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Art & Architecture
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674060692
- ISBN
- 9780674060692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.28€ 70.47
€ 78.28
€ 70.47
Hardback. The Eighteenth Century features a rich collection of images of Africans representing slavery's apogee and the beginnings of abolition. Old visual tropes of a master with adoring black slave gave way to depictions of Africans as victims and individuals, while at the same time the intellectual foundations of scientific racism were established. Editor(s): Bindman, David; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 400 pages, 254 color illustrations, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 3JF; ACQ; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 257 x 286 x 30. Weight in Grams: 2144.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052635
- ISBN
- 9780674052635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.00€ 97.47
€ 104.00
€ 97.47
Hardback. Black Models and White Myths examines the racial assumptions behind representations of Africans that emphasized the contrast between "civilization" and "savagery" and the development of so-called scientific and ethnographic racism. These works often depicted Africans' allegedly natural behavior as a counterpoint to inhibited European conduct. Editor(s): Bindman, David; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 384 pages, 165 color illustrations, 44 halftones. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052604
- ISBN
- 9780674052604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.00€ 93.84
€ 104.00
€ 93.84
Hardback. Slaves and Liberators looks at the political implications of the representation of Africans, from the morality of slavery, through abolitionism, to European imperialism in Africa. Popular imagery and great works, like Turner's Slave Ship, cast light on widely differing European responses to Africans and their descendants. Editor(s): Bindman, David; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 384 pages, 160 color illustrations, 43 halftones. BIC Classification: ACB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674052598
- ISBN
- 9780674052598
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.00€ 92.58
€ 104.00
€ 92.58
Hardback. Tracing commercial imagery across different products and media, this title shows how and why the 'African native' had emerged by 1900 to become a familiar figure in the German landscape, selling everything from soap to shirts to coffee. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 462 pages, 29 color illustrations, 106 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JH; AKL; HBTB; JFDV; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 870.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674050068
- ISBN
- 9780674050068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.26€ 64.46
€ 71.26
€ 64.46
Hardback. Explores how French queens and noblewomen of early modern France, used pleasure dairies to naturalize their status, display their cultivated tastes, and proclaim their virtue as nurturing mothers and capable estate managers. This title sheds light on architecture, self, and society in the ancient regime. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 336 pages, 82 color illustrations, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 23. Weight in Grams: 728.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674048997
- ISBN
- 9780674048997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.91€ 56.42
€ 61.91
€ 56.42
Hardback. Sassetta, the subtle genius from Siena, revolutionized Italian painting with an altarpiece for the small Tuscan town of Borgo San Sepolcro in 1437-1444. This book opens windows onto the creative process of the artist as he confronted a late-medieval church at a crossroad of cultures. Editor(s): Israels, Machtelt. Series: Villa I Tatti Series. Num Pages: 624 pages, 400 color illustrations, 250 halftones. BIC Classification: ACND; AFCL; AGB; AGR; AGZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 333 x 68. Weight in Grams: 4940.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674035232
- ISBN
- 9780674035232
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.03€ 110.37
€ 118.03
€ 110.37
Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032804
- ISBN
- 9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.57€ 54.59
€ 59.57
€ 54.59
Hardback. A study of visuality in early modern and modern China. It identifies three distinct constellations of visual concerns corresponding to the late imperial, mid-twentieth century, and contemporary periods, respectively. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 350 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; APF; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031746
- ISBN
- 9780674031746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.31
€ 49.99
€ 41.31
Hardback. A short flight from the Florida coast, Hispaniola offers opportunities, not just to photographers, but to evolutionary biologists as well. This book captures the variety of living creatures that have erupted in evolutionary isolation here, and the urgency of scientists racing to give that variety a name before it vanishes. Editor(s): Fernandez, Eladio. Num Pages: 400 pages, 375 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; AJC; WN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 308 x 261 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2742.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674026285
- ISBN
- 9780674026285
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.57€ 58.21
€ 59.57
€ 58.21
