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Art & Architecture
Introducing… 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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Paperback. Focusing on "Amos 'n' Andy", a nightly American radio comedy in the 1930s, this text unveils a tale of America's shifting colour line, in which two professional directors of blackface minstrel shows produced a series so complex that it won admirers ranging from ultra-racists to racial egalitarians. Num Pages: 360 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APW; HBJK; HBLW; JFD; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 10th ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920924
- ISBN
- 9780813920924
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.38
€ 37.38
Hardcover. Best known as the illustrator for Lewis Carroll's 'Alice' books, John Tenniel was the Victorian era's chief political cartoonist. This extensively illustrated book, in which the author examines Tenniel's life and work, draws almost exclusively on primary sources in family collections, public archives, and other depositories. Num Pages: 416 pages, 205 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACV; AGB; AKLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923437
- ISBN
- 9780813923437
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.97
€ 94.97
Paperback. Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of Black women writers and filmmakers, the author proposes that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing "life-force" to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923703
- ISBN
- 9780813923703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.46
€ 29.46
Paperback. Examines the post-Revolutionary creative endeavors of Afro-Cuban women. Taking on the question of how African diaspora cultures practice remembrance, this book reveals the ways in which these artists restage the confrontations between modernity and tradition. It shows how their accomplishments were silenced in official Cuban history and culture. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; AB; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925264
- ISBN
- 9780813925264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.32
€ 34.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 366 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AB; AMK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 185 x 29. Weight in Grams: 975.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- First Printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813926735
- ISBN
- 9780813926735
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.80
€ 94.80
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
€ 32.53
€ 32.53
Buildings of Massachusetts: Metropolitan Boston (Buildings of the Unit...
Naomi Miller Keith N. Morgan
Hardcover. Analyzes the architecture, landscape, and planning patterns of the capital of Massachusetts and forty surrounding cities and towns that fan out from Boston Harbor. Illustrated with photographs and maps, this book assesses built form from initial colonial settlement in the 1630s through twenty-first-century additions to the Boston area landscape. Series: Buildings of the United States Series of the Society of Architectural Historians. Num Pages: 704 pages, 462 b&w photographs, 74 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBES; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1588.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927091
- ISBN
- 9780813927091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.09
€ 105.09
Hardcover. The Norfolk museum that would one day bear the Chrysler name was always a good museum of its kind, home to a respectable collection serving a smallish city. This work paints a vivid picture of this provincial museum's transformation into one of the finest art museums on the East Coast. It also delivers a portrait of Walter Chrysler. Num Pages: 160 pages, 29 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFV; AGC; GM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927183
- ISBN
- 9780813927183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.27
€ 26.99
€ 24.27
Hardcover. Includes essays that explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process - a concern for the environment or for social justice - relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. This book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Editor(s): Iliescu, Sanda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 102 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927602
- ISBN
- 9780813927602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.51
€ 81.51
Paperback. Includes essays that explore the question of how ethical ideas guiding the design process - a concern for the environment or for social justice - relate to the beauty of our buildings, cities, and artworks. This book presents a range of viewpoints and does not ignore the perils of an easy association of ethics and aesthetics. Editor(s): Iliescu, Sanda. Num Pages: 320 pages, 102 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA; HPN; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927725
- ISBN
- 9780813927725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.15
€ 40.15
Hardcover. During the 19th century, large, naturalistic urban parks began to appear in cities around the world. Focusing on iconic parks in Paris, New York, and Mexico City, this book explores the cultural and social meanings embedded in these elaborate stage sets. It also showcases some of the features of these parks. Num Pages: 232 pages, 75 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928425
- ISBN
- 9780813928425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.09
€ 54.09
Paperback. Assembling an archive of images and texts since the eighteenth century, this book offers history of the 'wanted' poster, examining its uses, patterns of circulation, and formal development as an iconic print genre. It covers a wide range of images: runaway slave notices, private detective posters, FBI posters, and artists' approximations. Series: Cultural Frames, Framing Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 26 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928562
- ISBN
- 9780813928562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.34
€ 31.34
Buildings of Pennsylvania: Philadelphia and Eastern Pennsylvania (Buil...
Thomas, George E., Ricci, Patricia, Thomas, J...
Hardcover. Series: Buildings of the United States. Num Pages: 704 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1KBBEP; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1569.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813929675
- ISBN
- 9780813929675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.52
€ 103.52
Hardcover. Num Pages: 352 pages, black & white illustrations, maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 907.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813930947
- ISBN
- 9780813930947
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.47
€ 88.47
Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBNG; AMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1529.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813931579
- ISBN
- 9780813931579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.91
€ 116.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, tables. BIC Classification: AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932293
- ISBN
- 9780813932293
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.03
€ 54.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AMCR; AMK; KNJC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932330
- ISBN
- 9780813932330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.54
€ 55.54
Hardcover. Num Pages: 704 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1411.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813932552
- ISBN
- 9780813932552
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.37
€ 128.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Gobel, David; Rossell, Daves. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: AMX; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933733
- ISBN
- 9780813933733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.16
€ 49.16
Hardcover. Num Pages: 136 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813933788
- ISBN
- 9780813933788
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.39
€ 53.39