Art
Art and artists from the earliest rock art to the flowering of the Renaissance and diverse contemporary work.
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The Origins of Art and Music: Ice Age Discoveries from the Caves of Southwestern Germany [Hardback]
Nicholas J. Conard (Author); Claus-Joachim Kind (Author)
£46.00ISBN: 9783935751339
Published by : Kerns Verlag
Series: Tübingen Publications in Prehistory
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Over 40,000 years ago modern Homo sapiens spread across the European continent. Archaeological finds attributed to these early human beings were produced on the Swabian Jura in Southwest Germany, especially in the caves of the Ach and Lone valleys... .... Learn More -
Great Critics of Art: From the Enlightenment to Postmodernity [Paperback]
Jesús Pedro Lorente (Author)
£17.99ISBN: 9788869772566
Published by : Mimesis International
Series: Art
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The art system has currently become the bone of contention of many a debate where, curiously enough, much is discussed about criticism though very little is said about art critics. Following on the footsteps of Lionello Venturi’s History of Art Cr... .... Learn More -
Hartford Seen [Paperback]
Pablo Delano (Author)
£21.50ISBN: 9780819579256
Published by : Wesleyan University Press
Series: HartfordBooks
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Hartford Seen is the first modern-day art photography book to focus on Connecticut’s capital. Comprising more than 150 full-color images, it has been in the making since Pablo Delano began teaching photography at Trinity College in 1996. In this p... .... Learn More -
Thorvaldsen's Plaster Casts from the Antique and 1400-1800: The Roman Plaster Cast Market 1750-1840 [Hardback]
Jan Zahle (Author); Ole Haupt (Author); Hans Effenberger (Other); Thomas Christiansen (Other)
£85.00ISBN: 9788771843590
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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The Danish sculptor Bertel Thorvaldsen (1770-1844) was recognized in all of Europa as one of the leading artists of the time. He lived in Rome from 1797-1838, where he built a comprehensive collection of plaster casts, mainly after antique sculptu... .... Learn More -
Art in the Archaeological Imagination [Paperback]
Dragos Gheorghiu (Editor)
Regular Price: £36.00
Special Price: £28.80
ISBN: 9781789253528
Published by : Oxbow Books
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The book discusses the creative mental processes of the prehistoric and contemporary artists, as well as of the archaeologists studying them from the perspective of cognition and art. Its intention is to highlight the artistic thinking within thei... .... Learn More -
A Bibliography of 18th Century Numismatic Books: Volume VI [Hardback]
Christian Dekesel (Author); Yvette Dekesel-de Ruyck (Author)
£135.00ISBN: 9781912667192
Published by : Spink Books
Series: A Bibliography of 18th Century Numismatic Books
Volume: VI
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Early numismatic publications contain invaluable evidence which can throw new light upon unsolved numismatic questions. This work contains over 6000 numismatic works published between 1700 and 1800; the authors have studied each publication page b... .... Learn More -
Dead or Alive [Hardback]
Maria Fabricius Hansen (Editor); Rosanna Tindbæk (Editor); Gundhild Ravn Borggreen (Editor)
£55.00ISBN: 9788771843514
Published by : Aarhus University Press
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The image is an ontological paradox; it is made of dead matter, yet simultaneously appears to be alive. For millennia, artists have created images of the living world – images that are static and yet possess the power to bring to life a frozen mom... .... Learn More -
Manet to Bracquemond: Unknown Letters to an Artist and a Friend [Paperback]
Jean-Paul Bouillon (Author)
£35.00ISBN: 9781912168170
Published by : Ad Ilissum
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This new edition publishes the letters adressed by Édouard Manet (1832–1883) to his friend, the artist Félix Bracquemond (1833–1914). The correspondence, for the most part unknown, surfaced at a sale in Paris in June 2016 and was acquired the next... .... Learn More -
Medieval Rome: A History in Art [Hardback]
John Osborne (Author)
£150.00ISBN: 9781904597414
Published by : Pindar Press
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For over twenty years, Professor Osborne has worked on the medieval wall paintings of Rome. His papers cover the period from the Byzantine art of the early Middle Ages to the flowering of monumental painting and mosaic in the twelfth and thirteent... .... Learn More -
Art in the Eurasian Iron Age: Context, Connections and Scale [Hardback]
Courtney Nimura (Editor); Helen Chittock (Editor); Peter Hommel (Editor); Chris Gosden (Editor)
Regular Price: £48.00
Special Price: £38.40
ISBN: 9781789253948
Published by : Oxbow Books
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Since early discoveries of so-called Celtic Art during the 19th century, archaeologists have mused on the origins of this major art tradition, which emerged in Europe around 500 BC. Classical influence has often been cited as the main impetus for ... .... Learn More
