Theory of art
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Theory of art
Paperback. Based on the assumption that art is subject to psychology, accessible to understanding, and needed for any comprehensive survey of mental functioning, this book offers psychological findings range from experiments in the perception of shape or observations on the art work of children to broad deliberations on nature of images or of inspiration. Num Pages: 380 pages, 1 color illustration, 3 b/w photographs, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266018
- ISBN
- 9780520266018
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.71
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Paperback. Using many examples, this title considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Num Pages: 250 pages, 95 b/w photographs, 62 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 364. A Study of Composition in the Visual Arts. 250 pages, Illustrations. Using many examples, this title considers the factors that determine the overall organization of visual form in works of painting, sculpture, and architecture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight: 368.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261266
- ISBN
- 9780520261266
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.47
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Paperback. A collection of essays that explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. It deals with color composition, forgeries, and the problems of perspective, on art in education and therapy, on the style of artists' late works, and the reading of maps. Num Pages: 348 pages, 61ill. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 484. 348 pages, 61ill. A collection of essays that explores concrete poetry and the metaphors of Dante, photography and the meaning of music. It deals with color composition, forgeries, and the problems of perspective, on art in education and therapy, on the style of artists' late works, and the reading of maps. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 20. Weight: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055544
- ISBN
- 9780520055544
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.13
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Paperback. This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder. Num Pages: 72 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 108. An Essay on Disorder and Order. 72 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 40th Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266001
- ISBN
- 9780520266001
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.89
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Paperback. Translator(s): Monges, L.D.; Moore, V. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780880101547
- ISBN
- 9780880101547
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.08
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Hardcover. Holy Hiatus sought to examine the ways that artists can draw audiences into different, often unexpected experiences of place through ritual. The temporary, mobile and in some cases, understated nature of the works meant that the impact was often subtle, but the artworks nonetheless created a ripple of effect for audiences. Editor(s): Jones, Ruth. Num Pages: 148 pages, Full colour throughout. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 245 x 18. Weight in Grams: 739.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Parthian Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905762552
- ISBN
- 9781905762552
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.17
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Hardback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639885
- ISBN
- 9780748639885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.76€ 106.08
€ 110.76
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Paperback. Examines the tensions between the aims of military technology and modernist aesthetics in relation to perception. Newly available in paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBH; TTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643196
- ISBN
- 9780748643196
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.22
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Amended ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837618037
- ISBN
- 9783837618037
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Condition: New
€ 52.45€ 41.48
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Paperback. New Views on Herbert Read. 238 pages. Editor(s): Paraskos, Michael. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 230 x 214 x 16. Weight: 858.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Freedom Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904491088
- ISBN
- 9781904491088
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.68
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paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 135 x 21. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Valiz
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789078088394
- ISBN
- 9789078088394
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Condition: New
€ 21.28
€ 21.28
Hardback. A discussion of the main issues that beset modern time and philosophy by locating these same issues in artworks and describing closely what they reveal. This volume is divided between contemporary and prehistoric art in order to reveal the presumptions of "Western" culture. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 512 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792337744
- ISBN
- 9780792337744
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Condition: New
€ 249.13
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Paperback. Sandor Radnoti looks at forgeries, artistic reproductions, replicas, variations, and pastiches in order to study the dilemmas surrounding artistic illusion and "poetic license." He reveals how forgeries as the parasites of art make clear and transparent the meaning of artistic orginality. Translator(s): Dunai, Ervin. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: ABA; ABK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 17. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847692064
- ISBN
- 9780847692064
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Condition: New
€ 60.51
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Paperback. Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Editor(s): Cook, Sarah. Series: Documents of Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Whitechapel Gallery
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854882489
- ISBN
- 9780854882489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.33
€ 21.99
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Hardback. In order to better understand the conditions of the twenty-first century, the authors revisit the 20th century in this work. They revisit some of the most significant periods in art and politics in the twentieth century paying close attention to the relationship between aesthetics and politics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739111376
- ISBN
- 9780739111376
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Condition: New
€ 142.25
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Paperback. Phantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrum-sometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its model-in light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733366
- ISBN
- 9780804733366
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.10
€ 34.99
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hardcover. Phantom Communities reconsiders the status of the simulacrum-sometimes defined as a copy of a copy, but more rigorously defined as a copy that subverts the legitimacy and authority of its model-in light of recent debates in literature, art, philosophy, and cultural studies. Num Pages: 268 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730716
- ISBN
- 9780804730716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.99
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Paperback. What was the golden secret known to Leonardo da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself? This book aims to unravel a mystery, a code that seems to underly life, the universe and everything, a pattern we instinctively recognise as beautiful, and which nature herself uses at every scale. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; ABA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 52 x 114 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
- Publisher
- Wooden Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263470
- ISBN
- 9781904263470
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Condition: New
€ 10.09
€ 10.09
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, 66, 41 black & white halftones, 25 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801479847
- ISBN
- 9780801479847
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 44.01
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Paperback. Translator(s): Gussen, Sebastian. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Diaphanes AG Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037348857
- ISBN
- 9783037348857
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.95
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Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899828029
- ISBN
- 9781899828029
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Condition: New
€ 81.73
€ 81.73
Paperback. Exploring the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points and asking key questions about its nature this book considers issues of identity, modernity and gender within a cultural and historical context. West uncovers much detail about a genre which has often been seen as purely representational. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192842589
- ISBN
- 9780192842589
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.35
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€ 21.35
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 209
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903900055
- ISBN
- 9781903900055
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Condition: New
€ 127.05
€ 127.05
Paperback. Editor(s): Ede, Sian. Num Pages: 200 pages, 60 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 494. Science and the Contemporary Visual Arts. 200 pages, 60 illustrations. Editor(s): Ede, Sian. This work is one of the first books to examine the relationship between science and contemporary art and to chart the new work beginning to emerge from artist/scientist collaborations. Contributors include distinguished art historian Martin Kemp and artist Andrea Duncan. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 15. Weight: 492.
- Publisher
- Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780903319874
- ISBN
- 9780903319874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.16
€ 14.99
€ 14.16