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Architecture books onlineIntroducing… our broad range of books on Architecture, Photography, Art Forms, Film TV & Radio, Dance and Performing Arts, Music and History of Art. In our Film TV & Radio section, we have many other sub-genres such as Books That Inspired Movies including Gone Girl, The Enigma, Fifty Shades of Grey and Foxcatcher. Our Music section includes biographies and sheet music of famous musicians past and present, international and Irish – Elvis, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Bono and many more.

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Hardback. A study of African filmmaking Series: Traditions in World Cinema. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621231
ISBN
9780748621231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.33
€ 105.82

Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 360 pages, 174 color images, and 4 more for the cover. BIC Classification: 1H; APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231147545
ISBN
9780231147545
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.18

Paperback. African headrests have been moved out of the category of functional objects and into the more rarefied category of 'art' objects. Styles in African headrests are usually defined in terms of western art and archaeological discourses, but this book interrogates these definitions of style through a case study of headrests of the 'Tellem' of Mali. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 233 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1120.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Wits University Press South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9781868144587
ISBN
9781868144587
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.33

Paperback. Provides an account of the history and status of African cinema. Drawing on history, political science, economics, and cultural studies, this book discusses such issues as film production and distribution, and film aesthetics from the colonial period to the modern day. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 208 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253207074
ISBN
9780253207074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.70

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253006912
ISBN
9780253006912
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 607 pages, 1,600 objects illustrated. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 310 x 239 x 51. Weight in Grams: 3788.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2023
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764320057
ISBN
9780764320057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 85.54
€ 63.10

Hardcover. This volume unveils the African art pieces held in the celebrated Leslie Stacks Collection in Los Angeles. Num Pages: 320 pages, 825 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 262 x 34. Weight in Grams: 2480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Skira
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857220246
ISBN
9788857220246
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.32
€ 61.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; AC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
British Museum Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714125329
ISBN
9780714125329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

hardcover. An introduction to the notable collection of West African art from the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art. It specifically addresses the role of the art object as a link between the spiritual and the temporal worlds. Objects examined include a bowl from Cameroon and a fertility figure from Ghana. Num Pages: 240 pages, 17 colour illustrations, 76 b&w photographs, 3 maps, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1HFD; ABA; AC; JFC; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of Florida United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813013251
ISBN
9780813013251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.23
€ 52.12

Paperback. Explores African art and artistic production in a volatile global marketplace Series: African Expressive Cultures. Num Pages: 408 pages, 79 b&w illus., 1 map. BIC Classification: 1H; ACBK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 171 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253219220
ISBN
9780253219220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.30

Hardback. A study of African traditional figurative arts that reflects the continents rich artistic and cultural heritage. It reveals the achievements of African artists over thousands of years. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 1H; ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 314 x 218 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2018.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857208695
ISBN
9788857208695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.63
€ 43.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 218 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810861053
ISBN
9780810861053
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFSL3. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810861060
ISBN
9780810861060
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.79

Paperback. Considers fragments of experience recorded in oral histories and newspapers as well as those produced in twentieth-century novels, films, and television that reveal how the black body in pain functions as a rhetorical device and as political strategy. This book investigates America's love-hate relationship with black bodies in pain. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813926810
ISBN
9780813926810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback. The third in a major new series of books based on the remarkable NMAAHC photography archive. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGC; AJCR; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 182 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
GILES
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907804489
ISBN
9781907804489
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.94

Paperback. This book examines the quilts, ceramics, paintings, sculpture, installations, assemblages, daguerreotypes, photography and performance art produced by African American artists over a two hundred year period. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 280 pages, 16 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JFSL3. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 138 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623563
ISBN
9780748623563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 43.94

Hardback. A guide to resources for use with K-12 students, this selective volume lists substantial, easily accessible resources on African American visual artists. In total, 639 resources, referencing 1,174 individual artists are annotated and include works about the artists as well as the contexts in which the African American artist is situated. Series: Global Art Resource Guides. Num Pages: 350 pages, Global art resource guides. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACB; GBCR; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 549.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810837225
ISBN
9780810837225
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Burnim, Mellonee V.; Maultsby, Portia K. Num Pages: 480 pages, 66 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 252 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415881814
ISBN
9780415881814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 119.82

Hardback. African American Faces of the Civil War makes an important contribution to a comparatively understudied aspect of the war and provides a fascinating look into lives that helped shape America. Num Pages: 384 pages, 77, 77 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AJCP; HBJK; HBLL; HBWJ; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
First
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421406251
ISBN
9781421406251
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.03

Paperback. Looks at the works and lives of artists from the eighteenth century to the present, including work in traditional media as well as in installation art, mixed media, and digital/computer art. This book reveals the legacy of work by African American artists, whose art is included in the permanent collections of national and international museums. Num Pages: 359 pages, 125 color illustrations, 201 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACQ; ACV; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 279 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
359
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised & Expanded
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520239357
ISBN
9780520239357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.83

Paperback. Black women and Hollywood in the pre-Civil Rights era Num Pages: 440 pages, 14 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APB; APF; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253221926
ISBN
9780253221926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.15

