History of art / art & design styles
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History of art / art & design styles
Hardback. This lavishly illustrated reading of the structure and meaning of portraiture asks what happens when portraits are interpreted as imitations or likenesses not only of individuals but also of their acts of posing. Includes 84 illustrations, 40 in color. Num Pages: 656 pages, 44 half-tones 40 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 4776 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804733236
- ISBN
- 9780804733236
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 245.44
€ 245.44
Hardback. Painting, according to Jean-Luc Marion, is a topic of central concern for philosophy, particularly phenomenology. These four studies carefully consider the history of painting - from classical to contemporary - as a fund for phenomenological reflection on the conditions of (in)visibility. Translator(s): Smith, James K. A. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733915
- ISBN
- 9780804733915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.89
€ 107.89
Paperback. Piero della Francesca's "Madonna del Parto", a celebrated fifteenth-century Tuscan fresco in which the Virgin gestures to her partially open dress and her pregnant womb, is unusual in its iconography. This book uses Piero's enigmatic painting to narrate our archaic memories. Translator(s): Goodman, John. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 136 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 280. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804734424
- ISBN
- 9780804734424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.63
€ 26.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. Six Stories is a radically new look at the intersection of science and art through "failed" images. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17 figures, 71 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 190 x 20. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804741484
- ISBN
- 9780804741484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.81
€ 44.99
€ 39.81
Paperback. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748957
- ISBN
- 9780804748957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Hardback. A study of the lives and artistic production of artists of Asian Ancestry active in the United States before 1970. It recovers the impressive artistic production of numerous Asian Americans, and offers informed interpretations of a long-neglected art history. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon H.; Johnson, Mark; Karlstrom, Paul J. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 576 pages, 435 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2835.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757515
- ISBN
- 9780804757515
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.93
€ 95.93
Paperback. A study of the lives and artistic production of artists of Asian Ancestry active in the United States before 1970. It recovers the impressive artistic production of numerous Asian Americans, and offers informed interpretations of a long-neglected art history. Editor(s): Chang, Gordon H.; Johnson, Mark; Karlstrom, Paul J. Series: Asian America. Num Pages: 576 pages, 435 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; ACX; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 7112 x 5487 x 40. Weight in Grams: 2549.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804757522
- ISBN
- 9780804757522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.55
€ 46.99
€ 45.55
Hardback. Watson investigates the responses of of key twentieth-century philosophers to the work of artist Paul Klee and reveals how the art and philosophy mutually illuminate each other through these encounters. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 figure, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD1; ACXD5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761253
- ISBN
- 9780804761253
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.27
€ 74.27
Paperback. Romantic Paris is a survey of Parisian art and culture during the first half of the nineteenth century, when the experiments of Romantic artists and writers directly challenged the norms of tradition and when dramatic changes in the habits and spaces of everyday life shaped the social foundations of an urban modernity. Num Pages: 488 pages, 165 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACV; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 712. Weight in Grams: 1293.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804761512
- ISBN
- 9780804761512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.87
€ 46.99
€ 41.87
Paperback. In Your Face concentrates on the basic Renaissance concern with self-fashioning by examining the behavior of some notorious Italian artists and writers, including Michelangelo and Benvenuto Cellini, who upset the decorum of their time on a grand scale. Num Pages: 272 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804762168
- ISBN
- 9780804762168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardback. The Premise of Fidelity: Science, Visuality, and Representing the Real in Nineteenth century Japan uncovers the social and epistemological roles of the term shashin within the scientific community before the term came to mean photography. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 916. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804777902
- ISBN
- 9780804777902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.24
€ 65.24
Hardback. Rather than exploring the Dada movement from the usual perspective of its strategies of shock and opposition, this book gives us a new picture of Dada art and writings as a lucid reflection on history and the role of art therein. Num Pages: 120 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 224 x 13. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804794244
- ISBN
- 9780804794244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 102.68
€ 102.68
paperback. "This is a major work and, I think, Hunt's best.. Once picked up, the book cannot be put down, for it is an exciting exegesis of the continuing Italian influence upon English garden art."-Country Life Num Pages: 288 pages, 113 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; AC; HBTB; WMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 248 x 18. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812216042
- ISBN
- 9780812216042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.48
€ 38.99
€ 35.48
Hardback. This book examines charisma as the force in art, literature, and film that engages the reader's or viewer's consciousness and inspires admiration and imitation. Thirteen chapters analyze the workings of charisma and its effects, ranging from Homer to Woody Allen. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812243291
- ISBN
- 9780812243291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.40
€ 80.40
Paperback. During the 1990s a particular focus of discussions on American culture has been the role of visual arts in public life. In this volume, five cultural critics and two contemporary artists set out to show the ways in which this debate has profoundly reshaped the view of American culture. Editor(s): Yenawine, Philip; Weems, Marianne; Wallis, Brian. Num Pages: 320 pages, 125 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPR; ABA; ABQ; AC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- V9780814793510
- ISBN
- 9780814793510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.18
€ 34.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. "Impossible Images" brings together a distinguished group of contributors, including artists, photographers, cultural critics, and historians, to analyze the ways in which the Holocaust has been represented in and through paintings, architecture, photographs, museums, and monuments. Editor(s): Silberstein, Laurence J.; Hornstein, Shelley. Series: New Perspectives on Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 285 pages, 20 colour plates, 32 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814798263
- ISBN
- 9780814798263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.18
€ 36.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; AFKB; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 14. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816646517
- ISBN
- 9780816646517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 41 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFKV; JFD; TBX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816646708
- ISBN
- 9780816646708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.95
€ 31.99
€ 28.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 179 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACXJ; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816665150
- ISBN
- 9780816665150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.39
€ 38.99
€ 35.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 60 b&w illustrations, 16 colour plates. BIC Classification: ACQ; AGC; AGHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816670147
- ISBN
- 9780816670147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.03
€ 34.99
€ 31.03