Human made objects depicted in the arts Books
Anthroposophic Press Inc The Inner Nature of Color Studies on the
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£21.38
Isola Press Bunker Research The hidden history of modernism
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£24.30
Benton Buckley Books New View
£45.55
Pen & Sword Books Ltd The Royal Navy in Action
Book SynopsisSuperb collection of art work depicting the Royal Navy at war and in peace.
£37.60
Peter Lang Publishing Inc Representation of Artificial Intelligence in the
Book SynopsisRepresentation of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts, Vol. 1: Androids, Golems, and Prometheus addresses the way in which artificial intelligence, mechanical anthropoids, Golems, and similar types of robots are represented in contemporary culture. These can be seen both in literature and in the cinema. This book does not seek to define or contain what artificial intelligence is. Rather, it argues our own limitations limit the possibilities and potentials of artificial intelligence. Representation of Artificial Intelligence in the Arts, Vol. 1 makes it clear these imaginaries have more to do with what we are as a society and individuals than with the parameters that these creations actually have.Table of ContentsAcknowledgments – Jorge Monteleone: Foreword to the Spanish Version: Phantom in the Machine – Luisa Futoransky: Foreword to the English Version – Introduction – From Golems to Androids – The Modern Robot – When Robots Become Us – Conclusion – Bibliography.
£65.34
State University of New York Press The Life and Death of Buffalos Great Northern
Book SynopsisA stunning visual memorial to Buffalo''s architectural and industrial history.Archer Daniels Midland got lucky the night of December 11, 2021: a fierce winter wind took out a third of the brick wall of Buffalo''s Great Northern Grain Elevator. ADM had wanted to demolish the building since 1993, but each of its demolition requests to the city had been blocked. Six days after the storm, with no public hearings, the building was condemned. A unique piece of Buffalo''s economic and global architectural history was gone.Grain elevators are part of Buffalo''s-and the nation''s-architectural heritage. Unlike earlier wooden structures, the Great Northern was made of steel; it was fireproof. The steel bins kept the grain dry and the rats out. The entire steel structure was riveted and bolted into a single entity. The Great Northern couldn''t burn down or blow up; it couldn''t be knocked down, and it was incapable of falling down. When the Great Northern was completed seven months after the shovels broke ground, it was the largest grain elevator in the world. It was built to last, and last it did until the eight-month task of tearing it apart began on September 16, 2022.Photographer and activist Bruce Jackson documents the story of this key architectural landmark through text, documents, and his own photographs taken over a period of several decades to tell this tragic story that will appeal to anyone interested in the history and preservation of America''s industrial culture.
£22.96
Pelican Publishing Co New Orleans Historic Homes
Book SynopsisIconic abodes, inside and out, from across the city. The Crescent City's rich cultural heritage is preserved in its grand houses. This collection of essays and photographs features homes from all over the city, from the French Quarter to the Garden District to River Ridge. It shares the stories of current and former residents and explains how modern designs nurture the spirit of the past. Stunning photographs provide a window into New Orleans's magnificent history.
£26.34
History Press Historic Bridges of Southeast Minnesota
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Chaldean Catholic Church
£20.16
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Forgotten San Diego
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing (SC) LatinGreek Institute at City University of New York
£19.88
Arcadia Publishing (SC) James K. Polk Home and Museum
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£20.48
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Las Vegas
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£19.99
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Portlands Historic Houses of Worship
£19.73
Arcadia Publishing (SC) Fort Whipple
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£19.88
Edinburgh University Press Shoe Reels
Book SynopsisExamining the special relationship between footwear and film, Shoe Reelsexplores images of shoes in cinema.It questions what shoes mean in the context of narrative, aesthetics and symbolism, why they are so memorable, and what their wider cultural resonances might be.
