Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Paperback. Hungarian art historian Eva Forgacs examines the development of the Bauhaus School of architecture and applied design by focusing on the idea of the Bauhaus, rather than its artefacts. She reinterprets that idea in the light of the antagonisms marring the first year of the German Republic. Translator(s): Batki, John. Num Pages: 246 pages, 10 black and white halftones, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJG; ACXD1; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Central European University Press Hungary
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858660127
- ISBN
- 9781858660127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.66
€ 76.66
hardcover. This catalogue of the Robert and Lisa Sainsbury Collection is published in three volumes: I "European 19th and 20th Century Paintings, Drawings and Sculpture"; II "Pacific, African and Native North American Art"; and III "Pre-Columbian, Asian, Egyptian and European Antiquities". Editor(s): Hooper, Steven. Num Pages: 1120 pages, colour illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AC; GBCR; WTHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 300 x 225. Weight in Grams: 6030. Vol. 2: Pacific, African and Native North American Art
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001476
- ISBN
- 9780300039528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.24
€ 11.24
hardcover. Carlo Scarpa's layered architecture makes visible the process of becoming and the time-related sedimentation of material and meanings. This book examines Scarpa's fields of influence and intellectual roots and puts them in perspective with former theories and their interpretation of architecture as layered. Num Pages: 152 pages, 344 colour & b/w illus. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 293 x 246 x 16. Weight in Grams: 1016.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Edition Axel Menges
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001483
- ISBN
- 9783930698141
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.34
€ 8.34
sheet_music. Answers to all the exercises set in Harmony in Practice. Num Pages: 128 pages, mus.exs. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 9. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- ABRSM
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001500
- ISBN
- 9781854729927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.34
€ 8.34
paperback. Presents the life of Michael Jackson.This title chronicles his humble beginnings in the Midwest, his early days with the Jackson 5, and his unprecedented solo success. It includes rare photographs from Jackson family albums and Michael's personal photographic archives, as well as a drawing done by Michael exclusively for the book. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 137 x 24. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001535
- ISBN
- 9780099547952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.38
€ 10.38
paperback. This book offers an informative and accessible cultural history of the European avant--garde in its early twentieth--century heyday. It provides comparative coverage of cultural experimentation across the major European languages, including English, French, German, Russian, Spanish and Italian. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1D; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Polity
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001554
- ISBN
- 9780745627052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.38
€ 10.38
paperback. "Aja" was the album that made Steely Dan a commercial force on the order of contemporaries like Fleetwood Mac, the Eagles and Chicago. A double-platinum, Grammy-winning bestseller, it lingered on the Billboard charts for more than a year and spawned three hit singles. This book paints a detailed picture of the making of a masterpiece. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 121 x 8. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KAM0001557
- ISBN
- 9780826427830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.34
€ 8.34
paperback. Only 23 when he directed his extraordinary debut feature "Gummo", Harmony Korine has since continued to serve notice that he is the most radical young talent in independent US film. This collection of three screenplays - "Jokes", "Gummo" and "Julien Donkey Boy" - displays his unorthodox approach. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFD; APTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KTS0038706
- ISBN
- 9780571210022
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 8.34
€ 8.34
paperback. An account of one man's struggle to bring his dream of community-building through creative theatre to citizens across America. Robert Gard travelled across the USA discovering and nurturing the folklore, legends, history and drama of each region. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFS; JHBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299012342
- ISBN
- 9780299012342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.80
€ 35.80
paperback. Mixing film history with social history, "Reel Patriotism" examines the role played by the American film industry during World War I and the effects of the industry's pragmatic patriotism after the war. It looks at such films as "Joan the Woman" and "Wings" and at the stars of the time. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Film. Num Pages: 224 pages, 22 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; 3JJG; APF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299154042
- ISBN
- 9780299154042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.30
€ 30.30
Paperback. Sally Banes has been a pre-eminent critic and scholar of American contemporary dance. Beginning with her first published review and including unpublished papers, this collection presents some of her finest works on dance and other artistic forms. It concludes with her research on George Balanchine's dancing elephants. Editor(s): Harris, Andrea. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 30. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299221546
- ISBN
- 9780299221546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.43
€ 40.43
Women's Work: Making Dance in Europe before 1800 (Studies in Dance His...
