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Art & Architecture
Paperback. This collection of seventeen essays explores the dramatic changes in Western conceptions of the body, encompassing the cultural shifts that occurred across Empire, religion and science, from antiquity to the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 266 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: AC; AGH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 280 x 211 x 18. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- British School at Rome United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780904152449
- ISBN
- 9780904152449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 40.04
€ 43.99
€ 40.04
Paperback. Writing from the view of a building technologist as well as and archaeologist, Tony Rook takes a practical approach in this introductory guide to the building types, techniques and methodology of the Romans. Num Pages: 176 pages, 121. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX; HDDK; TNK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 237 x 11. Weight in Grams: 458. 176 pages, 121 Illustrations. Writing from the view of a building technologist as well as and archaeologist, Tony Rook takes a practical approach in this introductory guide to the building types, techniques and methodology of the Romans. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMX; HDDK; TNK. Dimension: 172 x 237 x 11. Weight: 458.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445601496
- ISBN
- 9781445601496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.17
€ 36.99
€ 26.17
Paperback. A detailed, finely researched and profusely illustrated history of clothing and fashion in the Roman Empire. Num Pages: 160 pages, 25 colour illustrations, 77 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AKTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 16. Weight in Grams: 684. 160 pages, 77 b/w and 25 col illus. A detailed, finely researched and profusely illustrated history of clothing and fashion in the Roman Empire. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AKTH. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 16. Weight: 570.
- Publisher
- Amberley
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848689770
- ISBN
- 9781848689770
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.80
€ 30.99
€ 21.80
Paperback. From the hovels of peasants to the palaces of monarchs, this book provides an architectural picture of Roman society through a study of domestic buildings. Editor(s): Barton, I. M. Series: Exeter Studies in History S. Num Pages: 214 pages, 16pp b&w plates, index, maps, glossary, further reading. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AMK; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859894159
- ISBN
- 9780859894159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.47
€ 30.99
€ 27.47
Hardback. Argues that "bad air" (mal'aria) is a neglected aspect of thinking about the city's history and as a destination for artists, visitors, and Romans both ancient and modern. This title invites alternative perspective on the city and its countryside, revisiting the history of Rome in terms of ideas about climate and the role of the environment. Num Pages: 270 pages, 50 colour images + 65 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JF; 3JH; ACQ; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 263 x 205 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1344.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300190212
- ISBN
- 9780300190212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 7.28
€ 25.99
€ 7.28
Paperback. A comprehensive and wonderfully illustrated study of Roman helmets, their changing styles, their construction and their use in combat Num Pages: 208 pages, 150. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; AFKG; HBJD; HBLA; JWM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 248 x 21. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445660097
- ISBN
- 9781445660097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.63
€ 34.63
Paperback. Accompanying an exhibition at the Yale University Art Gallery and the McMullen Museum of Art, Boston College, this book offers material that is chronologically and geographically distant from imperial Rome, the better to characterize and understand local responses and identities within the provinces as they were expressed through material culture. Editor(s): Brody, Lisa R.; Hoffman, Gail L. Num Pages: 300 pages, 75 colour plates, 125 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 26. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Mcmullen Museum Of Art, Boston College
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781892850225
- ISBN
- 9781892850225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 38.48
€ 49.99
€ 38.48
Paperback. Editor(s): Korchmaros, Emily; Heynen, Julian; Michael, Stanley. Num Pages: 192 pages, 288 colour, 3 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 268 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 948.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Verlag der Buchhandlung Walther Konig Germany
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783863352912
- ISBN
- 9783863352912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.39
€ 60.39
paperback. Translator(s): Holmes, Brian. Series: Visual Arts S. Num Pages: 128 pages, 16col.ill. BIC Classification: ACX; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 218 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Dis Voir France
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9782906571570
- ISBN
- 9782906571570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.86
€ 29.99
€ 24.86
Paperback. This book provides a general survey of Roman wall-painting from the second century BC through to the fourth century AD. Num Pages: 278 pages, 236 b/w illus. 41 colour illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: ACG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 274 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521315951
- ISBN
- 9780521315951
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.89
€ 64.89
Paperback. Polanski is one of the most talented and distinguished of modern film makers. Covering Polanski's films as director, this book addresses the eclecticism, ambiguity and paradoxes of his cinema, while seeking out the common elements in his films. It examines the autobiographical effect of Polanski's films, his characters and diverse narratives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 26 mono illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB; BGF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845112974
- ISBN
- 9781845112974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.90
