Arts and artists

The Society of Dilettanti: Archaeology and Identity in the British Enlightenment (Hardback - 23 Feb 2010)

The Society of Dilettanti
In 1732 a group of elite young men who had met on the grand tour formed a convivial dining club called the Society of Dilettanti. By the middle of the 18th century the Dilettanti took on an influential role in cultural matters, organizing archaeological expeditions, forming the Royal Academy and the British Museum, and ultimately becoming one of the most prominent and influential societies of the British...

By (author) Jason M. Kelly

ISBN-13: 9780300152197 ; ISBN-10: 0300152191

Price: £40.00 £31.00 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Earthrise – How Man First Saw the Earth (Paperback / softback - 2 Mar 2010)

Earthrise – How Man First Saw the Earth

By (author) R Poole

ISBN-13: 9780300164039 ; ISBN-10: 0300164033

Price: £10.99 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Modern Architecture: Representation and Reality (Hardback - 23 Feb 2010)

Modern Architecture
In this handsome book, esteemed architectural historian Neil Levine investigates for the first time the complex history of representation—the use and meaning of architectural signifiers—from the 18th through the 20th century. Using the lens of a continuous theoretical argument, Levine provides a detailed survey and critical analysis of major works by a host of modern architects, including...

By (author) Neil Levine

ISBN-13: 9780300145670 ; ISBN-10: 0300145675

Price: £45.14 £39.84 Not Available

Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie (Paperback / softback - 23 Feb 2010)

Kick-Ass: Creating the Comic, Making the Movie
Kick-Ass, the bestselling comic book series by Mark Millar (writer of the graphic novel Wanted, which became a smash hit movie) and artist John Romita Jr., is now an eagerly awaited movie set for release by Lionsgate (Rambo, Saw) in 2010. What would happen if you tried to be a superhero? What would happen when an ordinary kid in a spandex costume comes face-to-face with the criminal underworld? Cominc book fan...

By (author) Mark Millar; John Romita Jr; Jane Goldman; Matthew Vaughn

ISBN-13: 9781848564091 ; ISBN-10: 1848564090

Price: £17.99 £14.39 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Fallen Giants – A History of Himalayan Mountineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of Extremes (Paperback / softback - 2 Mar 2010)

Fallen Giants – A History of Himalayan Mountineering from the Age of Empire to the Age of  Extremes

By (author) M Isserman

ISBN-13: 9780300164206 ; ISBN-10: 0300164203

Price: £14.99 £13.49 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Animating with Stop Motion Pro (Paperback / softback - 23 Feb 2010)

Animating with Stop Motion Pro
Animating with Stop Motion Pro is comprehensive, hands-on guide to achieving professional results with Stop Motion Pro 7.0 software. Gone are the days of stop motion guesswork and waiting to see the finalized result of your meticulous, labor intensive animations. With the push of a mouse button and the Stop Motion Pro software, animators have ten times the capability of simple camera stop motion capture....

By (author) Mark Sawicki

ISBN-13: 9780240812199 ; ISBN-10: 0240812190

Price: £31.22 £30.29 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Works in Progress: Graphics for Visual Presentations (Hardback - 23 Feb 2010)

Works in Progress
Examples of the creative process in action. This book includes a wide variety of visuals, but rather than just completed graphics, the process is shown from idea to work in progress to final presentation.

Edited by Akiko Yamamoto; Yasuhiro Sekimoto

ISBN-13: 9784894447592 ; ISBN-10: 4894447592

Price: £55.00 £37.40 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Visual History of Cookery (Hardback - 2 Mar 2010)

Visual History of Cookery
A Visual History of Cookery is a review of the visual representation of food historically and globally. The book looks at food throughout the ages, the development of food branding, the culture of celebrity chefs and the stylization of the cookbook.The book is split into sections which explore the culinary traditions from Italy, France, Spain and the USA, with vibrant food photography and illustrations depicting...

Edited by Duncan McCorquodale

ISBN-13: 9781906155506 ; ISBN-10: 190615550X

Price: £38.19 £34.82 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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A Y Jackson: The Life of a Landscape Painter (Hardback - 1 Feb 2010)

A Y Jackson
Alexander Young Jackson (1882-1974) is a name that instantly conjures up images of our rugged northern landscape and the controversial Group of Seven. This is the first-ever full-length biography of one of Canada's most beloved characters, and the first to examine in one book the artist, outdoorsman, soldier, teacher, debater, writer, and outspoken defender of modern art. Jackson spent nearly seventy years...

By (author) Wayne Larsen

ISBN-13: 9781554883929 ; ISBN-10: 155488392X

Price: £35.00 £25.30 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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I Wish I Worked There!: A Look Inside the Most Creative Spaces in Business (Hardback - 19 Feb 2010)

I Wish I Worked There!
I Wish I Worked There! reveals the world’s most inspiring and innovative places to work, investigating twenty famous brands that place innovation at the heart of their culture. I Wish I Worked There! reveals the world’s most inspiring and innovative places to work, investigating twenty famous brands that place innovation at the heart of their culture. Easy–to–adopt principles facilitate the design,...

