Art history
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art history for dummies is an unbeatable reference for anyone who wants to understand art in its historical contextwhether you're an art enthusiast who'd like to know more about the history behind your favourite works and artists, or somebody who couldn't tell a titian and a de kooning-but would like to-art history for dummies is for youwith the help of stunning black-and-white photos throughout, and a sixteen-page gallery of colour images, it covers: the rise and fall of classical art in greece and rome; the differences between renaissance art and mannerism; how the industrial revolution spawned romanticism; how and why post-impression branched off from impressionism; constructivism, dadaism, surrealism and other 20th century isms; what's up with today's eclectic art scenesee oxfam website for delivery information read morethere is a little creasing to the top edge of the cover, a little wear to the opening edge and some bumping to the cornersoxfam bookshop new milton used, good condition, soft coverit takes you on a tour of thirty millennia of artistic expression, covering the artistic movements, major artists, and indispensable masterworks, and the world events and cultural trends that helped spawn themhowever, the binding is sound and the pages are all clean and unmarked
7 €
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Whole pile of books used for english lit, art history and poetry courses at unitake for free or if feeling generous a pack of beer will doneed gone today
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Oxfam bookshop cheltenham how was it possible, by the later twentieth century, to have erased women as artists from art history so comprehensively that the idea of the artist was exclusively masculine? why was this erasure more radical in the twentieth century than ever before? why is everything that compromises greatness in art coded as feminine? has the feminist critique of art history history yet effected real change? see oxfam website for delivery information read more
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Gedo's approach also restores to the artist his or her place at the centre of art history and critical inquiry looking at art from the inside out highlights the role played by the psychological world of the artist in shaping the subject-matter and form of art worksanalysing masterpieces by manet, gauguin, magritte and picasso, mary mathews gedo, who is trained in both art history and clinical psychology, details how the creative process can transform the artist's inner world into public statements meaningful for a broad audiencesee oxfam website for delivery information read more cover corners are lightly creased, but otherwise excellent conditiondemonstrating how biological predisposition, familial relationships and childhood experiences of future artists play a pivotal role in shaping their careers, she merges formal, iconographic and psychobiographical elements to provide unique insight into their productionoxfam books & music olney
9 €
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This set of 2 excellent books on the history of venetian art and architecture is in as new condition and presented in the original hard protective coverdetails: author - giandomenico romanelli publisher - konemann uk ltd date of publication - language - english format - hardback genre - fine arts / art history place of publication - london country of publication - united kingdom imprint - konemann uk ltd out-of-print date - content note - 600+ photos and illus; map dimensions: weight g width 284 mm height 331 mm spine 79 mm ad id: delivery service consumer creditplease note that this is a buyer collect item - if it is posted buyer is to pay actual postage charges plus £8
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This set of 2 excellent books on the history of venetian art and architecture is in as new condition and presented in the original hard protective coverdetails: author - giandomenico romanelli publisher - konemann uk ltd date of publication - language - english format - hardback genre - fine arts / art history place of publication - london country of publication - united kingdom imprint - konemann uk ltd out-of-print date - content note - 600+ photos and illus; map dimensions: weight g width 284 mm height 331 mm spine 79 mm read moreplease note that this is a buyer collect item - if it is posted buyer is to pay actual postage charges plus £8
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Throughout, the principles of art criticism are presented and applied to contemporary forms of american art giving students of art and art history a solid framework for critically considering contemporary art through describing, interpreting, evaluating, and theorizingoxfam bookshop cheltenham criticizing art: understanding the contemporary takes readers inside the world of contemporary art and shows them how to think, write, and talk about artsee oxfam website for delivery information read more
10 €
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Donald olson, a master 'celestial sleuth'tracks down the truth and helps unravel mysteries as far back as ancient history and as recent as the haunting pictures of edvard munchoxfam bookshop aberystwyth many mysteries in art, history, and literature can be solved using ' forensic' astronomysee oxfam website for delivery information read more
18 €
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With richly reproduced illustrations, it provides powerful insight not only to scholars of art history and academics, but also to working artists and those who count themselves as man ray fansoxfam bookshop preston man ray: writings on art fills a conspicuous gap in scholarship on the artist and his periodthis volume offers a long overdue vision of man ray as someone who used words both as a creative medium and as a means of articulating ideas about the nature and value of artsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit brings together his most significant writings, many of them published here for the first timethese occasionally quixotic texts, which include artist books, essays, interviews, letters, and visual poems, reveal the incredible scale of the artist's output and the remarkable continuity of his aesthetic and political beliefs
14 €
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For sale 9 fantastic art/art history booksif you have any questions please don't hesitate to ask
30 €
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He authored and edited many acclaimed publications on art history and spiritualityabout the author rolf toman has worked as an independent art publisher for various international publishing houses for several decades
