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Theory of art

Paperback. Series: Historical Materialism. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 276 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
Haymarket Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608466382
ISBN
9781608466382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262527569
ISBN
9780262527569
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 21.98

Paperback. A collection of 100 manifestos from the last 100 years is cacophony of voices from such diverse movements as Futurism, Dadaism, Surrealism, Destructivism, and Stuckism, taking in along the way film, architecture, fashion, and cookery. It gathers together an international array of artists of every stripe, including Kandinsky, Gilbert and George. Editor(s): Danchev, Alex. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 346.
Edition
01st Edition
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141191799
ISBN
9780141191799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.99

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.98
€ 69.64

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.03

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

€ 135.16

Paperback. Following an analysis of the theories and poetics that traversed the historical avant-gardes and the neo-avant-gardes of the twentieth century, the author explains the principal artistic phenomena that starting in 1980, marked the period defined as post-modern, which was characterised by performance and a system of economic-financial art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 213 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857214085
ISBN
9788857214085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.98

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472459947
ISBN
9781472459947
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.12
€ 91.55

Paperback. Punctuation offers playful interpretations of punctuation in relation to aesthetics, performance, and experimental art. Num Pages: 240 pages, 23 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822342359
ISBN
9780822342359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. What is it to be a work of art? Part philosophical monograph and part memoiristic meditation, this book challenges the popular interpretation that art is an indefinable concept, instead bringing to light the properties that constitute universal meaning. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300205718
ISBN
9780300205718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.13

Hardback. Thijs Lijster considers the thought of Walter Benjamin and Theodor Adorno on such key topics as the relationship between art and historical experience, between avant-garde art and mass culture, and between the intellectual and the public. Num Pages: 400 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789462981409
ISBN
9789462981409
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.55

Paperback. Includes interlocking essays that uncover art as an active force in the world - neither elitist or remote, present to those who want it, affecting even those who don't. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099590019
ISBN
9780099590019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.99

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Turner, Natalie. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
For Beginners United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934389478
ISBN
9781934389478
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
Wooden Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263883
ISBN
9781904263883
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.06

Paperback. Exploring the world of portraiture from a number of vantage points and asking key questions about its nature this book considers issues of identity, modernity and gender within a cultural and historical context. West uncovers much detail about a genre which has often been seen as purely representational. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AGHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842589
ISBN
9780192842589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.42

Paperback. In premodern China, elite painters used imagery not to mirror the world around them, but to evoke unfathomable experience. Considering their art alongside the philosophical traditions that inform it, this book explores the "nonobject" - a notion exemplified by paintings that do not seek to represent observable surroundings. Translator(s): Todd, Jane Marie. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1FPC; ABA; ACBP; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226415314
ISBN
9780226415314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 35.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 187 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Edition
5th UK ed.
Publisher
Zidane Press
Number of pages
187
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954842123
ISBN
9780954842123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.47

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.92

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 224.19
€ 174.48

Paperback. Part of the acclaimed series of anthologies which document major themes and ideas in contemporary art. Series: Documents of Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 153 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Whitechapel Gallery
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780854882526
ISBN
9780854882526
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.99

Paperback. Entertaining non-fiction from the number one bestselling writer now reissued with a new cover in B format and supported by a marketing campaign for King's entire back catalogue. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DNF; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 32. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444723267
ISBN
9781444723267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.44

Paperback. This work documents the network of ideas that has been labelled conceptual art. Including texts by and taped discussions among and with the artists involved, the book is arranged as an annotated chronology. Num Pages: 280 pages, 104. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; ABA; ACXJ4; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520210134
ISBN
9780520210134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The first major survey of photography's place in recent art history. Editor(s): Campany, David. Num Pages: 220 pages, 220. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 289 x 250 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1144.
Publisher
Phaidon Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714863924
ISBN
9780714863924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 109 x 10. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Sternberg Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933128429
ISBN
9781933128429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.52

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