By (author) Kursty Groves; Will Knight; Photographs by Edward Denison

ISBN-13: 9780470713839 ; ISBN-10: 0470713836

Price: £39.99 £28.99 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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What is Film Theory? (Hardback - 26 Feb 2010)

What is Film Theory?

By (author) Richard Rushton; Gary Bettinson

ISBN-13: 9780335234226 ; ISBN-10: 0335234224

Price: £65.00 £51.50 UK delivery 2 to 4 days

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Interior Design in Practice: Case Studies of Successful Business Models (Paperback / softback - 19 Mar 2010)

Interior Design in Practice
Written by a former ASID national president and an eco–structure magazine editor, Interior Design in Practice: Case Studies of Successful Business Models provides a concise collection of real–world case studies of the business of interior design practice with lessons for everyone from the sole practitioner to large firms.  Interior Design in Practice provides the vital business education an interior...

By (author) Terri Maurer; Katie Weeks

ISBN-13: 9780470190531 ; ISBN-10: 0470190531

Price: £45.00 £32.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Scott Walker: Collected Pieces (Hardback - 18 Feb 2010)

Scott Walker
Collection of pieces on enigmatic genius Scott Walker Scott Walker has travelled from teen idol to the outer limits of music. From 'The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Any More' reaching no.1 through to recordings of meat being punched on his last album, The Drift, he somehow seems to have reached a passionate and committed fan base, and his impeccable critical reputation as a serious and uncompromising musician has never...

Edited by Rob Young

ISBN-13: 9781409102731 ; ISBN-10: 1409102734

Price: £18.99 £16.84 Not Available

A Version of Reason: In Search of Richey Edwards (Paperback - 18 Feb 2010)

A Version of Reason
The missing Manic - an authoritative look into the life and times of Richey Edwards, the Manic Street Prechers guitarist who disappeared in 1995. The disappearance of Richey Edwards, troubled guitarist with the Manic Street Preachers, is one of rock and roll's great unresolved mysteries. His Vauxhall Cavalier was found abandoned in a service station car park near the Severn Bridge, a notorious suicide spot, in...

By (author) Rob Jovanovic

ISBN-13: 9780752883397 ; ISBN-10: 0752883399

Price: £9.99 £7.99 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice: Architecture, Music, Acoustics (Hardback - 16 Feb 2010)

Sound and Space in Renaissance Venice
While composers of sacred music in 16th-century Venice were devising increasingly complex choral polyphony, Venetian architects began to develop new configurations of sacred space. This fascinating book explores the direct relationship between architectural design and sacred music in Renaissance Venice. Deborah Howard and Laura Moretti combine historical research into the architectural and liturgical...

By (author) Deborah Howard; Laura Moretti

ISBN-13: 9780300148749 ; ISBN-10: 0300148747

Price: £30.00 £24.50 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Ruskin on Venice: "The Paradise of Cities" (Hardback - 16 Feb 2010)

Ruskin on Venice
Venice represented John Ruskin’s ideal of civic society—“The Paradise of Cities,” where culture, government, and faith existed in creative harmony. In this elegant and compelling book, Robert Hewison traces Ruskin’s long and intricate relationship with the city. He shows how Ruskin shed his earlier Romantic vision of the city and developed a harder, clearer conception of neglected...

By (author) Robert Hewison

ISBN-13: 9780300121780 ; ISBN-10: 0300121784

Price: £45.00 £34.75 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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The Hanlon Brothers: From Daredevil Acrobatics to Spectacle Pantomime, 1833-1931 (Paperback / softback - 16 Feb 2010)

The Hanlon Brothers

By (author) Mark Cosdon

ISBN-13: 9780809329250 ; ISBN-10: 0809329255

Price: £25.50 £22.21 UK delivery 2 to 3 days

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Contemporary Art in Latin America (Hardback - 23 Mar 2010)

Contemporary Art in Latin America

By (author) Gabriel Perez-Barreiro; Edited by Nikos Kotsopoulos

ISBN-13: 9781906155643 ; ISBN-10: 190615564X

Price: £29.95 £24.47 Not Available

National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography (Paperback / softback - 16 Feb 2010)

National Geographic Ultimate Field Guide to Travel Photography
This superb practical guide to travel photography combines the best of all worlds: convenient size, comprehensive coverage, and useful, straightforward advice from the experts of National Geographic Traveler, the highest circulation magazine in its field. It’s the perfect "how-to" for anyone seeking to master the veteran photographer’s trademark skills: a strong sense of place; a swift, decisive eye;...

By (author) Scott Stuckey

ISBN-13: 9781426205163 ; ISBN-10: 1426205163

Price: £18.72 UK delivery 3 to 5 days

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Bee Boles and Bee Houses (Paperback / softback - 23 Mar 2010)

Bee Boles and Bee Houses
The evolution of beekeeping can be traced in the changing shape of the beehive and in the various structures used to house and protect it. These range from simple recesses holding one or two straw hives in house or garden walls to large free-standing buildings which could hold up to 32 hives. The wide variety of forms reflects the wealth, occupation and idiosyncrasies of owners, the increasing knowledge of the life...

By (author) Anne Foster

ISBN-13: 9780852639030 ; ISBN-10: 0852639031

Price: £6.89 UK delivery 1 to 2 days

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