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Timpani and Percussion
ISBN: PB: 9780300095005, Yale University Press, May 2002
320 pp., 23.4x19 cm, 17 colour plates, 42 black&white illus.
A history of percussion instruments from the Old Stone Age to the present day. Jeremy Montagu, a performer, historian, and curator of musical instruments, discusses common and uncommon percussion instruments from all parts of the world, tracing their...
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£19,95
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Flute
ISBN: PB: 9780300094985, Yale University Press, May 2002
352 pp., 23.4x19 cm, 20 colour plates, 45 black&white illus.
The story of the flute in the musical life of Europe and North America from the 12th century to the 21st. It seeks to illustrate the relationship that has bound the instrument, its music, and performance technique together through eight centuries of...
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£42,00
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Personal Art of David Octavius Hill
ISBN: HB: 9780300095340, Yale University Press, May 2002
256 pp., 28.3x24.2 cm, 100 black&white illus., 30 colour illus.
David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) was a pioneer photographer, a painter and lithographer. In 1843, he entered into partnership with the young photographer, Robert Adamson, and in the next four years they took an extraordinary body of work, which has in...
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£40,00
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Mel Bochner Photographs, 1966-1969
ISBN: PB: 9780300093483, Yale University Press, April 2002
192 pp., 26.6x21.2 cm, 119 black&white illus., 40 colour illus.
Mel Bochner (b. 1940) is considered a pioneer of the Post-Minimal and Conceptual art movements. Perhaps best known for his paintings, sculptures and drawings, Bochner became deeply involved with photography in the mid- to late-1960s, although most of...
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£20,00
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Modern English-Hebrew Dictionary
ISBN: PB: 9780300090055, Yale University Press, April 2002
464 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm
This comprehensive English-Hebrew dictionary is designed for easy use, speed and accuracy. Its 30,000 entries include many contemporary technical terms, recently coined Hebrew words, and translations for common idioms. It aims to address the need of...
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£39,00
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Art and Beauty in the Middle Ages
ISBN: PB: 9780300093049, Yale University Press, March 2002
144 pp., 19.5x11.8 cm
In this volume, the Italian novelist and playwright Umberto Eco aims to present a learned summary of mediaeval aesthetic ideas. Juxtaposing theology and science, poetry and mysticism, Eco explores the relationship that existed between the aesthetic t...
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£9,99
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Goya Images of Women
ISBN: HB: 9780300094930, Yale University Press, March 2002
384 pp., 27.9x23.4 cm, 50 black&white illus., 130 colour illus.
Francisco Goya y Lucientes (1746-1828) created magnificent paintings, tapestry designs, prints and drawings over the course of his long and productive career. Women frequently appeared as the subjects of Goya's works, from his painted cartoons for th...
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£60,00
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Rethinking the Holocaust
ISBN: PB: 9780300093001, Yale University Press, March 2002
352 pp., 19.5x12.7 cm
A study of the Holocaust, evaluating accepted views of its history and meaning. Yehuda Bauer offers his own interpretation of why the Holocaust occurred and how another can be prevented. He presents opinions on topics ranging from how Jews reacted to...
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£15,99
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Painting the Word Christian Pictures and Their Meanings
ISBN: PB: 9780300092943, Yale University Press, February 2002
210 pp., 24.5x17 cm, 30 black&white illus., 70 colour illus.
In this volume John Drury brings his knowledge and experience as both priest and biblical scholar to Christian paintings and presents them to us afresh. He shows how the images in works by artists from Duccio to Velazquez have a universal quality tha...
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£19,99
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Those Delightful Regions of Imagination Essays on George Romney
ISBN: HB: 9780300094589, Yale University Press, February 2002
312 pp., 25.4x17.8 cm, 105 black&white illus., 25 colour illus.
This collection of writings by specialists from many disciplines explores a wide range of topics relating to English painter George Romney (1734-1802). The contributors to the book address not only Romney's personality and artistic practice, but also...
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£35,00
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