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Practice

Architecture, Technique and Representation

By Stan Allen, Diana Agrest

This is a book of theoretical essays by architect Stan Allen, which examine the ways in which the modes of representation and techniques of realization...

2000 | Paperback: 978-9057010729 (Routledge)

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What Painting Is

By James Elkins

Unlike many books on painting that usually talk about art or painters, James Elkins’ compelling and original work focuses on alchemy, for like the alchemist,...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92662-1 (Routledge)

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Our Beautiful, Dry and Distant Texts

Art History as Writing

By James Elkins

Our Beautiful, Dry, and Distant Texts examines art historical writing as an expressive medium, capable of emotion and reflection - and therefore deserving of serious...

2000 | Paperback: 978-0-415-92663-8 (Routledge)

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Critical Vices

The Myths of Postmodern Theory

By Nicholas Zurbrugg, Warren Burt

This book of Nicholas Zurbrugg's challenging and provocative essays charts the most exciting developments in late 20th-century multimedia art.
Zurbrugg challenges Jean Baudrillard's, Fredric Jameson's, and...

2000 | Paperback: 978-9057010620 (Routledge)

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Michaelangelo: Selected Readings

Edited by William Wallace

1999 | Paperback: 978-0-8153-3795-9 (Routledge)

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VALOIS TAPESTRIES

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1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-22044-6 (Routledge)

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Understanding Art

A Reference Guide to Painting, Sculpture and Architecture in the Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque Periods

Edited by Flavio Conti, Maria Cristina Gozzoli

Understanding Art is a two-volume, fully illustrated work that strives to explain and discuss four important periods in the history of western art--the Romanesque, Gothic,...

1999 | Hardback: 978-1-57958-170-1 (Routledge)

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History and International Relations

By Thomas W. Smith

This book is a major contribution to the debate about philosophy and method in history and international relations. The author analyses IR scholarship from classical...

1999 | Hardback: 978-0-415-17865-5 (Routledge)

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