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  • On the Wings of Hypothesis: Collected Writings on Soviet Cinema
    MIT Press

    On the Wings of Hypothesis: Collected Writings on Soviet Cinema

    Annette Michelson Hardcover | 18.75 x 1.88 x 23.83 cm | 256 pp MIT Press | 2020 | 9780262044493 This posthumous volume gathers Annette Michelson's erudite and incisive readings of the revolutionary films of Sergei Eisenstein and Dziga Vertov, giving readers the opportunity to track...
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  • Screening Sex
    Duke University Press

    Screening Sex

    Linda Williams Softcover | 15.57 x 2.69 x 23.5 cm | 424 pp Duke University Press | 2008 | 9780822342854 PLEASE NOTE: Features explicit pornographic images For many years, kisses were the only sexual acts to be seen in mainstream American movies. Then, in the...
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  • Beyond Document: Essays on Nonfiction Film
    Wesleyan University Press

    Beyond Document: Essays on Nonfiction Film

    Charles Warren Softcover | 15.21 x 2.69 x 22.68 cm | 396 pp Wesleyan University Press | 1996 | 9780819562906 In essays by eleven of America's foremost writers, critics, and filmmakers, Beyond Document explores the full spectrum of nonfiction film and its creative possibilities. In...
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  • Disseminating Dress: Britain's Fashion Networks, 1600–1970Disseminating Dress: Britain's Fashion Networks, 1600–1970
    Bloomsbury

    Disseminating Dress: Britain's Fashion Networks, 1600–1970

    Serena Dyer Softcover | 15.6 x 1.85 x 23.4 cm | 322 pp Bloomsbury | 2022 | 9781350181021 Fashion travels. Every new shape of sleeve, each novel method of cutting and any innovation in fabric has spread through complex networks of makers, retailers and consumers....
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  • Jacking In To the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation
    Continuum Books

    Jacking In To the Matrix Franchise: Cultural Reception and Interpretation

    Matthew Wilhelm Kapell Softcover | 15.24 x 1.23 x 22.86 cm | 230 pp Continuum | 2006 | 9780826415882 The Matrix films, along with the video games, animé and toys inspired by them, are rich with philosophical, religious and social references that cry out for interpretation. Here...
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  • Assembling the Architect: The History and Theory of Professional PracticeAssembling the Architect: The History and Theory of Professional Practice
    Bloomsbury

    Assembling the Architect: The History and Theory of Professional Practice

    George Barnett Johnston Softcover | 15.93 x 1.83 x 23.14 cm | 320 pp Bloomsbury | 2020 | 9781350126862 Assembling the Architect explores the origins and history of architectural practice. It unravels the competing interests that historically have structured the field and cultivates a deeper understanding...
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  • Michelangelo's Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael
    Princeton University Press

    Michelangelo's Design Principles, Particularly in Relation to Those of Raphael

    Erwin Panofsky Hardcover | 15.88 x 3.81 x 22.86 cm | 408 pp Princeton University Press | 2020 | 9780691165264 The first English translation of Erwin Panofsky's long-lost work on Michelangelo.In 2012, a manuscript by renowned art historian Erwin Panofsky was rediscovered in a...
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  • What Was Contemporary Art?What Was Contemporary Art?
    MIT Press

    What Was Contemporary Art?

    Richard Meyer Hardcover | 18.42 x 3.18 x 24.13 cm | 360 pp MIT Press | 2013 | 9780262135085 Contemporary art in the early twenty-first century is often discussed as if the very idea of art that is contemporary is new. Yet all works...
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  • Mysteries of the Mall and Other Essays (Non-mint)
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux

    Mysteries of the Mall and Other Essays (Non-mint)

    Witold Rybczynski Hardcover | 14.7 x 2.5 x 21.6 cm | 336 pp Farrar, Straus & Giroux | 2015 | 9780374269937 A deep exploration of modern life that examines our cities, public places, and homes.In Mysteries of the Mall, Witold Rybczynski, the author of How Architecture Works,...
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  • Spheres of Action: Art & PoliticsSpheres of Action: Art & Politics
    Tate

    Spheres of Action: Art & Politics

    Peter Osborne & Eric Alliez Softcover | 15.5 x 1.1 x 23.3 cm | 160 pp Tate Publishing | 2013 | 9781854379757 A snapshot of current debates about the relationship of politics to contemporary art, with original writings by major European thinkers. This collection of essays...
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  • Top This and Other Parables of Design: Selected Writings by Phil PattonTop This and Other Parables of Design: Selected Writings by Phil Patton
    Cooper-Hewitt Museum

