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Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages, 177 color illus. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; AFH; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 235. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300214390
- ISBN
- 9780300214390
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Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.45
€ 50.99
€ 36.45
Hardback. This probing analysis of three of Giotto's major works and the patrons who commissioned them goes beyond the cliches of Giotto as the founding figure of western painting. It traces the interactions between Franciscan friars and powerful bankers and illuminates the complex interactions between mercantile wealth and the iconography of poverty. Series: The Bernard Berenson Lectures on the Italian Renaissance Delivered at Villa I Tatti. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 color illustrations, 3 maps. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 23. Weight in Grams: 442.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050808
- ISBN
- 9780674050808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 43.04
€ 50.99
€ 43.04
Hardcover. Editor(s): Andersen, Michael; Boggild Johannsen, Birgitte; Johannsen, Hugo. Num Pages: 407 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: 1DND; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 301 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1898.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Nationalmuseet Denmark
- Number of pages
- 407
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776021290
- ISBN
- 9788776021290
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Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.63
€ 44.99
€ 34.63
Paperback. An argument against reductive accounts of the nineteenth-century sculptor Mary Edmonia Lewis s work as the product of her identity as an African American and Native American woman. Num Pages: 344 pages, 51 illustrations, incl. 18 in color. BIC Classification: ACV; AFKB; AGB; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822342663
- ISBN
- 9780822342663
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.18
€ 33.99
€ 31.18
Paperback. Combining the painting and poetry of Mexican artist Roberto Rebora (born 1963), Matter & Discourse of Faith features the painter's portraits--both monochromatic and colorful--and murals. Num Pages: 216 pages, 120 colour. BIC Classification: AC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 215. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Editorial Turner de Mexico Mexico
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9786077711131
- ISBN
- 9786077711131
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Condition: New
€ 37.61
€ 37.61
Paperback. A study of the Torajan ricebarn, a traditional Indonesian structure where the rice crop is stored, and where the main social life of the village takes place. This paper was stimulated by the construction of a ricebarn for the Museum of Mankind at the British Museum in 1987. Series: Occasional Paper. Num Pages: 37 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACBK; AMK; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 291 x 210 x 3. Weight in Grams: 156.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- British Museum Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 37
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861590728
- ISBN
- 9780861590728
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Condition: New
€ 25.62
€ 25.62
Paperback. This book is a unique comparative study of two of the greatest figures in modern architecture - Le Corbusier and Alvar Aalto. It assesses the historical, personal and intellectual influences of their attitudes to nature and their work. Num Pages: 196 pages, 56 black & white illustrations, 16 colour illustrations, 20 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: ACX; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 189 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415281256
- ISBN
- 9780415281256
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Condition: New
€ 85.47
€ 85.47
Paperback. An introduction to the work of Jan Vermeer. Series: Colour Library. Num Pages: 128 pages, 48 colour and 37 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; ACN; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 301 x 227 x 7. Weight in Grams: 514. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Phaidon Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0015191
- ISBN
- 9780714834634
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. "Three features make this book remarkable. First, its scholarship is impeccable, unusually broad, and complete. Second, its author has a clear story to tell. Third, it illuminates the world of Late Antiquity, which is only now beginning to be understood."--Oleg Grabar, author of "The Shape of the Holy " Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 419 pages, 60 b/w photographs, 11 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1QDA; AB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236653
- ISBN
- 9780520236653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.62€ 63.19
€ 81.62
€ 63.19
hardcover. This book explores Leonardo's origins and the beginning of his career as an artist. Num Pages: 216 pages, 76 b/w illus. BIC Classification: ACND; AGB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 253 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107002395
- ISBN
- 9781107002395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.53
€ 88.53
Paperback. Despite its widespread popularity in antebellum America, phrenology has rarely been taken seriously as a cultural phenomenon. This text seeks to redress this neglect by demonstrating the important contributions the theory made to artistic developments in the period. Series: Cultural Studies of the United States. Num Pages: 464 pages, 137 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; JFC; VXFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 173 x 34. Weight in Grams: 953.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807846735