£85.50
New York University Press The Landmarks of New York
Book SynopsisAs the definitive resource on the architectural history of New York City, The Landmarks of New York documents and illustrates the 1,352 individual landmarks and 135 historic districts that have been accorded landmark status by the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission since its establishment in 1965. Arranged chronologically by date of construction, the book offers a sequential overview of the city's architectural history and richness, presenting a broad range of styles and building types: colonial farmhouses, Gilded Age mansions, churches, schools, libraries, museums, and the great twentieth-century skyscrapers that are recognized throughout the world. That so many of these structures have endured is due, in large measure, to the efforts of the New York City Landmarks Preservation Commission and hundreds of private sector preservation organizations, large and small. Since the commission was established, New York City has become the leader of the preservation movement in the Trade Review"A spectacular book.Diamonstein-Spielvogel has proven that New York City cares deeply about its past and its connections to the present and future." * Gotham Magazine *"To read this book from cover to cover is to reread the past 400 years of New York history.Highly recommended." * Library Journal *
£237.57
Manchester University Press Painting Dublin, 1886–1949: Visualising a
Book SynopsisDelving into a hitherto unexplored aspect of Irish art history, Painting Dublin, 1886–1949 examines the depiction of Dublin by artists from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Artists’ representations of the city have long been markers of civic pride and identity, yet in Ireland such artworks have been overlooked in favour of the rural and pastoral. Framed by the shift from city of empire to capital of an independent republic, this book examines artworks by Walter Osborne, Rose Barton, Jack B. Yeats, Harry Kernoff, Estella Solomons and Flora Mitchell, encompassing a variety of urban views and artistic themes. While Dublin is already renowned for its representation in literature, this book will demonstrate the many attractions it held for Ireland’s artists, offering a vivid visualisation of the city’s streets and inhabitants at a crucial time in its history.Trade Review'A rich - and enriching - volume, informed by an obvious love of the city.'Sunday Times Culture'At heart an academic text ... Painting Dublin is also a good read due to Milligan’s engaging style and passion for her subject.'Irish Times Honorable Mention in the ACIS Michael J Durkan Prize for Books on Language and Culture -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Painting Dublin, from Empire to Republic, 1886–1949 1 Poverty, parks and painting2 Fog, gas and the picturesque 3 Dockers, swimmers and dancers 4 Radicals, workers and drinkers 5 Glamourous, old and vanishing DublinConclusionIndex
£76.50
Manchester University Press Painting Dublin, 1886–1949: Visualising a
Book SynopsisDelving into a hitherto unexplored aspect of Irish art history, Painting Dublin, 1886–1949 examines the depiction of Dublin by artists from the late-nineteenth to the mid-twentieth century. Artists’ representations of the city have long been markers of civic pride and identity, yet in Ireland such artworks have been overlooked in favour of the rural and pastoral. Framed by the shift from city of empire to capital of an independent republic, this book examines artworks by Walter Osborne, Rose Barton, Jack B. Yeats, Harry Kernoff, Estella Solomons and Flora Mitchell, encompassing a variety of urban views and artistic themes. While Dublin is already renowned for its representation in literature, this book will demonstrate the many attractions it held for Ireland’s artists, offering a vivid visualisation of the city’s streets and inhabitants at a crucial time in its history.Trade Review'A rich - and enriching - volume, informed by an obvious love of the city.'Sunday Times Culture'At heart an academic text ... Painting Dublin is also a good read due to Milligan’s engaging style and passion for her subject.'Irish Times Honorable Mention in the ACIS Michael J Durkan Prize for Books on Language and Culture -- .Table of ContentsIntroduction: Painting Dublin, from Empire to Republic, 1886–1949 1 Poverty, parks and painting2 Fog, gas and the picturesque 3 Dockers, swimmers and dancers 4 Radicals, workers and drinkers 5 Glamourous, old and vanishing DublinConclusionIndex
£26.00
Manchester University Press The Machinic City
Book SynopsisThe machinic city reveals the potential of performance art to create spaces for reflection and deliberation on contemporary urban living and to speculate on the future of cities. It analyses several case studies of performance art that foreground new modes of subjectivity emerging from hybrids of human and machine agency. -- .
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Pen & Sword Books Ltd Fighting in the Sky: The Story in Art
Book SynopsisBarely a decade passed from the Wright Brothers' first powered flight to aircraft becoming lethal instruments of war. The Royal Flying Corps and Royal Naval Air Service took off in the very early days of The Great War and captured the public's imagination and admiration. Sydney and Richard Carline happened to be both pilots and artists as was Frenchman Henri Farre. Their works inspired celebrated painters like Sir John Lavery who took to the skies in an airship in the First World War. Feeding on the demand for works depicting this new dimension of warfighting, a new genre of art was born which has remained popular ever since. During the Second World War, the paintings of Paul Nash stood out as did Eric Ravilions who, ironically, died in an air crash. War artist Albert Richards dropped with British paratroopers on D-Day. Post-war, paintings by leading British and international artists graphically illustrate conflicts such as the Falklands, Bosnia and the Gulf War. John Fairley has brought together a dazzling collection of art works covering over 100 years of air warfare, enhanced by lively and informative text. The result is a book that is visually and historically satisfying.