    Top This and Other Parables of Design: Selected Writings by Phil Patton

    Softcover | 10.92 x 2.03 x 17.53 cm | 296 pp Cooper-Hewitt Museum | 2017 | 9781942303152 In September 2015 the world lost Phil Patton – prolific design writer, teacher and tantalising wordsmith. Patton’s insatiable curiosity, sense of humour and keen eye made for the...
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  • The Dialectics of ArtThe Dialectics of Art
    Haymarket Books

    The Dialectics of Art

    John Molyneux Softcover | 15.24 x 2.03 x 22.61 cm | 300 pp Haymarket Books | 2020 | 9781642591316 To the question of "what is art?", it is often simply responded that art is whatever is produced by the artist. For John Molyneux, this clearly...
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  • Methods & Theories of Art History (Second Edition)Methods & Theories of Art History (Second Edition)
    Laurence King

    Methods & Theories of Art History (Second Edition)

    Anne D'Alleva Softcover | 13.97 x 1.27 x 20.96 cm | 192 pp Laurence King | 2012 | 9781856698993 This book provides an accessible introduction to the range of critical theories used in analysing art. It covers a broad range of approaches, presenting individual arguments,...
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  • Futurist ManifestosFuturist Manifestos
    Museum Of Fine Arts Boston

    Futurist Manifestos

    Umbro Apollonio Softcover | 14.76 x 1.8 x 21.06 cm | 240 pp Museum of Fine Arts Boston | 2001 | 9780878466276 On February 20th, 1909, a belligerent manifesto announcing the birth of the Futurist movement appeared on the front page of the Paris newspaper Le...
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  • Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on PortraitureBeyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture
    D Giles

    Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture

    Wendy Wick Reaves Hardcover | 24.38 x 3.56 x 26.67 cm | 328 pp D Giles | 2018 | 9781911282204 Is there more to portraiture than eyes meeting eyes? Beyond the Face: New Perspectives on Portraiture presents sixteen essays by leading scholars who explore...
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  • Contemporary Art DecodedContemporary Art Decoded
    Tate Publishing/Ilex

    Contemporary Art Decoded

    Jessica Cerasi Hardcover | 20.7 x 2.54 x 26.04 cm | 208 pp Tate Publishing/Ilex | 2021 | 9781781577455 What is contemporary art, and how did art come to be what it is today? How can we understand what a work of art means;...
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  • What Comes After Farce?: Art and Criticism at a Time of DebacleWhat Comes After Farce?: Art and Criticism at a Time of Debacle
    Verso

    What Comes After Farce?: Art and Criticism at a Time of Debacle

    Hal Foster Hardcover | 14.73 x 1.78 x 21.84 cm | 224 pp Verso | 2020 | 9781788738118 Surveying the artistic and cultural scene in the era of Trump, What Comes After Farce? comments on shifts in art, criticism, and fiction in the face of...
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  • Fashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and TelevisionFashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and Television
    Berg Publishers

    Fashion in Fiction: Text and Clothing in Literature, Film and Television

    Softcover | 15.8 x 1.22 x 23.47 cm | 224 pp Berg | 2009 | 9781847883575 Fashion in Fiction examines the ways in which dress 'performs' in a wide range of contemporary and historical literary texts. Essays by North American, European and Australian scholars explore...
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  • The Artist as Economist: Art and Capitalism in the 1960sThe Artist as Economist: Art and Capitalism in the 1960s
    Yale University Press

    The Artist as Economist: Art and Capitalism in the 1960s

    Sophie Cras, Malcolm Debevoise & Cécile Whiting  Hardcover | 18.29 x 2.03 x 25.91 cm | 244 pp Yale University Press | 2019 | 9780300232707 This timely and original study transforms our understanding of the relationship between art and economics. Bearing witness to the changing economic landscape...
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  • Bleak Houses: Disappointment and Failure in ArchitectureBleak Houses: Disappointment and Failure in Architecture
    MIT Press

    Bleak Houses: Disappointment and Failure in Architecture

    Timothy J. Brittain-catlin  Hardcover | 23.24 x 16.92 x 1.75 cm | 192 pp MIT Press | 2014 | 9780262026697 PLEASE NOTE: This title has been remainder marked by the publisher - a  marker pen dot or line on one edge. See images for...
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