- ISBN
- 9780807846735
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.68
€ 69.68
Hardcover. Luminous and revealing, a daughter's memoir of the art world and a larger-than-life father. Num Pages: 352 pages, 50 illlustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; BGFA; BM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 150 x 29. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780393239171
- ISBN
- 9780393239171
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.17
€ 27.99
€ 24.17
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Booth-Clibborn Editions United Kingdom
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861543189
- ISBN
- 9781861543189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.38
€ 42.99
€ 38.38
Hardback. Throughout her six-decade career, Camille Patha's painting has oscillated between the figurative and the abstract. Patha began painting gestural abstraction in the 1960s then deliberately explored various painting styles, including hard-edged abstraction and surrealist-infused photorealism and, finally, a return to abstraction. Num Pages: 96 pages, 49 color illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6466 x 5193 x 16. Weight in Grams: 704.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Tacoma Art Museum United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780924335402
- ISBN
- 9780924335402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 40.43
€ 46.99
€ 40.43
hardcover. Understanding late medieval pictorial representations of violence. Translator(s): Selwyn, Pamela. Num Pages: 224 pages, 27 illus. BIC Classification: ACK; ACND. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 255 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Zone Books United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781890951375
- ISBN
- 9781890951375
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.84
€ 26.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. Arising from Plateau Indian iconographic interpretations of the human-environment relationship, the author's prints, weavings, and glass sculptures explore the interrelationships between contemporary urban place markers and indigenous design. Series: The Jacob Lawrence Series on American Artists. Num Pages: 128 pages, 95 color illus. BIC Classification: ACBK; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 7128 x 5499 x 8. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295988603
- ISBN
- 9780295988603
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.87
€ 31.99
€ 27.87
Hardback. Argues that references to theology and traditional Christian iconography in the works of Picasso and Apollinaire are not mere symbolic gestures; rather, they are complex responses to the symbolist art and poetry of figures important to them, including Paul Gauguin, Charles Morice, and Santiago Rusinol. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282469
- ISBN
- 9780520282469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.48€ 45.40
€ 57.48
€ 45.40
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
€ 36.99
€ 28.91
Hardcover. The evocative performances of Peggy Shaw, cross-dressed and class-conscious performance artist Editor(s): Dolan, Jill. Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ANB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472116478
- ISBN
- 9780472116478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.98
€ 98.98
Hardback. In 1977, Max Neuhaus turned a triangle of pedestrian space between 45th and 46th Streets in Times Square into an island of harmonic sound. Known as Times Square, the celebrated installation was restored in 2002. This book takes considers the singular impact this artist has had in establishing sound as a medium in contemporary art. Series: Dia Foundation. Num Pages: 144 pages, 30 black-&-white illustrations + 40 colour images. BIC Classification: ACX; AFKN; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 191 x 20. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151671
- ISBN
- 9780300151671
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 24.27
€ 32.99
€ 24.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Buchloh, Benjamin H. D. Num Pages: 96 pages, 113. BIC Classification: ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 281 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 516.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Lars Muller Publishers Switzerland
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037783009
- ISBN
- 9783037783009
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 42.20
€ 51.99
€ 42.20
hardcover. From Pablo Picasso's early The Blue Room to the later Guernica, this book offers a striking reassessment of the artist's paintings from the 1920s and 1930s. It focuses on three central works - the large-scale Guitar and Mandolin on a Table (1924), The Three Dancers (1925), and The Painter and His Model (1927). Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, 95 Color illus. 80 halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD5; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 260 x 191 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1302.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691157412
- ISBN
- 9780691157412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 28.65
€ 49.99
€ 28.65
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 30 colour, 45 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JH; ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1152.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271034430
- ISBN
- 9780271034430
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.24€ 103.34
€ 125.24
€ 103.34
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608860
- ISBN
- 9780691608860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 36.98
€ 50.99
€ 36.98