Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Paperback. Follows Pedro Almodovar's career chronologically as he moves from amateur to international celebrity, and understands the films' complexity in terms of the director's central themes and the Spanish film tradition from which he comes. This work is of interest to new film students and specialists alike. Series: Contemporary Film Directors. Num Pages: 192 pages, 7 photographs. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780252073618
- ISBN
- 9780252073618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.39
€ 29.39
Paperback. Looks at the social and artistic forces behind this film auteur's personal cinema. Tracing Saura's career over three decades, this book discusses each work from "Hooligans" (1959), a film about a Madrid street-gang member trying to become a bullfighter, to "The Dark Night" (1989), a film dealing with the persecution of a religious reformer. Num Pages: 264 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691008554
- ISBN
- 9780691008554
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.46
€ 72.46
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Music Sales Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 00306145th Edition
- Number of pages
- 48
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780793575671
- ISBN
- 9780793575671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.12
€ 25.99
€ 21.12
Paperback. Offers a rethinking of photography's impact on our culture and our lives. This title provides an exploration of the many ways photographs package information and values, demand and hold attention, and shape our knowledge of and experience in the world. Editor(s): Heiferman, Marvin. Num Pages: 264 pages, 250 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 180 x 23. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- Aperture
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781597111997
- ISBN
- 9781597111997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 32.81
€ 40.99
€ 32.81
Paperback. Fail-safe tricks and illusions are combined with tips on performance and principles of showmanship in this complete guide to creating magic acts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 59. BIC Classification: ASZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781568332291
- ISBN
- 9781568332291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.30
€ 19.99
€ 19.30
Paperback. An exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album. Rather than simply reinforcing Kid A's canonical status, it situates the album in the temporal, examining it from various philosophical and cultural interpretations of time in order to arrive at its political and social stakes. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages, ill. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 121 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154. Series: 33 1/3. 144 pages, ill. An exploration of Radiohead's game-changing album. Rather than simply reinforcing Kid A's canonical status, it situates the album in the temporal, examining it from various philosophical and cultural interpretations of time in order to arrive at its political and social stakes. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Dimension: 165 x 121 x 10. Weight: 154.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Academic
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826423436
- ISBN
- 9780826423436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.49
€ 13.99
€ 11.49
Hardcover. Offers an overview of the graphic art produced by artists, illustrators and writers who have used the typewriter as a tool and a medium. This book features early ornamental works produced by secretaries in the late 19th century to the typewritten document in the digital age. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 323 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1774.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780500241493
- ISBN
- 9780500241493
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 14.42
€ 46.99
€ 14.42
Paperback. An ethnographic analysis of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460. Performing Dancehall, Roots Reggae, and Rastafari in Japan. 304 pages, 5 illustrations. Traces the history of the Japanese embrace of dancehall reggae and other elements of Jamaican culture, including Rastafari, roots reggae, and dub music. This title provides an ethnographic analysis of the ways that many Japanese involved in reggae as musicians and dancers, seek to reimagine their lives through Jamaican culture. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; AVG; GTB; JHMP. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 19. Weight: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822347224
- ISBN
- 9780822347224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.06
€ 46.06
Paperback. A collection of magical texts from ancient Egypt. It shows the exotic rituals, esoteric healing practices, and incantatory and supernatural dimensions that flowered in early Christianity. It explores the place of healing, prayer, miracles, and magic in the early Christian experience. Series: Mythos: The Princeton-Bollingen Series in World Mythology. Num Pages: 432 pages, 10 line drawings 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2CXC; AS; DNF; HRC; HRQX2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691004587
- ISBN
- 9780691004587
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 95.65
€ 95.65
Paperback. Presents a study and appraisal of paintings, drawings and prints. This book shows how you can develop visual, analytical and historical skills in learning to look at and understand an image by analyzing how it works, what its pictorial elements are and how they relate to each other. It contains images by such artists as Rembrandt and Tacita Dean. Num Pages: 304 pages, 83 black & white halftones, 30 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AFC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415435185
- ISBN
- 9780415435185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.96
€ 38.96
