Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Hardback. Circa 1960, artists working at the margins of the international art world breached the frame of canvas painting and ruptured the institutional frame of art. This title shows how artists and critics in Brazil and Japan brought modern painting to a point of crisis that paved the way for the radical experiments of the 1960s generation. Num Pages: 248 pages, 50 b/w scattered, 24 color on 16 page insert. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 1KLSB; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 261 x 183 x 20. Weight in Grams: 820.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282438
- ISBN
- 9780520282438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.99€ 50.50
€ 64.99
€ 50.50
Hardback. Argues that references to theology and traditional Christian iconography in the works of Picasso and Apollinaire are not mere symbolic gestures; rather, they are complex responses to the symbolist art and poetry of figures important to them, including Paul Gauguin, Charles Morice, and Santiago Rusinol. Num Pages: 384 pages, 16 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282469
- ISBN
- 9780520282469
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.08€ 46.20
€ 59.08
€ 46.20
Hardback. Explores how buildings supported the cultural and political work of the fair and fashioned a second, parallel world in a moment of economic depression and international turmoil. This book looks closely at buildings as buildings, analyzing them in light of local circumstances, regionalist sensibilities, and national and international movements. Num Pages: 248 pages, 45 color illus., B&W illus. BIC Classification: 1KBBWF; 3JJG; AMG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 198 x 19. Weight in Grams: 890.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282827
- ISBN
- 9780520282827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.08€ 46.87
€ 59.08
€ 46.87
Hardback. Explores the problems and possibilities that the subject of political violence presented to American painters working between 1830 and 1890, a turbulent period during which common citizens frequently abandoned orderly forms of democratic expression to riot, strike, and protest violently. Num Pages: 244 pages, 12 color, 51 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; ACV; JPW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 184 x 254 x 20. Weight in Grams: 758.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520282896
- ISBN
- 9780520282896
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.08€ 46.42
€ 59.08
€ 46.42
Hardback. Shows how American artists, photographers, and graphic designers helped to shape public perceptions about World War I. This book considers how flag-based patriotic imagery prompted Americans to intervene in Europe in 1917, and contemplates the corrosive effects of the war on soldiers who lost their faces on the battlefield. Series: Franklin D. Murphy Lectures. Num Pages: 124 pages, 41 color, 17 b/w. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJF; ACXD; AG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 211 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520283633
- ISBN
- 9780520283633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Hardback. Through analysis of several key collaborations in American cinema from the silent era to the late twentieth century such as those of D W Griffith and Billy Bitzer, and Alfred Hitchcock and Robert Burks, this book underlines the importance of cinematographers to both the development of cinematic technique and the expression of visual style in film. Num Pages: 248 pages, 35. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284340
- ISBN
- 9780520284340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.53€ 72.38
€ 94.53
€ 72.38
Hardback. Suitable for scholars and enthusiasts, this book establishes the key role played by the L A Rebellion within the histories of cinema, Black visual culture, and postwar art in Los Angeles. Editor(s): Field, Allyson; Horak, Jan-Christopher; Stewart, Jacqueline Najuma. Num Pages: 488 pages, 110. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 488
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284678
- ISBN
- 9780520284678
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.72€ 54.21
€ 69.72
€ 54.21
Hardback. The ubiquity of digital images has profoundly changed the responsibilities and capabilities of anyone and everyone who uses them. Presenting essays on photography and the moving image alongside engaging interviews with artists and filmmakers, the author offers an inspired assessment of the medium's ongoing importance in the digital era. Editor(s): Bell, Adam G.; Traub, Charles H. Num Pages: 312 pages, 25 b/w. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AFKV; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 262 x 23. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284692
- ISBN
- 9780520284692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 74.44€ 57.67
€ 74.44
€ 57.67
Paperback. Was Christmas always as commercialized as it is today? Is Thanksgiving a religious or secular holiday? When did we begin trick-or-treating on Halloween? This book reveals answers to questions about each holiday's traditions. Num Pages: 232 pages, 30 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5H; ASZP; HBJK; HBTB; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520284722
- ISBN
- 9780520284722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.24
€ 27.99
€ 21.24
Paperback. Examines one of the most important, yet understudied, media authors of all time - Norman Corwin - using him as a critical lens to consider the history of multimedia authorship, particularly in the realm of sound. Editor(s): Smith, Jacob; Verma, Neil. Num Pages: 265 pages, 12. BIC Classification: APB; APW; BGF; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285323
- ISBN
- 9780520285323
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. Gathers together Alfred Hitchcock's reflections on his own life and work. In this selection of largely unknown and formerly inaccessible interviews and essays, Hitchcock provides an enlivening commentary on a career that spanned decades and transformed the history of the cinema. Editor(s): Gottlieb, Sidney. Num Pages: 364 pages. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285514
- ISBN
- 9780520285514
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Hardback. examines the influence of Beethoven's Ninth Symphony on two major nineteenth-century composers, Richard Wagner and Robert Schumann. During 1845 46 the compositional styles of Schumann and Wagner changed in a common direction, toward a style that was more contrapuntal, more densely motivic, and engaged in processes of thematic transformation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 116. BIC Classification: AVGC4; AVGC5; AVGC9; AVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 236 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285569
