Theory of art
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Theory of art
Hardcover. Covering various aspects of the visual arts, this book includes more than 1,000 images of art. It is suitable for the art enthusiasts. Num Pages: 624 pages, 1063 illustrations, 865 in colour. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; 3J; ABA; AC; AF; AP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 285 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2040.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239438
- ISBN
- 9780500239438
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.00
€ 50.99
€ 40.00
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
€ 25.99€ 20.00
€ 25.99
€ 20.00
Paperback. A selection of Leonardo da Vinci's writings on painting. Martin Kemp and Margaret Walker have edited material not only from his so-called "Treatise on Painting" but also from his surviving manuscripts and from other primary sources. Translator(s): Kemp, Mr Martin; Walker, Margaret. Series: Yale Nota Bene. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300090956
- ISBN
- 9780300090956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.21
€ 24.99
€ 19.21
Paperback. Editor(s): Burger, Peter. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 11. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816610686
- ISBN
- 9780816610686
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.59
€ 24.99
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Paperback. Elkins's intimate history of art demonstrates persuasively that there can never be one story of art. The story of art is the story of different cultures, and our own different experiences of art - perspectives that art history usually ignores. Num Pages: 192 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415939430
- ISBN
- 9780415939430
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.48
€ 48.48
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€ 33.37
€ 36.99
€ 33.37
Paperback. "A curator, a paintings conservator, a photographer, and a conservation scientist walk into a bar." What happens next? In lively and accessible prose, color science expert Roy S. Berns helps the reader understand complex color-technology concepts and offers solutions to problems that occur when art is displayed, conserved, imaged, or reproduced. Num Pages: 208 pages, 250 color. BIC Classification: ABA; ABC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 257 x 19. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064818
- ISBN
- 9781606064818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.06€ 43.74
€ 55.06
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719046148
- ISBN
- 9780719046148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.03
€ 48.03
Paperback. Art Is Not What You Think It Is presents a thought-provoking manifesto by two leading art historians which reconsiders current discussions on the idea of art, and offers new and challenging insights into its uses, meanings, and its very nature. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192392
- ISBN
- 9781405192392
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.36
€ 31.36
Paperback. Editor(s): Bovier, Lionel; Obrist, Hans-Ulrich. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ABA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 211 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 378. 200 pages. Editor(s): Bovier, Lionel; Obrist, Hans-Ulrich. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ABA; HBTB. Dimension: 211 x 154 x 23. Weight: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- JRP Ringier
- Number of pages
- 200
- SKU
- V9783905829556
- ISBN
- 9783905829556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.77
€ 18.77
Paperback. BIC Classification: ABA; AFF; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Watson-Guptill Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307987181
- ISBN
- 9780307987181
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.05
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Hardback. In this wide-ranging volume's twelve compact essays, scholars from across the disciplines trace Gesamtkunstwerk-the ideal of the "total work of art"-from its foundations in the early nineteenth century to its manifold articulations and reimaginings in the twentieth century and beyond. Editor(s): Imhoof, David; Menninger, Margaret Eleanor; Steinhoff, Anthony J. Series: Spektrum: Publications of the German Studies Association. Num Pages: 300 pages, 5 figures, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1D; ABA; ACV; ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785331848
- ISBN
- 9781785331848
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Condition: New
€ 156.52
€ 156.52
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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€ 36.99€ 26.76
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857855350
- ISBN
- 9780857855350
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Condition: New
€ 39.91
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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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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.13
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Paperback. Discusses 'colour in art', its inception, the progress made, and its influences on art. Num Pages: 448 pages, 3 x 8pp colour sections. BIC Classification: ABA; TDCJ; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507130
- ISBN
- 9780099507130
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.18
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Paperback. Argues that the proper task of the critic is not simply to describe, or to uncover hidden meanings or agendas, but ultimately to determine what is of value in art. This book also argues for a humanistic conception of criticism which focuses on what the artist has achieved by creating or performing the work. Series: Thinking in Action. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415396219
- ISBN
- 9780415396219
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.65
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Paperback. This volume includes previously unpublished essays by Robert Smithson and gathers articles, interviews and photographs as well as a catalogue of the books in Smithson's library. Together they provide a picture of his wide-ranging views on art and culture. Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art. Num Pages: 385 pages, 220 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 179 x 18. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 385
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520203853
- ISBN
- 9780520203853
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.73
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Paperback. Num Pages: 305 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JJC; ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136. .
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843510697
- ISBN
- 9781843510697
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.84
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Paperback. Editor(s): Robinson, Hilary. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; 3JM; ABA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 174 x 245 x 29. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118360590
- ISBN
- 9781118360590
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Condition: New
€ 63.69
€ 63.69
Paperback. Editor(s): Pontbriand, Chantal. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- JRP Ringier
- Number of pages
- Ringier
- SKU
- V9783037644188
- ISBN
- 9783037644188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.59
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Paperback. Num Pages: 720 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5; ACXJ8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 112 x 41. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141976631
- ISBN
- 9780141976631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.64
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Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 50 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854379078
- ISBN
- 9781854379078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.00
€ 17.99
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Paperback. This primer is designed to teach students the interconnected arts of visual communication. The subject is presented, not as a foreign language, but as a native one that the student "knows" but cannot yet "read." Num Pages: 206 pages, 240. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262540292
- ISBN
- 9780262540292
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.60
€ 42.99
€ 33.60