Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Paperback. Published in conjunction with a New-York Historical Society exhibition, this photo-filled, pocket-size guidebook by a New York Times senior writer covers 1,079 houses of worship in New York City. Num Pages: 400 pages, 899 photos; 24 maps. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; AMN; WTHM; WTM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125437
- ISBN
- 9780231125437
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.01
€ 42.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Moving from an exploration of 19th century popular science and magic to Hollywood science fiction cinema of our time, this text examines the history, advancements and connoisseurship of special effects. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 9 photos. BIC Classification: APFV; UGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231125635
- ISBN
- 9780231125635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.55
€ 37.99
€ 27.55
Hardback. Since The Voice of America first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, it has undergone a spectacular transformation. This book chronicles this transformation from a fledgling short wave propaganda organ during World War II to a global multimedia giant encompassing radio and the Internet. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; HBT; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126748
- ISBN
- 9780231126748
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.17€ 82.56
€ 109.17
€ 82.56
Paperback. Since The Voice of America first went on the air as a regional wartime enterprise in February 1942, it has undergone a spectacular transformation. This book chronicles this transformation from a fledgling short wave propaganda organ during World War II to a global multimedia giant encompassing radio and the Internet. Num Pages: 544 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APW; HBT; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 43. Weight in Grams: 748.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231126755
- ISBN
- 9780231126755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.64
€ 46.99
€ 33.64
Hardback. This classic text-continually in print for more than half a century-analyzes the architecture of societies in western Europe up to the twelfth century that aspired to be the heirs to the Roman Empire. Translator(s): Wallis, Kendall. Num Pages: 368 pages, 80 illus. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; 3H; AM; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231127042
- ISBN
- 9780231127042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.07€ 63.58
€ 83.07
€ 63.58
Hardback. Since their inception, museums of science and natural history have mixed education and entertainment to incredible, eye-opening effect. Focusing on several historical case studies, this work explores the uncanny and unforgettable impact of the panorama, planetarium, IMAX theater, and the medieval cathedral on the spectator. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 392 pages, B&W Illus.: 121,. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129886
- ISBN
- 9780231129886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.73€ 85.89
€ 112.73
€ 85.89
Hardback. Presents a critical survey of the practices of archaeology, art history, and museums in nineteenth- and twentieth-century India. This book features essays that look at the processes of the production of lost pasts in modern India: pasts that come to be imagined around a growing corpus of monuments, archaeological relics, and art objects. Series: Cultures of History. Num Pages: 432 pages, 132 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; ACV; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231129985
- ISBN
- 9780231129985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.27
€ 131.27
Hardback. Demonstrates the limits of cartooning from the courtroom to the newsroom. This book examines the reasons for the declining state of the art and the implications for all of us. Num Pages: 288 pages, 161 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130660
- ISBN
- 9780231130660
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.43€ 79.12
€ 104.43
€ 79.12
Paperback. Since the founding of the republic, cartoonists have both made an important contribution to and offered a critical commentary on our society. This book demonstrates the limits of cartooning from the courtroom to the newsroom. It examines the reasons for the declining state of the art and the implications for all of us. Num Pages: 288 pages, 161 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 182 x 17. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231130677
- ISBN
- 9780231130677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Paperback. The third book in a trilogy that includes Seeing the Divine and Hearing the Divine, this book articulates the religious sensibility underlying the traditional performing arts and examines the relationships between the arts and religion in India today. Num Pages: 160 pages, 32 photos. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 167 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231131452
- ISBN
- 9780231131452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.34
€ 30.99
€ 22.34
Hardback. Based on little-known or hitherto unpublished material, and enhanced by a wealth of rarely seen illustrations, this book offers access to the aesthetics of neoclassical Europe from a new perspective: landscape painting and interior decoration. Series: Italian Academy Lectures. Num Pages: 288 pages, 107 half-tones. BIC Classification: ACV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 186 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132084
- ISBN
- 9780231132084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.27€ 50.79
€ 65.27
€ 50.79
Hardback. Shows how early American painters transformed themselves from provincial followers of the established traditions of Europe into some of the innovative artists in the world. This book explores not only the status of artists and their personal relationship to their work but also the dialogue between the artist and society. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 246 pages, 96 halftones, 4 full-color plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 185 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132961
- ISBN
- 9780231132961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.43€ 79.73
€ 104.43
€ 79.73
Paperback. Moving beyond descriptions of what distinguishes American art from other movements and forms, this work explores not only the status of artists and their relationship to their work but also the larger dialogue between the artist and society. It looks to the intensely studied portraits of America's early painters, especially Copley and Eakins. Series: Leonard Hastings Schoff Lectures. Num Pages: 246 pages, 96 halftones, 4 full-color plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231132978
- ISBN
- 9780231132978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.51
€ 37.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Hollywood and cultural institutions worked together to insure their own survival and profitability and to provide a coherent, though shifting, American identity. This book explores how their needs coalesced and led to the development of a symbiotic relationship between the film industry and America's stewards of high culture. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231133760
- ISBN
- 9780231133760
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.43€ 79.98
€ 104.43
€ 79.98
Hardback. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 408 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APFA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135009
- ISBN
- 9780231135009
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.35€ 97.24
€ 129.35
€ 97.24
Paperback. 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: 230 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231135757
- ISBN
- 9780231135757
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; KNTJ. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136907
- ISBN
- 9780231136907
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.55€ 84.30
€ 111.55
€ 84.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: APTX; BGF; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231136914
- ISBN
- 9780231136914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 306 illus. BIC Classification: ACV; KNTJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1086.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138253
- ISBN
- 9780231138253
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.24
€ 40.99
€ 29.24
Hardback. Is it true that film in the twentieth century experimented with vision more than any other art form? And what visions did it privilege? This book situates the cinematic experience within discourses of twentieth-century modernity. It examines film's nature as a medium in an age obsessed with immediacy, nearness, and accessibility. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231139946
- ISBN
- 9780231139946
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.73€ 85.15
€ 112.73
€ 85.15
Hardback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 165 x 21. Weight in Grams: 416. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts S. 200 pages, 20 illus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Dimension: 208 x 165 x 21. Weight: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140966
- ISBN
- 9780231140966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.27€ 50.63
€ 65.27
€ 50.63
Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231140973
- ISBN
- 9780231140973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.43
€ 37.99
€ 27.43
Paperback. Covers the 2000 Bush-Gore and 2004 Bush-Kerry debates, including innovations in format and press coverage, and incorporates research into the analysis of televised debates since 1960. This book describes production in painstaking detail, from the selection of questioners to camera angles, from makeup to lighting and set design. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JPHL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141055
- ISBN
- 9780231141055
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Paperback. Argues that aesthetic considerations no longer play a central role in the experience and critique of art. Instead art addresses us in our humanity, as men and women who seek meaning in the "unnatural wonders" of art, a meaning that philosophy and religion are unable to provide. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 151 x 23. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141154
- ISBN
- 9780231141154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.32
€ 37.99
€ 27.32