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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. From fund-raising and owner loans to museum-artist relations to the immense effort involved in safely shipping sixty works from twenty-seven lenders in fourteen cities and five countries, this book illustrates the inner workings of one of Chicago's premier cultural institutions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 173 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226173818
- ISBN
- 9780226173818
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 79.10
€ 94.64
€ 79.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: ACXD7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 281 x 218 x 52. Weight in Grams: 2830.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226174129
- ISBN
- 9780226174129
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 87.50
€ 99.37
€ 87.50
Paperback. Clement Greenberg (1909-94), champion of abstract expressionism and modernism has been esteemed by many as the greatest art critic of the second half of the twentieth century, and possibly the greatest art critic of all time. This title assesses Greenberg's writings, and features the approaches to the man and his work. Translator(s): Holmes, Brian. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First English Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226175164
- ISBN
- 9780226175164
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.06
€ 31.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 26. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226176383
- ISBN
- 9780226176383
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.85
€ 34.99
€ 27.85
Paperback. In this book, Murray Edelman continues his quest to understand the influence of perception on the political process by turning to the role of art. Num Pages: 162 pages, 5 halftones, references, index. BIC Classification: ABA; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 135 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 162
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184012
- ISBN
- 9780226184012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.00
€ 31.99
€ 25.00
Paperback. Explores a panoply of films, from M and Rear Window to The Conversation and The Bourne Legacy, to analyze the ways in which cinema has articulated the concept of surveillance. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: APF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 24. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226201498
- ISBN
- 9780226201498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.84
€ 34.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Prominent components of Louis XIV's propaganda, the arts of spectacle also became sources of a potent resistance to the monarchy in late seventeenth-century France. The author tells the story of how the festive arts deployed an intricate network of subversive satire to undermine the rhetoric of sovereign authority. Num Pages: 324 pages, 8 colour plates, 8 halftones, 4 line drawings, 3 tables, 16 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JD; ASDL; AVGC3; AVGC9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226211558
- ISBN
- 9780226211558
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.19
€ 51.99
€ 40.19
Paperback. This text provides an interpretation of isicathamiya performance and its relation to the culture and consciousness of the Zulu migrant labourers who largely compose its choirs. It addresses issues in anthropology and looks to the future of live performance in the new South Africa. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 halftones, 4 tables. BIC Classification: 1HFM; AVGH; JFC; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 804.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226217215
- ISBN
- 9780226217215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.13
€ 52.99
€ 41.13
Paperback. Jazz is born of collaboration, improvisation, and listening. This book weaves an argument about how individuals can preserve and improve civic life in a democratic culture. It will appeal to scholars across disciplines as diverse as political science, performance studies, musicology, and literary criticism. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVC; AVGJ; CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226218212
- ISBN
- 9780226218212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. This work explores the ways in which Nazi Germany used art and media to portray their country as a champion of Kultur and civilisation. Revealing how multiple domains of cultural activity served to conceptually de-humanize Jews, this work shows how the seeds of the Holocaust were sown Editor(s): Etlin, Richard A. Num Pages: 368 pages, 62 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 3JJH; AB; GTB; HBJD; HBTZ1; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226220871
- ISBN
- 9780226220871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Translator(s): Taylor, J. C. Num Pages: 416 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; AC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 278 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244211
- ISBN
- 9780226244211
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.48
€ 44.99
€ 34.48
Hardcover. Over the past 200 years, thousands of ancient Greek vases have been unearthed. Yet debate continues about what the images depicted on these vases actually meant to ancient Greek viewers. This work demonstrates how the study of visual images will enrich understanding of the ancient world. Num Pages: 408 pages, 149 halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; ACG; AFPC; HBJD; HBLA; HDDK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226244365
- ISBN
- 9780226244365
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 99.37€ 83.18
€ 99.37
€ 83.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages, 31 halftones. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226249513
- ISBN
- 9780226249513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.34
€ 47.99
€ 37.34
Paperback. Describes the process of erecting the great cathedrals in the Gothic era. This text explains the building equipment and falsework needed, the actual operations undertaken, and the sequence of these operations as far as they can be deduced from manuscript illuminations and pictorial representations. Num Pages: 364 pages, 69 line drawings, 3 halftones, plans, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: ACK; AMN; TNK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Phoenix ed
- Number of pages
- 364
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226252032
- ISBN
- 9780226252032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.15
€ 26.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. The discovery of hundreds of botanical and zoological drawings at Windsor Castle led to a trail that led across Europe to a little-known scientific organization from 17th century Italy called the academy of Linceans (or Lynxes). This volume documents the history of their work. Num Pages: 528 pages, 83 colour plates, 89 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JD; ACQ; AGN; HBJD; HBLH; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 179 x 254 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- First Edition, Second Impression
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226261485
- ISBN
- 9780226261485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 38.41
€ 48.99
€ 38.41
Paperback. For the Tumbuka people of Malawi, traditional medical practices are filled with music. This ethnography explores a health care system populated by dancing prophets, singing patients and drummed spirits. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 260 pages, 16 halftones, 4 figures. BIC Classification: 1HFMM; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265025
- ISBN
- 9780226265025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.77
€ 37.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. A book on the critical role of music in African ritual which focuses on the Brekete/Gorovodu religion of the Ewe people. It analyzes their practices through a historical and ethnographic study of one of the dominant ritual sites on the southern coast of Ghana: a medicine shrine whose origins lie in the northern region of the country. Series: Chicago Studies in Ethnomusicology. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 colour plates, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings, 23 musical examples. BIC Classification: 1HFDH; AVGH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226265056
- ISBN
- 9780226265056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.88
€ 35.99
€ 28.88
Paperback. Representing 40 years of work with modern French art and formalistic theory, these essays cover a broad spectrum of topics, from Fry's influential promotion of post-Impressionism to art education, museums, architecture, decorative art, literature and dance. Num Pages: 452 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: AB; ACX; DNF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226266428
- ISBN
- 9780226266428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.19
€ 47.99
€ 37.19
Paperback. From Superman and Batman to the Fantastic Four and the X-Men, these pop-culture juggernauts, with their "powers and abilities far beyond those of mortal men," thrilled readers and audiences. The author shows how creators turned to science fiction to convey the reality of the paranormal they experienced in their lives. Num Pages: 392 pages, 67 colour plates, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AKLC; HRQX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 218 x 33. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226271484
- ISBN
- 9780226271484
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 26.02
€ 32.99
€ 26.02
Paperback. Treating issues of language, aesthetics, semiotics, and cognition, this book offers an evaluation and an original theory of the ways our cultural values have informed the metaphors we use to address music. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1 colour plate, 7 halftones, 95 line drawings, 76 musical examples. BIC Classification: AVA; CFG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 28. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226273136
- ISBN
- 9780226273136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.13
€ 51.99
€ 40.13