€ 33.99
€ 28.90
Paperback. Discusses all the major public and private monuments in Rome, as well as many less well-known monuments in the capital and elsewhere in the empire. Kleiner examines art commissioned by the imperial elite as well as by private patrons, including freedmen and slaves. Series: Yale Publications in the History of Art. Num Pages: 489 pages, 421 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; ACG; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 285 x 221 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1640.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 490
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300059489
- ISBN
- 9780300059489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 50.79
€ 65.36
€ 50.79
Hardcover. Series: Barbican Art Gallery and Ridinghouse Curve Exhibition Programme. Num Pages: 48 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 250 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Publisher
- Ridinghouse
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909932081
- ISBN
- 9781909932081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.07
€ 17.99
€ 16.07
Hardback. This volume is the first full study of Roman strigillated sarcophagi, the largest group of ancient Roman sarcophagi to survive. Manufactured from the mid-second to the early fifth century AD, covering a critical period in Rome, they provide a rich historical source for exploring the social and cultural life of ancient Rome. Num Pages: 368 pages, 87 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; HBJD; HBLA1; HDDK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 260 x 210 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1010.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199203246
- ISBN
- 9780199203246
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 206.97
€ 206.97
Paperback. Focusing upon Hollywood's portrayal of Asian races, this study describes how social taboos concerning Orientals helped to perpetuate social and racial inequality in the USA. The author's discussion covers early silent films, later classics such as "Shanghai Express" and the recurring geisha movies. Num Pages: 272 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; APFA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520084957
- ISBN
- 9780520084957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.63
€ 36.99
€ 26.63
Paperback. Editor(s): Conrads, Margaret C. Num Pages: 136 pages, 91 illus., 90 in color. BIC Classification: 1KBBW; ACV; AFC; AGB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 281 x 17. Weight in Grams: 776.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Nelson-Atkins Museum of Art United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 136
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780615351711
- ISBN
- 9780615351711
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.91
€ 37.99
€ 33.91
Hardback. Editor(s): Seidel, Linda. Num Pages: 256 pages, 70 halftones. BIC Classification: AFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226750637
- ISBN
- 9780226750637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.53
€ 53.48
€ 45.53
hardcover. Mann examines how the financial patronage of newly empowered local rulers allowed Romanesque architecture and sculptural decoration to significantly redefine the cultural identities of those who lived in the frontier kingdoms of Christian Spain. Num Pages: 296 pages, 78. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3H; AMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802093240
- ISBN
- 9780802093240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.52
€ 89.52
Hardback. Volumes I and II bring together Professor Sauerlander's papers on Romanesque art, and complement his two previously published volumes in this series on Gothic art. Num Pages: 474 pages, 320 illus. BIC Classification: ACK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 246 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 474
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899828289
- ISBN
- 9781899828289
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.81
€ 186.81
hardcover. Two volumes collating updated versions of Professor Sauerlander's written work on Romanesque art. Subjects include: structures, problems of classification, the geography of Romanesque art, and its development in Italy and the Empire. Num Pages: 526 pages. BIC Classification: ACK; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pindar Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 526
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781899828999
- ISBN
- 9781899828999
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 190.56
€ 190.56
Paperback. Covers a hundred or so churches in ten geographical sections from Normandy and Burgundy in the north to Provence, Roussillon and Languedoc in the south. This book could be useful to travellers, and could be a reference book for all those with a general interest in the history of French architecture and sculpture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 166 b&w, 12 maps. BIC Classification: AMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900357241
- ISBN
- 9781900357241
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.32
€ 19.00
€ 15.32
Paperback. The Romanesque churches in the northern half of Spain rival those of France for their distinctiveness and originality and for their remarkable sculpture. Built mainly between about 1000 and 1200, their styles vary greatly. 120 churches in Catalonia, Aragon, Navarre and the Basque Country, Cantabria, Castile, Leon, Asturias and Galicia are covered. Num Pages: 400 pages, 262 black & white and 10 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; ACK; AMN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 212 x 23. Weight in Grams: 752.
- Publisher
- Giles de la Mare Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900357319
- ISBN
- 9781900357319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.11
€ 23.99
€ 16.11
Hardback. Rubini, Chopin, Nourrit, Liszt, Donzelli, Thalberg, Velluti, Sontag, and Malibran were prominent celebrity pianists and singers who plied their trade between London and Paris, the most dynamic musical centers of nineteenth-century Europe. This title examines how key musicians and their contemporaries made sense of musical and physical abilities. Num Pages: 280 pages, 29. BIC Classification: AVGC5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520279391
- ISBN
- 9780520279391
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 46.06
€ 59.42
€ 46.06
Paperback. Series: Short Cuts. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905674022
- ISBN
- 9781905674022
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.65
€ 25.99
€ 19.65