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Contemporary Art

Window – Interface

Eckmann Sabine, Koepnick Lutz

ISBN: PB: 9780936316222, University of Chicago Press, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, August 2007
96 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 40 colour plates

Windows both connect and divide interior and exterior, public and private spaces. Interfaces update the function of the window in today's world of omnipresent screens and digital information".Window's Interface", based on a forthcoming exhibition at...

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Contemporary Art

[Grid< >Matrix]

Eckmann Sabine, Koepnick Lutz

ISBN: PB: 9780936316208, University of Chicago Press, Mildred Lane Kemper Art Museum, January 2007
80 pp., 22.6x15.2 cm, 27 colour plates

"[Grid < > Matrix] "is the first publication in the Screen Arts and New Media Aesthetics series, a series of exhibitions and publications that explore the interpenetration of different screens of representation in contemporary culture – from the canv...

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Nature

Amazing Nature

Tropical Forest Diversity and Dynamism Findings from a Large-Scale Plot Network

Elizabeth Losos, Egbert Giles Leigh Jr.

ISBN: PB: 9780226493466, ISBN: HB: 9780226493459, University of Chicago Press, October 2004
688 pp., 23x15 cm, 170 tables, 4 halftones, 130 line illus.

Long-term Forest Dynamics Plots (FDPs) allow ecologists to explain patterns in diversity and dynamics in tropical forests around the world. In this collection, Elizabeth Losos and Egbert Giles Leigh Jr. assemble extensive standardized data – collecte...

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History of Art

What Happened to Art Criticism?

Elkins James

ISBN: PB: 9780972819633, University of Chicago Press, Prickly Paradigm Press, November 2003
87 pp., 17.8x11.4 cm

Art criticism was once passionate, polemical, and judgmental; now critics are more often interested in ambiguity, neutrality, and nuanced description. And while art criticism is ubiquitous in newspapers, magazines, and exhibition brochures, it is als...

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Philosophy

Biography & Memoires

Friedrich Hayek A Biography

Ebenstein Alan

ISBN: PB: 9780226181509, University of Chicago Press, April 2003
411 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm, 1 halftone

In the first full biography of Friedrich Hayek (1899-1992), Alan Ebenstein chronicles the life, works, and legacy of the visionary thinker, from his early years in fin-de-siecle Vienna to his remarkable career as a Nobel Prize winning economist, poli...

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Philosophy

Leading a Human Life Wittgenstein, Intentionality, and Romanticism

Eldridge Richard

ISBN: PB: 9780226203133, ISBN: HB: 9780226203126, University of Chicago Press, October 1997
307 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm

In this provocative new study, Richard Eldridge presents a highly original and compelling account of Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations", one of the most enduring yet enigmatic works of the twentieth century. He does so by reading the text...

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Mammals

Neotropical Rainforest Mammals A Field Guide

Emmons Louise H., Feer François

ISBN: PB: 9780226207216, University of Chicago Press, September 1997
396 pp., 23x15 cm, 29 colour plates, 9 halftones, 195 maps, 14 line drawings

"Neotropical Rainforest Mammals", the first color-illustrated field guide to these marvelously diverse and elusive creatures, has enjoyed tremendous success since its initial publication in 1990. Ecotourists and field researchers alike have applauded...

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Philosophy

Short Commentary on Kant's Critique of Pure Reason

Ewing A. C.

ISBN: PB: 9780226227788, University of Chicago Press, May 1996
286 pp., 20.3x12.7 cm

This concise volume is at once an excellent introduction to Kant's "Critique of Pure Reason" and an original analysis of Kant's ideas. Intended to be read in conjunction with Kant's text, Ewing's commentary systematically examines the "Critique" chap...

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Reference

Glossary of Typesetting Terms

Eckersley Richard, Angstadt Richard, Ellertson Charles M., Hendel Richard

ISBN: HB: 9780226183718, University of Chicago Press, January 1995
177 pp., 20.3x13.9 cm

"Glossary of Typesetting Terms" is an up-to-date reference book on the craft of typography. It organizes a dictionary and a style guide into a single, one-stop resource. Prepared by a team of leading professionals – a designer, an editor, composito...

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History of Art

Tekstura Russian Essays on Visual Culture

Efimova Alla, Manovich Lev

ISBN: PB: 9780226951249, ISBN: HB: 9780226951232, University of Chicago Press, October 1993
264 pp., 22.9x15.6 cm, 15 halftones, 3 line drawings, 2 figures

Fascinated by the myth of the Russian avant-garde and scornful of official art, the West has been selective in its engagement with Russian visual culture. Yet how do contemporary Russian scholars and critics themselves approach the history of visual...

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