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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

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Modern period, c 1500 onwards

Hardback. Explores Soviet prosecution records to tell the hidden story of ordinary citizens who were arrested for expressing discontent during the Khrushchev and Brezhnev years. Editor(s): Kozlov, Vladimir A.; Fitzpatrick, Sheila; Mironenko, Sergei V. Translator(s): Livshin, Olga. Series: Annals of Communism. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 3JJP; HBJD; HBLW3; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 28. Weight in Grams: 748.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
annotated edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300111699
ISBN
9780300111699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.80
€ 54.49

Hardback. Explores political thinking in Europe from the Renaissance to the early Enlightenment, the late fifteenth to the end of the seventeenth century. This work gives an account of European political thought in the early modern period; and pays due regard to Hungary, and to the Scandinavian kingdoms; and further embraces the political thought of Islam. Editor(s): Lloyd, Howell A.; Burgess, Glenn; Hodson, Simon. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3JB; 3JD; HPS; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 251 x 195 x 55. Weight in Grams: 1388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300112665
ISBN
9780300112665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.02
€ 53.20

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

€ 68.02
€ 52.97

Hardback. The sleek lines and gleaming facades of the architecture of the late 1940s and 1950s reflect a culture fascinated by the promise of the Jet Age. This work draws on a vast range of sources to argue that the aesthetics of mid-century modern architecture reflect an increasing fascination with 'glamour'. Num Pages: 272 pages, 125 black-&-white illustrations & 40 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJPG; AMX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 225 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300116540
ISBN
9780300116540
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.90
€ 59.72

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
€ 31.45

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

€ 50.28
€ 40.15

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

€ 59.15
€ 50.35

Hardback. The late seventeenth and eighteenth centuries are known as the Age of Enlightenment, a time of science and reason. In this book, the author reveals the surprising extent to which Newton, Boyle, Locke, and other giants of rational thought and empiricism also embraced the spiritual, the magical, and the occult. Num Pages: 412 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; 3JF; HPCD1; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 40. Weight in Grams: 900.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300123586
ISBN
9780300123586
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.55

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

€ 88.73
€ 68.43

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

€ 65.07
€ 54.82

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

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

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

€ 53.24
€ 42.32

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

€ 53.24
€ 45.90

Hardback. Focuses on artwork produced from the 1950s to the 1970s, when Mao Zedong was in leadership. This book argues that important contributions were made during this period that require fuller consideration in Chinese art history, especially with relevance to the contemporary world. Editor(s): Shengtian, Zheng. Series: Asia Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 50 black & white illustrations + 150 colour images. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; ACBP; ACXJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 305 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1919.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300140644
ISBN
9780300140644
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.81
€ 68.20

Hardback. Explores the role of mirrors, spinning, and "neurotic" architecture - a feeling of psychological breakdown - in the work of one of America's contemporary artists, Paul McCarthy. Series: Whitney Museum of American Art. Num Pages: 80 pages, 5 black & white illustrations + 25 colour images. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; AFKN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 222 x 13. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300141382
ISBN
9780300141382
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.72

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
410
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300144932
ISBN
9780300144932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.61

Hardback. Surveys a fresh chapter in the history of environmental art, one in which space, geopolitics, human relations, urbanism, and utopian dreamwork play as important a role as, if not more than, raw earth. Series: Princeton University Art Museum. Num Pages: 144 pages, 11 b/w + 88 color illus. BIC Classification: 3JMC; ACXJ5; AFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 287 x 237 x 17. Weight in Grams: 1014.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300149289
ISBN
9780300149289
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Hardback. The spread of Renaissance culture in England coincided with the birth of the profession of architecture, whose practitioners became superior to simple builders in social standing and perceived intellectual prowess. This book explores the extent to which this professional identity was based on expertise in the mathematical arts and sciences. Num Pages: 192 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JD; 3JF; AM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 290 x 254 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300150933
ISBN
9780300150933
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 51.02

Hardback. The early twentieth century is usually remembered as an era of rising nationalism and military hostility, culminating in the disaster of the First World War. This book explores the role of artists and writers in the formation of a modern, secular peace movement in Britain, and the impact of ideas about 'positive peace' on their artistic practice. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 244 pages, 40 colour images + 100 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; ACXD2; DSBH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1124.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300151954
ISBN
9780300151954
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. A twenty-fifth anniversary edition of the author's classic study of popular religion in Italian Harlem. In the preface, it discusses significant shifts in the field of religious history and calls for new ways of empirically studying divine presences in human life. Num Pages: 360 pages, 19 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 3JH; 3JJ; HRCC7. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 126 x 24. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300157529
ISBN
9780300157529
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.60

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