Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Hardback. Discusses the way shadows were represented - or ignored - by artists from the Renaissance to the 17th century and then describes how Romantic, Impressionist and Surrealist artists exploited the device of the cast shadow to enhance the illusion of realism or drama in their representations. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 col illus. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 211 x 15. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300210040
- ISBN
- 9780300210040
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.88
€ 19.99
€ 15.88
Paperback. Ten years of research and the discovery of long-forgotten letters and photos enabled the author to bring new recognition to this talented, intelligent, and independent photographer whose life embodied the cultural and political values of many artists of the post-World War I generation. Num Pages: 397 pages, 53 black-and-white photographs, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; AJB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 397
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520235144
- ISBN
- 9780520235144
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Examines how historical fiction films interpret the present through a representation of the past. Utilizing the past as a way of responding to social conflicts in the present, this work shows how the genre promotes a political agenda, superseding the influence of scholarship on the public's perception and interpretation of history. Series: Culture & the Moving Image S. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566391825
- ISBN
- 9781566391825
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.47
€ 37.99
€ 33.47
Num Pages: 240 pages, 273 color & 118 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBBWZ; 3JJC; 3JJG; ACX; AFC; AFF; AGB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 313 x 238 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1712.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764340543
- ISBN
- 9780764340543
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.63€ 52.92
€ 75.63
€ 52.92
Paperback. This is the first in-depth study of the Malay martial art, silat, and the first ethnographic account of the Haqqani Islamic Sufi Order. Drawing on 12 years of research and practice, the author provides a major contribution to the study of Malay culture. Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series. Num Pages: 331 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: AS; GTB; HPCF3; HRA; JHB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Springer Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789400736887
- ISBN
- 9789400736887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 264.29
€ 264.29
Hardback. This is the first in-depth study of the Malay martial art, silat, and the first ethnographic account of the Haqqani Islamic Sufi Order. Drawing on 12 years of research and practice, the author provides a major contribution to the study of Malay culture. Series: Muslims in Global Societies Series. Num Pages: 331 pages, 4 black & white tables, biography. BIC Classification: AS; HPCF3; HR; JFC; JH; PSXE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 27. Weight in Grams: 712.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Springer-Verlag New York Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 331
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781402093555
- ISBN
- 9781402093555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 264.88
€ 264.88
Paperback. Paranormal historian Paul Adams and writer and photographer Eddie Brazil join Peter Underwood, the UK's most experienced ghost hunter and respected author of over fifty books on the supernatural, in another literary partnership that will chill all but the sturdiest of hearts. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 249 x 10. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752459202
- ISBN
- 9780752459202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.38
€ 19.99
€ 18.38
Paperback. Editor(s): Barz, Gregory F.; Cooley, Timothy J. Num Pages: 352 pages, 15 halftones, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195324969
- ISBN
- 9780195324969
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.50
€ 55.50
Paperback. A vivid cultural history of Ibiza, from its origins as an island mecca for bohemians to its modern-day reputation as a club-goer s paradise. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: AV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 150. .
- Publisher
- Jawbone Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911036180
- ISBN
- 9781911036180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.95
€ 17.99
€ 12.95
Paperback. Animation variously entertains, enchants, and offends, yet there have been no convincing explanations of how these films do so. This book proposes performance as the common touchstone for understanding the principles underlying the construction, execution, and reception of cartoons. Num Pages: 411 pages, 21 color images, 72 black & white images. BIC Classification: APFV. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 658. Performance, Belief, and World-Making in Animation. 411 pages, illustrations. Proposes performance as the common touchstone for understanding the principles underlying the construction, execution, and reception of cartoons. This title presents methods that draw on film and theater studies, art history, aesthetics, cultural studies, and performance studies to outline a personal view of animated cinema. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: APFV. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight: 658.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 411
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- November 5, 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520261044
- ISBN
- 9780520261044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Shadow Economies of Cinema examines how films travel through time and space, both inside and outside established circuits of audiovisual trade. Combining industrial and cultural analysis, this book looks at distribution circuits from across the Americas, Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and explains how they shape film culture in their own image. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 173 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1ST
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574117
- ISBN
- 9781844574117
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.66
€ 45.99
€ 37.66
Hardback. Shadow Economies of Cinema examines how films travel through time and space, both inside and outside established circuits of audiovisual trade. Combining industrial and cultural analysis, this book looks at distribution circuits from across the Americas, Africa and the Asia-Pacific, and explains how they shape film culture in their own image. Series: Cultural Histories of Cinema. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 517.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844574124
- ISBN
- 9781844574124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.19€ 104.10
€ 118.19
€ 104.10
Hardcover. A unique survey of the most prominent contemporary artists creating photographs without the aid of a camera. Includes a fully revised and updated text as well as new works by the featured artists. Shadow Catchers is an authoritative and sumptuously produced account of the history of camera-less photography and the processes involved. Num Pages: 208 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AJG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 259 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1626.
- Publisher
- Merrell Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781858945927
- ISBN
- 9781858945927
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 43.85
€ 52.99
€ 43.85
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280465
- ISBN
- 9780803280465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 23.73
€ 23.99
€ 23.73
Hardback. Num Pages: 200 pages, 180 colour photos. BIC Classification: AJB; AJCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Edition Skylight
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783037666463
- ISBN
- 9783037666463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.56
€ 33.99
€ 22.56
Paperback. In the 1980s - at the height of Thatcherism and in the wake of civil unrest and rioting in a number of British cities - the Black Arts Movement burst onto the British art scene with breathtaking intensity, changing the nature and perception of British culture irreversibly. This volume presents a history of that movement. Editor(s): Bailey, David A. Series: A John Hope Franklin Center Book. Num Pages: 368 pages, 116 (31 in color; 85 in timeline as b/w). BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJPN; ACBK; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 252 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1132.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822334200
- ISBN
- 9780822334200
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.53
€ 32.99
€ 32.53
Hardcover. An examination of female identity and a visual pleasure. It explores how 'putting a face on' for the camera is sometimes the best way to show who you really are. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AJCP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 174 x 18. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Chronicle Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811878128
- ISBN
- 9780811878128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.43
€ 20.43
Hardcover. This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: ASZG; DSA; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298911
- ISBN
- 9781137298911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.98
€ 139.98
paperback. This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2014
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349452521
- ISBN
- 9781349452521
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.87
€ 61.87
Paperback. This wide-ranging study of sexuality, aesthetics, and epistemology covers everything from the aesthetics of war to the works of Caravaggio, Michelangelo, Christopher Marlowe, and Francis Bacon, synthesizing queer theory and psycholanalysis. Num Pages: 236 pages, 4 colour plates, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; AC; HBJD; HPK; HPN; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226315195
- ISBN
- 9780226315195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.15
€ 37.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; APFA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403921635
- ISBN
- 9781403921635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.51
€ 62.51
Paperback. Wood explores the relationships between narrative form and style and sexual politics, probing the political and sexual ramifications of fascism and cinema, marriage and the couple, romantic love, and representations of women, race and gender in films from the United States, Europe, and Japan. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, 34 film stills. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FPJ; 1KBB; APFA; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231076050
- ISBN
- 9780231076050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Hardcover. What can film tell us about enjoyment and sexual difference? Can cinematic fiction be more Real than reality? Fabio Vighi looks at Jacques Lacan's theory of sexuality alongside some of the best-known works of European cinema, including films by Fellini, Truffaut, Antonioni and Bergman. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; APFA; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 279 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549258
- ISBN
- 9780230549258
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900151
- ISBN
- 9781517900151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45