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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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Art & Architecture
Hardback. How do science, producing knowledge and technology, and art, producing revelations and sensations, confront each other? This book addresses this question by considering Albert Einstein and Rene Magritte. It presents the meeting between Einstein and Magritte as an experiment. It provides their attitudes, and encloses perspectives and insights. Editor(s): Aerts, Diederik; Mathijs, Ernest; Mosselman, Bert. Series: Einstein Meets Magritte: An Interdisciplinary Reflection on Science, Nature, Art, Human Action and Society. Num Pages: 286 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792357582
- ISBN
- 9780792357582
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.69
€ 128.69
The Orchestration of the Arts - A Creative Symbiosis of Existential Po...
Marlies . Ed(S): Kronegger
Hardback. What is art? This perennial question is forcefully thrown open by the electronic expansion of its field and proliferation of arts. This book addresses this question with philosophical underpinnings. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 490 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 873.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360087
- ISBN
- 9780792360087
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 247.11
€ 247.11
Hardback. Deals with the origin of the modern conception of the object as well as the subject of music. Starting from the magic of numbers of Pythagorean and neo-Platonic doctrines, this volume leads the readers to 'sound' and 'affections' in modern terms. Editor(s): Gozza, Paolo. Series: The Western Ontario Series in Philosophy of Science. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792360698
- ISBN
- 9780792360698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.47
€ 193.47
Hardback. Suggests that the true sense of fine arts, enchantment, needs to be revived. This book states that in the conceptualised, commercialised, artificial approach to fine arts, we forgot its authentic experiential sense, and that it lies at the imaginative heart of all arts, there to be retrieved by the creative recipient as the very 'truth of it all'. Editor(s): Kronegger, Marlies; Tymieniecka, Anna-Teresa. Series: Analecta Husserliana. Num Pages: 336 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPCF3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792361831
- ISBN
- 9780792361831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.47
€ 193.47
Hardback. This argument in favour of subsidizing the arts offers a distinctly political rationale for government support: engaging the arts helps develop the intellectual faculties of judgement. For those who oppose subsidy, it maps arts subsidy onto the larger landscape of political liberalism. Series: Philosophical Studies in Contemporary Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ABA; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 459.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792362920
- ISBN
- 9780792362920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.00
€ 127.00
Hardback. 3rd International Conference on Flow Interaction of Science and Art with Exhibition/Lectures on Interaction of Science and Art, 28 February-3 March 2000 at the ETH Zurich Editor(s): Gyr, Albert; Koumoutsakos, Petros D.; Burr, U. (IHW-ETH Zurich, Switzerland). Num Pages: 352 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AGC; PHDF; TGMF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792363583
- ISBN
- 9780792363583
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.36
€ 189.36
Hardback. Examines the design and use of public space such as streets, squares, and parks in the cities of contemporary Asia Pacific, which has experienced the fastest urban and economic growth in the world. This volume provides first-hand reports on the unique characteristics of Asia Pacific public places (as compared to those in Western cities). Editor(s): Miao, Pu. Series: Geojournal Library. Num Pages: 392 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1MK; AMVD; RG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 747.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780792370833
- ISBN
- 9780792370833
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.65
€ 189.65
hardcover. Encounters with the Gypsy female flamenco dancer throughout history Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 189 x 25. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wesleyan United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780819573537
- ISBN
- 9780819573537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 41.68
€ 44.99
€ 41.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 356 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AKC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 834.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Humana Press Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896030701
- ISBN
- 9780896030701
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.81
€ 125.81
Hardcover. This book contributes to the growing literature on the biopic genre by outlining and exploring the conventions of the postfeminist biopic. It does so by analyzing recent films about the lives of famous women including Sylvia Plath, Frida Kahlo, Virginia Woolf and Jane Austen. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APB; APFA; APFN; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137273475
- ISBN
- 9781137273475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.71
€ 64.71
Hardcover. Melodrama in Contemporary Film and Television debates the ways in which melodrama expresses and gives meaning to: trauma and pathos; memory and historical re-visioning; home and borders; gendered and queer relations; the family and psychic identities; the national and emerging public cultures; and morality and ethics. Editor(s): Stewart, Michael. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 145 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137319845
- ISBN
- 9781137319845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.93
€ 63.93
Hardcover. This ground-breaking collection explores the assumptions behind and practices for performance implicit in the manuscripts and playtexts of the medieval and early modern eras, focusing on work which engages with performance-oriented research. Editor(s): Bennett, Susan; Polito, Mary. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AMG; ANF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137320162
- ISBN
- 9781137320162
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Hardcover. A comprehensive history of how the conflicts and balances of power in the Maoist revolutionary campaigns from 1951 to 1979 complicated and diversified the meanings of films, this book offers a discursive study of the development of early PRC cinema. Num Pages: 289 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; 3JJPL; APFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 221 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137378736
- ISBN
- 9781137378736
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.57
€ 111.57
Hardcover. History, Memory, Performance is an interdisciplinary collection of essays exploring performances of the past in a wide range of trans-national and historical contexts. At its core are contributions from theatre scholars and public historians discussing how historical meaning is shaped through performance. Editor(s): Dean, David; Meerzon, Yana; Prince, Kathryn. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 312 pages, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137393883
- ISBN
- 9781137393883
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.58
€ 124.58
Hardcover. How has contemporary American theatre presented so-called undocumented immigrants? Placing theatre artists and their work within a context of on-going debate, Guterman shows how theatre fills an essential role in a critical conversation by exploring the powerful ways in which legal labels affect and change us. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; JFFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137412485
- ISBN
- 9781137412485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.11€ 44.87
€ 52.11
€ 44.87
Hardcover. Examining performers from the ancient Mediterranean world to the modern Islamic Middle East, including India and Pakistan, Shay explores the careers, artistic performances, and legacies of these individuals who were forced to produce entertainment and art for, and have sex with, any and all patrons. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1QFM; ASD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137433602
- ISBN
- 9781137433602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.82
€ 132.82
Hardcover. Postmodern Metanarratives investigates the relationship between cinema and literature by analyzing the film Blade Runner as a postmodern work that constitutes a landmark of cyberpunk narrative and establishes a link between tradition and the (post)modern. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137439727
- ISBN
- 9781137439727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.07
€ 64.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, 30 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2015th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137461827
- ISBN
- 9781137461827
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Paperback. This ground-breaking collection focuses on how theatre, dance, and other forms of performance are helping to transform our ecological values. Top scholars explore how familiar and new works of performance can help us recognize our reciprocal relationship with the natural world and how it helps us understand the way we are connected to the land. Editor(s): Arons, Wendy; May, Theresa J. Series: What is Theatre?. Num Pages: 256 pages, 29 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 138 x 217 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137467003
- ISBN
- 9781137467003
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.37
€ 64.37
Paperback. Film and Female Consciousness explores the representation of female consciousness on-screen and demonstrates the ways in which the thought of Luce Irigaray can be used to address the traditional problems of the objectification of women in cinema as outlined by feminist theory since the 1970s. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137501400
- ISBN
- 9781137501400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.47
€ 69.47