AKLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
the Index of Christian Art, Princeton University
Edition
illustrated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976820215
ISBN
9780976820215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.35

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hourihane, Colum. Series: Index of Christian Art Occasional Papers. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 colour/198 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Index of Christian Art, Dept. of Art and Archaeology, Princeton University United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780976820246
ISBN
9780976820246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.34

Paperback. Informed by fossil discoveries, scientists and artists collaborated during the years before Darwin's "Origin of Species" was published to produce images of a prehistoric world based on sources other than the Bible. This book explores the implications of reconstructing a past humans have never seen. Num Pages: 294 pages, 107 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: AC; AKL; PDX; RBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
n
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226731056
ISBN
9780226731056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.38

Paperback. Sheds light on changing Asian American cultures Editor(s): Kina, Laura; Dariotis, Wei Ming. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black & white illustrations, 44 colour illustrations, 44 color illus., 17 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295992259
ISBN
9780295992259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.33

Paperback. Editor(s): Conrads, Margaret C. Num Pages: 136 pages, 91 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 281 x 17. Weight in Grams: 776.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9780615351711
ISBN
9780615351711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.01

Paperback. Narrates the history of a single object - a tea-leaf storage jar created in southern China during the thirteenth or fourteenth centuries - and describes how its role changed after it was imported to Japan and passed from owner to owner there. Num Pages: 208 pages, , colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 277 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1096.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934686259
ISBN
9780934686259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.26

Hardback. Pieter Bruegel (1525-1569), generally considered the greatest Flemish painter of the sixteenth century, was described as a supremely comic artist. This book explores the function and production of laughter in the sixteenth century, and also examines the ways in which Bruegel exploited the comic potential of Hieronymus Bosch. Num Pages: 287 pages, 84 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 231 x 29. Weight in Grams: 628.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
1st
Number of pages
287
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520245211
ISBN
9780520245211
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.14

Hardback. Shows that the elite of the art world are sustained by new forms and styles created by artists outside the mainstream. Series: Marxism and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 41 photographs. BIC Classification: ABQ; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 528.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745327532
ISBN
9780745327532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.20

Hardback. Num Pages: 607 pages, 1,600 objects illustrated. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310 x 239 x 51. Weight in Grams: 3788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764320057
ISBN
9780764320057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.53
€ 63.10

Paperback. The puppet creates delight and fear. It may evoke the innocent play of childhood, or become a tool of ritual magic, able to negotiate with ghosts and gods. In this book, the author contemplates the fascination of these unsettling objects - objects that are also actors and images of life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 4 colour plates, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; ASZM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005508
ISBN
9780226005508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.44

Paperback. In the literary and artistic milieu of early modern Japan the Chinese and Japanese arts flourished side by side. Kodojin, the "Old Taoist" (1865-1944), was the last of these great poet-painters in Japan. This book brings together 150 of Kodojin's Chinese poems (introduced and translated by Jonathan Chaves). Num Pages: 208 pages, 25 halftones, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1FPJ; 2GDC; 2GJ; ACBP; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231116572
ISBN
9780231116572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.45

Paperback. Series: Samuel and Althea Stroum Books. Num Pages: 178 pages, 49 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ACBP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295986883
ISBN
9780295986883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.20

Hardcover. Reproduces 14 images from a 15th century manuscript, now in the J. Paul Getty Musuem. The commentary places the manuscript within its context as an account of Alexander's life. Series: Monographs on Illuminated Manuscripts. Num Pages: 117 pages, 29 col and 13 b/w plates. BIC Classification: AC; AFT; AKLB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 430 x 349 x 44. Weight in Grams: 3992.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
117
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363711
ISBN
9780892363711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.34

Hardcover. This book provides the most comprehensive survey of contemporary Palestinian art to date while exploring in depth the relationship between art and nationalism in the context of conflict. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 269 pages, 97 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBP; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319525
ISBN
9781846319525
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.21

