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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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Art & Architecture
Hardcover. The Western musical tradition has produced not only music, but also countless writings about music that remain in continuous - and enormously influential - dialogue with their subject. This book argues that the indispensable relationship between intellectual production and musical creation gave rise to the Western conception of music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 4 halftones, 7 line drawings. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226425962
- ISBN
- 9780226425962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Paperback. Kartomi first moves through a culture-specific inspection of several societies in Europe, Asia, and Africa, and then, synthesizing current ethnomusicological trends, proceeds to make a large-scale comparative study of classification schemes and the concepts which govern them. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 350 pages, 67 line drawings, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: AVR; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226425498
- ISBN
- 9780226425498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. Offers a look at the extraordinary ways that architecture mirrors our values - and shapes our everyday lives. This title gathers the best of the author's writings along with reflections on an era framed by the destruction of the World Trade Center and the opening of the world's tallest skyscraper. Num Pages: 320 pages, 83 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JMC; AM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 227 x 17. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226423128
- ISBN
- 9780226423128
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.15
€ 26.99
€ 22.15
Hardcover. On July 14, 1789, a crowd of angry French citizens en route to Bastille broke into the Paris Opera and helped themselves to any sturdy weapons they could find. This title tells the story of how this legendary opera house, despite being a lightning rod for charges of tyranny and waste, weathered the dramatic political upheaval in European history. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 colour plates, 19 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; AVGC9; HBJD; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401959
- ISBN
- 9780226401959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.97€ 49.67
€ 57.97
€ 49.67
Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; AVGC9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401577
- ISBN
- 9780226401577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.78€ 48.76
€ 56.78
€ 48.76
Hardcover. Hip-hop has come a long way from its origins in the Bronx in the 1970s, when rapping and DJing were just part of a lively, decidedly local scene that also venerated break-dancing and graffiti. This book offers an unbiased examination of how hip-hop works in people's daily lives. Num Pages: 272 pages, 3 halftones, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; AVGR; JFCA; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226395845
- ISBN
- 9780226395845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Paperback. From the 6th to the 10th century, Gregorian chants existed only in song as medieval musicians relied on their memories and voices to pass each verse from one generation to the next. This work examines how these melodies were created, memorized, performed and modified. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 222 pages, 2 music examples. BIC Classification: AVA; AVGC1; AVGD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226395807
- ISBN
- 9780226395807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.90
€ 32.99
€ 25.90
Paperback. Presents an account of the healing trance music created by the descendants of sub-Saharan slaves brought to Tunisia during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries. Part ethnography, part history of the complex relationship between Tunisia's Arab and sub-Saharan populations, this book is also suitable for students of ethnomusicology, and religion. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7 halftones, 12 line drawings, 1 map, 7 tables, 1 compact disc. BIC Classification: 1HBT; AVA; JFSL; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226392196
- ISBN
- 9780226392196
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. Chicago is a city dedicated to the modern - from the skyscrapers that punctuate its skyline to the spirited style that inflects many of its dwellings and institutions. Staging the city as a laboratory for some of our most heralded cultural experiments, this work reimagines the modern as a space of self-realization and social progress. Editor(s): Jacob, Mary Jane; Baas, Jacquelynn. Num Pages: 304 pages, 72 colour plates, 36 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBBNC; AM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 194 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1066.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226389561
- ISBN
- 9780226389561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Series: American Politics & Political Economy S. Num Pages: 206 pages, 22 figures, 19 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APT; JFD; JPA; JPVK; JPVL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 13. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 206
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226388557
- ISBN
- 9780226388557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Hardcover. Why did the history of art come into being? Is it now in danger of slipping into obsolescence? And, if so, should we care? This book proposes that we might reframe the questions concerning art history by asking what kind of writing might help the discipline to better imagine its actual practices - and its potential futures. Num Pages: 296 pages, 30 halftones, 15 line drawings. BIC Classification: AC; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226388250
- ISBN