£25.50
Fordham University Press Postindustrial DIY: Recovering American Rust Belt
Book SynopsisChronicles grassroots efforts to recover, rebuild, and enjoy architecturally iconic but economically obsolete places in the American Rust Belt. A pioneering Detroit automobile factory. A legendary iron mill at the edge of Pittsburgh. A campus of concrete grain elevators in Buffalo. Two monumental train stations, one in Buffalo, the other in Detroit. These once-noble sites have since fallen from their towering grace. As local elected leaders did everything they could to destroy what was left of these places, citizens saw beauty and utility in these industrial ruins and felt compelled to act. Postindustrial DIY tells their stories. The culmination of more than a dozen years of on-the-ground investigation, ethnography, and historical analysis, author and urbanist Daniel Campo immerses the reader in this postindustrial landscape, weaving the perspectives of dozens of DIY protagonists as well as architects, planners, and preservationists. Working without capital, expertise, and sometimes permission in a milieu dominated by powerful political and economic interests, these do-it-yourself actors are driven by passion and a sense of civic duty rather than by profit or political expediency. They have craftily remade these sites into collective preservation projects and democratic grounds for arts and culture, environmental engagement, regional celebrations, itinerant play, and in-the-moment constructions. Their projects are generating excitement about the prospect of Rust Belt life, even as they often remain invisible to the uninformed passerby and fall short of professional preservation or environmental reclamation standards. Demonstrating that there is no such thing as a site that is “too far gone” to save or reuse, Postindustrial DIY is rich with case studies that demonstrate how great architecture is not simply for the elites or the wealthy. The citizen preservationists and urbanists described in this book offer looser, more playful, and often more publicly satisfying alternatives to the development practices that have transformed iconic sites into expensive real estate or a clean slate for the next profitable endeavor. Transcending the disciplinary boundaries of architecture, historic preservation, city planning, and landscape architecture, Postindustrial DIY suggests new ways to engage, adapt, and preserve architecturally compelling sites and bottom-up strategies for Rust Belt revival.Table of ContentsPrologue: A Postindustrial View from the Northeast Corridor | 3 1. Recovering Postindustrial Places | 25 2. Buffalo’s Central Terminal | 63 3. Silo City | 119 4. The Carrie Blast Furnaces | 177 5. The Packard Automotive Factory | 231 6. Michigan Central Station | 295 7. The Beginning or End of Postindustrial DIY? | 361 Acknowledgments | 383 Notes | 385 Index | 419
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ME - Fordham University Press On the High Line
Book SynopsisThe most comprehensive, up-to-date, and acclaimed guide to the High Line by the leading expert on the history of the parknow in a fully revised editionBuilt atop a former freight railroad, the park in the sky is regularly cited as one of the premiere examples of adaptive reuse and quickly became one of New York's most popular destinations, attracting more than 8 million visitors a year. This updated Third Edition of On the High Line published to coincide with the fifteenth anniversary of the park's openingremains the definitive guide to the park that transformed an entire neighborhood and became an inspiration to cities around the globe. In short entries organized by roughly two city block sections, the guide provides rich details about everything in view on both sides of the park. Illustrated with more than 110 black & white photographs, it covers historic and modern architecture; plants and horticulture; and important industries and technological innovations that developed in the n
£17.99
Rowman & Littlefield Lighthouses of the Carolinas
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£13.46
Pelican Publishing Co Majesty of Natchez Notecards, The
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£7.97
Gingko Press, Inc Oleander Sunset
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£27.90
Gingko Press, Inc Complex Geometry: New York City Housing
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£32.00
Metropolitan Museum of Art Bernd & Hilla Becher
Book SynopsisThe first comprehensive, posthumous monograph and retrospective on Bernd and Hilla Becher, best known for their photographs of industrial structures in Europe and North America For more than five decades, Bernd (1931–2007) and Hilla (1934–2015) Becher collaborated on photographs of industrial architecture in Germany, France, Belgium, Holland, Great Britain, and the United States. This sweeping monograph features the Bechers’ quintessential pictures, which present water towers, gas tanks, blast furnaces, and more as sculptural objects. Beyond the Bechers’ iconic Typologies, the book includes Bernd’s early drawings, Hilla’s independent photographs, and excerpts from their notes, sketchbooks, and journals. The book’s authors offer new insights into the development of the artists’ process, their work’s conceptual underpinnings, the photographers’ relationship to deindustrialization, and the artists’ legacy. An essay by award-winning cultural historian Lucy Sante and an interview with Max Becher, the artists’ son, make this volume an unrivaled look into the Bechers’ art, life, and career. Published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule:The Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York (July 11–October 30, 2022)San Francisco Museum of Modern Art (December 17, 2022–April 2, 2023)
£45.00
Pelican Publishing Co Rosemary Beach
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Aperture Naoya Hatakeyama: Excavating the Future City
Book SynopsisFor the past thirty years, Japanese photographer Naoya Hatakeyama has undertaken a photographic examination of the life of cities and the built environment. Each of his series focuses on a different facet of the growth and transformation of the urban landscape—from studies of architectural maquettes to the extraction and use of natural materials such as limestone, as it is quarried via explosive blasts and subsequently incorporated into the construction of new buildings. In particular, Hatakeyama has routinely returned to the Tokyo-Yokohama metropolis, exploring this ever-evolving urban sprawl from both below and above, mapping the growth and expansion of these sites over time. Additional series focus on other forms of human intervention with the landscape and natural materials, including factories and building sites in Japan and abroad. Finally, his most recent photographs of his hometown of Rikuzentakata, a fishing town that was almost completely destroyed by the March 11, 2011 earthquake and tsunami, are also included—an ongoing series begun almost immediately following the disaster. These photographs hauntingly embody the death and rebirth of the city, manifesting a deeply personal connection to the ongoing intersection of geology, architecture, and time.
