Photography and anthropology
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In this publication, Christopher Pinney presents an account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840s to the present. Through numerous examples from the annals of anthropological photography, this book examines the history of anthropology’s(...)
Photography and anthropology
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In this publication, Christopher Pinney presents an account of the strikingly parallel histories of the two disciplines, as well as a polemical narrative and overview of the use of photography by anthropologists from the 1840s to the present. Through numerous examples from the annals of anthropological photography, this book examines the history of anthropology’s enchantment with photography alongside the anthropological theory of photography and documentation.
Theory of Photography
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xi, 216 pages, 13 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
Postmodern sophistications : philosophy, architecture, and tradition / David Kolb.
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 1990.
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xi, 206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm
London : Macmillan, 1988.
The garden city utopia : a critical biography of Ebenezer Howard / Robert Beevers.
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xi, 206 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, portraits ; 23 cm
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London : Macmillan, 1988.
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xxiv, 173 pages ; 24 cm
Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
Habitations of modernity : essays in the wake of subaltern studies / Dipesh Chakrabarty ; with a foreword by Homi K. Bhabha.
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xxiv, 173 pages ; 24 cm
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Chicago : University of Chicago Press, 2002.
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xviii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
The fate of place : a philosophical history / Edward S. Casey.
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xviii, 488 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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Berkeley : University of California Press, ©1997.
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Vacant city : Brussels' Mont des Arts reconsidered / [edited by Bruno de Meulder, Karina Van Herck].
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375 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 24 cm
Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, ©2000.
Vacant city : Brussels' Mont des Arts reconsidered / [edited by Bruno de Meulder, Karina Van Herck].
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Rotterdam : NAi Publishers, ©2000.
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This book, part of a series of four, offers a detailed analysis of urban design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the public face of towns and cities. It outlines the theory of the principle features of urban design from which method is developed and provides a better understanding of the main elements of urban design. This includes the(...)
Urban design : street and square
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This book, part of a series of four, offers a detailed analysis of urban design, covering the streets, squares and buildings that make up the public face of towns and cities. It outlines the theory of the principle features of urban design from which method is developed and provides a better understanding of the main elements of urban design. This includes the arrangement, design and details of the streets and squares, and the roles they play in city planning. Third edition.
Urban Theory
Secrets of beauty
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A towering figure in the worlds of literature, cinema, and visual art, Jean Cocteau was one of the most influential creative artists of the twentieth century. In this collection of brief--often aphoristic--meditations, he reflects on the nature of beauty itself. Ranging over painters, poets, and musicians, Cocteau offers brilliant insights into the essential loneliness of(...)
Secrets of beauty
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A towering figure in the worlds of literature, cinema, and visual art, Jean Cocteau was one of the most influential creative artists of the twentieth century. In this collection of brief--often aphoristic--meditations, he reflects on the nature of beauty itself. Ranging over painters, poets, and musicians, Cocteau offers brilliant insights into the essential loneliness of the artistic vocation. As well as throwing new light on the author's own creative achievement, "Secrets of beauty" is a vital contribution to aesthetic theory.
Art Theory
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Confessions offers an insight into the mind of Future Systems architect Jan Kaplicky - his ideas, opinions and sources of inspiration. It is a book about an architectural life, private and professional. Written and selected by the architect himself, it is a highly personal account that avoids the speculations and intellectualisations of critical theory. This is a(...)
Confessions : principles, architecture, process, life
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Confessions offers an insight into the mind of Future Systems architect Jan Kaplicky - his ideas, opinions and sources of inspiration. It is a book about an architectural life, private and professional. Written and selected by the architect himself, it is a highly personal account that avoids the speculations and intellectualisations of critical theory. This is a collection of comments on architects, architecture, design, politics, beauty, people and the future and will give architects stimulus about workings of practice, building and design.
Architectural Theory
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'Footprint 17' addresses the architectural production of those in inconspicuous offices and unexciting departments who contribute their insights and experience to the making of architecture, the formulation of architectural history, and the politics of architectural design and theory. Footprint 17 explores the intellectual frameworks, didactic practices, research methods(...)
Footprint 17: the 'bread and butter' of architecture: investigating everyday practices
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'Footprint 17' addresses the architectural production of those in inconspicuous offices and unexciting departments who contribute their insights and experience to the making of architecture, the formulation of architectural history, and the politics of architectural design and theory. Footprint 17 explores the intellectual frameworks, didactic practices, research methods and analytical instruments that develop the disciplinary focus beyond the work of the “prime mover,” and the relevance of salaried architects and institutional agencies in shaping the spatial and social practices of the everyday.
Architectural Theory