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William and Lucy The Other Rossettis
ISBN: HB: 9780300102000, Yale University Press, October 2003
352 pp., 24.2x16.7 cm, 110 black&white illus., 30 colour illus.
The marriage of William Michael Rossetti (1829-1919) and Lucy Madox Brown (1843-1894) united two of the most resonant Pre-Raphaelite family names. Their passionate and ultimately tragic relationship provides a fresh perspective on 19th-century marria...
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£35,00
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Dangerous Mind Carl Schmitt in Post-War European Thought
ISBN: PB: 9780300196498, Yale University Press, October 2003
306 pp., 21.6x14 cm, black&white illus.
Carl Schmitt (1888-1985) was one of the twentieth century's most brilliant and disturbing critics of liberalism. He was also one of the most important intellectuals to offer his services to the Nazis, for which he was dubbed the "crown jurist of the...
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£24,00
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Hamlet
ISBN: PB: 9780300101058, Yale University Press, September 2003
288 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm
The "Annotated Shakespeare" series allows readers to fully understand and enjoy the rich plays of the world's greatest dramatist. One of the most frequently read and performed of all stage works, Shakespeare's "Hamlet" is unsurpassed in its complexit...
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£4,50
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Treasures of the National Gallery of Canada
ISBN: HB: 9780300099447, Yale University Press, September 2003
288 pp., 28.5x24.8 cm, 135 illus.
Pride of place is given to the Gallery's unparalleled holdings in Canadian art, but European art – paintings, sculptures, prints and drawings – is equally well represented. Masterworks from the Inuit art collection are also included, as well as examp...
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£60,00
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Women and the Nazi East Agents and Witnesses of Germanization
ISBN: HB: 9780300100402, Yale University Press, September 2003
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 7 maps, 37 illus.
This book examines the role of women in Nazi Germany's "nationality struggle" during the 1930s and in measures to Germanize occupied Poland during World War II. Drawing on previously untapped material from Polish and German archives, as well as memoi...
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£30,00
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Surrealism and Modernism from the Collection of the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
ISBN: HB: 9780300102031, Yale University Press, September 2003
160 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 30 black&white illus., 85 colour illus.
The Wadsworth Atheneum's remarkable collection of 20th-century art is due to a succession of adventurous directors and curators. This volume showcases the museum's holdings and provides details about their acquisition. The famed Chick Austin, directo...
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£45,00
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Hudson River School Masterworks from the Wadsworth Atheneum Museum of Art
ISBN: HB: 9780300101164, Yale University Press, September 2003
180 pp., 30.4x24.1 cm, 70 colour illus., 20 black&white illus.
Hudson River School paintings are among America's most admired and well-loved artworks. Such artists as Thomas Cole, Frederic Church, and Albert Bierstadt left a powerful legacy to American art, embodying in their epic works the reverence for nature...
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£50,00
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Thomas Jeckyll Architect and Designer
ISBN: HB: 9780300099225, Yale University Press, August 2003
268 pp., 31x25 cm, 100 black&white illus., 350 colour illus.
Thomas Jeckyll (1827-1881) ranks among the least understood and most tragic Aesthetic Movement figures in England. This abundantly illustrated book explores his innovative and brilliant designs in architecture, furniture, metalwork and interiors and...
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£60,00
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Islamic Art and Architecture, 650-1250
ISBN: PB: 9780300088694, Yale University Press, July 2003
352 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 350 black&white illus., 150 colour illus.
This illustrated book provides an overview of Islamic art and architecture during a time that witnessed the formation of a new artistic culture and its first, medieval, flowering in the vast area from the Atlantic to India. Inspired by Ettinghausen a...
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£30,00
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Way to Wisdom An Introduction to Philosophy
ISBN: PB: 9780300097351, Yale University Press, June 2003
224 pp., 19.7x12.7 cm
One of the founders of existentialism, the eminent philosopher Karl Jaspers, here presents for the general reader an introduction to philosophy. In doing so, he also offers a lucid summary of his own philosophical thought. In Jaspers' view, the sourc...
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£11,99
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