£42.50
Fonthill Media Buried Wichita Kansas
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£17.24
Arcadia Publishing A History of Detroits Palmer Park Landmarks
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£17.59
America Through Time Abandoned Eastern Pennsylvania: Remnants of
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£19.19
America Through Time Abandoned Virginia: Forgotten in Time
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£19.19
America Through Time Pittsburgh: Photography of the Most Livable City
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£19.99
America Through Time Abandoned Arizona: Relics of the Past
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£19.99
America Through Time Abandoned Western Pennsylvania: Behind the Boards
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£19.99
America Through Time Abandoned North Alabama: Where the Stories Ended
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£19.99
America Through Time Abandoned Ozarks, Southwest Missouri: Preserving
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America Through Time Abandoned Eastern Indiana: Decaying Under the
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£19.99
America Through Time Abandoned Idaho: Frozen in Time
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Fonthill Media Desolation and Decay of Maine
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Center for Railroad Photography & Art The Railroad and the Art of Place: An Anthology
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£54.00
Rocky Nook The Grey Ghost: New York City Photographs
Book SynopsisIn The Grey Ghost: New York City Photographs, Dan Winters turns his eye to New York City, collecting nearly 100 black-and-white images he created there in the years after moving to New York from California in 1987 at the age of 25. A highly personal collection, The Grey Ghost reveals an artist finding his voice, discovering that elusive method that
£31.50
WW Norton & Co The Route 66 Photo Road Trip: How to Eat, Stay,
Book SynopsisThe perfect companion to experiencing everything that America’s most famous road has to offer, The Route 66 Photo Road Trip guides the reader from Amarillo to Las Vegas, with recommendations for dining and lodging, lists of attractions, itineraries and tips for capturing memorable photographs with professional gear or a phone.
£15.19
Turner Publishing Company Historic Photos of University of Michigan
Book SynopsisThe images in this book, Historic Photos of University of Michigan Football, depict 100 years of gridiron action and the players and coaches who competed on three historic fields. The first football team at the University of Michigan was established in 1879. From winning the first-ever Tournament of Roses game, to back-to-back national championships, Michigan football created an unparalleled tradition during its first century.Selected from the extensive collection at the University of Michigan’s Bentley Historical Library, the dramatic photos in this volume include rarities from games in the early 1900s, classic showdowns between Michigan and Ohio State, and All-American athletes such as the first Michigan Wolverine to win the Heisman Trophy. In vivid black and white, the first hundred years of Michigan football unfold in these remarkable images of the players, coaches, and fans.
£24.29
Bauer and Dean Publishers Building the Brooklyn Bridge, 1869-1883: An
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£44.00
Heritage House Publishing Co Ltd Treasures of Winnipeg's Historic Exchange
Book SynopsisA breath-taking full-colour photography book celebrating the architectural splendour and cultural heritage of Winnipegs famed Exchange District, a National Historic Site and one of the citys most vibrant artistic, commercial, and tourist hubs. The Exchange District is the architectural jewel of Winnipegs downtown core, a thirty-block area featuring 150 remarkably preserved heritage buildings dating back to the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. These iconic buildings are among the best examples in North America of several turn-of-the-century architectural styles, including Romanesque, Italianate, Beaux-Arts, and Chicago School. From its origins in the 1880s as a commercial and industrial gateway to the Canadian West to its current revitalisation, the Exchange exemplifies the spirit of a modern city embracing its past while creating a bright and dynamic future. The book offers a sumptuous visual feast for residents and visitors. With stunning photography highlighting the impressive scale and intricate detail of the Exchanges imposing banks, sprawling warehouses, and commercial towers, this book will amaze and delight anyone interested in Winnipegs history and architecture. In addition, the book captures the renewed energy, creativity, hospitality, and entrepreneurial spirit that have invigorated the Exchange in recent years, making it one of Canadas most vibrant up-and-coming neighbourhoods.
£38.24