Lynn Matluck . Ed(S): Brooks
paperback. Like the history of women, dance has been difficult to capture as a historical subject. This volume sheds light on women's roles as performers of dance, choreographers, shapers of aesthetic trends, and patrons of dance in Italy, France, England, and Germany before 1800. Editor(s): Brooks, Lynn Matluck. Series: Studies in Dance History. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b/w illustrations, 14 tables, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1D; ASD; GTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299225346
- ISBN
- 9780299225346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.30
€ 37.30
Performing Brazil: Essays on Culture, Identity, and the Performing Art...
. Ed(S): Albuquerque, Severino J.; Bishop-San...
paperback. These essays on Brazilian performance culture comprise the first English-language book to study the varied manifestations of performance in and beyond Brazil, from carnival and capoeira to gender acts, curatorial practice, and political protest. Editor(s): Albuquerque, Severino J.; Bishop-Sanchez, Kathryn. Num Pages: 284 pages, 18 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AS; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299300647
- ISBN
- 9780299300647
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.24
€ 45.24
hardcover. This in-depth, research-based book profiles the band that shaped a generation and changed the face of music forever. Series: The Story of the Band. Num Pages: 177 pages, 10. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Greenwood (UK) United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 177
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313376863
- ISBN
- 9780313376863
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.19
€ 50.19
Paperback. Dziga Vertov was one of the greatest innovators of Soviet cinema. The radical complexity of his work - in both sound and silent forms - has given it a central place within contemporary theoretical inquiry. This title collects Vertov's writings. Editor(s): Michelson, Annette. Translator(s): O'Brien, Kevin. Num Pages: 408 pages, b&w photographs throughout. BIC Classification: 2AGR; APF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520056305
- ISBN
- 9780520056305
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.49
€ 44.49
paperback. Num Pages: 217 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The Popular Press United States
- Number of pages
- 217
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879727307
- ISBN
- 9780879727307
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.50
€ 17.99
€ 17.50
Paperback. Harold Schecter looks at the impossible tales and images of popular art - the space odysseys and extraterrestrial civilizations, the caped crusaders and men of steel, and monsters from the ocean floor. He finds close connections between religious myth and popular entertainment. Num Pages: 180 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Publisher
- Popular Press 3
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780879728687
- ISBN
- 9780879728687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.01
€ 33.01
Paperback. Examines the life of the androgynous nineteenth-century American actress and her work on the Anglo-American stage Series: Triangulations: Lesbian/Gay/Queer Theater/Drama/Performance. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; AN; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Michigan Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780472087495
- ISBN
- 9780472087495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.95
€ 49.95
Paperback. The name of Sergei Eisenstein (1898-1948) is synonymous with the idea of montage, as exemplified in his silent classics such as "The Battleship Potemkin" (1925) and "October" (1927). This title includes a series of his essays written between 1937 and 1940 which elaborate his ideas on montage. Editor(s): Taylor, Richard; Glenny, Michael. Translator(s): Glenny, Michael. Num Pages: 448 pages, 10pp b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- I.B.Tauris & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- annotated ed
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848853560
- ISBN
- 9781848853560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, Colour. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 274 x 300 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1236.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Charlesbridge Publishing,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936140329
- ISBN
- 9781936140329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 36.14
€ 40.99
€ 36.14
paperback. Art from the world's most popular ninja manga Series: Naruto. Num Pages: 100 pages, chiefly col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC1; FXA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 182 x 9. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- VIZ Media LLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781421538693
- ISBN
- 9781421538693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.93
€ 18.99
€ 15.93
paperback. Written by the author who was raised in a desperately poor village during the height of China's Cultural Revolution, this book tells the story of how he came to be Mao's last dancer. Num Pages: 448 pages, Black and white inset. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPL; ASD; BM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 304. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039337
- ISBN
- 9780141040226
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. A new edition of Adam Zamoyski's definitive biography of Chopin, first published in 1979 and unavailable in English for many years. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVH; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- HarperPress
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039344
- ISBN
- 9780007341856
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70
paperback. Part musical odyssey, part dazzling love story The Baroness traces Nica's extraordinary, thrilling journey - from England's stately homes to the battlefields of Africa, passing under the shadow of the Holocaust, and finally, to the creative ferment of New York's 1950s jazz scene. Num Pages: 320 pages, Integrated. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; AVGJ; BG; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 222. Good clean copy with minor age & shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Virago
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0039376
- ISBN
- 9781844086054
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.70
€ 5.70