Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Paperback. Why has opera transfixed and fascinated audiences for centuries? The authors answer this question in their scrupulous and provocative retelling of the history of opera, examining its development, the means by which it communicates, and its societal role. Num Pages: 656 pages, 24 pp colour inset. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 38. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Penguin UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141009018
- ISBN
- 9780141009018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.25
€ 25.99
€ 18.25
Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; APFA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141628
- ISBN
- 9780231141628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.05€ 90.70
€ 119.05
€ 90.70
Paperback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231141635
- ISBN
- 9780231141635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.92
€ 40.99
€ 28.92
Paperback. The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. In this book, each chapter addresses an important question: What happens when we try to express reality in two dimensions? Why is the 'Mona Lisa' beautiful and why are shadows so rarely found in Chinese, Japanese and Persian painting? Num Pages: 360 pages, 325 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; AFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 289 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2188.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500239490
- ISBN
- 9780500239490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.69
€ 46.99
€ 42.69
Paperback. Aims to introduce the general public to the scholarly debate that has revolutionized Russian music history. This work summarizes the fresh view of Russian music and provides an overview of the relationships between artistic movements and political ideas. It explores the cultural and historical milieu from which great works have emerged. Translator(s): Pomerans, Arnold J.; Pomerans, Erica. Num Pages: 441 pages, 32 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; AVGE; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 30. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 441
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520248250
- ISBN
- 9780520248250
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.42
€ 40.99
€ 29.42
Paperback. Michel Baridon traces the history of the most famous gardens in the world from their inception through the three centuries of eventful history that they have witnessed. Translator(s): Mason, Adrienne. Series: Penn Studies in Landscape Architecture. Num Pages: 296 pages, 42 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AMV; WMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222074
- ISBN
- 9780812222074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.86
€ 32.99
€ 29.86
Paperback. Aided by a comprehensive filmography and production synopses, this work recounts an overlooked chapter in American cinema, not only detailing the business operations of Hal Roach's productions but also exposing the intricate workings of Hollywood's rivalrous moviemaking establishment. Num Pages: 280 pages, 27 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809327270
- ISBN
- 9780809327270
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.52
€ 35.52
Hardback. On endpapers: labelled exploded view diagrams of harpsichords. Num Pages: 23 color illus., 229 b&w illus., 2 tables. BIC Classification: AVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1157.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253023476
- ISBN
- 9780253023476
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.99
€ 81.99
Paperback. This definitive volume, the second, largest, and most central in Newman's History of the Sonata Idea, covers the period from the first sample Italian sonatas using the new techniques of the Alberti bass about 1735 to the succession of masterpieces by Haydn, Mozart, and Beethoven which extended until about 1820. Num Pages: 923 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1393.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807838761
- ISBN
- 9780807838761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.99
€ 77.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Corbin, Alain; Courtine, Jean-Jacques; Vigarello, Georges. Translator(s): Cohen, Keith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 768 pages, 32-page color insert. BIC Classification: AC; HB; JFSJ; JFSJ2; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168793
- ISBN
- 9780231168793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.47
€ 37.99
€ 27.47
Hardback. Editor(s): Corbin, Alain; Courtine, Jean-Jacques; Vigarello, George. Translator(s): Cohen, Keith. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 752 pages, 56 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AC; JFSJ2; JHMC; JMG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231168786
- ISBN
- 9780231168786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.57€ 42.52
€ 53.57
€ 42.52
Paperback. A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Volume I offers a thorough exploration of the music of the Renaissance and Baroque eras and its aesthetic influence on the beginnings of the Classical and Romantic eras. Num Pages: 504 pages, 40 figures, 215 tables, 435 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVGC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 180 x 29. Weight in Grams: 872.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199361939
- ISBN
- 9780199361939
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 166.82
€ 166.82
Paperback. A History of Western Choral Music explores the various genres, key composers, and influential works essential to the development of the western choral tradition. Num Pages: 512 pages, 33 figures, 436 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC5; AVGC8. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199377008
- ISBN
- 9780199377008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 167.57
€ 167.57
Paperback. a total of 20 of Hitchcock's films are discussed in depth - many others are considered in passing section introductions by the editors that contextualize the essays and the films they discuss well-researched bibliographic references, which will allow readers to broaden the scope of their study of Alfred Hitchcock. Editor(s): Deutelbaum, Marshall; Poague, Leland A. Num Pages: 424 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 24. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405155571
- ISBN
- 9781405155571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 43.46
€ 44.99
€ 43.46
Paperback. The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S. Lewis. Giving an unabashedly Christian vision of hope in a world tortured by doubt and disillusionment, the two writers created works that changed the course of literature and shaped the faith of millions---now in paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: AGR; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 231.
- Publisher
- Thomas Nelson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718091453
- ISBN
- 9780718091453
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.28
€ 16.99
€ 14.28
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780884023654
- ISBN
- 9780884023654
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.42€ 59.89
€ 65.42
€ 59.89
Paperback. Challenges readers to rethink the work of a range of post-World War II artists - Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Bruce Nauman, and Agnes Martin among them - and thus to re-assess the relationship of art to politics and social life. Num Pages: 304 pages, 66 color images and 52 halftones, all scattered. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 201 x 19. Weight in Grams: 566. American Art Since 1955. 304 pages, illustrations. Challenges readers to rethink the work of a range of post-World War II artists - Jasper Johns, Andy Warhol, Maya Lin, Bruce Nauman, and Agnes Martin among them - and thus to re-assess the relationship of art to politics and social life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; ACXJ. Dimension: 155 x 201 x 19. Weight: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270978
- ISBN
- 9780520270978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.30
€ 41.99
€ 30.30
Hardcover. In 1966 the artist Tom Phillips discovered A Human Document (1892), an obscure Victorian romance by W H Mallock, and set himself the task of altering every page, by painting, collage or cut-up techniques, to create an entirely new version. This 50th anniversary edition presents an entirely new and complete version of A Humument. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 183 x 42. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Sixth
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500519035
- ISBN
- 9780500519035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.37
€ 32.99
€ 30.37
Paperback. Series: Columbia Themes in Philosophy, Social Criticism, and the Arts. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ABA; ACXJ; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231152938
- ISBN
- 9780231152938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.42
€ 30.99
€ 22.42
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752460734
- ISBN
- 9780752460734
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37