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History of art / art & design styles
Paperback. In this volume, first published in German in 1927, Walter Curt Behrendt presents a revisionist concept of style that places equal emphasis on form and function. Behrendt calls on architects to return to basic geometries and to express the new social and economic realities. Translator(s): Mallgrave, Harry Francis. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 176 pages, 94 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD2; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892365630
- ISBN
- 9780892365630
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
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Paperback. This set brings together three photographers who have strong European ties - Kertesz and Moholy-Nagy were born and grew to maturity there, and Man Ray spent almost 40 years there. Each was also active in America. The social and artistic ferment of two continents is reflected in their work. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 150 photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; ACX; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 150 x 35. Weight in Grams: 980.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892365685
- ISBN
- 9780892365685
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.95
€ 50.99
€ 36.95
Hardback. A discussion of 59 Greek funerary monuments at the J. Paul Getty Museum. The title considers their relationships to the art and society of the period. It should be suitable for scholars and students of antiquities, and museum and art libraries. Num Pages: 160 pages, 125 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; ACG; AFKB; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 310 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1247.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366125
- ISBN
- 9780892366125
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Condition: New
€ 68.89€ 53.84
€ 68.89
€ 53.84
Paperback. In eight decades photographer Manuel Alvarez Bravo created works of art that display an array of styles and themes. This volume contains 50 images with extended commentaries on each by Robert Tejada, a curator and critic. There is also a transcript of a symposium on Manuel Alvarez Bravo. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 duotones. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 194 x 11. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366255
- ISBN
- 9780892366255
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.50
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€ 17.50
Paperback. A catalogue of the European decorative art in the Getty Museum. It features photographs of each object, and identifies its creator or manufacturer, its materials, and the date it was created. Provenance information is provided for each object along with a bibliography of related reading. Num Pages: 320 pages, 596 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBBWF; AC; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1043.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366323
- ISBN
- 9780892366323
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Condition: New
€ 63.15€ 49.62
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Paperback. Published in 1765, Giovanni Battista Piranesi's "Osservazioni" is an impassioned defence of the superiority of Roman architectural "invention" over the "beautiful and noble simplicity" of Ancient Greece. This is an English translation of Piranesi's three-part polemical work. Translator(s): Beamish, Caroline; Britt, David. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 168 pages, 43 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 3D; ACG; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 567.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366361
- ISBN
- 9780892366361
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
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Paperback. A catalogue of the almost life-size porcelain animals created for the elector of Saxony and king of Poland, Augustus the Strong, in 1735. This was perhaps the most significant commission for porcelain ever executed in Europe. The text discusses the challenges and solutions the work demanded. Num Pages: 48 pages, 30 colour & 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; ACQ; AFPC; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 205 x 3. Weight in Grams: 272.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366446
- ISBN
- 9780892366446
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.67
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€ 16.67
Hardcover. An examination of Bernardo Bellotto's "View of the Grand Canal", a visual record of life in 18th-century Venice. The volume presents the painting in a series of details that allow the reader to examine it closely and the book jacket opens to become a small poster of the entire painting. Num Pages: 64 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; ACQ; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 227.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366583
- ISBN
- 9780892366583
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.98
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€ 14.98
Paperback. A study of the work of William Henry Fox Talbot, who is credited with being the inventor of photography as we know it. It reproduces 50 of his photographs from the Getty Museum's collection, along with commentary on each. There is also an edited transcript of a colloquium on Talbot's career. Series: In Focus. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JH; ACV; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 284.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366606
- ISBN
- 9780892366606
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.51
€ 21.99
€ 17.51
Hardcover. In 1984 the Getty Museum acquired a collection of Italian Renaissance majolica, or tin-glazed earthenware. This volume catalogues this collection of 45 objects spanning 400 years, including a pair of 18th-century candlesticks representing mythological scenes and a tabletop with hunting scenes. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 colour, 270 duotone & 17 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3J; AC; AFPC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 228 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1905.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366705
- ISBN
- 9780892366705
