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Art & Architecture
Imitations of Life: Two Centuries of Melodrama in Russia
. Ed(S): McReynolds, Louise; Neuberger, Joan
paperback. Uses the under-studied genre of melodrama as a critical prism for understanding Russian/Soviet history, politics and culture - in particular, the uses to which popular culture was put in the Soviet period. Editor(s): McReynolds, Louise; Neuberger, Joan. Num Pages: 352 pages, 35 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; AN; DSG; HBJD; HBLL; HBLW; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5893 x 3963 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822327905
- ISBN
- 9780822327905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.83
€ 41.99
€ 29.83
Hardback. Translator(s): Simkin, Francesca. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; ACX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231172929
- ISBN
- 9780231172929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.60€ 50.75
€ 64.60
€ 50.75
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Brepols N.V. Belgium
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782503507804
- ISBN
- 9782503507804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.29
€ 60.29
Paperback. Series: Peabody Museum Collections Series. Num Pages: 128 pages, 22 line illustrations, 25 colour plates. BIC Classification: AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 205 x 12. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Peabody Museum of Archaeology & Ethnology,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873654050
- ISBN
- 9780873654050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.60
€ 27.99
€ 24.60
Imari, Satsuma, Banko and Sumida wares, the best known of the old Japanese export ceramics, are shown here in 600 photos of variations by skilled decorators. Makers' and decorators' marks, unusual shapes, design variations, and hard-to-find examples appear with identifying captions and concise text. Num Pages: 204 pages, 600 colour photos. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; WCN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 225 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1446. 204 pages, 600col.ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1FPJ; ACBP; WCN. Dimension: 287 x 225 x 24. Weight: 1404.
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780764309908
- ISBN
- 9780764309908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.02€ 48.38
€ 54.02
€ 48.38
Paperback. Charts the theological defense of icons during the Iconoclastic controversies of the eighth and ninth centuries, whose high point came in AD 787, when the Second Council of Nicaea restored the cult of images in the church. This title demonstrates how the dogmas of the Trinity and the Incarnation eventually provided the basic rationale for images. Series: The A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 50 halftones. BIC Classification: ACK; AFWH; AGR; HRAX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 255 x 12. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141251
- ISBN
- 9780691141251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.85€ 42.70
€ 52.85
€ 42.70
Paperback. Considers representations of the Turkish house in literature, art, and architecture to understand why the idea of the house has become such a potent signifier of Turkish identity. Num Pages: 360 pages, 81 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DVT; AMK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 814. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292718265
- ISBN
- 9780292718265
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.99
€ 36.99
€ 33.99
Hardback. This exquisite volume beautifully reproduces and insightfully examines the most important illuminations found in French history manuscripts. Num Pages: 383 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 235 x 33. Weight in Grams: 2410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Getty Trust Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781606060285
- ISBN
- 9781606060285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.22€ 67.53
€ 82.22
€ 67.53
Hardback. This volume explores issues of black female identity through the various "imaginings" of the black female body in print and visual culture. Contributions emphasize the ways in which the black female body is framed and how black women (and their allies) have sought to write themselves back into social discourses on their terms. Editor(s): Henderson, Carol E. Num Pages: 231 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230107052
- ISBN
- 9780230107052
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardback. This essay collection builds on the latest research on the topic of theatre audiences in early modern England. In broad terms, the project answers the question, 'How do we define the relationships between performance and audience?'. Editor(s): Low, Jennifer A.; Myhill, Nova. Num Pages: 227 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; AN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230110649
- ISBN
- 9780230110649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.60€ 80.49
€ 97.60
€ 80.49
Paperback. Editor(s): Low, J.; Myhill, Nova. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Number of pages
- 218
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349293100
- ISBN
- 9781349293100
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.68€ 46.13
€ 53.68
€ 46.13
Paperback. Imagining Surveillance presents the first full-length study of the depiction and assessment of surveillance in literature and film. Focusing on Utopian genre, the book offers an in- depth account of which the most creative writers, filmmakers and thinkers have envisioned alternative worlds in which surveillance in various forms plays a key concern. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: APF; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426558
- ISBN
- 9781474426558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.90
€ 33.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. Artists, scientists, social commentators engage the thorny issue of biotechnology using a collaborative, positive approach. Editor(s): Caulfield, Sean; Caulfield, Timothy. Num Pages: 124 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: ACXJ; AG; JFMG; TCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 279 x 12. Weight in Grams: 724.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888645081
- ISBN
- 9780888645081
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.98
€ 40.99
€ 28.98
Paperback. Offers an compendium on the roots and history of the documentary film. This book takes the reader on a tour of the evolution of documentary film as an polemical, experimental and entertaining form. It gathers a wide-ranging collection of writings. Num Pages: 496 pages, 25 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 135 x 40. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571225149
- ISBN
- 9780571225149
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.77
€ 25.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. The story of the decade long, billion-dollar building boom at MIT and how it produced major works of architecture by Charles Correa, Frank Gehry, Steven Holl, Fumihiko Maki, and Kevin Roche. Num Pages: 152 pages, 220 illus., color throughout. BIC Classification: AMVD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 277 x 13. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262516112
- ISBN
- 9780262516112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 21.40
€ 21.99
€ 21.40
Hardback. Num Pages: 310 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; AB; ACV; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 503.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403932891
- ISBN
- 9781403932891
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.43
€ 129.43
Hardcover. There is extraordinary diversity, depth, and complexity in the encounter between theatre, performance, and human rights. Through an examination of a rich repertoire of plays and performance practices from and about countries across six continents, the contributors open the way toward understanding the character and significance of this encounter. Editor(s): Becker, Florian; Hernandez, Paola; Werth, Brenda G. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; HPS; JFF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 159 x 21. Weight in Grams: 582.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 326
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137027092
- ISBN
- 9781137027092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.68€ 48.05
€ 53.68
€ 48.05
paperback. There is extraordinary diversity, depth, and complexity in the encounter between theatre, performance, and human rights. Through an examination of a rich repertoire of plays and performance practices from and about countries across six continents, the contributors open the way toward understanding the character and significance of this encounter. Editor(s): Becker, F. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; HBTB; HPS; JHB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 284
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349439508
- ISBN
- 9781349439508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.68€ 46.83
€ 53.68
€ 46.83
hardcover. What did Eden look like? The photographer Lyle Gomes observes landscapes that represent the idea of locus amoenus - the pleasant place. The tradition of locus amoenus goes back to the idyllic descriptions of fictional locations, often called Arcadia, in the writings of Sappho, Apollonius, and Virgil, in the imagined period of the Golden Age. Num Pages: 96 pages, 60 duotone photographs. BIC Classification: AGN; AJB; AJC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 279 x 15. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813923826
- ISBN
- 9780813923826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.98
€ 78.98
Paperback. A fascinating demonstration of how U.S. representations of veils, harems, and belly dancers have operated as nostalgic and exotic symbols to help rationalize dominant U.S. narratives about power and progress. Num Pages: 249 pages, 14 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: ASD; HRH; JFC; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349372577
- ISBN
- 9781349372577
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.92
€ 61.92