History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. This text traces the development of art in Latin America, from pre-Columbian times to the 1990s. Linking pre-Columbian and Hispanic cultures, the book encompasses art forms ranging from sculpture, pottery and painting, to architecture and cultures from the Ice Age through to the 20th century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 163 b&w photographs, 29 colour plates, 6 maps, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813018263
- ISBN
- 9780813018263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Hardcover. The contributors to this volume study the huge woodcut generated by the artists Kuniyoshi, Hiroshige an Kunisada titled "Fifty-Three Stations of the Tokaido Road." Editor(s): Marks, Andreas. Translator(s): Allen, Laura; Wehmeyer, Ann. Series: Cofrin Asian Art Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; ACBP; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813060217
- ISBN
- 9780813060217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.35
€ 103.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Open Book Publishers
- Number of pages
- 511
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906924164
- ISBN
- 9781906924164
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.02
€ 51.99
€ 46.02
Orientalism, Eroticism and Modern Visuality in Global Cultures
. Ed(S): Delplato, Dr. Joan; Codell, Professo...
Hardback. Looking at representations of nineteenth-century 'oriental' bodies, inquiring deeply into their erotic dimensions, tracing their global dissemination at cross-cultural intersections of the visual and the political. This book examines orientalism's politico-erotic import across not only imperial Britain and France but also throughout India. Editor(s): DelPlato, Dr. Joan; Codell, Professor Julie F. Num Pages: 252 pages, Includes 36 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409463955
- ISBN
- 9781409463955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.83
€ 198.83
paperback. In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, this title invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins. Num Pages: 483 pages, 63 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0033164
- ISBN
- 9780691001609
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
hardcover. An introduction to the notable collection of West African art from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. It specifically addresses the role of the art object as a link between the spiritual and the temporal worlds. Objects examined include a bowl from Cameroon and a fertility figure from Ghana. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 76 b&w photographs, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; ABA; AC; JFC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813013251
- ISBN
- 9780813013251
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.89
€ 53.89
Hardback. Miami Modernism, or MiMo, is the brand of mid-century architecture ubiquitous in the world-famous city. This book offers a look at the architecture of Norman M Giller, one of the early godfathers of MiMo. Discussing technologies, materials, and the key elements of MiMo, it offers an insider's view. It delves into Miami's architectural history. Num Pages: 192 pages, 77 colour & 80 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; 3JJP; ACXD2; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813030715
- ISBN
- 9780813030715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.43
€ 40.99
€ 36.43
Hardcover. Editor(s): Pearce, Nicholas; Steuber, Jason. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. map. BIC Classification: ACBP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1200.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813039725
- ISBN
- 9780813039725
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.24
€ 80.24
hardcover. Presents 59 examples of contemporary Cuban art drawn from the distinguished collection of Howard and Patty Farber (New York and Miami Beach). Created during the 1980s, 1990s, and early 2000s, these works represent the combination of utopian impulses and dystopian realities, the ruptures and new beginnings that have characterized Cuban art. Editor(s): Delson, Susan B. Translator(s): Lizarraga, Felix. Num Pages: 160 pages, 67 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KJC; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 292 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Samuel P Harn Museum of Art United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976255246
- ISBN
- 9780976255246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.90
€ 56.90
paperback. A catalog of highlights of American art drawn from the Samuel P Harn Museum of Art's permanent collection. It features eighty-eight works selected from the 2,490 American works in the museum's modern, contemporary, photography, and works on paper collections. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 215 x 15. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Samuel P Harn Museum of Art United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780976255284
- ISBN
- 9780976255284
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.48
€ 31.48
Paperback. Published in conjunction with an exhibition over a decade in the making, this volume examines the influence of Claude Monet (1840-1926) on an entire generation of American artists. The exhibition examines how the innovations of French Impressionism were adopted and transformed into one of the most enduring styles in American painting. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 306 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1134.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harn Museum of Art United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780983308515
- ISBN
- 9780983308515
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.19
€ 47.19
hardcover. Guy LaBree's connection to the Seminole Tribe of Florida began when he was an elementary school student in the 1940s living near the Dania (now Hollywood) reservation in Florida. This book features forty-two selections from this self-taught artist's output of more than 1,000 paintings. It also tells the intriguing story behind the white man. Num Pages: 232 pages, 42 colour plates, 8 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 177 x 20. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813034300
