Theory of art
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Theory of art
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
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
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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
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€ 16.99€ 13.92
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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
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Condition: New
€ 52.29
€ 52.29
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
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Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.90
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€ 18.90
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
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.83
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Paperback. Many artists are intimidated by perspective. However, creating an illusion of depth in your work is actually far easier than colour or design when explained correctly. This book helps readers learn how to create perspective on a flat surface using a variety of mediums. It covers the theory behind perspective and introduces various subjects. Num Pages: 280 pages, 250 Colour / 100 B&W. BIC Classification: ABA; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 216 x 61. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Publisher
- F&W Publications Inc
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781581808551
- ISBN
- 9781581808551
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 20.04
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Hardback. The first of its kind, A Companion to Ancient Aesthetics presents a synoptic view of the arts, which crosses traditional boundaries and explores the aesthetic experience of the ancients across a range of media oral, aural, visual, and literary. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 552 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 181 x 32. Weight in Grams: 996.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444337648
- ISBN
- 9781444337648
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Condition: New
€ 198.24
€ 198.24
Paperback. This book offers an original approach to avant-garde art and its transformative force. Presenting an alternative to the approaches to art developed in postmodern theory or cultural studies, Ziarek sees art's significance in its critique of power and the increasing technologization of social relations. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804750110
- ISBN
- 9780804750110
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Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.17
€ 30.99
€ 30.17
Paperback. Series: Dover Art Instruction. Num Pages: 104 pages, 148 illustrations, 9 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 206 x 8. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. New York
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Edition
- Reproduction of 1967 edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486233581
- ISBN
- 9780486233581
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.54
€ 16.99
€ 12.54
Hardback. Translator(s): Gladding, Jody. Num Pages: 216 pages, 112 color illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 246 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1266.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691172774
- ISBN
- 9780691172774
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Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.66
€ 45.99
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Paperback. Editor(s): Vesna, Victoria. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 336 pages, 60 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; AFKV; UN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816641192
- ISBN
- 9780816641192
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 29.02
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Hardback. Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens when Rembrandt spells out Hebrew in the sky or Poussin spells out Latin on a tombstone? What happens when Virgil, Ovid, or Shakespeare suspend their plots to describe a fictitious painting? This title answers these questions. Series: Essays in the Arts. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141831
- ISBN
- 9780691141831
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.84
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Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801486500
- ISBN
- 9780801486500
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 39.64
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Paperback. Thinking about Art explores some of the greatest works of art and architecture in the world through the prism of themes, instead of chronology, to offer intriguing juxtapositions of art and history. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 280 x 17. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118904978
- ISBN
- 9781118904978
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Condition: New
€ 37.46
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Paperback. This new edition of Coomaraswamy's classic book, considered his most important work on the philosophy of art, includes all of the revisions Coomaraswamy had wanted to add to the original edition. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- World Wisdom Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933316345
- ISBN
- 9781933316345
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.47
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Paperback. This volume is the first sourcebook to provide, through original critical writings and artists' statements, a genealogy of sonic pathways into the arts; philosophical reflections on the meanings of noise and silence; dialogues between art and music; investigations of the role of listening and acoustic space; and a comprehensive survey of sound work Editor(s): Kelly, Caleb. Series: Documents of Contemporary Art. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- Whitechapel Art Gallery United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854881871
- ISBN
- 9780854881871
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.18
€ 21.99
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Paperback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Sternberg Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783956791307
- ISBN
- 9783956791307
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.33
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Paperback. The second revised edition of this book integrates text and pictures more clearly, illustrations have been added to include more colour diagrams and examples of similar work done by students in recent years. The revisions were made by the author's widow, a lecturer in art. Num Pages: 128 pages, 100. BIC Classification: ABA; AK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 368. The Dynamics of Visual Form. 128 pages, 100. The second revised edition of this book integrates text and pictures more clearly, illustrations have been added to include more colour diagrams and examples of similar work done by students in recent years. The revisions were made by the author's widow, a lecturer in art. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA; AK. Dimension: 239 x 170 x 11. Weight: 360.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2 Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713683660
- ISBN
- 9780713683660
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Condition: New
€ 33.79
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Wooden Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904263708
- ISBN
- 9781904263708
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Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.23
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Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 26 bw illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 344.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857851826
- ISBN
- 9780857851826
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.23
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Paperback. Translator(s): Maude, Aylmer. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Reprint of original Am. Edtn.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872202955
- ISBN
- 9780872202955
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.16
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Paperback. What do we mean when we call a work of art beautiful? How do perceptions of beauty change with the passage of time? This title explores these questions, showing the vital relationship between our changing notions of beauty and specific works of art. It charts the story of western art, from eighteenth-century Germany to the late 20th century. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, numerous colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 168 x 13. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192801609
- ISBN
- 9780192801609
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Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 21.40
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Paperback. Num Pages: 518 pages, 281 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 738. A Psychology of the Creative Eye. 518 pages, 281 illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 34. Weight: 734.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2nd edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520243835
- ISBN
- 9780520243835
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
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Paperback. Written by one of the country's most eminent reviewers and academics, this book presents a sceptical and an intelligent assessment of the true value of art. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571226030
- ISBN
- 9780571226030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.91
€ 15.99
€ 13.91