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Art & Architecture
Introducing… our broad range of books on Architecture, Photography, Art Forms, Film TV & Radio, Dance and Performing Arts, Music and History of Art. In our Film TV & Radio section, we have many other sub-genres such as Books That Inspired Movies including Gone Girl, The Enigma, Fifty Shades of Grey and Foxcatcher. Our Music section includes biographies and sheet music of famous musicians past and present, international and Irish – Elvis, Taylor Swift, David Bowie, Bob Geldof, Ed Sheeran, One Direction, Bono and many more.
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Hardback. Offers an exploration of how surrealist visual production was shaped by constructions of gender and sexuality, particularly masculinity, in the 1920s and early 1930s. This book analyzes surrealist work in relation to the history of surrealism and investigates how surrealist artists and writers appropriated advertising, and sexology. Num Pages: 251 pages, 103 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACXD7; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 186 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246409
- ISBN
- 9780520246409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
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Paperback. Focuses on Benjamin Britten, one of the great British composers. Addressing urgent questions of how an artist's sexual, cultural, and personal identity feeds into specific musical texts, this title examines most of Britten's operas as well as his role in the British cultural establishment of the mid-twentieth century. Editor(s): Haggerty, George E. Num Pages: 295 pages, 15 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 295
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246102
- ISBN
- 9780520246102
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
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Hardback. Presents a volume of 453 letters written by and to composer Charles Ives (1874-1954). This book provides insight into one of the most paradoxical careers in American music history. It offers a view on Ives's personality and his creative process. It includes correspondence with musicians and critics such as John Cage, Aaron Copland, and others. Editor(s): Owens, Tom C. Num Pages: 410 pages, 31 b/w photographs, 4 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 30. Weight in Grams: 922.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246065
- ISBN
- 9780520246065
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
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Hardback. Breaking down walls between genres - classical, jazz, and popular, this book offers an integrated view of twentieth-century music. It demonstrates how Duke Ellington's music is as vital to musical modernism as anything by Stravinsky, and has had a lasting impact on jazz and pop that reaches from Gershwin to contemporary R&B. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGJ; AVGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 580. 336 pages, Illustrations. Breaking down walls between genres - classical, jazz, and popular, this book offers an integrated view of twentieth-century music. It demonstrates how Duke Ellington's music is as vital to musical modernism as anything by Stravinsky, and has had a lasting impact on jazz and pop that reaches from Gershwin to contemporary R&B. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AVGC6; AVGJ; AVGP. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 25. Weight: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245877
- ISBN
- 9780520245877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.01
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Paperback. Features several interviews, giving detailed and personal stories from veteran screenwriters of the seventies and eighties, focusing on their craft, their lives, and their profession. Looking at how movies get made, this work offers a different perspective on many of the great movies, directors, and actors of the seventies and eighties. Editor(s): McGilligan, Patrick. Num Pages: 434 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 434
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520245181
- ISBN
- 9780520245181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.28
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Paperback. Ranging from Los Angeles to Havana to the Bronx to the US-Mexico border and from klezmer to hip hop to Latin rock, this book injects popular music into contemporary debates over American identity. It covers a range of music and listeners to evoke the ways that popular sounds have expanded our idea of American culture and American identity. Series: American Crossroads. Num Pages: 319 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; JFCA; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434. Music, Race, and America. Series: American Crossroads. 319 pages. Ranging from Los Angeles to Havana to the Bronx to the US-Mexico border and from klezmer to hip hop to Latin rock, this book injects popular music into contemporary debates over American identity. It covers a range of music and listeners to evoke the ways that popular sounds have expanded our idea of American culture and American identity. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AV; JFCA; JFSL. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 319
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244245
- ISBN
- 9780520244245
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Condition: New
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Hardback. Opera performances are often radically inventive. Composers' revisions, singers' improvisations, and stage directors' re-imaginings continually challenge our visions of canonical works. But do they go far enough? This book, spanning almost the entire history of opera, reexamines attitudes toward some of our best-loved musical works. Series: Ernest Bloch Lectures. Num Pages: 179 pages, 1 b/w photograph, 21 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244184
- ISBN
- 9780520244184
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
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Paperback. Presents a genealogy of realist performance through analysis of the music hall careers and film roles of Mistinguett, Josephine Baker, Frehel, and Damia. This book offers a fresh interpretation of 1930s French cinema, emphasizing its love affair with popular song and its close connections to the music hall and the cafe-concert. Num Pages: 273 pages, 31 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press California
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520244078
- ISBN
- 9780520244078
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Condition: New
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Paperback. Num Pages: 409 pages, 62 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 409
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242715
- ISBN
- 9780520242715
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.01
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Paperback. Challenges art history from a feminist perspective. Following their "Feminism and Art History: Questioning the Litany" (1982) and "The Expanding Discourse: Feminism and Art History" (1992), this volume identifies female agency as a central theme of feminist scholarship. It also features essays on artists and issues from the Renaissance onwards. Editor(s): Broude, Norma; Garrard, Mary D. Num Pages: 486 pages, 157 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ABA; ACXJ8. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 185 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 486
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520242524
- ISBN
- 9780520242524
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.42€ 43.22
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Paperback. Num Pages: 273 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: APFA; HBJD; HBTZ1; JFFE2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 273
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241756
- ISBN
- 9780520241756
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