Paperback. This companion text to the author's Learning to Look at Paintings addresses some of the questions commonly asked about modern art, covering key movements of the modern and postmodern periods in an illustrated volume. Num Pages: 360 pages, 112 black & white illustrations, 27 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 334
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415238120
- ISBN
- 9780415238120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.26
€ 35.26
Hardback. Investigates how postmodern techniques are used to create works that embody contemporary contradictions. The author proposes a poststructuralist/postmodern film theory which enhances the analysis of this type of film. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 3JJ; APF; HBT; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810840980
- ISBN
- 9780810840980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.06
€ 130.06
Paperback. Aims to challenge conventional theories of race and art in the period between 1920-40 by shedding light on the role early art critics had in marginalizing African American artists by characterizing them as sharing a primitive, ethnic essence. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; ACXD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Michigan Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472032303
- ISBN
- 9780472032303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.76
€ 52.76
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 100 colour, 11 black and white. BIC Classification: ACX; WBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780231747
- ISBN
- 9781780231747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.17
€ 41.17
paperback. Robert Motherwell was by far the most intellectual and articulate of the Abstract Expressionists. This book examines Motherwell's way of thinking and writing in relation to his paintings. Series: Essays in Art & Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages, 84 black & white illustrations, 37 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD9; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861891419
- ISBN
- 9781861891419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.89
€ 25.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, 360+ colour photos. BIC Classification: AC; WFL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 222 x 6. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Wardell Publications Canada
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780919985360
- ISBN
- 9780919985360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.94
€ 33.99
€ 23.94
Paperback. In a work that captures and reconfigures the passing moments of art, history and philosophy, Mary Ann Doane shows how the cinema, participated in the structuring of time and contingency in capitalist modernity. Num Pages: 304 pages, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: APF; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- n
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674007840
- ISBN
- 9780674007840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.28
€ 63.28
Hardcover. Investigating the history behind color as a method of gender differentiation in ancient Greek and Egyptian art Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 1QDAG; ACG; HBLA; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472119110
- ISBN
- 9780472119110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.59
€ 97.59
Paperback. This is a visual and historical chronicle of one of the Southern USA's architectural landmarks - four blocks of 19th-century buildings restored to their original condition and forming an educational village that preserves and displays life from the 1830s through to the 1890s. Num Pages: 152 pages, 73 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSB; 3JH; AM; GM; HBJK; HBLL; WQH; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 8. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Alabama Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817311797
- ISBN
- 9780817311797
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.54
€ 24.54
Paperback. This text looks at how modern and contemporary architects work with natural light. It considers ideas about space and spatiality, how lighting can orchestrate form and movement, and patterns of human occupation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 177 black & white halftones, 64 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415394796
- ISBN
- 9780415394796
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.59
€ 67.59
Paperback. Defining Visions is a powerful narrative social history that examines television's rise as the great "certifying agent" in American life. This newly updated and fully revised edition extends its coverage to the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations, figures, black & white plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170536
- ISBN
- 9781405170536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.86
€ 55.86
Hardback. Defining Visions is a powerful narrative social history that examines television's rise as the great "certifying agent" in American life. This newly updated and fully revised edition extends its coverage to the end of the 20th century. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170543
- ISBN
- 9781405170543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.20
€ 148.20
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 396 color photos. BIC Classification: AMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764333927
- ISBN
- 9780764333927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 24.61
€ 36.99
€ 24.61
Hardcover. Presents perspectives on Santa Fe's transformation over the last 160 years. This book accompanies a major exhibition organized by Palace of the Governors Photo Archives to open at the Palace of the Governors/New Mexico History Museum in Santa Fe. Num Pages: 268 pages, 276 colour & b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 1KBBWX; AJ; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 249 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Museum of New Mexico Press United States
- Number of pages
- 268
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780890135501
- ISBN
- 9780890135501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.80€ 47.00
€ 60.80
€ 47.00