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Paperback. On September 7, 1940, the Blitz began. The strategic bombing of London, by over one thousand planes on that night alone, was recognised at the time as being a direct measure to break the country's resistance, 'softening' Britain's shores for the planned Operation Sealion. This book describes the impact that this terror had on the British people. Num Pages: 224 pages, 16 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300143355
- ISBN
- 9780300143355
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.64
€ 15.99
€ 12.64
Hardback. Charles II's first and most important parliament sat for eighteen years without a general election, earning itself the sobriquet "Long". This book is the study of this Restoration Parliament. It recovers a crucial period of parliamentary history, that helps to explain the Glorious Revolution, and opens a discussion about historiographical method. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 black-&-white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300137088
- ISBN
- 9780300137088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.31
€ 43.99
€ 31.31
Hardback. The print repertoire of the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries in England has been neglected historically. This book provides an iconographic survey of the single-sheet prints produced in Britain during the early modern era and reveals significant discoveries from this visual storehouse. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 400 pages, 270 black-&-white illustrations & 20 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; 3JD; ACN; ACQ; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 256 x 41. Weight in Grams: 2692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300136975
- ISBN
- 9780300136975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 45.57
€ 53.48
€ 45.57
Hardback. During the Georgian period there was a remarkable proliferation of seductive visual imagery and written accounts of female performers. Focusing on the close relationship between the dramatic and visual arts at this time, this book explores popular ideas of the actress as coquette, 'whore', celebrity, muse, and creative agent. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 85 b&w illustrations and 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JF; 3JH; AN; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1565.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135442
- ISBN
- 9780300135442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135435
- ISBN
- 9780300135435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardback. Looks at a neglected corner of eighteenth-century art - the funeral monument. This book demonstrates that tombs and inscriptions are of manifest worth to the student of eighteenth-century English value systems, providing as they do an archaeology of ideal types. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 256 pages, 60 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; ACQ; AFKB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 267 x 38. Weight in Grams: 2022.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135411
- ISBN
- 9780300135411
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.36€ 54.42
€ 65.36
€ 54.42
Paperback. The diverse works of architect Nicholas Hawksmoor ranged from small architectural details to ambitious urban plans. This book presents a fresh view of Hawksmoor's built and planned work. It explains why his buildings look the way they do, what contemporary events influenced his work, and how such ancient buildings as Solomon's temple inspired him. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 316 pages, 212 b&w illustrations + 144 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 281 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300135404
- ISBN
- 9780300135404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.88
€ 23.99
€ 17.88
Hardback. Only twenty-five at the time of his death in 1828, young Richard Parkes Bonington nevertheless was a seminal figure in the development of modernism in nineteenth-century French painting. This book sets Bonington's achievement in the context of the intellectual, social, and artistic ferment of high romanticism in Paris and London. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 472 pages, 60 b/w + 380 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ACVC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 333 x 255 x 51. Weight in Grams: 3154.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300134216
- ISBN
- 9780300134216
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.01€ 78.27
€ 101.01
€ 78.27
Hardback. A work of reference on the history of British architecture, containing biographical information on some 2,000 architects who practised in England, Scotland and Wales from the time of Inigo Jones (1573-1652) to that of William Burn (1789-1870) and Sir Charles Barry (1795-1860). Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 1264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; AM; GBCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 242 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1686.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300125085
- ISBN
- 9780300125085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.13€ 67.89
€ 89.13
€ 67.89
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300124903
- ISBN
- 9780300124903
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.59
€ 46.99
€ 33.59
Hardback. Offers a study of John Talman, the first director of the Society of Antiquaries and one of the most influential collectors of drawings in early 18th-century Britain. This book discusses the history of Talman's acquisitions, shedding light on the competitive nature, social practices, and aesthetic ideas of connoisseurship in England and abroad. Editor(s): Sicca, Cinzia. Series: Yale Center for British Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, 108 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ABQ; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1111.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300123357
