Art & Architecture
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Art & Architecture
Paperback. Informed, controversial, ranging from a melancholy study of rock and roll's descent into show business to a hilarious look at the spectacle that is the "Jerry Lewis Telethon, " these twenty essays offer an unusual and (ironically) entertaining study of American media by one of its foremost critics. Num Pages: 349 pages, samples. BIC Classification: APT; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810107922
- ISBN
- 9780810107922
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.27
€ 41.27
Paperback. As this work makes clear, even the most civilized among us do not know how to behave ourselves in public. This work should be of interest to dancers and dance historians interested in accurately reproducing 19th-century dance scenes and the surrounding social mechanisms. Num Pages: 225 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; ASDR; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810109131
- ISBN
- 9780810109131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. In this lively collection of essays and talks from 1967-80, Heathcote shares the findings of her groundbreaking work in the application of theatre techniques and play to classroom teaching. She provides a time-tested philosophy on the value of dramatic activity in breaking down barriers and overcoming inertia. Editor(s): Johnson, Liz; O'Neill, Cecily. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: AN; DNF; JN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810109995
- ISBN
- 9780810109995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Editor(s): Enggass, Robert; Brown, Jonathan. Num Pages: 239 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1DST; 3JD; 3JF; ACQB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810110656
- ISBN
- 9780810110656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.82
€ 29.82
Paperback. Because mask improvisation is relatively new in American theatre training, this work is designed to acquaint readers with the theory of mask improvisation and to instruct them in the techniques of the method as well. It gives a historical survey of the role masks of masks in various cultures. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ANC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 275 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810113657
- ISBN
- 9780810113657
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. With a combination of classic and new essays and perspective on the theoretical avant-garde/modernism debate in the United States, Sheppard's volume provides an insight into scholarly discourse on this debated subject. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: ACXD7; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 665.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810114937
- ISBN
- 9780810114937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Recognized today as one of the great modernist painters, Paula Modersohn-Becker was also a gifted writer, and her large body of letters and journals represent the story of her life. This volume presents the journals and every extant letter, each carefully annotated. Editor(s): Busch, Gunter; von Reinken, Liselotte. Translator(s): Wensinger, Arthur S.; Hoey, Carole Clew. Num Pages: 576 pages, 46 b&w plates. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; ACV; ACXD1; AGB; BJ; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 33. Weight in Grams: 830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810116443
- ISBN
- 9780810116443
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.09
€ 45.09
Paperback. The story of the orchestra at Auschwitz told by its conductor. Laks recounts the iconceivable spectacle of SS guards growing teary-eyed at the sound of familiar melodies and in the next moment giving themselves up to the furies of extermination. Translator(s): Kisiel, Chester Adam. Series: Jewish Lives S. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVP; 3JJH; AVH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 224 x 10. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810118027
- ISBN
- 9780810118027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.46
€ 23.46
Paperback. One of the 20th century's most original and provocative painters delivers a vivid account of a life lived as an artist among artists. Tanning reveals her life story, the mind that propelled her to live it and the other artists who inhabited it, including Giacometti, Miro and Max Ernst. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; ACXD; AGB; BG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 31. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810120853
- ISBN
- 9780810120853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Offers a sustained meditation on the role of interruption in modernity. This book departs from and elaborates an important but overlooked dimension of Walter Benjamin's discourse: the question of style as it bears upon temporality and spatiality. This work suggests that the time has come to revise existing paradigms. Series Editor(s): Perloff, Marjorie; Rumold, Rainer. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AMA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810123342
- ISBN
- 9780810123342
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.91
€ 34.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white plates. BIC Classification: ASD; B. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 36. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810125131
- ISBN
- 9780810125131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.57
€ 37.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; 3JMC; ANB; HBTD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129429
- ISBN
- 9780810129429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. "The publication also includes a DVD of video samples for each of the performances documented, discussed, and analyzed within"--Introduction. Editor(s): Johnson, E. Patrick; Rivera-Servera, Ramon H. Num Pages: 432 pages, photographs (black and white). BIC Classification: ANB; DSG; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129474
- ISBN
- 9780810129474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Based on a vast amount of archival research, Adrienne Macki Braconi's illuminating study of three important community-based theaters in Harlem shows how their work was essential to the formation of a public identity for African Americans and the articulation of their goals, laying the groundwork for the emergence of the Civil Rights movement. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JJG; AN; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 525.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810132252
- ISBN
- 9780810132252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. An overview of the Caribbean dances, from Abakua and Zouk, and the complex, fused, and layered cultures that gave birth to them. This book describes how dance shapes personal, communal, and national identity. It shows how Caribbean rhythms, dances, fragments of movement, and even attitudes toward movement reach beyond the islands. Num Pages: 432 pages, 26 b&w photos, 6 figures, 2 maps, glossary, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KJ; ASDX; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813029047
- ISBN
- 9780813029047
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.76
€ 25.99
€ 25.76
Paperback. Showcases Kirstein's knowledge of dance, painting, photography, theatre, politics, and literature and combines many of his best-known and authoritative statements with polemics and appreciations. This book also contains photographs from Kirstein's private collection - portraits of himself and other famous artists of the time. Editor(s): Jenkins, Nicholas. Num Pages: 448 pages, 37 b&w photos, index. BIC Classification: ASDL. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813029542
- ISBN
- 9780813029542
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.86
€ 35.86
Paperback. Offers facts about how to execute Bob Fosse's signature movements. This book includes a sample dance featuring Fosse's signature moves. Num Pages: 384 pages, 450 illustrations. BIC Classification: ASD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813031538
- ISBN
- 9780813031538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.72
€ 39.72
Jacksonville, Florida, was the king of the infant film industry. By 1914, fifteen major companies - including Fox and Metro Pictures - had set up shop there. This book uses first-person accounts, filmmaker biographies, newspaper reports, and city and museum archives to present a little-known aspect of film history. Num Pages: 208 pages, 19 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBFL; APF; HBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032436
- ISBN
- 9780813032436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.97
€ 31.97
Paperback. Widely regarded as the foremost choreographer of contemporary ballet, George Balanchine was a major inspiration in the world of dance. This book presents a technical explanation of the stylistic approaches that he taught in New York City between 1940 and 1960. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white tables, printed music items. BIC Classification: ASDC; ASDL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032528
- ISBN
- 9780813032528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.90
€ 25.99
€ 24.90
Hardback. During the mid-twentieth century, Brazil as a country seemed to be fascinated with modernism. This title investigates how and why modern architecture became so popular in this country, tracking the path of the dissemination as well as the economic, cultural, and political conditions that made it possible. Num Pages: 160 pages, 49 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KLSB; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813032894
- ISBN
- 9780813032894
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.92
€ 79.92