- ISBN
- 9780813034300
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.92
€ 34.99
€ 31.92
paperback. Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music, and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and the Communist Manifesto of 1848. This was the age of the 'Romantic revolution'. Illustrator(s): Boreham, Judy. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSB; HPCD; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 121 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781848311787
- ISBN
- 9781848311787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 6.28
€ 10.99
€ 6.28
hardcover. Traces the dual strains of 'iconophilia' and iconoclasm, the privileging and prohibition of religious images, over a span of two-and-a-half millennia in the West. This book addresses arguments regarding the moral authority of the image in European Christianity from the medieval through the early modern periods. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 432 pages, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: AC; AGR; HRAM7; HRC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034226
- ISBN
- 9780226044132
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
paperback. This treatise on modernism and postmodernism establishes that modernists' faith in the cult of novelty inevitably led to its destruction. Exploring the paradoxical nature of the modernist tradition in literature and the arts, the author considers its aesthetic and moral contradictions. Num Pages: 158 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034332
- ISBN
- 9780231075770
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Measuring Heaven: Pythagoras and His Influence on Thought and Art in A...
Christiane L. Joost-Gaugier
paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 61. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACK; HPCA; PBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 642. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0034478
- ISBN
- 9780801474095
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Nathan Wyburn's celebrity portraits combine the pop-art sensibilities of Andy Warhol with non-traditional materials, creating art which is refreshing and unique. Featuring Twiggy crafted out of Twiglets, Michael McIntyre with Marmite and Rowan Atkinson from baked beans. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 189. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Candy Jar Books United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780993322105
- ISBN
- 9780993322105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.27
€ 20.27
Paperback. An introduction to important contributions in the humanities by a group of traditional and modern Korean women, from the 15th to the 20th century. The literary and artistic works of these women are considered Korean classics, and the artists range from a queen to a courtesan to a Buddhist nun. Num Pages: 280 pages, photographs, illustrations, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; 3H; 3J; AB; ACBP; ACN; ACQ; ACV; ACX; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780765611888
- ISBN
- 9780765611888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 50.58
€ 51.99
€ 50.58
hardcover. A biography of John Stuart Mill, the most influential British philosopher of the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 458 pages, ports. BIC Classification: ACVC; BG; HPCD; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 780. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0035854
- ISBN
- 9780521620246
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art. Num Pages: 100 pages, 100 photographs, 8 in colour. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 304 x 11. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1973
- Publisher
- Dover Publications
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486212333
- ISBN
- 9780486212333
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.51
€ 17.51
paperback. An exploration of philosophical and mystical sources of iconography in Renaissance art. Num Pages: 346 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; AC; HBG; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 128 x 27. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton and Company, Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 346
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised
- SKU
- V9780393004755
- ISBN
- 9780393004755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.81
€ 37.81
Paperback. Presenting a study of Nicolas Poussin, one of seventeenth-century Europe's greatest artists, this title offers a series of connected studies that provide ways of interpreting the work and ideas of Poussin. Num Pages: 166 pages, 89 black & white illustrations, 28 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 204 x 12. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948462436
- ISBN
- 9780948462436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.12
€ 40.12
Paperback. Taking the Dalai Lama's flight from Tibet in 1959 as its starting point, this book offers an interpretation of the ways in which the idea of Tibet has been imagined by Tibetan artists in exile in India and in the Tibetan Autonomous Region of the People's Republic of China. Series: Envisioning Asia. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; ACXJ; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861890399
- ISBN
- 9781861890399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.88
€ 33.88
hardcover. An account of the Italian painter, architect and draughtsman, Raphael, one of the most influential artists of the High Renaissance. It explores his style and his compassionate depictions of Madonna and child groups, his portraits and his works based on Bible stories and myths. Num Pages: 256 pages, over 500 images. BIC Classification: ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 283 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Lorenz Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTS0036393
- ISBN
- 9780754827115
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.93
€ 19.99
€ 14.93