Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Paperback. Providing an historical and cultural exploration, this text demonstrates the role Japanese cinema played in the 1930s in the construction of a national identity, and in terms of the larger context of Japan's encounter with the West and with modernity. Series: Film and Culture Series. Num Pages: 352 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; APFA; JFC; JPFN; JPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102315
- ISBN
- 9780231102315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.19
€ 42.99
€ 31.19
Hardback. Indonesian painter Abdul Djalil Pirous's pioneering explorations in abstract modernism, Qur'anic calligraphy, and modern Islamic aesthetics have established him as one of the leading figures in postcolonial Asian art. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations,. BIC Classification: AGB; AGR; HRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405129589
- ISBN
- 9781405129589
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.21
€ 101.21
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060692
- ISBN
- 9780674060692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.85€ 71.63
€ 78.85
€ 71.63
Hardback. Num Pages: 235 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations, black & white halftones, colour illust. BIC Classification: 1FBH; ACK; ACND; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 239 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1538.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271061221
- ISBN
- 9780271061221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.87€ 83.39
€ 98.87
€ 83.39
Hardback. Series: Animalibus: Of Animals and Cultures. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC; AGC; AJC; DSB; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 206 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271063317
- ISBN
- 9780271063317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.44
€ 40.99
€ 31.44
Picturing Disability: Beggar, Freak, Citizen, and Other Photographic R...
Robert Bogdan, Martin Elks, James A. Knoll
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AJC; JFFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 279 x 216 x 24. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815633020
- ISBN
- 9780815633020
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.55
€ 61.55
Paperback. This text explores the relationship between film and anthropology. It analyzes key filmmakers, the idea of research film, Eric Michaels and indigenous media, the ethics of representation, ethnography and anthropological knowledge. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; JFD; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 340
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226730998
- ISBN
- 9780226730998
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.82
€ 40.99
€ 31.82
Paperback. Features images which speak to past, present and future experiences of African American youth. Series: Double Exposure. BIC Classification: AGC; AJCP; AJCR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 184 x 181 x 9. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- GILES
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907804755
- ISBN
- 9781907804755
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.57
€ 18.99
€ 17.57
Paperback. Since South Africa's transition to democracy, many universities have acquired new works of art for key spaces on their campuses. The new works convey messages about the advantages of cultural diversity, and many engage critically with histories of racial intolerance and conflict. Num Pages: 256 pages, Full colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFC; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 875.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Wits University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781868145805
- ISBN
- 9781868145805
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardback. From fine art paintings by such artists as Stubbs and Landseer to zoological illustrations and popular prints, a vast array of animal images was created in Britain during the century from 1750 to 1850. This book investigates the rich meanings of these visual representations as well as the ways in which animals were actually used and abused. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 140 b&w illustrations + 140 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV; AGN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 277 x 229 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2044.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300126792
- ISBN
- 9780300126792
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.38
€ 52.99
€ 41.38
Paperback. Investigates the relationship between early American cinema and the experience of technological modernity. This book demonstrates how, between the late 1890s and the eve of World War I, moving pictures helped the US public understand the possibilities and perils of forms of "traffic" produced by industrialization and urbanization. Num Pages: 288 pages, 41 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822342014
- ISBN
- 9780822342014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.28
€ 36.99
€ 34.28
Hardback. "First published in French as Images d'Algerie by Camera Austria/Actes Sud." Editor(s): Schultheis, Franz. Series: A Columbia / SSRC Book. Num Pages: 248 pages, 170 photographs. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPG; AJC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524. Series: A Columbia / SSRC Book. 248 pages, ill. Editor(s): Schultheis, Franz. "First published in French as Images d'Algerie by Camera Austria/Actes Sud.". Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 3JJPG; AJC; JHMC. Dimension: 213 x 163 x 18. Weight: 524.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148429
- ISBN
- 9780231148429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.44€ 63.74
€ 82.44
€ 63.74
Paperback. Contains photographs of British anthropologist Isaac Schapera (1905-2003) taken between 1929 and 1934, during his earliest work among Kgatla peoples of Bechuanaland (Botswana). Covering a spectrum of daily activities, this book includes depictions from pot making, thatching, cattle herding to village architecture, and more. Editor(s): Comaroff, John L.; Comaroff, Jean; James, Deborah. Num Pages: 184 pages, 139 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HFMB; 3JJ; AJC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 214 x 13. Weight in Grams: 678.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226114125
- ISBN
- 9780226114125
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.73
€ 42.99
€ 33.73
Paperback. Editor(s): DeLue, Rachael Z. Num Pages: 216 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 15. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Terra Foundation for the Arts,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780932171573
- ISBN
- 9780932171573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.09
€ 25.99
€ 21.09
Paperback. Mary Griffiths' knowledge of war began with her parents' stories and a suitcase full of black and white photographs taken by her father during his service in the Second World War. War remained family history and background news until she began to record, nightly for eighteen months, the images of war flickering across her television screen. Num Pages: 136 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AFF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 216 x 10. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857549935
- ISBN
- 9781857549935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.01
€ 21.99
€ 20.01
Hardback. What is abstract art good for? What's the use - for us as individuals, or for any society - of pictures of nothing, of paintings and sculptures or prints or drawings that do not seem to show anything except themselves? This book presents an account of abstract art. Series: The A.W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 320 pages, 132 color plates. 129 halftones. 3 b&w illus. BIC Classification: ACXD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 246 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1496.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691126784
- ISBN
- 9780691126784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 62.72
€ 64.77
€ 62.72
Paperback. For Duffy, pictures are magical creations and recreations of the visible world - of history, mythologies, landscape, love and death - where the artists who make them attempt risk-taking feats analogous to a poet's with words. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: AFC; DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 64
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910392249
- ISBN
- 9781910392249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.36
€ 13.99
€ 13.36
Hardback. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Num Pages: 280 pages, 122 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 257 x 216 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1430. Vernacular Painting in High Qing China. 280 pages, col. Illustrations. Traditional Chinese collectors, like present-day scholars of Chinese painting, have favored the 'literati' paintings of the Chinese male elite, disparaging vernacular works, often intended as decorations or produced to mark a special occasion. This book deals with the field of Chinese pictorial art history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JD; 3JF; ACQ; AFC. Dimension: 257 x 216 x 31. Weight: 1438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520258570
- ISBN
- 9780520258570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.62€ 65.19
€ 83.62
€ 65.19
Paperback. James Elkins tells the story of paintings that have made people cry. Drawing upon anecdotes related to individual works of art, he provides a chronicle of how people have shown emotion before works of art Num Pages: 296 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 88 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC; BGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415970532
- ISBN
- 9780415970532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.07
€ 50.07
Paperback. Early Photography and the Making of African American Identity. 408 pages, 71 photographs. Editor(s): Wallace, Maurice O.; Smith, Shawn Michelle. Brings to light the wide-ranging practices of early African American photography, as well as the effects of photography on racialized thinking. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AJC; GTB; JFC; JHMP. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 29. Weight: 712.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822350859
- ISBN
- 9780822350859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90