Theory of art
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Theory of art
Paperback. 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: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413808
- ISBN
- 9781421413808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.06
€ 37.06
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
€ 72.13
€ 72.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations (some col.). Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Cornell University East Asia Program
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933947112
- ISBN
- 9781933947112
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.43
€ 97.43
Hardback. Proceedings of the XXIXth International Congress of the History of Art, Amsterdam, 1-7 September 1996 Editor(s): Reinink, A. W. (Utrecht University, The Netherlands); Stumpel, Jeroen. Num Pages: 1114 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 210 x 61. Weight in Grams: 2977.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 1114
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792342137
- ISBN
- 9780792342137
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 622.29
€ 622.29
Paperback. A study of metamorphosis through the medium or art and sculpture. Num Pages: 160 pages, Colour images throughout. BIC Classification: ABA; HRQC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 298 x 14. Weight in Grams: 836.
- Publisher
- Temple Lodge Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906999933
- ISBN
- 9781906999933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.21
€ 46.99
€ 39.21
Hardcover. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900052
- ISBN
- 9781517900052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.38
€ 112.38
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
€ 33.99€ 30.47
€ 33.99
€ 30.47
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
€ 112.40€ 108.53
€ 112.40
€ 108.53
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.87
€ 33.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 40 integrated bw. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 144 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780763361
- ISBN
- 9781780763361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.67
€ 43.67
Paperback. Contains 34 essays by professionals from various disciplines, from a conference on the preservation of contemporary art. This volume attempts to identify the objects which will define the art of the 20th century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 111 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 287 x 274 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Getty Conservation Institute
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780892365289
- ISBN
- 9780892365289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.37
€ 46.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. The author shows how museum culture offers a unique vantage point on the 19th and 20th centuries' preoccupation with history and subjectivity, and demonstrates how the constitution of the aesthetic provides insight into the realms of technology, industrial culture, architecture, and ethics. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 344 pages, illustrations facsimiles, port. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804736046
- ISBN
- 9780804736046
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens when Rembrandt spells out Hebrew in the sky or Poussin spells out Latin on a tombstone? What happens when Virgil, Ovid, or Shakespeare suspend their plots to describe a fictitious painting? This title answers these questions. Series: Essays in the Arts. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141831
- ISBN
- 9780691141831
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Paperback. Explores peoples attachment to their countries, and the planets role in forming ones identity, as well as the paths and consequences of human migrations. This book also discusses subjects ranging from Tuvaluans forced to leave their Pacific island, to a human cannonball who catapults himself over the US-Mexico border. Num Pages: 176 pages, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Actes Sud France
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- NS Around the World. ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782742789047
- ISBN
- 9782742789047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.36
€ 11.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; APF; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226346519
- ISBN
- 9780226346519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.76
€ 32.99
€ 25.76
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
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€ 24.42
€ 30.99
€ 24.42
Paperback. A generous selection of forthright essays on art and artists. Hughes tackles the lives and works of over 80 artists, from the old masters to our contemporaries, exploring their achievement (or lack of it) and how they altered the history of art for better or worse. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781860468599
- ISBN
- 9781860468599
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.65
€ 23.99
€ 17.65
Paperback. Objects in Motion in the Early Modern World presents a collection of 12 original essays that examine the circulation of objects across global regions and cultures from the 16th to 18th centuries. Essays reveal the importance of mobility for understanding the production, use, and meanings of early modern art. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 265 x 17. Weight in Grams: 786.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119217343
- ISBN
- 9781119217343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.29
€ 33.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 135 x 29. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Sternberg Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781934105795
- ISBN
- 9781934105795
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.65
€ 26.65
Paperback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643172
- ISBN
- 9780748643172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.87
€ 33.99
€ 30.87
Paperback. Offers an understanding of artistic creativity by examining the careers not only of great painters but also of important sculptors, poets, novelists, and movie directors. This book provides insights into the mysterious processes of human creativity. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 line illus. 31 tables. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691133805
- ISBN
- 9780691133805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.06
€ 40.99
€ 29.06
Hardcover. Provides lesson after valuable lesson to anyone wishing to know what it means and what it takes to be an artist today. In this book the author gives practical advice and insights gained from his own professional highs and lows. It is a mix of reminiscence, personal philosophy. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 238 x 39. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Publisher
- Art / Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908970183
- ISBN
- 9781908970183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.25
€ 30.99
€ 26.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 50 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 165 x 11. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Distributed Art Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935202004
- ISBN
- 9781935202004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 27.85
€ 35.99
€ 27.85