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Paperback. Tells the history of the modest family which rose to become one of the most powerful in Europe. This title explores the intensely dramatic rise and fall of the Medici family in Florence, as well as the Italian Renaissance which they did so much to sponsor and encourage. Num Pages: 448 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; BGH; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 29. Weight in Grams: 368.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099522973
ISBN
9780099522973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.64

paperback. In the autumn of 1502 three giants of the Renaissance period - Cesare Borgia, Leonardo da Vinci and Niccolo Machiavelli - set out on one of the treacherous military campaigns of the period. This work focuses on this collusion of three iconic figures of the Italian Renaissance to unite three mighty strands of the period - war, politics and art. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HPCB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 36. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9781845951214
ISBN
9781845951214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.10

paperback. Reveals the paradoxes, self-doubts and political compromises which made the battle for the soul of the Renaissance city one of the most complex and important moments in Western history. Num Pages: 464 pages, col. Illustrations, maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; HBJD; HBLH; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 30. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099546443
ISBN
9780099546443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 11.29

Paperback. Relating to the current interest in the historiography of art history, this illuminating study offers a valuable contribution to the discussion surrounding its principles and values. Num Pages: 528 pages, 150 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACNH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 173 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1278.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089641786
ISBN
9789089641786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.61

Hardcover. This book is essential for understanding culture and the vanguard artistic production of the late Franco dictatorship, discussing the intellectual and cultural field as an important battlefield for fighting the dictatorship from within. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 360 pages, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 26. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781383223
ISBN
9781781383223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.02

hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages, 200 Colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Monacelli Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580933292
ISBN
9781580933292
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.26

Hardcover. Editor(s): Reimer, Karen. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 307 x 15. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Victoria Miro Gallery
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941548656
ISBN
9780941548656
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.70

Paperback. Czech action art emerged out of the political and social turmoil of the 1960s. This title explains the various forms of action art, from the actions and happenings of the 1960s; to the actions of land art; to the actions of a new generation of artists, who are using the principles of action art in contemporary postconceptual and participative art. Translator(s): Morgan, Daniel. Num Pages: 200 pages, 200 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVKC; 3JJP; ACXJ5; AFKP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024623177
ISBN
9788024623177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.50

Paperback. As a 50th anniversary gift to the museum, the Society for Asian Art has commissioned a major work by Liu Jianhua, one of China's best-known contemporary installation artists. Num Pages: 80 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 254 x 10. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Asian Art Museum
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Paperback with Flaps
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939117758
ISBN
9780939117758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.20

Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520282438
ISBN
9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Drooker, Penelope B. Num Pages: 184 pages, 100ill.(42col.). BIC Classification: ACBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873658256
ISBN
9780873658256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.07

Paperback. Artist and Adventurer. 464 pages, 200 colour illustrations. This is an illustrated biography of the artist Johan Zoffany (1733-1810). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ACQ; AGB; BGF. Dimension: 230 x 147 x 32. Weight: 1276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Paul Holberton Publishing
Edition
1ST
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907372049
ISBN
9781907372049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.07

hardcover. Evocative works in Tonalism, Impressionism, and Naturalism that offer relief from the urban world Num Pages: 225 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACXD; AFC; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 254 x 23. Weight in Grams: 825.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of South Carolina Press United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611176759
ISBN
9781611176759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.35

Paperback. Thinking about Art explores some of the greatest works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to offer intriguing juxtapositions of art and history. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 280 x 17. Weight in Grams: 876.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118904978
ISBN
9781118904978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.30

Hardback. Per Jonas Nordhagen's work on the frescoes of S. Maria Antiqua in Rome is of fundamental importance to the study of early medieval art in Italy. This volume brings together for the first time Professor Nordhagen's work on medieval Roman mosaics and fresco painting. Num Pages: 508 pages, 342 illus. BIC Classification: ACK; AM; HDD; HDDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907132479
ISBN
9780907132479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 120 pages, 113 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Dimension: 305 x 205. .
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857233505
ISBN
9788857233505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.24

Hardcover. An exquisitely illustrated volume that emphasizes the importance of drawing in Fragonard's creative process Num Pages: 320 pages, 250 color illus. BIC Classification: ACQ; AFF; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 293 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1924.
Publisher
Metropolitan Museum of Art
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588396013
ISBN
9781588396013
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.80

Paperback. Shows that any of us can appreciate art. Based on his hugely popular BBC Radio 4 Reith Lectures and full of pictures, this title presents the author's personal journey through the art world that answers the basic questions that might occur to us in an art gallery but seem too embarrassing to ask. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 181 x 111. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141979618
ISBN
9780141979618
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.26

hardcover. Showcases the author' images of Charlottesville, Virginia - many of them multipanel compositions featuring the University of Virginia and its environs - accompanied by an essay and interview by his wife, the writer Ann Beattie. This book gives us a view of Charlottesville, of place and artistic production. Num Pages: 112 pages, 160 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 241 x 14. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813925035
ISBN
9780813925035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 39.83

