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Indecent Exposures Eadweard Muybridge's "Animal Locomotion" Nudes
ISBN: HB: 9780300209488, Yale University Press, October 2015
184 pp., 25.4x20.3 cm, 80 colour illus., 17 black&white illus.
Photographer Eadweard Muybridge (1830-1904), often termed the father of the motion picture, presented his iconic Animal Locomotion series in 1887. Produced under the auspices of the University of Pennsylvania and encompassing thousands of photographs...
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£55,00
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Art of Music
ISBN: HB: 9780300215472, Yale University Press, October 2015
318 pp., 28x25.4 cm, 280 colour illus.
"The Art of Music" is a handsomely illustrated and rich interdisciplinary look at the mutual influence between music and the visual arts across cultures and eras. The book sheds new light on more familiar artists at the intersection of the visual and...
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£40,00
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Naturalists at Sea Scientific Travellers from Dampier to Darwin
ISBN: PB: 9780300205404, Yale University Press, October 2015
336 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 36 colour illus.
On the great Pacific discovery expeditions of the "long eighteenth century", naturalists for the first time were commonly found aboard ships sailing forth from European ports. Lured by intoxicating opportunities to discover exotic and perhaps lucrati...
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£14,99
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Wilfred Owen
ISBN: PB: 9780300216158, ISBN: HB: 9780300153002, Yale University Press, October 2015
352 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 32 black&white illus.
One of Britain's best-known and most loved poets, Wilfred Owen (1893-1918) was killed at the age of 25 on one of the last days of the First World War, having acted heroically as soldier and officer despite his famous misgivings about the war's ration...
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£10,99
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£25,00
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Responsive Self Personal Religion in Biblical Literature of the Neo-Babylonian and Persian Periods
ISBN: HB: 9780300166361, Yale University Press, October 2015
200 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm
Works created in the period from the Babylonian conquest of Judea through the takeover and rule of Judea and Samaria by imperial Persia reveal a profound interest in the religious responses of individuals and an intimate engagement with the nature of...
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£43,00
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Martin Puryear Multiple Dimensions
ISBN: HB: 9780300184549, Yale University Press, A+D Series, October 2015
160 pp., 24.1x20.3 cm, 140 colour illus.
American sculptor Martin Puryear (b. 1941) creates work that combines the clean elegance of minimalism and the simplicity of traditional materials. His stunning sculptures explore themes of identity, ethnicity, and history, and are rich with social a...
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£20,00
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As it Were... So to Speak A Museum Collection in Dialogue with Barbara Bloom
ISBN: HB: 9780300215731, Yale University Press, October 2015
144 pp., 24.1x16.5 cm, 20 colour illus., 130 black&white illus.
The installations of the conceptual artist Barbara Bloom (b. 1951) have captivated audiences for decades. Since the 1970s, her work has consistently redefined the way in which viewers understand objects. Bloom siphons meaning from the things with whi...
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£20,00
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South China Sea The Struggle for Power in Asia
ISBN: PB: 9780300216943, Yale University Press, October 2015
320 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 32 black&white illus.
China's rise has upset the global balance of power, and the first place to feel the strain is Beijing's backyard: the South China Sea. For decades tensions have smouldered in the region, but today the threat of a direct confrontation among superpower...
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£12,99
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Asia in Amsterdam The Culture of Luxury in the Golden Age
ISBN: HB: 9780300212877, Yale University Press, October 2015
350 pp., 30.5x22.9 cm, 286 colour illus.
This lavishly illustrated catalogue discusses the Asian luxury goods that were imported into the Netherlands during the 17th century and demonstrates the overwhelming impact these works of art had on Dutch life and art during the Golden Age. Written...
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£45,00
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Sovereignty for Survival American Energy Development and Indian Self-Determination
ISBN: HB: 9780300206692, Yale University Press, October 2015
256 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 5 black&white illus.
In the years following World War II many multi-national energy firms, bolstered by outdated U.S. federal laws, turned their attention to the abundant resources buried beneath Native American reservations. By the 1970s, however, a coalition of Native...
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£35,00
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