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Theory of art

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

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

Hardback. Editor(s): Minneapolis Institute of Arts. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBNT; ABA; AGC; DQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 20. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816698929
ISBN
9780816698929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.25

Paperback. Is exile a falling away from a source of creativity associated with the wholeness of home and one's own language, or is it a spur to creativity? This book examines the complexities of exile and the diversity of its experiences. It is suitable for those who are interested in the problems of displacement and diaspora and the European Holocaust. Editor(s): Suleiman, Susan Rubin. Num Pages: 456 pages, 16 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ADF; ABA; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 25. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822322153
ISBN
9780822322153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.33

Hardback. Voices are material, somatic, and musical. They are also meaningful--they give body to concepts that cannot exist in abstractions. Through explorations of theology, pedagogy, translation, and more, this book works toward reintegrating our thinking about words as a fleshy combining of meaning and music. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPM; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269990
ISBN
9780823269990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.80

paperback. Voices are material, somatic, and musical. They are also meaningful--they give body to concepts that cannot exist in abstractions. Through explorations of theology, pedagogy, translation, and more, this book works toward reintegrating our thinking about words as a fleshy combining of meaning and music. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPM; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270002
ISBN
9780823270002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, 18 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JNA; JNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892362967
ISBN
9780892362967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.99
€ 6.53

Paperback. Translator(s): Roberts, Jennifer L. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8 color plates. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Terra Foundation for the Arts,U.S. United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780932171597
ISBN
9780932171597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. An insightful tour of the great masters of the last century and an argument that challenges long-held paradigms, Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art will appeal to mathematicians, humanists, and artists, as well as instructors teaching the connections among math, literature, and art. Num Pages: 184 pages, 19, 9 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBH; PB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781421413792
ISBN
9781421413792
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.57

Hardcover. This is the first book about one of the most celebrated art critics in US history, Donald Kuspit, whose intertwined careers as a philosopher, art historian, and psychoanalyst have yielded a type of criticism with unrivalled range in Western history. Editor(s): Craven, David; Winkenweder, Brian. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 276 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 220 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781846314797
ISBN
9781846314797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.08

Hardback. Bringing together a renowned international group of contributors, this book explores the problems in the study of vision and cognition: to make sense of the sensations we experience when we see something, we must configure many moments into a synchronous image. Num Pages: 528 pages, 30 colour plates, 85 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 164 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9783037345221
ISBN
9783037345221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.81
€ 48.25

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 90 color plates. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 197 x 28. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Diaphanes AG Switzerland
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037349465
ISBN
9783037349465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 23.95

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

€ 80.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 246 pages, 24 colour plates, 1 halftone, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; AFC; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 228 x 15. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226309705
ISBN
9780226309705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.91

Hardcover. In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this title explores the 'nonobject' - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 colour plates. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226415307
ISBN
9780226415307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.73
€ 76.87

Paperback. The Clever Object presents a multidisciplinary exploration of the ways objects materialise, embody, or negotiate various forms of intelligence, revealing the use of the idea of "the clever object" as an analytic tool of art-historical interpretation. Editor(s): Hunter, Matthew C.; Lucchini, Francesco. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 218 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 209 x 14. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118710760
ISBN
9781118710760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 108 x 19. Weight in Grams: 198. Fine copy with minor shelf wear
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
Format
Paperback
SKU
KJE0003275
ISBN
9781934105108
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 239 x 20. Weight in Grams: 644.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271015279
ISBN
9780271015279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.52
€ 75.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271015965
ISBN
9780271015965
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034157
ISBN
9780271034157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 30.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Elkins, James (Art Institute of Chicago Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA Art Institute of Chicago, USA). Series: Stone Art Theory Institutes. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271054254
ISBN
9780271054254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 34.44

Paperback. Bawdy material has always been integral to cowboy culture.. Logsdon, with great skill and humor, corrects this long-bowdlerized occupational record. -- Archie Green Editor(s): Logsdon, Guy. Series: Music in American Life. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252064883
ISBN
9780252064883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 40.83

Paperback. Takes a comprehensive look at the key role of California's art and artists in politics and culture since 1945. This work offers the reader a historical sense of the significant role California has played in generating political art and also how the state has stimulated politically engaged art throughout the world. Num Pages: 310 pages, 143 color illustrations, 80 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 220 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1050.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520240537
ISBN
9780520240537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.26

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