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Theory of art

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

Paperback. Brings together fresh debates on eleven of the most controversial issues in aesthetics and the philosophy of art. Topics addressed include the nature of beauty, aesthetic experience, artistic value, and the nature of our emotional responses to art. Editor(s): Kieran, Matthew. Series: Contemporary Debates in Philosophy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405102407
ISBN
9781405102407
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 40.89

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
€ 27.01

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 28. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816694433
ISBN
9780816694433
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 28 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148. .
Publisher
University of Hertfordshire Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781898543893
ISBN
9781898543893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.16

Paperback. Addresses questions such as: Why do we find ourselves returning to certain pictures time and again? What is it we are looking for? And how does our understanding of an image change over time? Num Pages: 192 pages, 17 b&w illustrations + 33 colour images. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300137583
ISBN
9780300137583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 26.57

Paperback. Margaret Boden presents a series of essays in which she explores the nature of creativity in a wide range of art forms. Creativity is the generation of novel, surprising, and valuable ideas. Boden identifies three forms of creativity (combinational, exploratory, and transformational) each eliciting a different form of surprise. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPM; HPN; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199659395
ISBN
9780199659395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.31

Paperback. Editor(s): Lang, Berel. Num Pages: 320 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 488.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801494390
ISBN
9780801494390
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 46.46

Hardback. Marc Chagall (1887-1985) traversed a long route from a boy in the Jewish Pale of Settlement, to a commissar of art in revolutionary Russia, to the position of a world-famous French artist. This book presents a comprehensive collection of Chagall's public statements on art and culture. Series: Contraversions: Jews & other differences. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AGB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 463.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804748308
ISBN
9780804748308
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.48

Paperback. Analyzing the rise of art in the 18th century, this treatise demonstrates how painting, sculpture and literature were not regarded as valuable art forms before the emergence of a new bourgeois culture. The author reveals how Romantic poets and philosophers invented "art" as we know it today. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 3JF; ABA; ACV; HPN; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 317.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231106016
ISBN
9780231106016
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.47

Paperback. .
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910433225
ISBN
9781910433225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.42

Hardcover. Editor(s): Burton, Johanna; Jackson, Shannon; Willsdon, Dominic. Series: Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture. Num Pages: 544 pages, 38 color illus., 78 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 250 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262034814
ISBN
9780262034814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.45

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Art today is a multifaceted phenomenon,encompassing transgressive works that intervene in war, inequalities, ecological disasters, and changes in technology. Carnal Aesthetics is a fascinating new examination of this aspect of contemporary visual culture employing recent theories of transgressive body imagery, trauma and sensation to do so. Editor(s): Zarzycka, Marta; Papenburg, Bettina. Series: International Library of Visual Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JFFK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780760131
ISBN
9781780760131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 bw integrated. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780769127
ISBN
9781780769127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.57
€ 133.93

Paperback. Translator(s): Stott, D.W. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 395 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; ABA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
395
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816616848
ISBN
9780816616848
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Imperfect Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981484655
ISBN
9780981484655
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.64

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087479
ISBN
9780719087479
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Contextualizes the impact of the artist's magazine as an alternative medium and critical space from the early avant-gardes to the present. Editor(s): Allen, Gwen. Series: Documents of Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145. .
Publisher
Whitechapel Gallery United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854882434
ISBN
9780854882434
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.31

Paperback. Accessible and scholarly, this classic book considers the underlying philosophy and the aesthetics of Chinese art and poetry, the expression of the Taoist approach to existence. Chung-yuan Chang's always lucid narrative explores the relationship between the Tao and the creative arts, introducing classic paintings and poems to bring Taoism to life. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA; HPDF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Publishers
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848190504
ISBN
9781848190504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.59

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
€ 30.22

Paperback. Editor(s): O'Neill, Paul; Wilson, Mick; Steeds, Lucy. Num Pages: 352 pages, 100 figures. BIC Classification: ABA; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 267 x 178. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529105
ISBN
9780262529105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 29.93

Paperback. Num Pages: 382 pages, 800 color illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AFKP; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 269 x 231 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2110.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
updated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262528214
ISBN
9780262528214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.07

Paperback. A classic work that offers the reader an ideal overview of the ideas that marked out Read as a seminal and hugely influetial figure in the cultural life of the twentieth century. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415289931
ISBN
9780415289931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.13

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