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Theory of art

Hardback. Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405178839
ISBN
9781405178839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.37

Paperback. This interdisciplinary collection of essays on idolatry, including both historical and theoretical contributions, shows that the concept of idolatry is helpful for all who study the ways that people interact with and conceive of the things around them. Editor(s): Ellenbogen, Josh; Tugendhaft, Aaron. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HRAC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760430
ISBN
9780804760430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456. Contemporary Art Theory. 240 pages, Illustrationsstrations (black and white). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 209 x 152 x 26. Weight: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Publisher
JRP Ringier
Number of pages
240
SKU
V9783037642382
ISBN
9783037642382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

Paperback. This book argues that the extraordinary force of the image in contemporary life-the contemporary imaginary-can be traced back to the Byzantine iconoclastic controversy of the eighth and ninth centuries. Translator(s): Franses, Rico. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741019
ISBN
9780804741019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.12

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ABA; AGZ; AJR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165. .
Publisher
Rocky Nook
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681981987
ISBN
9781681981987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 28.83

Hardcover. A collection of reflections by 78 contemporary artists in which each artist reveals the influence and inspiration he or she has found in a particular artwork or artist. It identifies themes that emerges and contextualizes the history and practice of artists looking back at the work of others. Num Pages: 208 pages, 152 illustrations, 135 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 266 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 960.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500238967
ISBN
9780500238967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.57

Hardback. Based on a series of six lectures delivered at the Museo Nacional del Prado in 2012, the author examines links between his personal life and his study of Hispanic art of the Golden Age. His adventures are offered as a model for understanding how art history is shaped by life experiences. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 colour images + 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203967
ISBN
9780300203967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 35.76

Paperback. Explores the construction of identities in the psychical space between perception and consciousness, drawing upon psychoanalytic theories to describe the constitution and maintenance of 'self' and 'us' - in imaginary spatial and temporal relations to 'other' and 'them' - through the all-important relay of images. Num Pages: 329 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
329
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520202993
ISBN
9780520202993
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. Cavarero refutes a long-standing set of assumptions in moral philosophy by contesting the classical figure of the homo erectus or 'upright man, ' and by proposing a feminist, altruistic, open model of the subject-one inclined toward others. Translator(s): Sitze, Adam; Minervini, Amanda. Series: Square One. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600409
ISBN
9781503600409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Hardback. Cavarero refutes a long-standing set of assumptions in moral philosophy by contesting the classical figure of the homo erectus or 'upright man, ' and by proposing a feminist, altruistic, open model of the subject-one inclined toward others. Translator(s): Sitze, Adam; Minervini, Amanda. Series: Square One. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804792189
ISBN
9780804792189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.06

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

€ 23.99
€ 17.58

Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; AFKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174503
ISBN
9780231174503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.65
€ 72.21

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, 20 b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; AFKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174510
ISBN
9780231174510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. The 50th anniversary edition of a classic text, featuring an expanded selection of color studies Num Pages: 192 pages, 64 colour illustrations + 16 line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Anniversary
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300179354
ISBN
9780300179354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.27

Hardback. One of the most influential books on colour ever published, Josef Albers' "Interaction of Color" is a masterwork. This book replicates Albers' revolutionary exercises, explaining concepts such as colour relativity and vibrating and vanishing boundaries through the use of colour, shape, die-cut forms, and movable flaps. Num Pages: 300 pages, 150 colour images + 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 425 x 315 x 69. Weight in Grams: 4124.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
New Complete Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300146936
ISBN
9780300146936
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.71
€ 178.77

Hardback. Interdisciplinary Encounters is a unique collaboration between the subject and object of Rifkin's groundbreaking writing, opening up new vistas of interdisciplinary interaction for researchers of art history and cultural studies. Editor(s): Arnold, Dana. Series: International Library of Visual Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 51 integrated bw. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780767024
ISBN
9781780767024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.81
€ 135.76

This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101745
ISBN
9781405101745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.77

Paperback. This work examines the interpretation and products of intentional human behaviour, focusing primarily on issues in art, law, and everyday speech. The centerpiece of the book is the examination of two large scale views about the nature of interpretation: historicism and constructivism. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; CFA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101752
ISBN
9781405101752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.87

Paperback. This revision of avant-garde history traces a direct line back from John Cage, pop and conceptual art to the work of Whitman, Emerson, Ruskin, Carlyle and Wordsworth, showing how the art of everyday objects, often thought to be a contemporary phenomenon, actually began as far back as 1800. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; AVA; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226472539
ISBN
9780226472539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.58

Hardback. Can painting transform philosophy? This title looks at Neapolitan art around 1700 through the eyes of the philosopher Giambattista Vico. It presents the masterpieces of late Baroque painting in early eighteenth-century Naples from an entirely new perspective. Series: Essays in the Arts. Num Pages: 160 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; ABA; ACQ; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138848
ISBN
9780691138848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138018471
ISBN
9781138018471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.85

Paperback. The reader is invited to view Islamic art as no more and no less than ordinary art, neither better nor worse than anything else that counts as art. It follows that there are no special techniques required in Islamic aesthetics as compared with any other form of aesthetics. Series: The New Edinburgh Islamic Surveys. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ABA; ACBP; JFSR2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617357
ISBN
9780748617357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.20

Paperback. Originally published between 1968 and 2009, this collection of 25 pieces includes six interviews translated into English for the first time and a new transcription of a Q&A session with Baudrillard following a lecture he gave in London in 1994, The guiding theme of the collection is Baudrillard's engagement with culture. Editor(s): Smith, Richard G.; Clarke, David B. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF; HPN; HPS; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474417785
ISBN
9781474417785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhäuser Architecture
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764324728
ISBN
9783764324728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.58

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