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Hardback. Presents a comprehensive examination of Paul Gauguin's symbolism. This book provides insights into and interpretations of Gauguin's multilayered symbolism. It is illustrated with a visual compendium of the artist's prodigious output. It offers an interpretation of recurrent images and their interrelationships in the artistic and social context. Num Pages: 384 pages, 40 color illustrations, 110 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACVT; AFC; AGB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 266 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241305
- ISBN
- 9780520241305
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
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Hardback. For a time, "Dell Comics Are Good Comics" was more than a slogan - it was a simple statement of fact. This book tells the story of the most popular American comic books of the 1940s and 1950s, those published under the Dell label. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241183
- ISBN
- 9780520241183
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.15€ 46.67
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Paperback. Looks at the haunting, melancholy horror films Val Lewton made between 1942 and 1946 and finds them to be powerful commentaries on the American home front during WWII. This study demonstrates the film-maker's interest in those who found themselves alienated by wartime society and illuminates the dark side of the American psyche in the 1940s. Num Pages: 226 pages, 57 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJH; 3JJP; APFB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241008
- ISBN
- 9780520241008
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Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 b/w photographs, 4 line illustrations, 6 tables, 44 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240285
- ISBN
- 9780520240285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.15
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Hardback. A study of the works of the composer Luigi Boccherini. In analyzing the striking qualities of Boccherini's music - its virtuosity, repetitiveness, obsessively nuanced dynamics, delicate sonorities, and rich palette of melancholy affects - it covers a historicized critical method based on the embodied experience of the performer. Num Pages: 374 pages, 10 b/w illustrations, 27 music examples, CD. BIC Classification: AVH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Har/Com
- Number of pages
- 374
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520240179
- ISBN
- 9780520240179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.03
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Hardback. Charles Willson Peale (1741-1827) produced an unparalleled body of work, including the iconic "The Artist in His Museum". He was a revolutionary soldier, a radical activist, an impresario of moving pictures, a natural historian, an inventor, and the proprietor of one of the first modern museums. This book presents his autobiography. Num Pages: 260 pages, 51 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: ACV; AFC; AGB; BG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520239609
- ISBN
- 9780520239609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.94
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Hardback. Discusses the evidence for the origins of the early Upper Paleolithic and its relationship to the origin of modern humans. With primary data from archaeological sites and regions and discussions of materials from difficult-to-find sources, this title urges readers to reconsider the process of modern human behavioral origins. Editor(s): Brantingham, P. Jeffrey; Kuhn, Steven L.; Kerry, Kristopher W. Num Pages: 310 pages, 73 line illustrations, 26 tables. BIC Classification: AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238510
- ISBN
- 9780520238510
Hardback
Condition: New
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Paperback. Amid the turbulence of political assassinations, the civil rights struggle, and antiwar protests, American society was experiencing growing affluence and profound cultural change during the 1960s. This text looks at the way in which the film industry interpreted the era. Series: History of the American Cinema S. Num Pages: 359 pages, 112 b/w photographs, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 176 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632. 1960-1969. Series: History of the American Cinema S. 359 pages, 112 b&w photographs, 6 tables. Amid the turbulence of political assassinations, the civil rights struggle, and antiwar protests, American society was experiencing growing affluence and profound cultural change during the 1960s. This text looks at the way in which the film industry interpreted the era. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPK; APFA; HBJK; HBLW3. Dimension: 251 x 176 x 21. Weight: 632.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 359
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238046
- ISBN
- 9780520238046
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Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 34.35
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Paperback. In a highly influential essay, Rose Rosengard Subotnik critiques structural listening as an attempt to situate musical meaning solely within the unfolding of musical structure itself. This title explores not only the implications of structural listening model but also alternative listening strategies that have developed in specific communities. Editor(s): Dell'Antonio, Andrew. Num Pages: 343 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 table, 15 music examples. BIC Classification: AVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 343
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237605
- ISBN
- 9780520237605
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
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Hardback. Offers feminist analysis of the phenomenon of women art collectors in America. This book shows how elite women enlisted the objets d'art and avant-garde paintings in their collections in causes ranging from the founding of modern museums to the campaign for women's suffrage. Num Pages: 328 pages, 86 b/w photographs, 12 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACV; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 192 x 263 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1098.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237292
- ISBN
- 9780520237292
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 64.66
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Hardback. Revisits some of the sensational scandals of early Hollywood to evaluate their importance for our contemporary understanding of human deviance. Num Pages: 238 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; APF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520237117
- ISBN
- 9780520237117
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 72.45
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Paperback. Lawyer, educator, novelist, radio and television scriptwriter, film director and screenwriter, wartime intelligence operative, and full-time radical romantic, Abraham Lincoln Polonsky was blacklisted in Hollywood for refusing to be an informer. This biography helps us understand the relationship between art and politics in American culture. Num Pages: 285 pages, 18 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APF; BGF; HBJK; HBLW3; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 285
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236721
- ISBN
- 9780520236721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.27
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Hardback. "Three features make this book remarkable. First, its scholarship is impeccable, unusually broad, and complete. Second, its author has a clear story to tell. Third, it illuminates the world of Late Antiquity, which is only now beginning to be understood."--Oleg Grabar, author of "The Shape of the Holy " Series: Transformation of the Classical Heritage. Num Pages: 419 pages, 60 b/w photographs, 11 line illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1FBS; 1QDA; AB; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 237 x 38. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520236653
- ISBN
- 9780520236653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.99€ 65.15
€ 83.99
€ 65.15