- 9780226388250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.65€ 89.55
€ 107.65
€ 89.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 398 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 28. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226380193
- ISBN
- 9780226380193
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Erin Hogan hit the road in her Volkswagen Jetta and headed west from Chicago in search of the monuments of American land art. Her journey took her through the states of Utah, Nevada, New Mexico, Arizona, and Texas. It also took her through the states of anxiety, drunkenness, and heat exhaustion. This title presents a chronicle of this journey. Series: Culture Trails. Num Pages: 190 pages, 26 halftones, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACX; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226348469
- ISBN
- 9780226348469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.45
€ 19.99
€ 17.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; 3JH; AVGC4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226337098
- ISBN
- 9780226337098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.78€ 48.72
€ 56.78
€ 48.72
Hardcover. From our first social bonding as infants to the funeral rites that mark our passing, music plays an important role in our lives, bringing us closer to one another. This title investigates this role, examining the features of human perception that enable music's uncanny ability to provoke, despite its myriad forms across continents. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 151 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226333281
- ISBN
- 9780226333281
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: AB; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226333151
- ISBN
- 9780226333151
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.89
€ 33.99
€ 26.89
Paperback. In 1978, four musicians crowded into a cramped basement theater in downtown Seoul, where they, for the first time, brought the rural percussive art of p'ungmul to a burgeoning urban audience. This title traces this reinvention through the rise of the Korean supergroup. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 224 pages, 21 halftones, 11 line drawings, 6 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; AVGH; AVRJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Pap/Com
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226330976
- ISBN
- 9780226330976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.74
€ 37.99
€ 29.74
Paperback. Introduces Korean drumming and dance to the English-speaking world. This title offers detailed descriptions of its instrumentation, dance formations, costuming, actors, teaching lineages, and the complexities of training. It is suitable for those interested in ethnomusicology, world music, anthropology, sociology, and Asian studies. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 16 colour plates, 34 halftones, 1 line drawing, 2 maps, 13 figures, 9 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPKS; AVGW; AVRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226330952
- ISBN
- 9780226330952
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 33.53
€ 42.99
€ 33.53
Paperback. This text examines and critiques the norms, assumptions, historical conditions and institutions that have framed the development and uses of art theory. It looks at the work of major figures in the avant-garde movement, such as John Cage, Jean-Francois Lyotard and Andy Warhol. Num Pages: 370 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; ACX; AVGC6; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226328928
- ISBN
- 9780226328928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. Herder combines rationalist and empiricist thought with a wide range of sources - from the classics to Norse legend, Shakespeare to the Bible - to illuminate the ways we experience sculpture. Translator(s): Gaiger, Jason. Num Pages: 152 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; AFKB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327556
- ISBN
- 9780226327556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.93
€ 34.99
€ 27.93
Paperback. Though relatively unsung in the English-speaking world, Jean Rouch (1917-2004) was a towering figure of ethnographic cinema. This book analyses his practical filmmaking methods. Num Pages: 536 pages, 161 halftones, 3 maps, 2 tables. BIC Classification: APFB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 254 x 30. Weight in Grams: 722.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226327150
- ISBN
- 9780226327150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.27
€ 52.99
€ 41.27
Paperback. Charts the rise and fall of four of the most prominent right-wing broadcasters during the Cold War: H L Hunt, Dan Smoot, Carl McIntire, and Billy James Hargis. Num Pages: 272 pages, 32 halftones, 3 line drawings, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; APW; JFD; JPFM; KNTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226326788
- ISBN
- 9780226326788
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Paperback. The highly chromatic music of the late 1800s and early 1900s includes some of the best-known works by Gustav Mahler, Richard Strauss, Cesar Franck, and Hugo Wolf. This book builds on nineteenth-century music theory to provide an original method for analyzing chromatic music. Num Pages: 352 pages, 107 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 172 x 244 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226318097
- ISBN
- 9780226318097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 55.38
€ 65.07
€ 55.38
Paperback. This carefully researched study of America's greatest showman, huckster, and impresario is both an inclusive analysis of the historical and cultural forces that were the conditions of P. T. Barnum's success, and, as befits its subject, a richly entertaining presentation of the outrageous man and his exploits. Num Pages: 352 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ASZW; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317526
- ISBN
- 9780226317526
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.50
€ 40.99
€ 31.50