Theory of art
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Theory of art
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
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Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 34.87
€ 48.99
€ 34.87
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
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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
€ 27.99€ 25.72
€ 27.99
€ 25.72
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
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Condition: New
€ 80.64
€ 80.64
Inert Cities: Globalization, Mobility and Suspension in Visual Culture
Dr. Stephanie Hemelryk Donald
Paperback. Chapters explore what happens when photography, film, mixed media works, architecture and design intervene in public spaces and urban communities to disrupt speed and growth, both intellectually and/or practically; and question the degree to which mobility is aspirational or imaginary, absolute or transient. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 bw integrated. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780769738
- ISBN
- 9781780769738
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 28.30
€ 32.99
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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
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.22
€ 21.99
€ 17.22
Paperback. An introduction to the work and ideas of artists who use--and even influence--science and technology. Series: Leonardo Book Series. Num Pages: 970 pages, 279 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 177 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 969
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262731584
- ISBN
- 9780262731584
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.77
€ 51.99
€ 46.77
Paperback. Concerned with the complex and sophisticated relationship between economics, social context, and aesthetics as represented in the contested space of the art gallery, this book raises the question of how artists must construe their work in relation to the gallery space and system. Num Pages: 113 pages, 28 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 207 x 12. Weight in Grams: 410. The Ideology of the Gallery Space. 113 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. Concerned with the complex and sophisticated relationship between economics, social context, and aesthetics as represented in the contested space of the art gallery, this book raises the question of how artists must construe their work in relation to the gallery space and system. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Dimension: 202 x 207 x 12. Weight: 418.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 113
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Expanded Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520220409
- ISBN
- 9780520220409
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 25.92
€ 35.99
€ 25.92
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
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Condition: New
€ 92.75€ 70.74
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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
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.75
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Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845197056
- ISBN
- 9781845197056
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.40
€ 38.99
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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.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300179354
- ISBN
- 9780300179354
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.71
€ 18.99
€ 13.71
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
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Condition: New
€ 226.09€ 174.48
€ 226.09
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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
€ 150.72€ 133.32
€ 150.72
€ 133.32
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
€ 139.41
€ 139.41
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
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Condition: New
€ 48.56
€ 48.56
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€ 28.04
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Hardback. Specifically engaging with contemporary art examples, this title offers a comprehensive introduction designed to help students studying aesthetics for the first time to master the subject. It covers such topics as definitions and the ontology of art, interpretation and intention, aesthetic properties and evaluation, emotion and the arts, and more. Num Pages: 224 pages, 12 bw illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441198204
- ISBN
- 9781441198204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.32€ 143.98
€ 162.32
€ 143.98
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
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138018471
- ISBN
- 9781138018471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.53
€ 70.53
paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 3. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483530
- ISBN
- 9780801483530
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Condition: New
€ 70.14
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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
€ 36.99€ 33.48
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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
€ 31.99€ 28.90
€ 31.99
€ 28.90
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser Architecture
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783764324728
- ISBN
- 9783764324728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.17
€ 113.17