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Theory of art

Paperback. Leading art critic explores the connections between art's past and present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Verso Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784783242
ISBN
9781784783242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.54

Paperback. Argues that a chromophobic impulse - a fear of corruption or contamination through colour - lurks within much Western cultural and intellectual thought. This book analyses the motivations behind chromophobia and focuses on the work of writers and artists who have been prepared to look at colour as a positive value. Series: FOCI S. Num Pages: 128 pages, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890740
ISBN
9781861890740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.08

Paperback. Shows how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into the two-dimensionality of magic) and of industrial into post-industrial society (from work into leisure) went hand in hand, and how photography allows us to read and interpret these changes with particular clarity. Translator(s): Chalmers, Martin. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 121 x 9. Weight in Grams: 122.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861890764
ISBN
9781861890764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.13

Paperback. Video Art Theory: A Comparative Approach demonstrates how video art functions on the basis of a comparative media approach, providing a crucial understanding of video as a medium in contemporary art and of the visual mediations we encounter in daily life. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AS; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118475461
ISBN
9781118475461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.37

Paperback. Van Alphen analyzes how art visually "thinks" about these difficult cultural issues, tapping into an understudied interpretation of art as the realm where ideas and values are actively created, given form, and mobilized. Num Pages: 250 pages, 72 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; JMR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 257 x 183 x 16. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226015293
ISBN
9780226015293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 256 x 205 x 21. Weight in Grams: 980.
Publisher
Abbeville Press Inc.,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Edition
Second Edition, Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780789212191
ISBN
9780789212191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.06

Paperback. Series: Princeton Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Foreword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163895
ISBN
9780691163895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.49

Hardback. Based on a series of six lectures delivered at the Museo Nacional del Prado in 2012, the author examines links between his personal life and his study of Hispanic art of the Golden Age. His adventures are offered as a model for understanding how art history is shaped by life experiences. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 colour images + 60 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JD; ABA; ACQ; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 21. Weight in Grams: 782.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300203967
ISBN
9780300203967
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: ABA; AGZ; AJR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 165. .
Publisher
Rocky Nook
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781681981987
ISBN
9781681981987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 27.93

Paperback. An illustrated 100-year history of modern art, from cubism to pop and avant-guard. . Num Pages: 448 pages, 269 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 203 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1654.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500275825
ISBN
9780500275825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Wilson, Andrew; Bickers, Patricia. Num Pages: 588 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 746.
Publisher
Ridinghouse, Art Monthly
Number of pages
588
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905464562
ISBN
9781905464562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.31

Paperback. "A vibrant and engaged work from a writer and thinker who is worthy of our attention."-Carolyn Kellogg, Los Angeles Times Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393343144
ISBN
9780393343144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.13

Paperback. An account of how Spanish painters of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries dealt with mystic visions in their art, and of how they attempted to 'represent the unrepresentable' that aims to establish a theory of visionary imagery in Western art in general, and one for the Spanish Counter-Reformation in particular. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 102 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; 3JD; ABA; ACN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948462757
ISBN
9780948462757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.77

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16 colour illustrations in plate section: pp.180-181. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472589019
ISBN
9781472589019
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.72
€ 133.93

Paperback. Chapters explore what happens when photography, film, mixed media works, architecture and design intervene in public spaces and urban communities to disrupt speed and growth, both intellectually and/or practically; and question the degree to which mobility is aspirational or imaginary, absolute or transient. Num Pages: 224 pages, 20 bw integrated. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JFSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780769738
ISBN
9781780769738
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC; APFA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 122 x 28. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Turtle Point Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933527024
ISBN
9781933527024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.56

Paperback. The eminent critic, historian, and former member of the Art & Language collective Terry Smith explores the artistic, philosophical, political, and geographical dimensions of conceptual art and conceptualism while offering a theory of contemporary art. Editor(s): Bailey, Robert. Num Pages: 168 pages, 50 illustrations, incl. 8 in color. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 10. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361312
ISBN
9780822361312
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; VSP; VXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Shambhala
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9781570620782
ISBN
9781570620782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.70

Paperback. To pursue excellence through the intelligent appliance of colour. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AKC; AKL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 251 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785353048
ISBN
9781785353048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.11

Hardback. Gathering seven established art educators-educator artists, this book addresses art education from the philosophical position of Deleuze and Guattari and raises questions as to where the future of art and its education might be heading if the focus on art was to be repositioned along Deleuze and Guattari s philosophy of immanence. Editor(s): Jagodzinski, Jan. Series: Education, Psychoanalysis, and Social Transformation. Num Pages: 327 pages, 5 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; JNU; YQA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137481269
ISBN
9781137481269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.09

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