Art & Architecture: general issues
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Art & Architecture: general issues
Paperback. Rhetorically charged debates over theory have divided humanities scholars for decades. Rodowick steps back from arguments pro and con to assess why theory has become such a deeply contested concept. Far from lobbying for a return to the high theory of the 1980s, he calls for dialogue on an ethically inflected philosophy of the humanities." Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674088153
- ISBN
- 9780674088153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.14
€ 36.99
€ 31.14
Paperback. This book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective" quality of art contributes to an understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804751711
- ISBN
- 9780804751711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.80
€ 29.99
€ 26.80
Hardcover. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival event Burning Man at Nevada's Black Rock Desert presents challenges to its organizers. This title tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AB; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226102375
- ISBN
- 9780226102375
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.92€ 77.81
€ 92.92
€ 77.81
Paperback. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival event Burning Man at Nevada's Black Rock Desert presents challenges to its organizers. This title tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AB; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226102382
- ISBN
- 9780226102382
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.99
€ 36.99
€ 28.99
Hardback. This book examines charisma as the force in art, literature, and film that engages the reader's or viewer's consciousness and inspires admiration and imitation. Thirteen chapters analyze the workings of charisma and its effects, ranging from Homer to Woody Allen. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 856.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812243291
- ISBN
- 9780812243291
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.40
€ 80.40
Hardback. The rich history and culture of the Arab American people is found in the passionate works of its artists. This book includes the work of several of these artists. The artists featured herein include: Susan Abdelsalam; Mahmoud Al Obaidi; Lily Bandak; Wasma Chorbachi; Nihad Dukhan; Khalil Gibran; Sari Khoury; Jayce Salloum; and Afaf Zurayk. Series: Artists of the American Mosaic. Num Pages: 336 pages, 101 illustrations (b&w). BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780313337307
- ISBN
- 9780313337307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.77€ 83.26
€ 91.77
€ 83.26
Hardcover. Series: Detail Green Books. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 310 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 935.
- Publisher
- Birkhäuser
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783920034904
- ISBN
- 9783920034904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.32
€ 52.32
Paperback. Editor(s): Ruf, Beatrix; Bechler, Christina; Obrist, Hans-Ulrich. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- JRP Ringier
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037643501
- ISBN
- 9783037643501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.77
€ 33.77
Hardcover. Editor(s): Turner, Fredrik K. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 150
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781626182110
- ISBN
- 9781626182110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 225.11€ 150.02
€ 225.11
€ 150.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 58 Colour. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 297 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1382.
- Publisher
- Other Criteria
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906967604
- ISBN
- 9781906967604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.61€ 74.84
€ 82.61
€ 74.84
Paperback. This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder. Num Pages: 72 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 108. An Essay on Disorder and Order. 72 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight: 108.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 40th Anniversary Edition
- Number of pages
- 72
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520266001
- ISBN
- 9780520266001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 20.64
€ 27.99
€ 20.64
Paperback. "A practical guide to the conservation of museum and other cultural heritage collections in hot and humid climates"--Provided by publisher. Num Pages: 435 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1732.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606064344
- ISBN
- 9781606064344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.15€ 49.62
€ 63.15
€ 49.62
Paperback. How detailed can documentation get? When does the replacement of original components become acceptable? How does the field cope with the obsolescence of certain technologies? This title explores these questions and dilemmas facing those who care for art installations. Editor(s): Pugliese, Marina. Num Pages: 280 pages, 105 colour & 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABC; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 924.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781606061343
- ISBN
- 9781606061343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.67€ 40.69
€ 51.67
€ 40.69
Paperback. Focuses on the author's sustained inquiry into the paradoxical relationship of art to life and into the nature of meaning itself. Editor(s): Kelley, Jeff. Num Pages: 297 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 438. 297 pages, 17 b&w photos. Editor(s): Kelley, Jeff. Focuses on the author's sustained inquiry into the paradoxical relationship of art to life and into the nature of meaning itself. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; ABA; AC. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 16. Weight: 424.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 297
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240797
- ISBN
- 9780520240797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.76
€ 36.99
€ 26.76
Paperback. This book is a practical study of the forest industrial complex composed in analogical narratives of prosaic discourse and poetic themes presented in a gallery tour through the corporate moral forest. Its focus is on the changing of management by objectives policies to management by ethics philosophies and managing moralities. Num Pages: 188 pages, 63 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABQ; AGC; AGR; HPQ; KJM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 295 x 12. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761866824
- ISBN
- 9780761866824
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 96.80
€ 96.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AH; AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 133 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761812319
- ISBN
- 9780761812319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.13
€ 82.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 313.
- Publisher
- University Press of America
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761812302
- ISBN
- 9780761812302
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.89
€ 107.89
Paperback. Presents a theory about judging a work of art as opposed to a theory that says why a particular work is defined as art. This book synthesizes the insights of philosophers and art critics to discover what can be derived from their theories. It outlines all possible theories of art evaluation, assuming that traditional evaluative notions are used. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Publisher
- Temple University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780877226833
- ISBN
- 9780877226833
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.25
€ 36.99
€ 33.25
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249513
- ISBN
- 9780226249513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.34
€ 46.99
€ 36.34
Paperback. An overview of the theories of color from antiquity to the present. An indispensable study for all who work with color including artists, glazers, architects, decorators, designers, ceramic and textile artists, and the student of color theory. Num Pages: 88 pages, hundreds of b/w and color illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 275 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780887401435
- ISBN
- 9780887401435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.95
€ 18.99
€ 13.95
Paperback. This text raises questions about artistic freedom and censorship. Wu Hung uses the Chinese government's cancellation of the exhibition "It's Me", Beijing 1998, to anchor his analysis of the challenges face by contemporary Chinese artisits and curators. Num Pages: 224 pages, 111 colour plates, 29 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; AC; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 184 x 22. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935573336
- ISBN
- 9780935573336
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 32.58
€ 41.99
€ 32.58
Paperback. Series: Afterall Exhibition Histories. Num Pages: 192 pages, 95 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863354480
- ISBN
- 9783863354480
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.84
€ 29.99
€ 25.84
Paperback. Series: Exhibition Histories. Num Pages: 239 pages, 75 colour, 75 b&w. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 238 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
- Number of pages
- 239
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863358976
- ISBN
- 9783863358976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.13
€ 29.99
€ 26.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 317.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633994
- ISBN
- 9781566633994
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.54
€ 17.99
€ 17.54