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Hardback. Provides an overview of French art circa 1500, a dynamic, transitional period when the country, resurgent after the dislocations of the Hundred Years' War, invaded Italy and all media flourished. Editor(s): Wolff, Martha. Series: Art Institute of Chicago. Num Pages: 208 pages, 190 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; ACND; AGH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 312 x 239 x 22. Weight in Grams: 1484.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300170252
- ISBN
- 9780300170252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.17
€ 52.99
€ 38.17
Hardback. Rather than simply tracing the rise of Modernism in the 19th century, this book reconstitutes the period's cultural milieu through a series of case studies written with an eye to overarching forces at play. It surveys the field as a whole and discusses the relationships between the various media in the context of an overall "visual economy". Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 colour images + 95 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 269 x 201 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1154.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300177275
- ISBN
- 9780300177275
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.74€ 44.71
€ 56.74
€ 44.71
Hardback. The French Republic - with its rallying cry for liberty, equality, and fraternity - emerged in 1870, and by 1880 had developed a coherent republican ideology. This book examines the use of naturalism in the 19th century. It also explores how pictures by artists such as Roll, Lhermitte, and Friant could be read as egalitarian and republican. Num Pages: 256 pages, 50 colour images + 200 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 281 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300179880
- ISBN
- 9780300179880
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.64€ 59.60
€ 77.64
€ 59.60
Paperback. Well-written and eminently accessible, this book explores and celebrates the Upper Palaeolithic art of the Dordogne, admirably conveying the author's enthusiasm for her subject. Num Pages: 272 pages, 38 b/w + 8 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; ACBK; ACC; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300188028
- ISBN
- 9780300188028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Hardback. From 1650 to 1900 Paris was the undisputed centre of fashion and taste in Europe. This book traces the story of Parisian decorative arts from the reign of Louis XIV to the triumph of art nouveau, through a selection of 150 masterpieces from the collection of the Rijksmuseum in Amsterdam. Series: Rijksmuseum, Amsterdam. Num Pages: 608 pages, 800 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1DDN; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; AFT; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 311 x 254 x 51. Weight in Grams: 3752.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- Slp
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300191295
- ISBN
- 9780300191295
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 250.84€ 194.20
€ 250.84
€ 194.20
Hardback. A stunning new look at the Tuileries Garden and its importance to the history of art and landscape architecture Series: High Museum of Art Series. Num Pages: 160 pages, 100 colour & black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; AMV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 311 x 21. Weight in Grams: 1504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300197372
- ISBN
- 9780300197372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.74€ 44.27
€ 56.74
€ 44.27
Paperback. Workbook provides dozens of practical, effective, evidence-based memory interventions for children and adolescents struggling with academic learning due to a weakness in one or more aspects of memory or ineffective utilization of memory capabilities. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 276 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470919972
- ISBN
- 9780470919972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.59
€ 74.59
Paperback. A companion to "Luminous Debris", this title offers readings of late Roman and early Christian ruins in the author's adopted region of Provence, sifting through iconographic, architectural, and sacramental vestiges to shed light on nothing less than the existential itself. Num Pages: 264 pages, 19 b/w photographs, 5 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBLC; HDDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520253353
- ISBN
- 9780520253353
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback. Tells the story of the Tour de France since its creation in 1903. This book links the history of the Tour to key moments and themes in French history. It examines the popularity of Tour racers, and explores how their public images have changed. Num Pages: 406 pages, 24 b/w photographs, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBT; WSB; WSQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Updated with a New Preface
- Number of pages
- 406
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520256309
- ISBN
- 9780520256309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.10
€ 33.99
€ 25.10
Hardback. In the voluminous scholarship that's been written on Paul Cezanne, little has been said about the 24 portraits in oil that Cezanne made of his wife, Hortense Fiquet Cezanne, over an extended twenty-year period. This title focuses on these paintings as a group and looks at the differences that render many of them unrecognizable as the same person. Num Pages: 320 pages, 18 color illustrations and 65 black-and-white photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; ACV; AGB; AGHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 259 x 214 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1252.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition /First Printing
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520257450
- ISBN
- 9780520257450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.81€ 65.26
€ 84.81
€ 65.26
Paperback. Based on fieldwork in Haiti and in three cities of the Haitian diaspora - Miami, Montreal, and Paris - this study offers a portrait of the power of faith for immigrants. It explores the struggles and joys of Haitian Catholics in these three very different cities. Num Pages: 302 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBBFL; 1KBCQ; 1KJH; HRCC7; JFSL1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260368
- ISBN
