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Architecture books onlineIntroducing… 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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Contemporary artists discuss the avant-garde movement and how the Great War influenced art. Num Pages: 272 pages, 150 colour, 50 b&w. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 271 x 290 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1800.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Lannoo Belgium
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9789401437660
ISBN
9789401437660
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 44.43

hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; AVGR; JFC; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226348759
ISBN
9780226348759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.96
€ 79.61

Publisher
United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571534074
ISBN
9780571534074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.48

Argues that the influence of Emerson and Thoreau on Charles Ives' compositional style freed the composer from ordinary ideas of time and chronology, allowing him to recuperate the past as he reached for the musical unknown. Series: Musical Meaning & Interpretation. Num Pages: 216 pages, 57 music exx., 5 b&w illus., 7 tables. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012739
ISBN
9780253012739
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393731736
ISBN
9780393731736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.06
€ 56.98

paperback. Was punk just another moment in music history, a flash in time when a group of young rebels exploded in a fury of raw sound? Greil Marcus delves into the afterlife of punk as a much richer phenomenon - a form of artistic and social rebellion that continually erupts into popular culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, 9 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPL; 3JJPN; 3JJPR; AVGP; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674445772
ISBN
9780674445772
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Num Pages: 192 pages, 160 color and b/w photos. BIC Classification: AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 310 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1628.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764336515
ISBN
9780764336515
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.02
€ 39.78

Stewards of the Nation's Art examines the internal tensions between Britain's four main public art galleries' administrative directors, the aristocrats dominating the boards of trustees, and those in the Treasury who controlled the funds as well as board appointments. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1H; AC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 639.
Publication date
1910
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802099600
ISBN
9780802099600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

This book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective'"quality of art contributes to a new understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 398.
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804750745
ISBN
9780804750745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780821420959
ISBN
9780821420959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.51

With more than sixty photographs, including twenty in color,
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822355267
ISBN
9780822355267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.80
€ 124.20

paperback. Editor(s): Bode, Steven. Num Pages: 24 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; AGB; AS; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 166 x 3. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Film & Video Umbrella United Kingdom
Number of pages
24
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953863419
ISBN
9780953863419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.60

hardcover. Through a balanced reading of the historical period and James' artistic production, Ronald W. Hawker argues that James' shift to contemporary art forms allowed the artist to make a critical statement about the vitality of Kwakwaka'wakw culture Num Pages: 264 pages, 33. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 1KBC; 3JH; 3JJ; ACX; AGB; BGF; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 185 x 19. Weight in Grams: 860.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781442649408
ISBN
9781442649408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.80

Num Pages: 54 pages, 72 illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Huia Publishers New Zealand
Number of pages
54
Condition
New
SKU
V9781775501916
ISBN
9781775501916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.90

Our era is defined by the model. From Victoria's Secret and America's Next Top Model to the snapshots we post on Face-book and Twitter, our culture is fixated on the pose, the state of existing simultaneously as artifice and the real thing. The author shows us the very meaning of the arts in the process of transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 23. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226772196
ISBN
9780226772196
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.86

Bookwork takes our passion for books to its logical extreme - by studying artists who employ found or simulated books as a sculptural medium and investigating the conceptual labor behind this proliferating international art practice. This title offers an account of works that force attention upon a book's material identity and cultural resonance. Num Pages: 304 pages, 12 colour plates, 68 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 224 x 286 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1180.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773919
ISBN
9780226773919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.22
€ 69.91

Argues that Hitchcock orchestrates the narrative and stylistic idioms of popular cinema to at once celebrate and subvert the ideal of romance. The author describes how Hitchcock's characteristic tone is achieved through a titillating combination of suspense and black humor that subverts the moral framework of the romantic thriller. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 64 illus. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231135740
ISBN
9780231135740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.06
€ 83.75

What is it about the marriage of music and the stage that fills us with such bewilderment and passion? What is opera's seductive promise and how does it draw us into its embrace? This study considers the allure of several seducers and seductresses from nineteenth-century opera - Monteverdi's "Poppea", Handel's "Alcina", and Massenet's "Manon". Translator(s): Delogu, C. Jon. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illus. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140904
ISBN
9780231140904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.85
€ 42.50

Charts the entire length of Byrne's work, highlighting its distinctive features while discussing the cultural conditions that kept Byrne in the shadows of his more famous contemporaries. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 colour photographs, 99 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: AMB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 284 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1383.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252037535
ISBN
9780252037535
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Series: College Art Association Monograph. Num Pages: 176 pages, 44 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AFC; AGB; J. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 286 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 976.
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271009445
ISBN
9780271009445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.68
€ 132.79

The first book on the life and work of the pioneer of American cast-iron architecture. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AMC; BG; TNC; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 264 x 211 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393730159
ISBN
9780393730159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.16

Drawing on a range of materials untapped by previous historians, this book offers an comprehensive study of Weber's remarkable career as director, screenwriter, and actress. It also provides compelling evidence of the extraordinary role that women played in shaping American movie culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 54 b/w images. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520241527
ISBN
9780520241527
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.96
€ 73.24

Throughout his distinguished career, Philip Brett wrote about the music of the Tudor period. He carried out pathbreaking work on the life and music of William Byrd (c1540-1628). Collecting these influential essays, this volume is a tribute to Brett's agile mind and to his incomparable skill at synthesizing history and musical analysis. Editor(s): Kerman, Joseph; Moroney, Davitt. Num Pages: 266 pages, 1 table, 30 music examples, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 232 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520247581
ISBN
9780520247581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.39
€ 65.36

A Companion to Nordic Cinema presents a collection of original essays that explore one of the world s oldest regional cinemas from its origins to the present day. Series: CNCZ - Wiley Blackwell Companions to National Cinemas. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: 1DNN; APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 179 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1224.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118475256
ISBN
9781118475256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 218.43

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