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Art & Architecture: general issues

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Art & Architecture: general issues

Hardback. This interdisciplinary collection of essays on idolatry, including both historical and theoretical contributions, shows that the concept of idolatry is helpful for all who study the ways that people interact with and conceive of the things around them. Editor(s): Ellenbogen, Josh; Tugendhaft, Aaron. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760423
ISBN
9780804760423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.67

Hardback. These phenomenological studies on the philosophy of the image review contemporary image theory while defending the fundamental insight that images alone make the artificial presence of things possible. Translator(s): Schott, Nils F. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 168 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759403
ISBN
9780804759403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.34

Hardback. This book explores the movement from a world of sacraments to the "sacramental," in which the impulses once met by sacred ritual are displaced onto wider cultural forms, a poetics that becomes the province of mystery. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: AB; HRCM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804756679
ISBN
9780804756679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.46

Hardback. Redefining art as a transformative "forcework," The Force of Art offers a new theory of the artwork, in which art's force is explained as a contestation of power in its modern technological manifestations. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750103
ISBN
9780804750103
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.01

Hardback. Since its publication in 1936, Walter Benjamin's "Artwork" essay has become a canonical text about the status and place of the fine arts in modern mass culture. The essays gathered here offer a rich, wide-ranging critique of Benjamin's position. Editor(s): Gumbrecht, Hans Ulrich; Marrinan, Michael. Series: Writing Science. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744355
ISBN
9780804744355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 155.02

Hardback. This book explores the implications for today's critical concerns of the work of Walter Benjamin (1892-1940), one of the most powerful and influential thinkers of the 20th century. Editor(s): Richter, Gerhard. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JJ; ABA; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804741255
ISBN
9780804741255
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.73

Hardback. A pioneering interdisciplinary scholar examines the roles of images in the construction of stereotypes of the Jew's body in 20th-century art and literature. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732611
ISBN
9780804732611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.37

Hardback. The author shows how museum culture offers a unique vantage point on the 19th and 20th centuries' preoccupation with history and subjectivity, and demonstrates how the constitution of the aesthetic provides insight into the realms of technology, industrial culture, architecture, and ethics. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804732024
ISBN
9780804732024
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.05

Hardback. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 318 pages, 5 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729727
ISBN
9780804729727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.66

Hardback. This text offers an overview and critique of the conventions surrounding artistic creativity and intellectual endeavor which began with the decline of feudalism in the church. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7 half-tones. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 577.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728423
ISBN
9780804728423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.73

Hardback. Turning Points demonstrates the role of style and form in promoting and shaping cultural development by studying important critics, and analyzing cultural change in literature, music, art, and philosophy. Num Pages: 360 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; HP; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 26. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727082
ISBN
9780804727082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.91

Hardback. Translator(s): Emanuel, Susan. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 431 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 747.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804725682
ISBN
9780804725682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.29

Hardback. A study of archaeological evidence for Shamanism in North America and how it links to the archaeology of the mind. Series: Archaeology of Religion. Num Pages: 208 pages, references, index. BIC Classification: ABA; HDA; HDDA; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
AltaMira Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780759101555
ISBN
9780759101555
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.81

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742529823
ISBN
9780742529823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.24

Hardback. Arguing that cultural reform is a key aspect of political reform, Richard Kraus shows here that China's economic transformation has dramatically liberated the production and consumption of culture. In this original and provocative study, Kraus offers a political analysis of Chinese culture that includes all genres of art. Series: State & Society in East Asia. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; AB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742527195
ISBN
9780742527195
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.26

Hardback. Are the arts good for us? This work questions our taken-for-granted assumptions about the transformational powers of high culture by critiquing an instrumental American heritage of beliefs about the arts. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 429.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742517400
ISBN
9780742517400
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.73

Hardback. Combines an historical account of American foreign and domestic politics 1945-1995 with summaries and analyses of 30 novels and films of the times, to give a sense of how Americans felt about themselves during the Cold War period and their collective anxiety about "the enemy" and the atomic bomb. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AB; GTB; JFCA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510517
ISBN
9780742510517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Petersson, Dag; Steinskog, Erik. Num Pages: 297 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 146 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Nordisk sommeruniversitet NSU Press Sweden
Number of pages
297
Condition
New
SKU
V9789188484253
ISBN
9789188484253
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.42

Paperback. Editor(s): Backstrom, Per; Johansson, Troels Degn. Num Pages: 242 pages, illus. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 147 x 13. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Nordisk sommeruniversitet NSU Press Sweden
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9789188484246
ISBN
9789188484246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.24

Paperback. Covers topics as varied as: the concept of totalitarianism and totalitarian art, totalitarian exhibitions, monuments and architecture, forerunners of totalitarian art in romanticism and heroic realism, and diverse receptions of totalitarian art in democratic cultures. Editor(s): Rasmussen, Mikkel Bolt; Wamberg, Jacob. Num Pages: 359 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: AB; ACX; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 173 x 28. Weight in Grams: 932.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
359
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779345607
ISBN
9788779345607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 47.95

Paperback. Questions how we analyse works of art after the performative turn and shows how the interplay of performativity (textual action), space and topography, and the converging of genres and art forms is essential in modern drama, theatre, prose fiction, poetry and film. This book fosters a concern for the development of congenial theory. Num Pages: 439 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 27. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
439
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779344600
ISBN
9788779344600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Paperback. On the occasion of the official visit of Her Majesty the Queen Margrethe 11 to Greece on the 24-25 May 2006, the Danish Institute at Athens has prepared an exhibition about the activities of the Institute and its academic staff. This book is based on the contents of the exhibition. Num Pages: 64 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 209 x 6. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779341173
ISBN
9788779341173
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.18

Hardcover. To speak about the relationship between reality and art is like wanting to solve an equation with two unknowns. This title intends to explore the universal laws of art and track down the imprint they have left on reality in the work of art. Num Pages: 559 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 182 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
559
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772888606
ISBN
9788772888606
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Medina, Cuauhtemoc. Num Pages: 256 pages, 240 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Ediciones Poligrafa Spain
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9788434312623
ISBN
9788434312623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.16

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