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Condition: New
€ 86.12€ 69.75
€ 86.12
€ 69.75
Paperback. An assessment of the important place of Gustave Le Gray in the history of photography. A young painter in Rome, then a fashionable portrait photographer in Paris, Le Gray received commissions from Napoleon III, and fled to Palermo and then Egypt when faced with bankruptcy. Num Pages: 402 pages, 237 colour & 113 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; AJB; AJC; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 293 x 32. Weight in Grams: 2223.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- Abridged
- Number of pages
- 402
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366712
- ISBN
- 9780892366712
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Condition: New
€ 51.67€ 44.63
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Paperback. Carl Gustav Carus (1789-1869) - court physician to the King of Saxony - was a naturalist, amateur painter and theoretician of landscape painting, whose "Nine Letters on Landscape Painting" is an important document of early German Romanticism and an appeal for the integration of art and science. Translator(s): Britt, David. Series: Texts & Documents. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; ACVC; AGB; AGN; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 255 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892366743
- ISBN
- 9780892366743
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.43
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€ 26.43
Paperback. Through a series of texts and images, this work explores how extreme sensations such as wonder, misery, ecstasy and rage have been portrayed at different times in Western culture. It covers multiple fields of creative endeavour and intellectual inquiry - from Descartes's writings to the Internet. Editor(s): Meyer, Richard. Series: Issues & Debates. Num Pages: 312 pages, 93 illustrations, (14 colour ). BIC Classification: AB; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 180 x 25. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892366767
- ISBN
- 9780892366767
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.50
€ 38.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. The Villa dei Papiri at Herculaneum buried during the eruption of Mt. Vesuvius in A.D. 79, then rediscovered in 1750 contained a large collection of bronze and marble statuary and busts. Num Pages: 390 pages, 239ill.261col.ill. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; AFKB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 298 x 222 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892367221
- ISBN
- 9780892367221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.12€ 70.55
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€ 70.55
Paperback. The 19 papers in this volume stem from a symposium that brought together academics, archaeologists, museum curators, conservators and a practising marble sculptor to discuss varying approaches to restoration of ancient stone sculptures. Editor(s): Grossman, Janet Burnett; Podany, Jerry; True, Marion. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16 colour and 150 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDA; ABC; ACG; AFKB; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 975.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892367238
- ISBN
- 9780892367238
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Condition: New
€ 63.15€ 49.62
€ 63.15
€ 49.62
Paperback. The Swiss scholar Jacob Burckhardt (1818-1897) was one of the first great historians of culture and art. In his manuscript on the genres of Italian Renaissance painting - still unpublished in the original German and published here in English for the first time - Burckhardt assayed a transformative approach to the study of art history. Translator(s): Britt, David; Beamish, Caroline. Num Pages: 252 pages, 31 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3J; ACND; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 603.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892367368
- ISBN
- 9780892367368
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Condition: New
€ 55.12€ 43.71
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€ 43.71
Hardback. Rather than offering a chronological discussion, this book presents early Netherlandish paintings as individual objects that have confronted scholars with countless interpretive challenges. Divided into three parts, it advances the scholarly dialogue about an important period in European art, by assembling scholarly research in the field. Editor(s): Ridderbos, Bernhard; Buren, Anne van; Veen, Henk van. Num Pages: 481 pages, 118 b&w and 52 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACND; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1334.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 481
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892368167
- ISBN
- 9780892368167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.15€ 49.67
€ 63.15
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Paperback. Seeks to familiarize American audiences with Nicolas Lancret(1690-1743), a master of the genre of fete galante, who was a revered painter in his own time, rivalling his contemporaries Antoine Watteau and Francois Boucher, and a favourite of crowned heads across Europe. Num Pages: 100 pages, 32 b&w illustrations, 46 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACQ; AFCL; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 10. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892368327
- ISBN
- 9780892368327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.50
€ 21.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, colour tables, figures. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AC; AFF; AGZ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 333 x 244 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 187
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892368945
- ISBN
- 9780892368945
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.66
€ 45.99
€ 32.66
Hardcover. Num Pages: 804 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLS; AC; AFF; AGZ; HBJK; PST. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 340 x 259 x 91. Weight in Grams: 5919.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 804
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780892368952
- ISBN
- 9780892368952
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 252.61€ 196.29
€ 252.61
€ 196.29