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Paperback. Animation variously entertains, enchants, and offends, yet there have been no convincing explanations of how these films do so. This book proposes performance as the common touchstone for understanding the principles underlying the construction, execution, and reception of cartoons. Num Pages: 411 pages, 21 color images, 72 black & white images. BIC Classification: APFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658. Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation. 411 pages, illustrations. Proposes performance as the common touchstone for understanding the principles underlying the construction, execution, and reception of cartoons. This title presents methods that draw on film and theater studies, art history, aesthetics, cultural studies, and performance studies to outline a personal view of animated cinema. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFV. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight: 658.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
411
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
November 5, 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520261044
ISBN
9780520261044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Paperback. An in-depth history of animation from 1898-1928 that includes accounts of mechanical ingenuity, marketing and art. The text explains techniques of sketching and camera work, and discusses the styles of such animators as Winsor McCay and Ladislas Starevitch, placing work in its social and economic context. Num Pages: 436 pages, 141ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; APF; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 586.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
436
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226116679
ISBN
9780226116679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.52

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AFF; AKLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 203 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609126
ISBN
9780691609126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.89
€ 55.55

Hardcover. The first book in any language devoted entirely to Japanese sculpture of the Hakuho period (c. 650-710 CE) Series: Franklin D. Murphy Lecture Series. Num Pages: 50 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3F; ACBP; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 15. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991306
ISBN
9780295991306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.70

Paperback. Presents an autobiographical portrait that touches on everything from the cultural figures that mattered the most to him as a teenager, to author's years in the late 1960s at Bard College, to an account of a recent tour he made with Boz Scaggs and Michael McDonald. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AVGP; AVH; BGFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 132.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099593331
ISBN
9780099593331
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Sheet music. Professor Sir Donald Tovey's celebrated bar-by-bar analysis of Beethoven's 32 Pianoforte Sonatasremains a key text for pianists, students, scholars and music lovers. This new imprint is prefaced with an introduction by Dr Barry Cooper, Lecturer in the Music Department of Manchester University. Editor(s): Cooper, Barry. Series: Signature Series (Abrsm). Num Pages: 304 pages, mus.exs. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVRG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414. Analysis. Series: Signature Series (Abrsm). 304 pages, mus.exs. Editor(s): Cooper, Barry. Professor Sir Donald Tovey's celebrated bar-by-bar analysis of Beethoven's 32 Pianoforte Sonatasremains a key text for pianists, students, scholars and music lovers. This new imprint is prefaced with an introduction by Dr Barry Cooper, Lecturer in the Music Department of Manchester University. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVRG. Dimension: 217 x 135 x 18. Weight: 416.
Publisher
Abrsm (Publishing) Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781860960864
ISBN
9781860960864
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.71

Hardback. Presents the biography of the important American inventor Charles Francis Jenkins (1867-1934). This book documents the life of Jenkins from his childhood in Indiana and early life in the West to his work as a prolific inventor whose productivity was cut short by an early death. Series: History of Communication. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23 black & white photographs, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: APF; APT; TBY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252038280
ISBN
9780252038280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.58

Hardback. The first full-length analytic study devoted to the Concerto for Piano and Wind Instruments, combining sketch studies, musicological context, and straightforward analyses of all three movements. Num Pages: 176 pages, 73 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580465137
ISBN
9781580465137
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.42

Paperback. Through interviews with some of today's most accomplished and renowned concert and operatic singers, Master Singers provides vocalists making the transition from student to professional. Num Pages: 192 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: AVS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199324187
ISBN
9780199324187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.01

Hardback. Traces the developments in the evolution of musical drama. This book aims to reveal the genre's beginnings in the seventeenth century and its progress. It examines the standard performance repertoire and works considered important for the genre's development. It also presents an investigation of opera from Eastern European countries and Finland. Num Pages: 992 pages, 30 photos, 143 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9; HBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 158 x 60. Weight in Grams: 1600.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
992
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Edition
fourth edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231119580
ISBN
9780231119580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.07
€ 46.46

Paperback. Examines the striking disjunction between social collapse and artistic flourescence in twenty-first century Haiti Editor(s): Cosentino, Donald J. Num Pages: 182 illus., 166 in color. BIC Classification: 3JM; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 277 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fowler Museum at UCLA
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780984755004
ISBN
9780984755004
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. Born in 1932 in Punjab, India, Qadri began his quest for his true self through Tantric yoga and spent long periods of time silently meditating in remote temples in the Himalayas and Tibet. This is the monograph of Sohan Qadri, a modern Tantric painter. Editor(s): Mitter, Partha. Num Pages: 144 pages, 90 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 307 x 290 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1328.
Publisher
Skira Italy
Number of pages
144
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857206479
ISBN
9788857206479
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.93

Hardback. Num Pages: 768 pages, 700 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 350. Weight in Grams: 567.
Publisher
Skira
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9788857232713
ISBN
9788857232713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 248.11
€ 218.14

Hardback. This is a bio-bibliography of the self-taught Dutch architect, Dudok, who was among the most copied architects of the 1930s and 1940s. His international influence was based upon his work in the provincial town of Hilversum. Dudok showed a humane, modern approach to building design. Series: Bio-Bibliographies in Art and Architecture. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; AMA; AMB; AMK; BG; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 7. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313294259
ISBN
9780313294259
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.61
€ 73.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 342 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Canadian Edition
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643629
ISBN
9780888643629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.14

paperback. Series: Ashgate Studies in Architecture. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; AMVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 174. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138245846
ISBN
9781138245846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.18

Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: AS; DSB; HB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 163.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
108
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559362337
ISBN
9781559362337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 13.81

Paperback. From the reviews of the first edition of Architecture of New York City. "It should provide joy to anyone even vaguely interested in this city and its artifacts. It is very likely to turn them into enthusiasts. " --New York Times Book Review ". Num Pages: 408 pages, 192 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 180 x 22. Weight in Grams: 754.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780471014393
ISBN
9780471014393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.65

Num Pages: 176 pages, 417 b/w & color images. BIC Classification: AKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1574.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764344213
ISBN
9780764344213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.97
€ 46.67

Paperback. Talks about the poems of Gustav Mahler. Num Pages: 660 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; AVGC5; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 972. Songs and Symphonies of Life and Death - Interpretations and Annotations. Songs and Symphonies of Life and Death; Interpretations and Annotations. 660 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. Talks about the poems of Gustav Mahler. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DFA; AVGC5; AVH. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight: 948.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
660
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851159089
ISBN
9780851159089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.14

Paperback. Graphic War is a superb collection of top-secret drawings, including training manuals and colourful wartime posters, from World War II. Num Pages: 272 pages, Colour photos. BIC Classification: 3JJH; AFF; JWG; JWMV3; WGM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1248.
Publisher
Firefly Books Ltd
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554078929
ISBN
9781554078929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.92

Paperback. Beginning with the Neolithic period, pre-3000 BCE, and ending at the close of the Bronze Age and the transition to the Iron Age of Hellenic Greece (c1000 BCE), this text is an introduction to the visual arts and architecture of the era. The historical and social context of the art is discussed. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 272 pages, numerous colour plates, halftones, and line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AM; HDDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 16. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192842084
ISBN
9780192842084
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 150 pages, 39 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: AC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
150
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816633586
ISBN
9780816633586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.59

Paperback. New edition of this key guide to art history, which takes a critical reading of the field's most innovative and influential texts over the past two centuries, including the most important new writing on the most recent work in a variety of new media. Series: Oxford History of Art. Num Pages: 600 pages, 64 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 169 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1398.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
601
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199229840
ISBN
9780199229840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 24.89

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