- 9780520260368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardback. Many think of Muslims in Europe as a twentieth century phenomenon. This book presents a lost community of Arabs who lived through war, revolution, and empire in early nineteenth century France. It tells the story of the several hundred men, women, and children who followed the French army back home after Napoleon's occupation of Egypt. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; HBJD; HBLL; HRH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 166 x 235 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520260641
- ISBN
- 9780520260641
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 73.18
€ 95.56
€ 73.18
Hardback. Presents a theoretically informed study of interactions between indigenous people of Mediterranean France and Etruscan, Greek, and Roman colonists during the first millennium BC. This book shows how selective consumption linked native societies and colonists and created transformative relationships for each. Num Pages: 480 pages, 43 b/w photographs, 52 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HDDM. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1178. Consumption, Entanglement, and Violence in Ancient Mediterranean France. 480 pages, Illustrations. Presents a theoretically informed study of interactions between indigenous people of Mediterranean France and Etruscan, Greek, and Roman colonists during the first millennium BC. This book shows how selective consumption linked native societies and colonists and created transformative relationships for each. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HDDM. Dimension: 262 x 189 x 36. Weight: 1178.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520265516
- ISBN
- 9780520265516
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.81€ 65.32
€ 84.81
€ 65.32
Paperback. From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, this title offers a look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. It follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. Num Pages: 308 pages, 15 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APB; ASZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 434. Inside the Magician's Craft. 308 pages, illustrations. From risque cabaret performances to engrossing after-hours shop talk, this title offers a look inside the secretive subculture of modern magicians. It follows the day-to-day lives of some of France's most renowned performers, revealing not only how secrets are created and shared, but also how they are stolen and destroyed. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1DDF; APB; ASZG. Dimension: 161 x 229 x 20. Weight: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520270473
- ISBN
- 9780520270473
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464. A Story of Murder in 1930s Paris. 352 pages, illustrations. On an August evening in 1933, in a quiet, working-class neighborhood in Paris, eighteen-year-old Violette Noziere gave her mother and father glasses of barbiturate-laced "medication", which she told them had been prescribed by the family doctor; one of her parents died, the other barely survived. This title tells the story of Violette. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JJG; JHB; JKV. Dimension: 221 x 145 x 22. Weight: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272729
- ISBN
- 9780520272729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Offers an exploration of the land, people, and wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy. This title presents the key role played by medieval monks, dukes, and peasant vignerons in building their respective reputations and in creating the rivalry between bourgeois Bordeaux and earthy Burgundy. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 1DDF; WBXD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 219 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350. A Vintage Rivalry. 264 pages, maps. Offers an exploration of the land, people, and wines of Bordeaux and Burgundy. This title presents the key role played by medieval monks, dukes, and peasant vignerons in building their respective reputations and in creating the rivalry between bourgeois Bordeaux and earthy Burgundy. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DDF; WBXD1. Dimension: 144 x 219 x 16. Weight: 350. Translator(s): DeBevoise, M. B.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520274556
- ISBN
- 9780520274556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.05
€ 33.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. Explores the origins and significance of the French concept of terroir, demonstrating that the way the French eat their food and drink their wine today derives from a cultural mythology that developed between the Renaissance and the Revolution. Series: California Studies in Food and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 11 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HBJD; HBTB; JFCV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520277519
- ISBN
- 9780520277519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Hardcover. A bold and insightful departure from related texts, Descartes goes beyond the categorical associations placed on the philosopher's ideas, and explores the subtleties of his beliefs. * An elegant, compelling and insightful introduction to Descartes' life and work. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233459
- ISBN
- 9780631233459
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.44
€ 107.44
Paperback. A bold and insightful departure from related texts, Descartes goes beyond the categorical associations placed on the philosopher's ideas, and explores the subtleties of his beliefs. * An elegant, compelling and insightful introduction to Descartes' life and work. Series: Blackwell Great Minds. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233466
- ISBN
- 9780631233466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.87
€ 34.87
Hardback. From romanticism through postmodernism, the imagination has become a reference point for thinking about the self, culture, philosophy and politics. How has imagination influenced our understanding of experience? This title uncovers a history of French thought that casts the imagination as a dominant faculty in our experience of the world. Series: Harvard Historical Studies. Num Pages: 298 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; HP; JFCX. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 298
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674021884
- ISBN
- 9780674021884
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.33€ 116.72
€ 131.33
€ 116.72