Theory of art
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Theory of art
Hardback. Explores how art, design, and performance registered the changes in the Edwardian period (1901-1910) and helped to precipitate them. Acknowledging familiar divisions between the neo-Baroque magnificence of central London and the slums of the East End, this title discusses the middlebrow culture that characterizes the anonymous edge of the city. Editor(s): O'Neill, Morna; Hatt, Michael. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 336 pages, 90 black-&-white illustrations + colour images. BIC Classification: 3JJC; ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300163353
- ISBN
- 9780300163353
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.16€ 41.17
€ 52.16
€ 41.17
Paperback. A survey of the thought about painting and sculpture from the early 18th to the mid-19th centuries. Barasch studies the opinions of the artists and treats the doctrines of philosophers, poets and critics of this period, thus tracing the development of modernism in art and art theory. Editor(s): Barasch, Moshe. Num Pages: 460 pages, 31 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 460
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814711767
- ISBN
- 9780814711767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.79
€ 41.79
Paperback. Barasch expertly guides the reader from the interwoven traditions of antiquity, through the aesthetic values of the Middle Ages, to the branching out of art history, art criticism, abstract aesthetics in the late Renaissance. Num Pages: 436 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACK; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 436
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415926256
- ISBN
- 9780415926256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.48
€ 48.48
Paperback. A new reading of the philosophy of contemporary art by the author of The Politics of Time Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781680940
- ISBN
- 9781781680940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.22
€ 25.22
Paperback. In this book, Murray Edelman continues his quest to understand the influence of perception on the political process by turning to the role of art. Num Pages: 162 pages, 5 halftones, references, index. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184012
- ISBN
- 9780226184012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.35
€ 30.99
€ 24.35
Hardcover. Scruton's Aesthetics is a comprehensive critical evaluation of one of the major aestheticians of our age. The lead essay by Scruton is followed by fourteen essays by international commentators plus Scruton's reply. All discuss matters of enduring importance. Editor(s): Hamilton, Andy; Zangwill, Nick. Num Pages: 338 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 136 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230251687
- ISBN
- 9780230251687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.24
€ 123.24
Hardcover. A study of controversy in the arts, and the extent to which such controversies are socially rather than just aesthetically conditioned. The collection pays special attention to the vested interests and the social dynamics involved, including class, religion, culture, and - above all - power. Editor(s): Howells, Richard; Ritivoi, Andreea Deciu; Schachter, Judith. Num Pages: 347 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230353978
- ISBN
- 9780230353978
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Hardcover. Ten leading commentators explore the interfaces between art and aesthetics in dialogue with a philosophical text (Theodor Adorno's draft introduction to Aesthetic Theory), a piece of literary writing (Franz Kafka's A Report to an Academy), and a major contemporary painting (Gerhard Richter's Betty, 1988). Editor(s): Regier, Alexander; De Bolla, Peter; Uhlig, Stefan H. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549197
- ISBN
- 9780230549197
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardcover. This interdisciplinary publication introduces a wealth of new theories and ideas on creativity, evolutionary computation, and the computational arts. Grounding theory through practical applications, it includes contributions from renowned researchers. Editor(s): McCormack, Jon; d'Inverno, Mark. Num Pages: 456 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; UYQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 241 x 29. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783642317262
- ISBN
- 9783642317262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.72
€ 135.72
Paperback. Material Imagination examines the interrelated concepts of matter, materialism, and materiality in postwar European art, from 1946-1972. These eight essays explore artists methods and materials in order to better understand the social and cultural environments in which their works of art were made. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJP; ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 210. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119328575
- ISBN
- 9781119328575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.65
€ 32.65
Paperback. "Languages of Art". Num Pages: 291 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780915144341
- ISBN
- 9780915144341
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 19.95
€ 34.99
€ 19.95
Paperback. A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405150781
- ISBN
- 9781405150781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.76
€ 47.76
hardcover. A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postmodernist theory and culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781405150774
- ISBN
- 9781405150774
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.03
€ 108.03
Paperback. An account of the changing attitudes to the way art is presented in the modern museum of art. It examines the relationship between the artist, the public and the curator, taking the reader into the artist's studio, and then on an international tour of museums, galleries and installations. Series: Walter Neurath Memorial Lectures. Num Pages: 64 pages, 55 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; GM; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 211 x 6. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500282168
- ISBN
- 9780500282168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.92
€ 10.99
€ 8.92
Paperback. How does contemporary art subvert the role of the artist/author? Series: International Library of Modern and Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534158
- ISBN
- 9781784534158
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.64
€ 26.99
€ 24.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 109 x 10. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Sternberg Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933128429
- ISBN
- 9781933128429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.75
€ 20.75
Hardcover. Editor(s): Santiago, Nicole L. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Nova Science Pub Inc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781634820066
- ISBN
- 9781634820066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.09€ 142.08
€ 190.09
€ 142.08
Hardcover. Editor(s): Sala, Nicoletta. Num Pages: 178 pages, colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 16. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781600212321
- ISBN
- 9781600212321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.52€ 136.37
€ 200.52
€ 136.37
Paperback. With help of carefully chosen illustrations and photographs, from Cezanne and Van Gogh to Francis Bacon, Andy Warhol and the Osmond family, Nigel Warburton brings a philosopher's eye to art in a refreshingly jargon-free style. Num Pages: 160 pages, 12 colour photographs, 7 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415174909
- ISBN
- 9780415174909
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.60
€ 31.60
Hardback. This book examines the writings of Lawrence Alloway (1926-1990), one of the most influential and widely-respected art writers of the post-War years. It provides a close and critical reading of his writings, and sets his work in the cultural and political context of the London and New York art worlds of the 1950s to the early 1980s. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 510 pages, 11 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316456
- ISBN
- 9781846316456
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.26
€ 185.26