Hardback. Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He created paintings whose radically simplified lines and colours echoed the unschooled art of the rustic and native cultures he loved. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 illustrations, 25 in colour. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781780671895
ISBN
9781780671895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Paul Cezanne challenged convention and pioneered new possibilities in painting. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint aspects of everyday life in ways that revealed dynamic yet deeply harmonious visions of the world. Illustrator(s): Vale, Patrick. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Condition
New
SKU
9781780674780
ISBN
9781780674780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Mercurial, saturnine, scandalous and unpredictable, Caravaggio - as a man, as a character and as an artist - holds dramatic appeal. He spent a large part of his life on the run, leaving a trail of illuminated chaos wherever he passed, most of it recorded in criminal justice records. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780677002
ISBN
9781780677002
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Rembrandt van Rijn is probably the most famous Dutch painter of the seventeenth century. His works are greatly loved today, but he was not always so well regarded. His life was one of a dramatic rise and fall, unfolding during the Golden Age of the newly formed Dutch Republic. This book deals with his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780677453
ISBN
9781780677453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Leonardo da Vinci lived an itinerant life. Throughout his career - from its beginnings in the creative maelstrom of fifteenth-century Florence to his role as genius in residence at the court of the king of France - Leonardo created a kind of private universe for himself and his work. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 175 x 14. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780677514
ISBN
9781780677514
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Hardback. Belgian artist Rene Magritte's life is infused with bizarre moments: a surreal journey oscillating between fact and fiction that he always conducted as the straight-faced bowler-hatted man. He would shape his own life story to be its own surreal work of art. This book tells his story. Series: This is. Num Pages: 80 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Laurence King Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
9781780678504
ISBN
9781780678504
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.33

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rutgers University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
None ed.
SKU
V9780813536972
ISBN
9780813536972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.19

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813572987
ISBN
9780813572987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Hardback. Between 1950 and 1975, some of the postwar era's most innovative artists flocked to a very unexpected place: New Jersey. There they produced some of the most important work of their careers. This catalogue examines more than 100 works by sixteen artists, including Amiri Baraka, George Brecht, Dan Graham, Gordon Matta-Clark, and George Segal. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 176 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEJ; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ACXD; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1032.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300174373
ISBN
9780300174373
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Charts the theological defense of icons during the Iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries, whose high point came in AD 787, when the Second Council of Nicaea restored the cult of images in the church. This title demonstrates how the dogmas of the Trinity and the Incarnation eventually provided the basic rationale for images. Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AFWH; AGR; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691141251
ISBN
9780691141251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 7. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486753
ISBN
9780801486753
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.27

Hardcover. Focuses on Chinese ceramics from the Qing period, including earthenware, stoneware, and polychrome porcelain. This title catalogues rugs and carpets from the collection of Peter A B Widener. Num Pages: 344 pages, 250 color, 100 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 1FKA; ACBP; AFC; AFPC; AFWD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 400 x 35. Weight in Grams: 2042.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
National Gallery of Art,Washington United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780894682520
ISBN
9780894682520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.33

Hardback. National Treasures explores the fate of French art and heritage during the Nazi occupation of France, revealing the roots of contemporary cultural policy in the Vichy era and exposing a hidden convergence of resistance and collaboration in French museology. Num Pages: 404 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJH; ABC; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 33. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804770187
ISBN
9780804770187
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.33

Paperback. Benjamin Binstock revolutionises how we think about Vermeer's work and life. Vermeer is famously a mystery in art: there is scant information on his life and training, and nothing to connect him to any students. What remains is the paintings themselves as well as some historical information and surmise. Num Pages: 456 pages, 133 black & white illustrations, 91 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 181 x 255 x 28. Weight in Grams: 852.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415861335
ISBN
9780415861335
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.31

paperback. A standard work and the most comprehensive collection of documents and pictoral material ever published on this famous school of design. Translator(s): Jabs, W.; Gilbert, B. Num Pages: 680 pages, illustrations facsimiles, map, plans, portraits. BIC Classification: ACX; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 302 x 220 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2140.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
675
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262730471
ISBN
9780262730471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.68
€ 64.19