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European Intellectual History from Rousseau to Nietzsche
ISBN: PB: 9780300219487, Yale University Press, April 2016
336 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm, 14 black&white illus.
One of the most distinguished cultural and intellectual historians of our time, Frank Turner taught a landmark Yale University lecture course on European intellectual history that drew scores of students over many years. His lectures – lucid, accessi...
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£14,99
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Exploration and Discovery Treasures of the Yale Peabody Museum of Natural History
ISBN: PB: 9781933789057, Yale University Press, April 2016
128 pp., 25x15 cm, 150 colour illus.
Founded in 1866 with a generous gift from international financier George Peabody, the Peabody Museum of Natural History at Yale University has for 150 years acquired, studied, protected, and displayed its ever-expanding collections. Among the museum'...
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£17,99
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Edlis/Neeson Collection The Art Institute of Chicago
ISBN: HB: 9780300218732, Yale University Press, A+D Series, March 2016
128 pp., 28x24.8 cm, 60 colour illus.
Marking an important moment in the Art Institute of Chicago's 136-year history, this book documents an exceptional gift to the museum: the Edlis/Neeson Collection, consisting of 44 stellar works of contemporary art. Among the highlights are major pai...
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Everywhen The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia
ISBN: HB: 9780300214703, Yale University Press, February 2016
200 pp., 27.2x21.1 cm, 110 colour illus.
Indigenous concepts of time play a critical role in the works of many contemporary Australian artists. "Everywhen: The Eternal Present in Indigenous Art from Australia" showcases prime examples, featuring many works of art that have never before been...
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£35,00
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Engines of Truth Producing Veracity in the Victorian Courtroom
ISBN: HB: 9780300125665, Yale University Press, December 2015
280 pp., 23.5x15.6 cm, 4 black&white illus.
During the Victorian era, new laws allowed more witnesses to testify in court cases. At the same time, an emerging cultural emphasis on truth-telling drove the development of new ways of inhibiting perjury. Strikingly original and drawing on a broad...
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£65,00
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Essays
ISBN: PB: 9780300216806, ISBN: HB: 9780300164985, Yale University Press, November 2015
448 pp., 23.4x15.6 cm
This new selection of Thoreau's essays traces his trajectory as a writer for the outlets of his day – the periodical press, newspapers, and compendiums – and as a frequent presenter on the local lecture circuit. By arranging the writings chronologica...
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European Clocks and Watches In the Metropolitan Museum of Art
ISBN: HB: 9781588395795, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, November 2015
256 pp., 30.5x21.6 cm, 200 colour illus.
Among the world's great technological and imaginative achievements is the invention and development of the timepiece. Examining for the first time the Metropolitan Museum's unparalleled collection of European clocks and watches created from the early...
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£50,00
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Eames Anthology Articles, Film Scripts, Interviews, Letters, Notes, and Speeches
ISBN: HB: 9780300203455, Yale University Press, April 2015
420 pp., 24.8x19 cm, 94 colour illus., 129 black&white illus.
"An Eames Anthology" collects for the first time the writings of the esteemed American architects and designers Charles and Ray Eames, illuminating their marriage and professional partnership of fifty years. More than 120 primary-source documents and...
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Ennion Master of Roman Glass
ISBN: PB: 9780300208771, Yale University Press, Metropolitan Museum of Art, March 2015
160 pp., 26.7x23.5 cm, 100 colour illus.
Among glass craftsmen active in the first century A.D., the most famous and gifted was Ennion, who came from the coastal city of Sidon in modern Lebanon. Ennion's glass stood out for its quality and popularity, and his products are distinguished by t...
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Edward Ruscha Catalogue Raisonne of the Works on Paper, Volume 1: 1956-1976
ISBN: HB: 9780300209495, Yale University Press, December 2014
350 pp., 29.8x24.1 cm, 1040 colour images, 20 black&white illus.
This highly anticipated book – the first in a series of three – comprehensively chronicles the first two decades of Ed Ruscha's work on paper, which comprises the largest component of his production of original works. Over 1,000 works on paper are do...
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£120,00
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