21 €
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Oxfam shop macclesfield ruskin's work was instrumental in the formation of art history as a modern disciplinea capable artist, he complemented his technical understanding of art with insightful analysis and passionately held social idealssee oxfam website for delivery information read moreclear wear and discoloration on cover but inside of book intactthis book is based on a series of lectures given in and the preface to this rare us published (st paul, minnesota) volume is date april 29th
95 €
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About the author nicholas chare is currently a teaching fellow at the department of history of art at the university of york and a visiting research fellow at the school of fine art, history of art and cultural studies at the university of leedshe has recently published articles in angelaki, art history, convergence, cultural critique, journal of cultural research, southern review: communication, politics and culture and visual culture in britain
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Gombrich's sweeping history of the world, for the curious of all ages  "all stories begin with 'once upon a time" so begins a little history of the world, an engaging and lively book written for readers both young and old for adults seeking a single-volume overview of world history, for students in search of a quick refresher course, or for families to read and learn from together, gombrich's little history enchants and educateshe paints a colorful picture of wars and conquests; of grand works of art; of the advances and limitations of science; of remarkable people and remarkable events, from confucius to catherine the great to winston churchill, and from the invention of art to the destruction of the berlin wallsee oxfam website for delivery information read more' and that's just what this story is all about: what happened, once upon a timerather than focusing on dry facts and dates, egombrich vividly brings the full span of human experience on earth to life, from the stone age to the atomic ageoxfam bookshop cheltenham the international bestseller: e
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This is a great pop art collector's book1) pop art: pop art: a continuing history / marco livingstone a broad and critical history of pop art shows its international development, and describes and illustrates the work of more than 130 artists, including andy warhol, jasper johns, peter blake, claes oldenburg, and roy lichtensteinthe man who first introduced warhol in the work of jean-michel basquiat and keith haring presents here the photographic remains of his more than 10 years of intimate friendship with andy warhol in full-page reproductions with warhol's touches and marks, which he considered authentic self-portraits, he appears dressed in coloured wigs and makeup, with a melancholy and shameless appearanceour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethis is currently the definitive book about pop that existsare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawiki367 photographsenglish and italian2) andy warhol by christopher makos the most modern photographer in america271 pages lined hard cover and dust coverplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki website
38 €
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It places the spotlight on women painters, sculptors, printmakers, illustrators, designers and craftswomen, who all too often are left out of history and art history books for childrenthrough their personal stories, readers will come to know the circles and art movements each artist worked in, and the influence they exerted on both the art world and society as a wholeoxfam bookshop brighton we are artists celebrates the life and work of 15 female artists from around the globe and the distinctive mark they made on the art world and beyondpresented as a collection of engaging biographical narratives, we are artists reveals how each artist's unique approach and perspective provided the art world and society at large with a new way of seeing thingssee oxfam website for delivery information read morefollowing in the wake of the goodnight stories for rebel girls phenomenon, we are artists is aimed at inspiring young readers and aspiring artists, no matter what their gender, to find their own unique way of making a contribution to the world
9 €
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It draws on episodes from chinese history to show in concrete terms the proper use of sun tzu's principlesthe silver sparrow art of war: a version of sun tzu's art of war based on a manuscript of the classic text discovered at a chinese archeological site in china's shandong province in , which contains previously unknown fragmentssun tzu's art of war, compiled more than two thousand years ago, is a study of the anatomy of organizations in conflictthis comprehensive collection contains: the art of war: this edition of sun tzu's text includes the classic collection of commentaries by eleven interpretersthe lost art of war: written more than one hundred years after sun tzu's text, by sun bin, a linear descendant of sun tzu, this classic of political and military strategy is faithful to the principles of the art of war, while developing their practical application much furtherthe translations, by the renowned translator thomas cleary, have all been published previously in book form, except for the silver sparrow art of war, which is available here for the first timemastering the art of war: consisting of essays by two prominent statesmen-generals of han dynasty china, zhuge liang and liu ji, this book develops the strategies of sun tzu's classic into a complete handbook of organization and leadershipsee oxfam website for delivery information read moreit is perhaps the most prestigious and influential book of strategy in the world todaynow, this unique volume brings together the essential versions of sun tzu's text, along with illuminating commentaries and auxiliary texts written by distinguished strategists
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8 €
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Popular music - became an art form, not least because they said it wasoxfam bookshop brighton a remarkable and exhaustive study examining the intertwined histories of pop music and the visual arts, and exploring the exhilarating exchange between art schools and the pop stars that they nurtured (or, occasionally, expelled) how art made pop encompasses the worldwide history of art school rock, and brings the story up to date by surveying recent trends and the practices contemporary of artist-musicians the individuals that populate how art made pop may still have become successful musicians if they hadn't studied art, but the kind of musicians that they became, and the kind of music that they became interested in that was predominantly informed and modified by art school attendancesee oxfam website for delivery information read morewhere once these musicians would have considered themselves entertainers, they now became artistsand hence what they practiced - i
