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Art & Architecture: general issues

Paperback. This essay is an attempt to reconcile the disturbing contradiction between the striving for order in nature and in man and the principle of entropy implicit in the second law of thermodynamics - between the tendency toward greater organization and the general trend of the material universe toward death and disorder. Num Pages: 72 pages, 7 b/w photographs, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138 x 6. Weight in Grams: 108. An Essay on Disorder and Order. 72 pages, Illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ABA. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
40th Anniversary Edition
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520266001
ISBN
9780520266001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.42

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, 58 Colour. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 297 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1382.
Publisher
Other Criteria
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906967604
ISBN
9781906967604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.15
€ 74.43

Hardcover. Editor(s): Turner, Fredrik K. Num Pages: 150 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 264 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
150
Condition
New
SKU
V9781626182110
ISBN
9781626182110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 230.92
€ 156.76

Paperback. Editor(s): Ruf, Beatrix; Bechler, Christina; Obrist, Hans-Ulrich. Num Pages: 264 pages, 43 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 148 x 24. Weight in Grams: 412.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
JRP Ringier
Condition
New
SKU
V9783037643501
ISBN
9783037643501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

Hardcover. Series: Detail Green Books. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 310 x 220 x 15. Weight in Grams: 935.
Publisher
Birkhäuser
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9783920034904
ISBN
9783920034904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.36

Hardback. The rich history and culture of the Arab American people is found in the passionate works of its artists. This book includes the work of several of these artists. The artists featured herein include: Susan Abdelsalam; Mahmoud Al Obaidi; Lily Bandak; Wasma Chorbachi; Nihad Dukhan; Khalil Gibran; Sari Khoury; Jayce Salloum; and Afaf Zurayk. Series: Artists of the American Mosaic. Num Pages: 336 pages, 101 illustrations (b&w). BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 184 x 24. Weight in Grams: 780.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780313337307
ISBN
9780313337307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.74
€ 84.77

Hardback. This book examines charisma as the force in art, literature, and film that engages the reader's or viewer's consciousness and inspires admiration and imitation. Thirteen chapters analyze the workings of charisma and its effects, ranging from Homer to Woody Allen. Series: Haney Foundation Series. Num Pages: 440 pages, 52 illus. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 232 x 31. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812243291
ISBN
9780812243291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Paperback. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival event Burning Man at Nevada's Black Rock Desert presents challenges to its organizers. This title tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AB; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 15. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102382
ISBN
9780226102382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.62

Hardcover. Founded on a commitment to expression and community, the annual weeklong festival event Burning Man at Nevada's Black Rock Desert presents challenges to its organizers. This title tracks how a small, underfunded group of organizers transformed into an unconventional corporation with a ten-million-dollar budget and two thousand volunteers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 15 halftones, 2 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 1KBBWN; AB; ASZP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226102375
ISBN
9780226102375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.93
€ 80.05

Paperback. This book analyzes contemporary visual art produced in the context of conflict and trauma from a range of countries, including Colombia, Northern Ireland, South Africa, and Australia. It focuses on what makes visual language unique, arguing that the "affective" quality of art contributes to an understanding of the experience of trauma and loss. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 151 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804751711
ISBN
9780804751711
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. With contributions by both artists and scholars, Embodied Politics in Visual Autobiography is a unique examination of visual autobiography's involvement in the global cultural politics of health, disability, and the body. Editor(s): Brophy, Sarah; Hladki, Janice. Series: Cultural Spaces. Num Pages: 320 pages, 17. BIC Classification: AB; APFA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442616097
ISBN
9781442616097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. Rhetorically charged debates over theory have divided humanities scholars for decades. Rodowick steps back from arguments pro and con to assess why theory has become such a deeply contested concept. Far from lobbying for a return to the high theory of the 1980s, he calls for dialogue on an ethically inflected philosophy of the humanities." Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; AC; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088153
ISBN
9780674088153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.78

Hardcover. This is the Spanish edition of "The Unbroken Thread". It details the efforts to conserve an important collection of traditional garments created by indigenous weavers in the Oaxaca region of Mexico and documents the use of the textiles in daily life and ceremony. Num Pages: 176 pages, 158ill.(145col.). BIC Classification: 1KLCM; ABC; AFW; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 274 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892363827
ISBN
9780892363827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. A review of the literature on the impact of light sources, particularly photo and reprographic flash, on art and archival materials. It should be useful to museum conservators, conservation scientists, and museum and technical libraries. Series: Research in Conservation. Num Pages: 211 pages, 2 tables, 19graphs. BIC Classification: ABC; GM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892366453
ISBN
9780892366453
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: AB; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 224 x 14. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
139
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472110
ISBN
9781611472110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, 305 colour photos. BIC Classification: AB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 276 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 646. Tricks and Tools for Master Centerpieces. 128 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: AB. Dimension: 276 x 216 x 11. Weight: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Schiffer Publishing Ltd United States
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764325137
ISBN
9780764325137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.06

Hardcover. The book proposes a novel theorisation of what happened in art after the demise of postmodernism in the 1990s, exploring select instances in art's and theory's shift of emphasis from cultural to economic relations. Editor(s): Dimitrakaki, Angela; Lloyd, Kirsten. Series: Value: Art: Politics. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; KCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381380
ISBN
9781781381380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 189.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472529404
ISBN
9781472529404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.92

Paperback. The subject is the human imagination--and the mysterious interplay between the imagination and the spaces it has made for itself to live in: gardens, rooms, buildings, streets, museums and maps, fictional topographies, and architectures. The book is a lesson in seeing and sensing the manifold forms created by the mind for its own pleasure. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; AMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262581837
ISBN
9780262581837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 17.05

Paperback. Images of suffering male bodies permeate Western culture, from Francis Bacon's paintings and Robert Mapplethorpe's photographs to the battered heroes of action movies. Drawing on perspectives from a range of disciplines, this title explores the complex, ambiguous meanings of the enduring figure of the male-body-in-pain. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: AB; JFC; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226074702
ISBN
9780226074702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.34

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