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Art & Architecture: general issues

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Art & Architecture: general issues

Hardback. What is art? This perennial question is forcefully thrown open by the electronic expansion of its field and proliferation of arts. This book addresses this question with philosophical underpinnings. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 490 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
Number of pages
490
Condition
New
SKU
V9780792360087
ISBN
9780792360087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.78

Paperback. Essays discuss poetry, communication, television, form, aesthetics, bad taste, and art. Translator(s): Cancogni, Anna. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674639768
ISBN
9780674639768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226774473
ISBN
9780226774473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 32.85

Paperback. Explores the fundamental concepts we use in our innocent thoughts and conversations about art, as well as in the sophisticated art theory. This book progresses from pure philosophy to applied philosophy and ranges from the metaphysics of color to the Renaissance perspective, and more. It is useful for philosophers, art historians, and students. Num Pages: 300 pages, 8 colour plates, 97 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226365534
ISBN
9780226365534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 40.28

Paperback. Frames the classic debates on objects and aims to generate fresh ones by reshaping the ways in which the object can be taught and studies, from a variety of disciplines and fields. This title elucidates objects in many of their diverse roles, dynamics and capacities. It comprises of numerous academic fields. Editor(s): Guins, Raiford; Candlin, Fiona. Series: In Sight: Visual Culture. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JFCA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 31. Weight in Grams: 988.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415452304
ISBN
9780415452304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.73

Hardcover. Essays and artists' projects explore the ubiquity of cloth in everyday life and the effect of globalization on art and labor; with more than 100 color images. Editor(s): Livingstone, Joan; Ploof, John. Num Pages: 422 pages, 134 color illus., 98 duotones. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; KNDD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 187 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1538.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Edition
First Edition (US) First Printing
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262122900
ISBN
9780262122900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 34.09

Paperback. Making the new politics of craft and sustainability Num Pages: 304 pages, 32 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFT; HBTB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784538248
ISBN
9781784538248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. .
Publisher
Biteback Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785901270
ISBN
9781785901270
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.52

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Theatre and Performance History. Num Pages: 187 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AN; AS; HBJK; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349470747
ISBN
9781349470747
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.19

"Published with the assistance of the Anniversary Endowment Fund of the University of North Carolina Press." Editor(s): Holt, Professor of History Thomas C (University of Chicago); Green, Laurie B; Wilson, Director at the Center for the Study of Southern Culture and Professor of History Charles Reagan (University of Mississippi). Series: New Encyclopedia of Southern Culture (Paperback). Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; GBA; GBC; HBJK; JFFJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9781469607238
ISBN
9781469607238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.63

Paperback. Discusses the art's importance in viewing the world in which we live. This title looks at the relationship between art and social reality, arguing that truthful art must both reflect reality in its flaws and imperfections, and help show how change and improvement might be brought about. It focuses on the individual's need to engage with society. Translator(s): Bostock, Anna. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
New Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844675937
ISBN
9781844675937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.05

paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; JMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 385.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
Springer Netherlands
Edition
1968th Edition
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401186940
ISBN
9789401186940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.75

paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 254. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Earth Aware Editions
Condition
New
SKU
9781683830054
ISBN
9781683830054
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 9.87

Paperback. On Wednesday 23 August 1939, the National Gallery closed its doors to the public, not knowing when they would open again. The paintings were to be secretly evacuated in a relocation that took only eleven days. The last shipment left Trafalgar Square on 2 September, the day before war was declared. This book tells the story of the National Gallery. Series: National Gallery London. Num Pages: 128 pages, approx. 200 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJH; ABC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 195 x 12. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857094244
ISBN
9781857094244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Paperback. The Myths of Herakles in Ancient Greece surveys the rich legacy of Herakles's representations during the Archaic and Early Classical periods and joins to this survey a scholarly apparatus that summarizes and refers to a good portion of the work completed on the meanings and descriptions of these manifestations. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AH; AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 177.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761810513
ISBN
9780761810513
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.98

Hardback. The Myths of Herakles in Ancient Greece surveys the rich legacy of Herakles's representations during the Archaic and Early Classical periods and joins to this survey a scholarly apparatus that summarizes and refers to a good portion of the work completed on the meanings and descriptions of these manifestations. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761810506
ISBN
9780761810506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.42

Hardback. On October 27, 1960, art critic Pierre Restany named a group of Paris-based artists the "Nouveaux Realistes" in a founding declaration that stated, The New Realists recognize their collective singularity. This book offers an account of their work and challenges the ideas of Restany, who mandated a "direct appropriation of the real". Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 colour images + 78 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJP; ABA; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 191 x 20. Weight in Grams: 796.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300181203
ISBN
9780300181203
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.11
€ 58.52

Paperback. The Musicality of Narrative Film is the first book to examine in depth the film/music analogy. Using comparative analysis, Kulezic-Wilson explores film's musical potential, arguing that film's musicality can be achieved through various cinematic devices, with or without music. Series: Palgrave Studies in Audio-Visual Culture. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AB; APF; AV; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Number of pages
230
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349504329
ISBN
9781349504329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 111.29

Hardcover. For millions of people around the world, Tibet is a domain of undisturbed tradition, the Dalai Lama a spiritual guide. This book addresses the question of who has the right to represent Tibet in museums and beyond. Series: Buddhism and Modernity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 19 colour plates, 50 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; AB; GM; HBJF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 189 x 256 x 32. Weight in Grams: 848.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226317472
ISBN
9780226317472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.68
€ 77.41

Paperback. This analysis of art and its modes of existence by a contemporary French philosopher begins with an essay that introduces the principal concern sustained in the four succeeding ones. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 136 pages, 3 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 137 x 9. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727815
ISBN
9780804727815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.33

Paperback. Fictional narratives of the late twentieth century often cross boundaries. This study argues that the undoing of structure in postmodern art form demands a different way of thinking and represents a commentary on the material and social conditions of the late twentieth century and beyond. Num Pages: 248 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; AF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349456567
ISBN
9781349456567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.31

Paperback. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Autonomedia
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351597
ISBN
9781584351597
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.13

Paperback. The author combines a lifetime of anthropological research with the most recent neurological insights in this text. Illuminating glimpses into the ancient mind are interwoven with the self-evolving story of modern-day cave discoveries and research. Num Pages: 320 pages, 94 illustrations, 27 in colour. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 85 x 32. Weight in Grams: 624.
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500284650
ISBN
9780500284650
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.85

Paperback. A true-life thriller completely exposes the network behind the illegal trade in ancient artifacts - and features a rich cast of rogues and some of the world's most prestigious art institutions. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16 pages b&w photographs. BIC Classification: ABK; AC; BTC; KCLT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 31. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586484385
ISBN
9781586484385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.63

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