- ISBN
- 9780300123357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.00
€ 53.48
€ 42.00
Hardback. Luxurious, beautiful, and portable, tapestry was the pre-eminent art form of the Tudor court. Henry VIII amassed an unrivaled collection over the course of his reign. This work weaves the history of this collection into the life of its owner with a narrative style. It also includes photographs that recreates Europe's greatest tapestry collection. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 440 pages, 114 b&w illustrations and 206 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DB; 3JB; ACND; AFWH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 286 x 37. Weight in Grams: 2296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300122343
- ISBN
- 9780300122343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 50.00
€ 59.42
€ 50.00
Hardback. William Powell Frith (1819-1909) was the greatest British painter of the social scene since Hogarth. This book explores Frith's place in the development of Victorian painting through a series of essays which examine how his unconventional private life informed his work, how the London crowd was depicted in Victorian painting, and more. Editor(s): Bills, Mark; Knight, Vivien. Num Pages: 191 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 287 x 20. Weight in Grams: 1316.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300121902
- ISBN
- 9780300121902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.33€ 52.80
€ 68.33
€ 52.80
Paperback. Analyzing the painting, Saint James Freeing Hermogenes, this book reexamines and confirms Fra Angelico's status as a pioneer of the representational style championed in Florence in the early fifteenth century by Brunelleschi, Masaccio, and Donatello, and shows why he was one of the great artistic minds of his age. Series: Kimbell Masterpiece Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, 3 black & white illustrations + 55 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; AFC; AGB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 191 x 8. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300121360
- ISBN
- 9780300121360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.71
€ 15.99
€ 12.71
Hardback. Presents in their broad, historical context the major events that took place in Venice in the 1570s, culminating in a severe outbreak of the plague in which one quarter of the Venetian population perished. This work sheds fresh light on the historical machine that produced the distinct civic and cultural ethos of the city. Num Pages: 288 pages, 120 b&w illustrations + 50 colour images. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 179 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300119374
- ISBN
- 9780300119374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.51€ 39.85
€ 50.51
€ 39.85
Hardback. Did Britain's permissive society start with swinging London? This title challenges the sexual myth of the 1960s, arguing that its roots lay further back in the city's dramatic cultures of austerity and affluence that marked the post-war years. It focuses on sex and urban culture through a series of historical narratives. Num Pages: 400 pages, 6 colour images & 40 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; HBJD1; JHBK5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300118797
- ISBN
- 9780300118797
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 35.54
€ 49.99
€ 35.54
Hardback. The court of France in the sixteenth century has often been seen merely as a focus of political intrigue and conflict. This book traces its evolution from a nomadic institution to a more sedentary one. It explores the political and cultural importance of the French court through seven reigns from Charles VIII to Henry III. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations (some col.), maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3H; 3JB; HBJD; HBLC; HBLH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 167 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300118513
- ISBN
- 9780300118513
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 31.22
€ 43.99
€ 31.22
Hardback. Provides a work of reference covering British and Irish art in public collections from the beginning of the sixteenth century to the end of the nineteenth. This book lists nearly 9,000 painters, with almost 90,000 paintings, in more than 1,700 separate collections. It covers those pictures that are lost, mostly as a consequence of the WWII. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 850 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AFC; AGC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 295 x 248 x 51. Weight in Grams: 2812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300117301
- ISBN
- 9780300117301
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.42€ 50.00
€ 59.42
€ 50.00
Hardback. Understanding Puvis de Chavannes (1824-1898) is crucial to reading the history of art of the late nineteenth century and the development of modernism. Often associated with classicizing imagery, he was an artist of great range. This book introduces many of his works, assesses his contribution, and restores him to the pantheon of modern masters. Num Pages: 745 pages, 1000 colour + b&w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AGB; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 309 x 258 x 67. Weight in Grams: 4732.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300115710
- ISBN
- 9780300115710
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 297.09€ 223.60
€ 297.09
€ 223.60
Hardback. Fascinating profiles of the leading architects of the 1930s during a crucial period in the evolution of modernism Series: Yale School of Architecture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 124 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JJ; AMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 18. Weight in Grams: 812.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300115659
- ISBN
- 9780300115659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.33€ 52.97
€ 68.33
€ 52.97