Art & Architecture: general issues
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Art & Architecture: general issues
What is the role of the arts in American culture? Is art an essential element? If so, how should we support it? This book describes the history of patronage, and shows how patronage has elevated and damaged the arts in modern culture, and argues for the university as a serious patron of the arts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: ABQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691124803
- ISBN
- 9780691124803
Condition: New
€ 33.80
€ 33.80
Hardback. Editor(s): Lytle, Guy Fitch; Orgel, Stephen. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABQ; ACND. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 914.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642048
- ISBN
- 9780691642048
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.81
€ 188.81
Hardback. Offers an approach to understanding the evolution of abstractionism by looking at the personal artistic development of seven of its practitioners. This book explores the works and concerns of three European abstract painters - Mondrian, Malevich, Kandinsky - and then those of their American successors - Pollock, Newman, Rothko, and Still. Series: A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 240 pages, 63 color plates 109 halftones. BIC Classification: AB; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1199.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691048963
- ISBN
- 9780691048963
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.44
€ 107.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Pontbriand, Chantal. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 343.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- Publisher
- JRP Ringier
- Number of pages
- Ringier
- SKU
- V9783037644188
- ISBN
- 9783037644188
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.52
€ 20.99
€ 19.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Pontbriand, Chantal. Series: Documents Series. Num Pages: 180 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- JRP Ringier Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037642832
- ISBN
- 9783037642832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.21
€ 19.99
€ 18.21
Paperback. The war on terror thrives on pantomime demons, created and maintained by political opportunism, convenient stereotype and uncritical celebrity scholarship. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: AB; JF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Zero Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782792093
- ISBN
- 9781782792093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.36
€ 23.99
€ 20.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJPG; ABA; ACX; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138253452
- ISBN
- 9781138253452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.26
€ 73.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 118 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; ABA; ACK; ACND; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 280 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1210.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271020914
- ISBN
- 9780271020914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.16
€ 80.16
Hardback. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 192 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1046.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Alfred A. Knopf United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307263421
- ISBN
- 9780307263421
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.11
€ 49.99
€ 41.11
Hardback. An in-depth look at one of the richest collections of American art, assembled by Electra Havemeyer Webb, renowned collector and founder of Shelburne Museum. Num Pages: 144 pages, 100 Colour Illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 229. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Publisher
- Rizzoli International Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847859580
- ISBN
- 9780847859580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 41.12
€ 44.99
€ 41.12
Hardback. This new book is a fearless and passionate defense of the performing and visual arts at a time of increasing 'Pain in the Arts'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780768175
- ISBN
- 9781780768175
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.95€ 53.33
€ 57.95
€ 53.33
Paperback. Strengthen potential in IB Visual Arts. The only resource matched to the IB Visual Arts Guide, this essential Course Book breaks down and clarifies all the assessment components of the course. Guiding learners through each assessment task, a range of artwork examples contextualize the exam criteria, reinforcing comprehension and confidence. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 4MB; AB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 278 x 220 x 14. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198377917
- ISBN
- 9780198377917
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.25
€ 54.25
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496808066
- ISBN
- 9781496808066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.94
€ 62.94
Hardcover. Outsider art is work produced outside the mainstream of modern art by self-taught visionaries, spiritualists, eccentrics, recluses, psychiatric patients, criminals and others beyond the perceived margins of society. This book sets out to challenge many of the received ideas in the field. Num Pages: 176 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; ACB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 208 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861895219
- ISBN
- 9781861895219
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.02
€ 32.02
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
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback. The zany, the cute, and the interesting saturate postmodern culture, dominating the look of its art and commodities as well as our ways of speaking about the ambivalent feelings these objects often inspire. In this study Ngai offers an aesthetic theory for the hypercommodified, mass-mediated, performance-driven world of late capitalism. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; GTE; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088122
- ISBN
- 9780674088122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.02
€ 35.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226076652
- ISBN
- 9780226076652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.49
€ 126.49
Paperback. Other Objects of Desire; Collectors and Collecting Queerly explores gay identities and identifications as they are communicated in and through art, and provides a critical approach to the study of collectors and collecting. Editor(s): Camille, Michael; Rifkin, Adrian. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 168 pages, 3. BIC Classification: 3J; AB; AC; AGC; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 249 x 163 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233619
- ISBN
- 9780631233619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.23
€ 36.23
Paperback. Comprises eighteen essays on topics ranging from "Contemporary Art and the Plight of Its Public" and the "flat-bed picture plane" to reflections on Picasso, Rauschenberg, Rodin, de Kooning, Pollock, Guston, and Jasper Johns. Num Pages: 448 pages, 295 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1036.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226771854
- ISBN
- 9780226771854
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.18
€ 79.18
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
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. The third in the unique series of anthologies which aims to collect important key writings by and on the most significant artists in contemporary culture. The definitive resource of Warhol in his own words, and in the words of others. Editor(s): Williams, Gilda. Series: On&By. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ1; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 145. .
- Publisher
- Whitechapel Gallery United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780854882458
- ISBN
- 9780854882458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.05
€ 21.99
€ 20.05
Paperback. An essential history of the narrative art form's global rise Num Pages: 254 pages, 130 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AF; AKLC; DQ; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Publisher
- University Press of Mississippi
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781496813183
- ISBN
- 9781496813183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.74
€ 50.74
Hardcover. Since 1986, the Burning Man Festival has evolved from founder Larry Harvey's personal healing ritual into a cultural movement where ceremony, religion, visual art, and performance converge on an epic scale. This work explores the spectrum of performance and ritual practices within Black Rock City from the everyday to wild spectacle. Series: SB - Enactments. Num Pages: 364 pages, 70 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AB; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 38. Weight in Grams: 850.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Seagull Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906497255
- ISBN
- 9781906497255
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.07
€ 44.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226380193
- ISBN
- 9780226380193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.34
€ 43.34