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Art & Architecture: general issues

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Art & Architecture: general issues

Hardback. In this art historical analysis of Abakanowicz's figurative sculpture, Joanna Iglot penetrates the myth of isolation that surrounds and obscures this internationally celebrated artist to disclose the artistic, sociopolitical and cultural context in which Abakanowicz has lived and worked. Num Pages: 176 pages, 13 color illustrations, 49 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 289 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520231252
ISBN
9780520231252
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.07
€ 63.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 colour plates, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816650385
ISBN
9780816650385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 35.86

Hardback. As the wife of King George II, Caroline of Ansbach became queen of England in 1727. This volume intends to survey Caroline's significant contributions to the arts and culture and the ways in which she used her patronage to strengthen the royal family's connections between the recently installed House of Hanover and English society. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, 120 colour images + 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; AB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 272 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1318.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300197778
ISBN
9780300197778
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 37.19

Hardback. Material Identities examines the way that individuals use material objects as tools for projecting aspects of their identities. Considers the way identity is fashioned, launched, used, and admired in the material world. Contributors intervene from the disciplines of art history, anthropology, design and material culture. Editor(s): Sofaer, Joanna. Series: New Interventions in Art History. Num Pages: 184 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405132343
ISBN
9781405132343
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.60

Paperback. Dead women litter the visual landscape of the 2000s. In this book, Clarke Dillman explains the contextual environment from which these images have arisen, how the images relate to (and sometimes contradict) the narratives they help to constitute, and the cultural work that dead women perform in visual texts. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; APFN; JFD; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349498710
ISBN
9781349498710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.22

Hardcover. Audience behavior began to shift dramatically in the mid 1990s. Since then, people have become more spontaneous in purchasing tickets and increasingly prefer selecting specific programs to attend rather than buying a subscription series. Arts attenders also expect more responsive customer service than ever before. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: AB; KJS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780787978440
ISBN
9780787978440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.65

Hardback. Presents works of two pioneering postwar architects. This volume features an array of images, and unveils authors architectural practice. It also includes ideas about the relationship of architecture and environment. Num Pages: 192 pages, 111 colour & 110 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 257 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064511
ISBN
9781606064511
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.43
€ 41.48

paperback. Editor(s): Dreher, Jochen. Series: Contributions to Phenomenology. Num Pages: 338 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG Switzerland
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319347592
ISBN
9783319347592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.76

Hardcover. What do you do when the label simply reads Untitled, 1973? Where to look when a painting offers you a picturesque but undisguised view of a giant vagina? And how to react when the museum guard stares at you for far too long? This book offers fresh perspectives on how to behave once inside the museum. Num Pages: 128 pages, Colour photos throughout, colour illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
BIS Publishers
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9789063693558
ISBN
9789063693558
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Compiles Johann Gottfried Herder's writings on music and nationalism, from his early volumes of Volkslieder through sacred song to the essays on aesthetics late in his life. The author uses the mode of translation to explore Herder's own interpretive practice as a translator of languages and cultures. Translator(s): Bohlman, Philip V. Num Pages: 336 pages, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
University of California Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520234956
ISBN
9780520234956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources - from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible - to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. Translator(s): Gaiger, Jason. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226327556
ISBN
9780226327556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.12

Paperback / so. Series: Klassiker Der Politik. Num Pages: black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Publisher
VS Verlag f?r Sozialwissenschaften United Kingdom
Condition
New
SKU
V9783663009955
ISBN
9783663009955
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.87

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.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
486
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1970
Edition
First Edition Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262570213
ISBN
9780262570213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 32.85

Hardcover. Editor(s): Burton, Johanna; Jackson, Shannon; Willsdon, Dominic. Series: Critical Anthologies in Art and Culture. Num Pages: 544 pages, 38 color illus., 78 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 182 x 250 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1384.
Publisher
The MIT Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262034814
ISBN
9780262034814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.45

Paperback. Looking at the issues surrounding collaborative art from a practitioner's perspective, this book examines the working relations between artists and other producers of culture, and explores the future of collective action in the art world. Editor(s): Johanna, Billing; Lind, Maria; Lars, Nilsson. Num Pages: 144 pages, 47 b/w & colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 238 x 13. Weight in Grams: 530. Contemporary Art and Collaborative Practices. 144 pages, 47 b/w & colour illustrations. Editor(s): Johanna, Billing; Lind, Maria; Lars, Nilsson. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 170 x 238 x 13. Weight: 526.
Publisher
Black Dog Publishing
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906155186
ISBN
9781906155186
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.02

Paperback. Early in this century, Futurist and Dada artists developed brilliantly innovative uses of typography that blurred the boundaries between visual art and literature. In this text, Johanna Drucker shows how later art criticism has distorted our understanding of such works. Num Pages: 306 pages, 41 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; ABA; ACX; AKD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226165028
ISBN
9780226165028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 colour plates, 32 halftones. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226165059
ISBN
9780226165059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.89

Paperback. Concentrating on canonical critical texts and images, the book examines modern art through a rhetoric of representation rather than through formalist criticism or the history of the avant-garde. Series: Interpretations in Art S. Num Pages: 224 pages, 18 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 317.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231080835
ISBN
9780231080835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.68

paperback. Num Pages: 85 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; PHJ; TBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 5. Weight in Grams: 156.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1953
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1935th Edition
Number of pages
85
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401764599
ISBN
9789401764599
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.30

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 82 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: AB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 145.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1892
Publisher
Springer-Verlag Berlin and Heidelberg GmbH & Co. KG Germany
Number of pages
82
Condition
New
SKU
V9783642940941
ISBN
9783642940941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.52

Paperback. Polychrome sculpture has come to be widely regarded as a watershed text on the making and meaning of European medieval and Baroque painted wood sculpture. The author played a pioneering role in combining the rigorous scientific analysis of materials with a fuller understanding of form and function. Num Pages: 216 pages, 240 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606064337
ISBN
9781606064337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.25
€ 45.52

Paperback. Immanence is a theory of divine presence, in which the divine is found in the material world, not outside of it. This collection brings the major 20th century French philosopher Henri Bergson's work on immanence together with fresh ideas in art theory and the practice of immanent art as found in painting, photography and film. Editor(s): Mullarkey, John; De Mille, Charlotte. Num Pages: 288 pages, 23 b&w illustrations 7 b&w line art. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC; AJ; APF; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474404730
ISBN
9781474404730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.57

Paperback. An invaluable introduction to the continuing debates between high art and low culture for students of media and cultural studies and art history. Num Pages: 224 pages, 93 black and white photos. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JFD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Pluto Press United Kingdom
Edition
Third Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745317441
ISBN
9780745317441
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. Paul Virilio is one of the most challenging critics of art and technology. His work has produced substantial debate, compelling readers to ask if his criticism is out of touch or out in front of traditional perspectives. This title includes 13 original writings, that is suitable for students and researchers into contemporary visual culture. Editor(s): Armitage, John; Bishop, Ryan. Series: Critical Connections. Num Pages: 256 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 468. Series: Critical Connections. 256 pages, 25 b/w illustrations. Editor(s): Armitage, John; Bishop, Ryan. Paul Virilio is one of the most challenging critics of art and technology. His work has produced substantial debate, compelling readers to ask if his criticism is out of touch or out in front of traditional perspectives. This title includes 13 original writings, that is suitable for students and researchers into contemporary visual culture. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: AB; JFC. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight: 466.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748654444
ISBN
9780748654444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.55

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