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Zephaniah
ISBN: HB: 9780300140804, Yale University Press, September 1994
192 pp., 22.9x15.2 cm
With keen insight and lucid analysis, Adele Berlin brings the dramatic words of the great prophet Zaphaniah to life. Living under the tumultuous reign of King Josiah of Judah (640-609 BCE), Zephaniah predicted the final day of judgment when God would...
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£45,00
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Buckinghamshire Buildings of England
ISBN: HB: 9780300095845, Yale University Press, January 1994
832 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 64 illus.
This completely new edition reveals a county of contrasts. The semi-rural suburbia of outer-Outer London, with its important early Modern Movement houses, is counterbalanced by magnificent mansions and parks, like idyllic Stowe and the Rothschilds' e...
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£60,00
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Painting and Sculpture in Europe, 1880-1940
ISBN: PB: 9780300056495, Yale University Press, October 1993
610 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 75 colour plates, 232 black&white illus.
Traces the origins and growth of modern art, assessing the intrinsic qualities of individual works and describing the social forces in play. The book covers various areas including works of Impressionism, Cubism, Constructivism and Surrealism.
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£30,00
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Art and Architecture in Italy, 1250-1400
ISBN: PB: 9780300055856, Yale University Press, May 1993
684 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 306 black&white illus., 75 colour illus.
The 14th century in Italian art is a very rich one, and Professor White's book gives architecture equal weight with painting and sculpture. The story of the Gothic style and the prehistory of the Renaissance is given: all the facts are related, but a...
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£35,00
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Painting and Sculpture in France, 1700-89
ISBN: HB: 9780300053449, Yale University Press, February 1993
332 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 225 black&white illus., 75 colour illus.
During the last years of France's ancien regime, an outpouring of creative activity and patronage resulted in the production of many works of painting and sculpture. In this book, Michael Levey discusses the major painters and sculptors of this perio...
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£55,00
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Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
ISBN: PB: 9780300052947, Yale University Press, May 1992
554 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 406 colour and black&white illus.
Presents an overall view of the history and changing character of Early Christian and Byzantine architecture, from Rome and Milan to North Africa, Constantinople, Greece and the Balkans and from Egypt and Jerusalem to the villages and monasteries of...
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£35,00
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Arts in Prehistoric Greece
ISBN: PB: 9780300052879, Yale University Press, May 1992
311 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 237 colour and black&white illus.
A survey of how the Aegean peoples expressed themselves during a period of some 5000 years after the end of the Bronze Age (circa 1100 BC), and before the rise of Greek art. Work produced in the ambience of the palaces of Crete (including the palace...
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£35,00
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Prehistoric Art in Europe
ISBN: PB: 9780300052862, Yale University Press, May 1992
508 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 442 colour and black&white illus.
Until around 10,000 BC art in Europe appears to have been in advance of the rest of the world and throws light on the total history of early man. The great masterpieces of cave-painting at Lascaux are well known, and one tradition of early sculpture...
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£35,00
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Sculpture in Britain, 1530-1830
ISBN: PB: 9780300053180, ISBN: HB: 9780300053173, Yale University Press, May 1992
522 pp., 28.4x21.4 cm, 318 colour and black&white illus.
This comprehensive survey of sculpture in Britain from the Reformation to the accession of Queen Victoria aims to shed light on English taste in the period. It examines the family tomb and the portrait bust, the forms of sculpture most favoured in Br...
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£35,00
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£40,00
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Highlands and Islands Buildings of Scotland
ISBN: HB: 9780300096255, Yale University Press, January 1992
686 pp., 21.6x12.1 cm, 64 illus.
This volume covers the vast area of the Highland region, the Western Isles, Orkney and Shetland and highlights buildings and monuments as varied as its landscapes: brochs, cairns and ceremonial settings of standing stones; cathedrals and abbeys, both...
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£60,00
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