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Theory of art

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

€ 27.99
€ 26.43

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

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

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

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

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
€ 16.85

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

€ 9.28

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

€ 31.99
€ 23.14

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

€ 47.99
€ 37.06

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
€ 10.83

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

€ 230.71
€ 178.77

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

€ 23.99
€ 20.56

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

€ 38.99
€ 28.38

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
€ 14.92

Paperback. Editor(s): De Boer-Schultz, Sarah; Van Rossum-Willems, Marlous; Szita, Jane; McNamara, Carmel. Series: Masterclass. Num Pages: 328 pages, 900 color photos. BIC Classification: ABA; AKTA; JNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 771.
Publisher
Frame Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789077174999
ISBN
9789077174999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 456. Contemporary Art Theory. 240 pages, Illustrationsstrations (black and white). Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 209 x 152 x 26. Weight: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
Publisher
JRP Ringier
Number of pages
240
SKU
V9783037642382
ISBN
9783037642382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

Paperback. What was the golden secret known to Leonardo da Vinci, Kepler, Plato and the ancient magicians? Can there really be a key to nature and life itself? This book aims to unravel a mystery, a code that seems to underly life, the universe and everything, a pattern we instinctively recognise as beautiful, and which nature herself uses at every scale. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 5AQ; ABA; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 52 x 114 x 7. Weight in Grams: 84.
Publisher
Wooden Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904263470
ISBN
9781904263470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.33

Paperback. In The Literate Eye, Rachel Teukolsky analyzes the vivid archive of Victorian art writing to reveal the key role played by nineteenth-century authors in the rise of modernist aesthetics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199739233
ISBN
9780199739233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.65

Paperback. This study argues that the meaning of colour lies in the particular historical contexts in which it is experienced. Three essays introduce the subject, and the remaining chapters follow themes of colour chronologically, from the early Middle Ages to the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, 137 illustrations, 37 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 259 x 190 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500282151
ISBN
9780500282151
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.30

Paperback. Translator(s): Monges, L.D.; Moore, V. Num Pages: 116 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 134 x 203 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Anthroposophic Press Inc United States
Number of pages
116
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880101547
ISBN
9780880101547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.56

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.19

Paperback. In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. In this book, Cynthia Freeland explains why innovation and controversy are valued in the arts, weaving together philosophy and art theory with examples. She discusses blood, beauty, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics. Num Pages: 254 pages, 8 pp. colour plates, 24 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 172 x 26. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192853677
ISBN
9780192853677
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. Psychoanalysis and the Image brings together an influential team of international scholars who demonstrate innovative ways to apply psychoanalytical resources in the study of international modern art and visual representation. Editor(s): Pollock, Griselda. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 264 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405134613
ISBN
9781405134613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.68

Hardback. This book exposes our long-lasting obsession with trees, as metaphors for organising and representing hierarchical information and provide a broad visual framework for the various types of executions, many dating back hundreds of years. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 201 x 22. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publisher
Princeton Architectural Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781616892180
ISBN
9781616892180
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. Series: Afterall. Num Pages: 104 pages, 32 color illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ8; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 152. .
Publisher
Afterall Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846381638
ISBN
9781846381638
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.46

Paperback. Exquisite, image-filled ruminations on efforts to capture fleeting moments and to comprehend the incomprehensible Num Pages: 216 pages, 113 illustrations, including 18 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380. The Bruising Passion of Camera Lucida, La Jetee, Sans Soleil, and Hiroshima Mon Amour. 216 pages, 113 illustrations, including 18 in colour. Exquisite, image-filled ruminations on efforts to capture fleeting moments and to comprehend the incomprehensible. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 218 x 139 x 16. Weight: 380.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822352716
ISBN
9780822352716
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

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