Theory of art
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Theory of art
Paperback. The aim of this book is to provide an account of modernist painting--from Pollock to Ryman--that follows on from the aesthetic theory of Theodor W. Adorno. It offers a materialist account of modernism with detailed discussions of modern aesthetics from Kant to Arthur Danto, Stanley Cavell, and Adorno. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 416 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AFF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 556.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804748957
- ISBN
- 9780804748957
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.43
€ 38.99
€ 35.43
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781683088
- ISBN
- 9781781683088
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€ 18.00
€ 18.00
Book. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 218 x 14. Weight in Grams: 686.
- Publisher
- Hal Leonard Corporation
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781423452089
- ISBN
- 9781423452089
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.52
€ 26.99
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Hardback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrated in colour and b&w. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; 3JM; ABA; ACXJ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863356552
- ISBN
- 9783863356552
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€ 33.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Proposes an anthropological theory for interpreting human picture making. Refusing to reduce images to their material embodiment yet acknowledging the importance of the historical media in which images are manifested, this book presents a challenging and provocative account of what pictures are and how they function. Translator(s): Dunlap, Thomas. Num Pages: 216 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Translated by Thomas Dunlap ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691160962
- ISBN
- 9780691160962
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.47
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Paperback. Translator(s): De Sanctis, Sarah. Num Pages: 134 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- Lantern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590564899
- ISBN
- 9781590564899
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.79
€ 26.99
€ 22.79
Paperback. This text explains the ways artists use references and allusions to create meaning. It presents the historical, theoretical and practical aspects of the iconographical indexing system developed by Henri van de Waal. It emphasizes the history of iconography, personification, allegory and sources. Translator(s): Man, Patricia De. Series: Documenting the Image. Num Pages: 172 pages, 61 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782881246012
- ISBN
- 9782881246012
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Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Hardback. A compilation of fascinating and original essays by one of today's most important art historians Num Pages: 332 pages, 100 color + 90 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 199 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1334.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300208177
- ISBN
- 9780300208177
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Condition: New
€ 54.61€ 43.33
€ 54.61
€ 43.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415786553
- ISBN
- 9780415786553
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Condition: New
€ 49.15
€ 49.15
hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; JHMC; JNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415786546
- ISBN
- 9780415786546
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Condition: New
€ 168.67
€ 168.67
Hardcover. Editor(s): Imber, Kirstie; Johnstone, Fiona. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784534127
- ISBN
- 9781784534127
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Condition: New
€ 104.69
€ 104.69
Paperback. A new reading of the philosophy of contemporary art by the author of The Politics of Time Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 226 x 23. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Verso Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781680940
- ISBN
- 9781781680940
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.84
€ 24.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 90 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 285 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1065.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863353872
- ISBN
- 9783863353872
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Condition: New
€ 49.75
€ 49.75
Paperback. Shapiro explores the whole range of Foucault's writing on visual art, including the theory of visual resistance. He also examines the significance of Nietzsche's understanding of visual dimensions in the theatre and opera, Num Pages: 424 pages, 34 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226750477
- ISBN
- 9780226750477
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Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 35.79
€ 46.99
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Paperback. Presented in a debate format, this collection presents a range of short introductions to each of the discussions which include: sentimentality, appreciation, interpretation, understanding, objectivity, nature, food, and, horror. It includes sections on pornography and erotica and societies without art. Editor(s): Neill, Alex; Ridley, Aaron. Series: Arguing About Philosophy. Num Pages: 504 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 39. Weight in Grams: 828.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415424516
- ISBN
- 9780415424516
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Condition: New
€ 61.25
€ 61.25
Hardcover. Eco awareness has had an enormous impact across all cultural and political spectrums, not least in the art world. This book presents an exploration of the ways in which contemporary artists are confronting nature, the environment, climate change and ecology. Num Pages: 256 pages, 343 illustrations, 338 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 223 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1370.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239162
- ISBN
- 9780500239162
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.60
€ 38.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publisher
- Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2020
- Edition
- Second Edition, Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780789212191
- ISBN
- 9780789212191
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.73
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Paperback. Completed just before Alfred Gell's death in January 1997, this book embodies the characteristics for which he was admired. The book aims to challenge the basis of the way art has been viewed in the human sciences. It presents a fundamental theory for an anthropology of art. Num Pages: 296 pages, numerous black and white halftones and line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198280149
- ISBN
- 9780198280149
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Condition: New
€ 156.75
€ 156.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Wamberg, Jacob. Num Pages: 297 pages, 80 b/w & 10 colour illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HRQX2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 297
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763502672
- ISBN
- 9788763502672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.77
€ 54.99
€ 38.77
paperback. A summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas, by Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic theories and the artistic experience and practice of mediaeval culture. Translator(s): Bredin, Hugh. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 3F; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACN; HBG; HBLC; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300093049
- ISBN
- 9780300093049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 11.56
€ 19.99
€ 11.56