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Theory of art

Bookwork takes our passion for books to its logical extreme - by studying artists who employ found or simulated books as a sculptural medium and investigating the conceptual labor behind this proliferating international art practice. This title offers an account of works that force attention upon a book's material identity and cultural resonance. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 colour plates, 68 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 286 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773919
ISBN
9780226773919
Condition: New

€ 110.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Schubiger, Irene. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour & b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 200 x 20. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037640548
ISBN
9783037640548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.09

Paperback. Editor(s): Kahn, Mandy; Rose, Aaron. Num Pages: 96 pages, 16 colour, 50 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 214. 96 pages, 16 colour, 50 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Kahn, Mandy; Rose, Aaron. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: ABA; AFJD. Dimension: 162 x 229 x 8. Weight: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
JRP Ringier Switzerland
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037641194
ISBN
9783037641194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.11

paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, 13 colour illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Transcript Verlag
Condition
New
SKU
9783837616859
ISBN
9783837616859
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. Harold Rosenberg was undoubtedly the most important American art critic of the twentieth century. It was he who first coined the term "Action Painters" to refer to the American Abstract Expressionists Num Pages: 285 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; ACXD1; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
INGRAM PUBLISHER SERVICES US
Condition
New
SKU
V9780306805967
ISBN
9780306805967
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.22

hardcover. An introduction to the notable collection of West African art from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. It specifically addresses the role of the art object as a link between the spiritual and the temporal worlds. Objects examined include a bowl from Cameroon and a fertility figure from Ghana. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 76 b&w photographs, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; ABA; AC; JFC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813013251
ISBN
9780813013251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.89

paperback. Editor(s): Zielinski, Siegfried; Furlus, Eckhard. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 930. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0034780
ISBN
9783865608871
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Drawing on a range of images from Antiquity to the 20th century, which includes paintings, sculptures, prints, cartoons, postage stamps, medals, documents and photographs, this title investigates the genre as a particular phenomenon in Western art that is especially sensitive to changes in the perceived nature of the individual in society. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 10 colour and 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462191
ISBN
9780948462191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.88

Paperback. Explores colour through time, using never-before-seen infographics and other visuals. Num Pages: 276 pages, 300 colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 209 x 23. Weight in Grams: 878.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
ORO Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781939621351
ISBN
9781939621351
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.99
€ 5.12

Paperback. Looks at a crucial topic in visual culture: that of the relationship between word and image in paintings, prints, illustrated novels and other forms of art and literature. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 168 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462320
ISBN
9780948462320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.32

Hardcover. An exploration of the origins of "monkey art" which sets out to show how this activity takes place at the crossroads between modern art and evolutionary thought. Translator(s): Beamish, Caroline. Num Pages: 208 pages, 15 colour and 52 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC; PSAJ; PSVP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Reaktion Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890030
ISBN
9781861890030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.89

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; PDX; PDZ; PHJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 29. Weight in Grams: 348. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
448
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0036690
ISBN
9780099507130
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 21.99
€ 15.00

Paperback. One of the classic books on the theory of craftsmanship and design. Num Pages: 144 pages, 51. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; TDPF; WKDW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 280 x 11. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
A&C Black
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713689310
ISBN
9780713689310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.79

paperback. By closely following Goethe's explanations of the color phenomena, the reader may become so divorced from the wavelength theory--Goethe never even mentions it--that he may begin to think about color theory relatively unhampered by prejudice, ancient or modern. Translator(s): Eastlake, C.L. Num Pages: 486 pages, 13. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 528. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Publisher
MIT Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0038382
ISBN
9780262570213
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

hardcover. Despite its foundational role in the history of philosophy, Plato's famous argument that art does not have access to truth or knowledge is now rarely examined, in part because recent philosophers have assumed that Plato's challenge was resolved long ago. In this title, the author argues that Plato has in fact never been satisfactorily answered. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590. Good clean copy with minor shelfwear. DJ has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KTS0038199
ISBN
9780226040028
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635637
ISBN
9780691635637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.97

Hardcover. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 211 x 24. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900052
ISBN
9781517900052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.35

Paperback. Based on the assumption that art is subject to psychology, accessible to understanding, and needed for any comprehensive survey of mental functioning, this book offers psychological findings range from experiments in the perception of shape or observations on the art work of children to broad deliberations on nature of images or of inspiration. Num Pages: 380 pages, 1 color illustration, 3 b/w photographs, 34 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
380
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266018
ISBN
9780520266018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 71 halftone illustations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 17. Weight in Grams: 337. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
SKU
KAK0003387
ISBN
9780571096589
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Rockhill, Gabriel. Translator(s): Rockhill, Gabriel. Series: Bloomsbury Revelations. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780935355
ISBN
9781780935355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.07

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