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Theory of art

Hardback. * Explores important concepts and perspectives in the anthropology of art. * Includes nine groundbreaking case studies by an internationally renowned group of art historians and art theorists. * Covers a wide range of periods, including Bronze-Age China, Classical Greece, Rome, and Mayan, as well as the modern Western world. Editor(s): Osborne, Robin; Tanner, Jeremy. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 240 pages, 35 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 516.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135375
ISBN
9781405135375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.30

Paperback. "It actually gave me what I expected to learn in college. I learned a great deal about life. " "A strong and important underlying philosophy, the knowledge of which will be useful in the real world. This knowledge is very important to anyone who aspires to be artistic as well as anyone who just aspires to be. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405155632
ISBN
9781405155632
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.36

Hardback. Now, for the first time, a philosopher undertakes a systematic investigation of the moral and aesthetic issues to which cultural appropriation gives rise. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405176569
ISBN
9781405176569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.34

Paperback. Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405178822
ISBN
9781405178822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 40.57

Hardback. Ideas About Art is an intelligent, accessible introductory text for students interested in learning how to think about aesthetics. It uses stories drawn from the experiences of individuals involved in the arts as a means of exposing readers to the philosophies, theories, and arguments that shape and drive visual art. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405178839
ISBN
9781405178839
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09

Hardback. 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: 237 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192408
ISBN
9781405192408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.99

Hardback. The Art of Comics is the first-ever collection of essays published in English devoted to the philosophical topics raised by comics and graphic novels. Series: New Directions in Aesthetics. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AKLC; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444334647
ISBN
9781444334647
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.54

Paperback. Creative Writing and Art History considers the ways in which the writing of art history intersects with creative writing. Essays range from the analysis of historical examples of art historical writing that have a creative element to examinations of contemporary modes of creative writing about art. Editor(s): Grant, Andrew; Grant, Catherine; Rubin, Patricia. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 273 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 716.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444350395
ISBN
9781444350395
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.59

Paperback. A study of the iconic Brillo box through the theories of design, aesthetics, and art Num Pages: 144 pages, 34 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; AK; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Dartmouth
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584657019
ISBN
9781584657019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 21.30

Hardcover. Explores the ways in which the 'stuff' of visuality-an image like a photograph, an incident on TV, a cinematic oeuvre- are intertwined in a range of cultural practices, transformed and transgressed by them in transvisuality. Editor(s): Kristensen, Tore; Michelsen, Anders; Wiegand, Frauke. Num Pages: 272 pages, 26 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 20. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381786
ISBN
9781781381786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.52

Hardcover. An introduction to the analysis of fictional worlds in a set of fifteen arts, including theatre, opera, figurative ballet, mime, audio drama, figurative drawing/painting, figurative sculpture, strip cartoon, animation, puppet theatre, still photography, photo-novel, silent movie, cinema and TV drama. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194253
ISBN
9781845194253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845197056
ISBN
9781845197056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.79

Hardcover. The transvisuality project deals with how the visual today transcends acts of seeing and being seen, and in fact co-creates the world in new dimensions and organisations of meaning: the result is transvisuality. Editor(s): Kristensen, Tore; Michelsen, Anders; Wiegand, Frauke. Num Pages: 261 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318917
ISBN
9781846318917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.52

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
293
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846318931
ISBN
9781846318931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.00

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903900055
ISBN
9781903900055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 222 x 11. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Bard Graduate Center, Exhibitions Department
Condition
New
SKU
V9781941792049
ISBN
9781941792049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.39

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Birkhauser
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783034600927
ISBN
9783034600927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 53. Weight in Grams: 242.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Diaphanes AG
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037342091
ISBN
9783037342091
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.63

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Birkhäuser Architecture
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764324728
ISBN
9783764324728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.55

Hardback. Bertolt Brecht once worried that our sympathy for the victims of a social problem can make the problem's "beauty and attraction" invisible. The author explores the effort to overcome this difficulty through a study of several contemporary artist-photographers whose work speaks to questions of political economy. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 colour plates, 28 halftones, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 210 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226210261
ISBN
9780226210261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.06
€ 75.79

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