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This publication presents four essays and one conversation with contemporary artists and curators from different backgrounds and origins (Jerusalem, Lebanon, Kuwait, USA, Egypt) who discuss their experience of becoming mothers as professionals in the arts, its reality and effects. While their reflections represent a similar strata of art worker in terms of background,(...)
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This publication presents four essays and one conversation with contemporary artists and curators from different backgrounds and origins (Jerusalem, Lebanon, Kuwait, USA, Egypt) who discuss their experience of becoming mothers as professionals in the arts, its reality and effects. While their reflections represent a similar strata of art worker in terms of background,(...)
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Why call it labor? On motherhood and art work
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This publication presents four essays and one conversation with contemporary artists and curators from different backgrounds and origins (Jerusalem, Lebanon, Kuwait, USA, Egypt) who discuss their experience of becoming mothers as professionals in the arts, its reality and effects. While their reflections represent a similar strata of art worker in terms of background, class, and career trajectory, the impact of instruments of patriarchy on rendering maternity invisible that they describe is recognizable and insidious.
Why call it labor? On motherhood and art work
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This publication presents four essays and one conversation with contemporary artists and curators from different backgrounds and origins (Jerusalem, Lebanon, Kuwait, USA, Egypt) who discuss their experience of becoming mothers as professionals in the arts, its reality and effects. While their reflections represent a similar strata of art worker in terms of background, class, and career trajectory, the impact of instruments of patriarchy on rendering maternity invisible that they describe is recognizable and insidious.
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October 2021
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496 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans ; 27 cm
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Berlin : Jovis, [2014], ©2014
Berlin : Jovis, [2014], ©2014
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Specifics : proceedings ECLAS Conference 2013 : 22./25.09.2013 in Hamburg / edited by Christiane Sörensen, Karoline Liedtke, Department of Landscape Architecture, HafenCity University Hamburg.
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496 pages : illustrations (some colour), maps, plans ; 27 cm
Specifics : proceedings ECLAS Conference 2013 : 22./25.09.2013 in Hamburg / edited by Christiane Sörensen, Karoline Liedtke, Department of Landscape Architecture, HafenCity University Hamburg.
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Berlin : Jovis, [2014], ©2014
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Chairs : a history
Chairs : a history
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In "Chairs : history", furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a readable and visually exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. Along with hundreds of photographs, th eauthor fills these pages with information, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from Classical Greece, the Roman(...)
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In "Chairs : history", furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a readable and visually exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. Along with hundreds of photographs, th eauthor fills these pages with information, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from Classical Greece, the Roman(...)
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Chairs : a history
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In "Chairs : history", furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a readable and visually exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. Along with hundreds of photographs, th eauthor fills these pages with information, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from Classical Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Renaissance era, to the classic designs of today - from thrones to divans, straight-backed to overstuffed, Baroque to Bauhaus, and contemporary.
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In "Chairs : history", furniture historian Florence de Dampierre presents a readable and visually exploration of chairs and their place in culture throughout the ages. Along with hundreds of photographs, th eauthor fills these pages with information, tracing the chair's emergence in ancient Egypt and examining various forms of seating from Classical Greece, the Roman Empire, and the Renaissance era, to the classic designs of today - from thrones to divans, straight-backed to overstuffed, Baroque to Bauhaus, and contemporary.
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October 2006, New York
October 2006, New York
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Urbanomad : Guy Lafranchi
Urbanomad : Guy Lafranchi
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The latest work by Guy Lafranchi presents new projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt, and Hawaii as well as a number of conceptual projects presented through drawings, paintings, and models. Lebbeus Woods writes of Lafranchi: "I regard his work as original both in substance and approach. The title "Urbanomad" refers to the problems of the past and globalization,(...)
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The latest work by Guy Lafranchi presents new projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt, and Hawaii as well as a number of conceptual projects presented through drawings, paintings, and models. Lebbeus Woods writes of Lafranchi: "I regard his work as original both in substance and approach. The title "Urbanomad" refers to the problems of the past and globalization,(...)
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Urbanomad : Guy Lafranchi
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The latest work by Guy Lafranchi presents new projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt, and Hawaii as well as a number of conceptual projects presented through drawings, paintings, and models. Lebbeus Woods writes of Lafranchi: "I regard his work as original both in substance and approach. The title "Urbanomad" refers to the problems of the past and globalization, problems that many architects talk about, but that only a few, such as Lafranchi, convert into architecture of the highest standard."