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It emphasizes the connections between maritime history and many related fields, including naval history, shipbuilding, navigation and scientific instrumentation, maritime art and literature, commerce and economics, exploration and maritime geography, oceanography and hydrology, and international maritime lawplacing maritime affairs in their larger historical context, the encyclopedia shows how seafaring has both reflected and influenced the major economic, cultural, military, and political developments in world historyoxfam shop mutley plain this is volume 3 of this collection that continues to cover the entire history of seafaring - from ancient egyptian shipbuilders to viking sea-raiders, from nelson and the napoleonic wars to the nuclear submarines and supertankers of todaysee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome bumping at the top and tail of the spine (front edge only) and small dent near the top gutterbook in very good condition with clean pages throughout and securely boundas a result, a wealth of information is available in a single reference work that can otherwise be found only with the help of an extensive librarythe encyclopedia offers a uniquely integrated approach
19 €
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Nine history of art bookscubism impressionism post-impressionism the renaissance, i ii and iii the xvii century i and ii the xviii printed in milan by grafiche editorali like new, never read
40 €
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David carrier, author of principles of art history writingdavid carrier, author of principles of art history writingher previous books include jackson pollock and lee krasner: a catalogue raisonne
25 €
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About part of the amsterdam herengracht, called ‘de gouden bocht’, in which the canal palaces were carefully inventoried in terms of architecture and art history, and three centuries of history about power, art and life culture were brought together - 24 x 31 cmour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storean inventory of approxwillemien dijkshoorn, erik de jong, lodewijk odé, edglossary on the dust jacket - 31 x 27 cmvan singel tot singelgracht - 304 pppaul spies, compilation - het grachtenboek - the hague, amsterdam, sdu/ d'arts, ppprinsengracht - 285 ppcatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally available(onvergelijckelijcke pronck van de werelt) - the hague, stichting itarr, caeight hundred canal gardens within the canal areaall guides in hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated (drawings, sketches, photos, ground plans), list of sourcesmilko den leeuw, martin pruijs, edde gouden bocht van amsterdamplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteherengracht - 232 ppkeizersgracht - 300 ppamsterdamse grachtentuinen - zwolle, waanders, - four volumes, complete series: 1hardcover, linen, dust jacket - richly illustrated, notes/bibliography, photo and facsimile section, with an overview of four centuries of amsterdam canals in vision: facades, interiors and life on the canalswith the collaboration of eighteen authors, richly illustrated in colour, bibliography, index, notesare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikihardcover, cardboard, ribbon marker
48 €
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Gothic, renaissance, romanticism, impressionism, expressionism and postmodernism), art history, architecture, design, sculpture and craftsmanship, philosophy, theatre studies and historythe collection covers numerous subject areas: art of all styles and epochs (eoxfam bookshop hampstead retrospektive by hr giger german text pages inside are cleansee oxfam website for delivery information read moresome slight marks on the front cover and some general signs of wearthis title comes from the inventory of a college for artistic and industrial design
25 €
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Brainwash practices an irreverent brand of appropriation characterized by the use of copyrighted images from history, popular culture, and art historymr brainwash, is a pseudonym for thierry guetta, he is known for producing massive spectacles to display artour weekly auctions feature thousands of unusual, rare, and exceptional objects you won’t find in just any storecatawiki’s goal is to make special objects universally availablethe print is in perfect conditionare you interested in this item? this item is up for auction at catawikithis piece is becoming more difficult to find, especially in this conditionthis is a must for the collector or, if you want a great print as a talking pointmr brainwash life is beautiful; elizabeth ii lithograph / printed signature glossy paper this lithograph, was designed for mr brainwash's london show ini have seen these sell for € some time backhe came to prominence through mounting large-scale public projects in his home of los angeles and as the main figure in the banksy-directed film exit through the gift shopplease click on "respond to advert" (orange button) to get redirected to the catawiki websiteeveryone is aware that all mr brainwash pieces appreciate in value and i believe that this is no exception
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113 €
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history of lovespoons: art and traditions of a romantic craft by david western *excellent condition*
21 €
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The potter's art: a complete history of pottery in britain by grahame clark - hardcover **brand new**
28 €
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art of embroidery: history of style & design by lanto synge (hardcover, )no click and collect as i have had items go missingmany illustrationspriced accordinglysent by royal mail tracked 48 hoursome water marks in the dust cover (please see photographs) but the book is good23 x 28 x 3 cmscondition is mainly good
15 €
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Includes van gogh, goya, el greco, gauguin, kandinsky, art nouveau, impressionism, history of american art, government art collection9 second hand art books, all i decent conditionloads of illustrations and information
12 €
