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  • Early Islamic Art and Architecture

    Edited by Jonathan M. Bloom ...
    Series series The Formation of the Classical Islamic World
    This volume deals with the formative period of Islamic art (to c. 950), and the different approaches to studying it. Individual essays deal with architecture, ceramics, coins, textiles, and manuscripts, as well as with such broad questions as the supposed prohibition of images, and the relationships between sacred and secular art. An introductory essay sets each work in context; it is complemented ... Read more

    $345.99 USD

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    [Artist's Workbook]

    by Barrington Barber ...
    A stylish, easy-to-use Anatomy reference, this book is an invaluable resource for artists who want to make convincing drawings of the human figure. Clearly annotated diagrams throughout show the detail of the bone structure, the muscle layers and the surface of every part of the body. There is a section on the body in movement, as well as examples after master artists such as Michaelangelo, Ingres ... Read more

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  • Bosch

    by Virginia Pitts Rembert ...
    Hieronymus Bosch was painting frightening, yet vaguely likable monsters long before computer games were ever invented, often including a touch of humour. His works are assertive statements about the mental illness that befalls any man who abandons the teachings of Christ. With a life that spanned from 1450 to 1516, Bosch experienced the drama of the highly charged Renaissance and its wars of ... Read more

    $11.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Modernist America: Art, Music, Movies, and the Globalization of American Culture

    by Richard Pells ...

    $25.99 USD

  • Aisha's Cushion

    Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam

    by Jamal J. Elias ...
    Westerners have a strong impression that Islam does not allow religious imagery. Elias corrects this view. Unearthing shades of meaning in Islamic thought throughout history, he argues that Islamic perspectives on representation and perception should be sought in diverse areas such as optics, alchemy, dreaming, vehicle decoration, Sufi metaphysics. ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Egyptian Art (World of Art)

    by Bill Manley ...
    Series Book 0 - World of Art
    An insightful volume delving into the enduringly compelling art of ancient Egypt, from a new historical perspectiveThe art and architecture of Egypt during the age of the pharaohs continue to capture the imagination of the modern world. Among the great creative achievements of ancient Egypt are a set of constant forms: archetypes in art and architecture in which the origins of concepts such as ... Read more

    $15.99 USD

  • Touring the Screen

    Tourism and New Zealand Film Geographies

    by Alfio Leotta ...
    Following the success of prominent feature films shot on location, including Tolkien’s wildly popular The Lord of the Rings, New Zealand boasts an impressive film tourism industry. This book examines the relationship between New Zealand’s cinematic representation—as both a vast expanse of natural beauty and a magical world of fantasy on screen—and its tourism imagery, including the ways in which ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Beauty

    Edited by Lauren Arrington, Zoe Leinhardt, Philip Dawid ...
    Series Book 24 - Darwin College Lectures
    Beauty challenges conventional approaches to the subject through an interdisciplinary approach that forges connections between the arts, sciences and mathematics. Classical, conventional aspects of beauty are addressed in subtle, unexpected ways: symmetry in mathematics, attraction in the animal world and beauty in the cosmos. This collection arises from the Darwin College Lecture Series of 2011 ... Read more

    $23.99 USD

  • Corruption and Nigerian Foreign Policy (1999 – 2007)

    by Jude Uddoh ...
    Nigerias foreign policy has always been predicated on the national interest, which is reducible to the security and welfare of its citizens. Nigerias position in Africa, its teeming population and rich endowment of mineral resources including oil, all contributed to the notion of Nigerias manifest leadership in Africa and beyond. Through what became known as an Afrocentrist foreign policy, Nigeria ... Read more

    $3.99 USD

  • Public Schools of Milwaukee County

    Photographic Directory 2012

    by C.E. Osman ...
    Public Schools of Milwaukee County is a photographic directory of all the public schools of all the school districts of Milwaukee County (Wisconsin). They include primary schools, middle schools, high schools and learning centers, (active and inactive). Each school is identified by its full name, address, grade level, and information about the school name and in some cases, additional background ... Read more

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  • Timeshift

    On Video Culture

    by Sean Cubitt ...
    Series series Comedia
    Focusing on the aesthetics of video, Timeshift tests current semiotic, postmodernist and psychoanalytic approaches in the laboratory of real-life video viewing. ... Read more

    $58.99 USD

  • Theatre in Passing 2

    Searching for New Amsterdam

    by Elena Siemens ...
    This book discusses spaces of performance from formal opera houses to parks and graffiti around the world and is a companion to Theatre in Passing: A Moscow Photo-Diary. Drawing once again on Michel de Certeau’s notion of a 'second poetic geography', this new volume examines prominent theatrical destinations – New York, London, and Paris – along with others that are often overlooked, including ... Read more

    $51.99 USD