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The latest work by Guy Lafranchi presents new projects for Brazil, Switzerland, Egypt, and Hawaii as well as a number of conceptual projects presented through drawings, paintings, and models. Lebbeus Woods writes of Lafranchi: "I regard his work as original both in substance and approach. The title "Urbanomad" refers to the problems of the past and globalization, problems that many architects talk about, but that only a few, such as Lafranchi, convert into architecture of the highest standard."
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May 2004, Vienna
May 2004, Vienna
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt,(...)
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt,(...)
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Four caliphates : the formation of the Islamic tradition
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt, Persia, and China. The book also explains the development of the tradition in tombs, palaces and fortifications.
Four caliphates : the formation of the Islamic tradition
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This pocket book describes the source of the Islamic architectural tradition in the ubiquitous courtyard house, and the development of the mosque as both place of worship and centre of the community, its form moulded by the requirements of prayer set out in the Koran and given various monumental forms as the conquests of Islam brought contact with the traditions of Egypt, Persia, and China. The book also explains the development of the tradition in tombs, palaces and fortifications.
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October 1998, London
October 1998, London
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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the late twentieth century. For this seventh edition, revising author Owen Hopkins provides a new introduction contextualizing Watkin's approach. The final chapter on the twenty-first century has been completely rewritten by(...)
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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the late twentieth century. For this seventh edition, revising author Owen Hopkins provides a new introduction contextualizing Watkin's approach. The final chapter on the twenty-first century has been completely rewritten by(...)
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January 2023
January 2023
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A history of Western architecture, 7th edition
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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the late twentieth century. For this seventh edition, revising author Owen Hopkins provides a new introduction contextualizing Watkin's approach. The final chapter on the twenty-first century has been completely rewritten by Hopkins, who brings the story right up to date with the inclusion of such topics as re-use, digital cities and virtual architecture.
A history of Western architecture, 7th edition
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In this highly acclaimed reference work David Watkin traces the history of western architecture from the earliest times in Mesopotamia and Egypt to the late twentieth century. For this seventh edition, revising author Owen Hopkins provides a new introduction contextualizing Watkin's approach. The final chapter on the twenty-first century has been completely rewritten by Hopkins, who brings the story right up to date with the inclusion of such topics as re-use, digital cities and virtual architecture.
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January 2023
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xxii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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Papacy and politics in eighteenth-century Rome : Pius VI and the arts / Jeffrey Collins.
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xxii, 355 pages : illustrations ; 26 cm
Papacy and politics in eighteenth-century Rome : Pius VI and the arts / Jeffrey Collins.
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Cambridge, UK ; New York : Cambridge University Press, 2004.
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246 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
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Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©1994.
Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©1994.
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Soul in the stone : cemetery art from America's heartland / John Gary Brown.
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246 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm
Soul in the stone : cemetery art from America's heartland / John Gary Brown.
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Lawrence, Kan. : University Press of Kansas, ©1994.
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The volume focuses on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the early Islamic period and examines the different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book(...)
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The volume focuses on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the early Islamic period and examines the different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book(...)
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August 2003, New Haven
August 2003, New Haven
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Islamic art and architecture 650-1250
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The volume focuses on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the early Islamic period and examines the different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book approaches the arts with new classifications of architecture and architectural decoration, the art of the object, and the art of the book.
Islamic art and architecture 650-1250
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The volume focuses on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the early Islamic period and examines the different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book approaches the arts with new classifications of architecture and architectural decoration, the art of the object, and the art of the book.
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August 2003, New Haven
August 2003, New Haven
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The volume focuses on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the early Islamic period and examines the different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book(...)
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The volume focuses on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the early Islamic period and examines the different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book(...)
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October 2001, New Haven
October 2001, New Haven
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Islamic art and architecture 650-1250
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The volume focuses on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the early Islamic period and examines the different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book approaches the arts with new classifications of architecture and architectural decoration, the art of the object, and the art of the book.
Islamic art and architecture 650-1250
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The volume focuses on the development of numerous regional centers of art in Spain, North Africa, Egypt, Syria, Anatolia, Iraq, and Yemen, as well as the western and northeastern provinces of Iran. It traces the cultural and artistic evolution of such centers in the early Islamic period and examines the different ways of creating a beautiful environment. The book approaches the arts with new classifications of architecture and architectural decoration, the art of the object, and the art of the book.
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October 2001, New Haven
October 2001, New Haven
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