Hardback. Presents the story of the Dome of the Rock, the beautiful Muslim shrine in the walled Old City of Jerusalem, from the first fateful decades of its creation to its engulfment in the clashes of the Crusades and the Christianization of Jerusalem, to its modern acquisition of different and potent meanings for Muslim, Christian and Jewish cultures. Num Pages: 206 pages, 40 colour illustrations, 10 halftones, 10 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBH; AMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674023130
- ISBN
- 9780674023130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.23
€ 27.99
€ 24.23
Paperback. Traversing a range of discourse and imagery about kitharoidia - poetic and prose texts, iconography, inscriptions - this book offers an account of the aesthetic and socio-cultural complexities of citharodic song and examines the iconic role of the song makers in the popular imagination. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 230 pages, 5 halftones, 5 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; AS; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1084.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021389
- ISBN
- 9780674021389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.21
€ 20.99
€ 19.21
Paperback. Exploring classic examples of film noir such as 'The Asphalt Jungle', 'Double Indemnity' and 'Kiss Me Deadly', alongside many lesser-known works, Dimendberg interweaves film history and urban history while analysing works by Raymond Chandler, Edward Hopper and Siegfried Kracauer. Num Pages: 352 pages, 61 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; APFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 233 x 22. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674013469
- ISBN
- 9780674013469
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. Analysing the nature of the texts in the repertoire, this volume traces the history of p'ansori from its roots in shamanism and folktales through its 19th-century heyday under highly acclaimed masters, and discusses its evolution in the 20th century. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 7 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1FPK; AVGE; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674012745
- ISBN
- 9780674012745
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.22
€ 25.99
€ 22.22
Hardcover. Despite Taiwan's rise as an economic force in the world, modernity has not led to a Weberian process of disenchantment or curbed religiosity. To the contrary, other factors - social, economic, political - have stimilated religion. How and why this has happened are central issues in this book. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages, 38 figures. BIC Classification: 1FPCW; 3JJ; ASZ; HRKN; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 760.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 325
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674010970
- ISBN
- 9780674010970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 41.78
€ 49.99
€ 41.78
Paperback. This compact guide to the history and performance of music contains entries drawn and condensed from the "New Harvard Dictionary of Music" and its companion "Harvard Biographical Dictionary of Music". It is a reference for home or classroom and professional and amateur musicians. Editor(s): Randel, Don Michael. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 768 pages, 150 line illustrations and musical examples. BIC Classification: AV; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 768
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009783
- ISBN
- 9780674009783
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.27
€ 36.99
€ 31.27
Hardcover. The Samaveda contains the earliest tradition of music from India, which is largely Rigvedic textual material in a form arranged for singing in the solemn Srauta ritual. This work presents an accented edition that is based on manuscripts collected from all over India and Europe. Series: Harvard Oriental Series. Num Pages: 946 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 1FKA; 2BBA; AVGE; HRG; HRLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 263 x 185 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 946
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009356
- ISBN
- 9780674009356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.48€ 83.15
€ 93.48
€ 83.15
Paperback. "What is the real business of the critic?", Charles Rosen asks of George Bernard Shaw in one of his essays. It is a question he answers throughout this collection as he demonstrates and analyzes various critical approaches. Num Pages: 272 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGC5; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 142 x 19. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674002029
- ISBN
- 9780674002029
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Hardcover. The techniques Natalie Bray pioneered and perfected revolutionised dress pattern designing, assisting the rise of the modern fashion industry. Her teaching has had a profound influence on design, production and education and her works are classics: fashions change but the principles of designing patterns in the flat do not. Num Pages: 208 pages, 150. BIC Classification: AKTA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 288 x 227 x 19. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632065028
- ISBN
- 9780632065028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.86
€ 55.86
Paperback. Society is rapidly changing its expectations of professionals in all arenas. This book looks at the changing professional standards in health, education and the creative arts. Editor(s): Higgs, Joy, BSc, GradDipPty, MPHEd, AM, PhD; Titchen, Angie. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; JN; KCF; MBPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 172 x 16. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780632059331
- ISBN
- 9780632059331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.32
€ 108.32