Hardcover. This volume brings together new research by some of the world's leading experts, exploring the artistic production and cultural context of Renaissance sculpture from Ghiberti's Gates of Paradise to the small bronzes of Giambologna and his followers. Editor(s): Motture, Peta; Jones, Emma; Zikos, Dimitrios. Num Pages: 384 pages, 170 colour. BIC Classification: ACND; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 286 x 218 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1730.
Publisher
V & A Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851776405
ISBN
9781851776405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.03

hardcover. How red devil buses and self-taught artists have enlivened one Latin American nation Series: Caribbean Studies Series. Num Pages: 320 pages, , black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: ACB; HBJK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Mississippi United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781617032431
ISBN
9781617032431
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.85

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Lee, Joe. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389003
ISBN
9781934389003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.62

Hardcover. Pop artist Peter Blake has an eye for the quirky and the overlooked. As well as being known as a painter, Blake is renowned for his works on paper and as a leading exponent of collage. This work displays the strong graphic sensibility and the love of popular culture for which the artist has long been renowned. Num Pages: 64 pages, 56 colour. BIC Classification: ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 179 x 11. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Tate Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
64
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854378163
ISBN
9781854378163
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.82

Paperback. Eyewitnessing evaluates the worth of images as historical evidence, examining religious, political, advertising and commodified images. Peter Burke challenges the conventional view that images represent specific historical meanings. Series: Picturing History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 82 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 176 x 12. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861892652
ISBN
9781861892652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.17

Hardback. Over the course of several decades, George and Maida Abrams amassed perhaps the finest private collection of Dutch Old Master drawings in the world. This title presents a selection of these works, and explores the role of drawing in the creative process in Rembrandt's studio and wider circle. Series: Bruce Museum. Num Pages: 208 pages, 175 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQB; AFF; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 240 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300176063
ISBN
9780300176063
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.87

Paperback. Editor(s): Carlaftes, Peter; Georges, Kat. Series: Maintenant. Num Pages: 176 pages, 50 color images. BIC Classification: ACX; DCQ; GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Three Rooms Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941110447
ISBN
9781941110447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789200365
ISBN
9780789200365
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 261 x 11. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408178577
ISBN
9781408178577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 21.40

Paperback. The Education of the Eye examines the origins of visual culture in eighteenth-century Britain, setting out to reclaim visual culture for the democracy of the eye and to explain how aesthetic contemplation may, once more, be open to all who have eyes to look. Num Pages: 296 pages, 63 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AM; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748001
ISBN
9780804748001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.15

Hardcover. Now updated and available in a new price and format, this is the most comprehensive monograph on Turner Prize-nominated artist Peter Doig. Num Pages: 432 pages, 400 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 282 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2452.
Publisher
Rizzoli
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Revised, Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847849796
ISBN
9780847849796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.90
€ 48.20

Paperback. A collection of 10 original essays that explore the social context in which paintings, statues, textiles, maps, and other artifacts were produced and consumed in Renaissance England. Editor(s): Erickson, Peter; Hulse, Clark. Series: New Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, 133 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; 3JB; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 762.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812217346
ISBN
9780812217346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.82

Hardcover. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ACBP; AFWD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1814.
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Hardcover with Jacket
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804843737
ISBN
9780804843737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.24

paperback. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Walther Konig, Koln
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9783883757230
ISBN
9783883757230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.19

Paperback. This new history of over 5000 years of African art reveals its true diversity for the first time. Challenging centuries of misconceptions that have obscured the sophisticated nature of African art, Peter Garlake uses the latest research and archaeological findings to offer exciting new insights. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 216 pages, numerous colour and haltones; 6 maps; 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 12. Weight in Grams: 528.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842619
ISBN
9780192842619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.74

Paperback. Explores the rise of Modernism in the arts, the cultural movement that heralded and shaped the modern world, dominating western high culture for over a century. This title traces the revolutionary path of modernism from its Parisian origins to its emergence as the dominant cultural movement in world capitals such as Berlin and New York. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: AB; ACV; ACXD2; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 38. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099441960
ISBN
9780099441960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.12

Hardcover. Historic photographs of Chaco Canyon from the late nineteenth century to the 1970s are juxtaposed with contemporary "rephotographs." Num Pages: 224 pages, photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; AC; AGN; AJC; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 258 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Museum of New Mexico Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780890135778
ISBN
9780890135778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.13

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Condition
New
SKU
V9782906571822
ISBN
9782906571822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.43

paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 16 b & w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dis Voir France
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9782914563505
ISBN
9782914563505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. A substantial contribution to American art history. Six writers on art and popular culture survey the western art in the twenty-first century, tracing its boundaries in the areas of aesthetics and national identity. Their observations support an emerging history of western art that places it in a social, psychological, and political context. Series: Western Passages S. Num Pages: 80 pages, 90 color illus. BIC Classification: ACX; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Denver Art Museum United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914738558
ISBN
9780914738558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.31

Hardback. In the midst of a resurgence of pride in Ireland's history during the 18th century, William Burton, later Conyngham (1733-1796), strove to emulate his British counterparts in producing albums of engravings illustrating the beauties of the country's heritage. This catalogues more than 600 drawings, which he was known to have secured by about 1780. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 244 pages, 100 color + 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; ACQ; AFF; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 256 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1542. Fine clean copy in dustwrapper. DW has some edge wear including some short tears
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KRA0005620
ISBN
9780300180725
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 30.00