- ISBN
- 9780520285569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.99€ 50.77
€ 64.99
€ 50.77
Hardback. Features contemporary artists who mine the uneasy history of photography in India as a means to challenge outmoded narratives, share hidden stories, and make personal connections with tradition. Num Pages: 160 pages, 107 color. BIC Classification: 1FKA; AGC; AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 303 x 249 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1268.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520285699
- ISBN
- 9780520285699
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.42
€ 45.99
€ 32.42
Hardback. Celebrates the complexity of South Asian representation and iconography by examining the relationship between aesthetic expression and the devotional practice, or puja, in the three native religions of the Indian subcontinent. This title presents 150 objects created over the past two millennia for temples, home worship, festivals, and more. Editor(s): Pal, Pratapaditya. Num Pages: 256 pages, 220 color photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: ACBP; AGC; AGR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520288478
- ISBN
- 9780520288478
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.89€ 64.27
€ 83.89
€ 64.27
Hardback. What issues, of both form and content, shape the documentary film? What role does visual evidence play in relation to a documentary's arguments about the world in which we live? This book investigates the ways in which documentaries strive for accuracy and truthfulness, but simultaneously fabricate a form that shapes reality. Num Pages: 271 pages, 1. BIC Classification: APFR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520290396
- ISBN
- 9780520290396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.53€ 72.38
€ 94.53
€ 72.38
Hardback. Published in conjunction with a retrospective exhibition of the American painter's fifty-year career, this book reassesses De Forest's art-historical position, placing him in a national rather than solely West Coast context. Num Pages: 200 pages, 185 color images, 25 black/white photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; 3JJ; ACXJ; AGB; AGC; AGN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 267 x 216 x 20. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292208
- ISBN
- 9780520292208
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.44
€ 54.99
€ 39.44
Hardback. Draws upon film theory, animation theory, and philosophy to examine modes of animation storytelling that address aesthetic experience within contexts of technological, environmental, and socio-cultural change. Num Pages: 255 pages, 24 b/w. BIC Classification: APFV; JFCA; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520292550
- ISBN
- 9780520292550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.53€ 72.62
€ 94.53
€ 72.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AFPC. Dimension: 264 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Printing Applications Lab
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780615645278
- ISBN
- 9780615645278
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.90€ 64.39
€ 70.90
€ 64.39
Paperback. A cross--section of current state of the art Ingres scholarship. The book includes the work of established authors and new researchers. The book contains a rich and unusual range of illustrations from the Ingres corpus. Editor(s): Siegfried, Susan (University of Leeds); Rifkin, Adrian. Series: Art History Special Issues. Num Pages: 184 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 3JH; ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 173 x 247 x 11. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225263
- ISBN
- 9780631225263
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.02
€ 28.02
Paperback. This diverse collection of material about the history of film exhibition in the United States documents and enlivens the history of moviegoing, film exhibition practices, business policies, and programming strategies. It is a comprehensive study of the cultural history of American film. Editor(s): Waller, Gregory A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APF; HBJK; HBLW; JFC; KNTC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631225928
- ISBN
- 9780631225928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.43€ 57.22
€ 69.43
€ 57.22
Paperback. No beginner should be without this book. Paper patterns often give insufficient information, but here clear diagrams and detailed step-by-step instructions provide a method of working which is easy to follow. Num Pages: 240 pages, 112. BIC Classification: AKTA; WFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632022168
- ISBN
- 9780632022168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.61
€ 34.61
Paperback. Sets out to explain fashion design and product development as an integrated process, the function of which is to market a continuous stream of garments at a profit. It explores materials, manufacture, costs, quality and the organization of the design and development process. Num Pages: 192 pages, 42 illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTA; AKTX; KND; KNP. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (XV) Technical / Manuals. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632028931
- ISBN
- 9780632028931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.67
€ 44.67
Paperback. By use of checklists, this book provides a practical tool for the building specifier. This new edition features changes to specification classifications (resulting from revisions to the Common Arrangement and SMM7) and the latest British Standards and Codes of Practice. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AMC; TNCB1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 244 x 9. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 11th Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632042067
- ISBN
- 9780632042067
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.62
€ 78.62
Hardcover. The techniques Natalie Bray pioneered and perfected revolutionised dress pattern designing, assisting the rise of the modern fashion industry. Her teaching has had a profound influence on design, production and education and her works are classics: fashions change but the principles of designing patterns in the flat do not. Num Pages: 208 pages, 150. BIC Classification: AKTA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632065028
- ISBN
- 9780632065028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.03
€ 56.03