Collection: Art History

This fascinating and diverse selection of second hand and vintage art history material provides valuable insights into the cultural, social, and historical contexts of art – demonstrating the transformative power of art, and its influence on society.

Art History Today by L.D. Ettlinger. An Inaugural Lecture | UCL 9 March 1961

Art History Today by L.D. Ettlinger. An Inaugural Lecture | UCL 9 March 1961

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Ancient Life in Miniature | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | 1968

Ancient Life in Miniature | Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery | 1968

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Studio International Journal of Modern Art. Italian Art Now. Volume 191, Number 979, January/February 1976

Studio International Journal of Modern Art. Italian Art Now. Volume 191, Number 979, January/February 1976

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Hogarth On High Life | Translated & edited by Arthur C. Wensinger, 2010 edition

Hogarth On High Life | Translated & edited by Arthur C. Wensinger, 2010 edition

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German Design 1870-1918 by John Heskett | Taplinger Publishing Company, 1986

German Design 1870-1918 by John Heskett | Taplinger Publishing Company, 1986

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The Image of the Individual: Portraits in the Renaissance | edited by Nicholas Mann and Luke Syson | The British Museum Press, 1998

The Image of the Individual: Portraits in the Renaissance | edited by Nicholas Mann and Luke Syson | The British Museum Press, 1998

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Modern Art and the Death of a Culture by H.R Rookmaaker | Inter-Varsity Press, 1971

Modern Art and the Death of a Culture by H.R Rookmaaker | Inter-Varsity Press, 1971

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Homage to Masters by Maxwell Armfield | Privately printed, c.1949

Homage to Masters by Maxwell Armfield | Privately printed, c.1949

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Studies in Iconology. Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance by Erwin Panofsky | Harper & Row, New York, 1967

Studies in Iconology. Humanistic Themes in the Art of the Renaissance by Erwin Panofsky | Harper & Row, New York, 1967

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Image as Language – Aspects of British Art by Christopher Finch | Pelican, 1969

Image as Language – Aspects of British Art by Christopher Finch | Pelican, 1969

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Orientalism & Visual Culture: Imagining Mesopotamia in Nineteenth0Century Europe by Frederick N. Bohrer | Cambridge University Press, 2003

Orientalism & Visual Culture: Imagining Mesopotamia in Nineteenth0Century Europe by Frederick N. Bohrer | Cambridge University Press, 2003

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Historic Ornament: Treatise on Decorative Art. Prehistoric, ancient, mediaeval, renaissance, art and architecture by James Ward | Chapman & Hall 1897

Historic Ornament: Treatise on Decorative Art. Prehistoric, ancient, mediaeval, renaissance, art and architecture by James Ward | Chapman & Hall 1897

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Folk Archive. Contemporary Popular Art from the UK by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane | Opus Projects, 2005

Folk Archive. Contemporary Popular Art from the UK by Jeremy Deller and Alan Kane | Opus Projects, 2005

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Constantin Guys introduction by Clifford Hall | Ariel Books on the Arts. The Shenval Press, Faber & Faber, 1945 | Hardy Amies bookplate

Constantin Guys introduction by Clifford Hall | Ariel Books on the Arts. The Shenval Press, Faber & Faber, 1945 | Hardy Amies bookplate

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The Invention of the Model: Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870 by Susan Waller | Ashgate Publishing, 2006

The Invention of the Model: Artists and Models in Paris, 1830-1870 by Susan Waller | Ashgate Publishing, 2006

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Hope: The Life & Times of a Victorian Icon by Nicholas Tromans | Studies in the Art of George Frederic Watts, 4 | Watts Gallery, 2011

Hope: The Life & Times of a Victorian Icon by Nicholas Tromans | Studies in the Art of George Frederic Watts, 4 | Watts Gallery, 2011

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Zeitlose Kunst by Ludwig Goldscheider | Phaidon-Verlag, 1934

Zeitlose Kunst by Ludwig Goldscheider | Phaidon-Verlag, 1934

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The Englishness of English Art by Nikolaus Pevsner | Architectural Press, 1956

The Englishness of English Art by Nikolaus Pevsner | Architectural Press, 1956

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Figures of Motion. Len Lye Selected Writings | Curnow/Horrocks, 1984 [kinetic art]

Figures of Motion. Len Lye Selected Writings | Curnow/Horrocks, 1984 [kinetic art]

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Every corner was a picture. 50 artists of the Newlyn Art Colony 1880-1900. A checklist | Compiled by George Bednar for West Cornwall Art Archive, 1999

Every corner was a picture. 50 artists of the Newlyn Art Colony 1880-1900. A checklist | Compiled by George Bednar for West Cornwall Art Archive, 1999

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A descriptive catalogue of the fictile ivories in the south Kensington Museum by J.O. Westwood | George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, London, 1876

A descriptive catalogue of the fictile ivories in the south Kensington Museum by J.O. Westwood | George E. Eyre and William Spottiswoode, London, 1876

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Catalogue of the Oil Paintings in the London Museum by John Hayes | HMSO, 1970

Catalogue of the Oil Paintings in the London Museum by John Hayes | HMSO, 1970

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The Art Nouveau Book in Britain by John Russell Taylor | Paul Harris, 1979

The Art Nouveau Book in Britain by John Russell Taylor | Paul Harris, 1979

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The Emblem by John Manning | Reaktion Books, 2002

The Emblem by John Manning | Reaktion Books, 2002

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