Book. Our desire to view, capture and share our experiences is obvious in more than a century of travel photography. In Africa, there is probably no single entity that has produced as many varied images as Getaway. Num Pages: 144 pages, Photos. BIC Classification: 1H; AJC; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 284 x 281 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1214.
Publisher
Jacana Media (Pty) Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781770097605
ISBN
9781770097605
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.50

Paperback. Catalog of an exhibition held at the Samuel P. Harn Museum of Art, University of Florida, Gainesville, Feb. 8-May 8, 2011. Editor(s): Cooksey, Susan. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGC; AKT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 953.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harn Museum of Art United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780983308508
ISBN
9780983308508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.19

Hardcover. Sebastiao Salgado is one the most respected photojournalists. His work concentrates on Africa, where he has shot more than 40 reportage works over a period of 30 years. This book brings together Salgado's photos of Africa in three parts. It is a document of Africa and also an homage to the continent's history, people, and natural phenomena. Editor(s): Salgado, Lelia Wanick. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 372 x 37. Weight in Grams: 3236.
Publisher
Taschen
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Multilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9783822856215
ISBN
9783822856215
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.56
€ 71.38

Hardback. Series: Louann Atkins Temple Women & Culture Series. Num Pages: 228 pages, 114 color photos. BIC Classification: 1FCA; 3JM; AJB; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 7112 x 661. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477309391
ISBN
9781477309391
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.19

Paperback. An introduction to the representation of Afghanistan in film that examines the often surprising combination of propaganda and poetry in films made in Hollywood and the East. It incorporates incisive analysis of the market factors, funding sources, and political agendas that have shaped the films. Num Pages: 208 pages, 9 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: 1FCA; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077128
ISBN
9780252077128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.28

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Dewi Lewis Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907893360
ISBN
9781907893360
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 126 pages, 91 colour photos, 14 b/w photos, 22 tables & 5 diagrams. BIC Classification: AMVD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 204 x 8. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Urban Land Institute,U.S. United States
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874209402
ISBN
9780874209402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.52

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 535 color photos. BIC Classification: ACXD3; WCU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764314766
ISBN
9780764314766
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 24.61

Paperback. Affirmative Reaction explores the cultural politics of heteronormative white masculine privilege in the United States. Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 232 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KB; APT; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822349488
ISBN
9780822349488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.47

Hardback. BIC Classification: APFA; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400107
ISBN
9781474400107
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.10
€ 105.10

Hardback. A rigorous and many-layered study of the works of Blanchot and Adorno in terms of the relation between negativity and autonomy in the work of art with particular reference to literature, which yields a thinking of materiality in language as an ambiguous force of critique and innovation. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 34. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269280
ISBN
9780823269280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.19

Paperback. Through a series of provocative conversations, Frederick Luis Aldama and Herbert Lindenberger, who have written widely on literature, film, music and art, locate a place for the discomforting and the often painfully unpleasant within aesthetics. The conversational format allows them to travel informally across many centuries and many art forms. Num Pages: 224 pages, 38 images. BIC Classification: AB; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472053001
ISBN
9780472053001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.88

Hardcover. Through a series of provocative conversations, Frederick Luis Aldama and Herbert Lindenberger, who have written widely on literature, film, music and art, locate a place for the discomforting and the often painfully unpleasant within aesthetics. The conversational format allows them to travel informally across many centuries and many art forms. Num Pages: 224 pages, 38 images. BIC Classification: AB; DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472073009
ISBN
9780472073009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.63

paperback. BIC Classification: AM; GBC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138255487
ISBN
9781138255487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.72

Hardcover. This anthology provides comprehensive coverage of the major contributions of analytic philosophy to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the earliest beginnings in the 1950a s to the present time. aeo Traces the contributions of the analytic tradition to aesthetics and the philosophy of art, from the 1950a s to the present time. Editor(s): Lamarque, Peter; Olsen, Stein Haugom. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 592 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 3JJP; ABA; HPCF5; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 265 x 188 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1242.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105811
ISBN
9781405105811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 211.07

Hardback. The contemporary study of film is dominated by narrative theory - yet films include scenes and images which do not perform a narrative task but nevertheless provoke an emotional response. Series: International Library of Visual Culture. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 147 x 224 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848859012
ISBN
9781848859012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33
€ 124.23

Paperback. Part of "The Continuum Aesthetics" series, this book offers a different exploration of the key concepts and arguments in musical aesthetics. It looks at: the experience of listening; rhythm and musical movement; what modernism has meant for musical aesthetics; the relation of music to other 'sound arts'; improvisation and composition; and more. Series: Continuum Aesthetics Series. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826485199
ISBN
9780826485199
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.25

paperback. What is the appropriate content of aesthetics for students of art at different age levels? How can it best be taught? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: AGZ; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252062933
ISBN
9780252062933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.09

Paperback. Looks at the role aesthetics can play in teaching the arts. This title contains thirty-two articles that address the philosophical and educational theories underlying aesthetics, aesthetics as a field of study, curriculum design and evaluation, and the problems and purposes of aesthetic education. Editor(s): Smith, Ralph; Simpson, Alan. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252061417
ISBN
9780252061417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.19