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Based on observations of primates in a zoo and accompanied by an expert's text, the drawings by Claudia and Julia Müller document animals' behavior. Through the notions of play, manipulation of objects, and "performance," this artists' book, designed by Christoph Keller, intertwines drawings, texts, and photographs in an allegorical reading of monkeys' activities as a(...)
Habitus vs habitat : primaten
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Based on observations of primates in a zoo and accompanied by an expert's text, the drawings by Claudia and Julia Müller document animals' behavior. Through the notions of play, manipulation of objects, and "performance," this artists' book, designed by Christoph Keller, intertwines drawings, texts, and photographs in an allegorical reading of monkeys' activities as a somewhat art-related form.
Contemporary Art Monographs
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47 pages : illustrations + 3 microfiches.
Ottawa : International Development Research Centre, ©1980.
Wastewater treatment and resource recovery : report of a workshop on high-rate algae ponds, Singapore, 27-29 February 1980.
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379 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2006.
The body in architecture / editor, Deborah Hauptmann ; with contributions by Bart Akkerhuis [and others].
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379 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 24 cm.
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Rotterdam : 010 Publishers, 2006.
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This book features an amusing collection of signs from around the world. Divided into chapters by type (animals, men, stop, danger, transport, children, toilets, work, “no!”, etc.), the signs demonstrate how different cultures portray the icons with which we are all so familiar. The diverse selection of photographs is accompanied by texts describing the cultural and(...)
Graphic Design and Typography
March 2006, Köln
Signs
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This book features an amusing collection of signs from around the world. Divided into chapters by type (animals, men, stop, danger, transport, children, toilets, work, “no!”, etc.), the signs demonstrate how different cultures portray the icons with which we are all so familiar. The diverse selection of photographs is accompanied by texts describing the cultural and social significance of signs.
Graphic Design and Typography
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In ''The Deorhord'', Hana Videen presents a glittering Old English bestiary of animals real and imaginary, big and small, ordinary and extraordinary—the good, the bad, and the downright baffling. The curious stories behind these words provide vivid insights into the language, literature, and lives of those who spoke Old English—the language of Beowulf—more than a thousand years ago.
The deorhord: An Old English bestiary
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In ''The Deorhord'', Hana Videen presents a glittering Old English bestiary of animals real and imaginary, big and small, ordinary and extraordinary—the good, the bad, and the downright baffling. The curious stories behind these words provide vivid insights into the language, literature, and lives of those who spoke Old English—the language of Beowulf—more than a thousand years ago.
Fauna and flora
Cirque Calder
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Cirque Calder gathers together a selection of photographs taken by Ugo Mulas of the Cirque, an early work by the great American sculptor Alexander Calder. Cirque Calder was created between 1926 and 1931 and consists of small sculptures, human figures, and animals made from wire, twine, rubber, cloth and other objects that Calder put together and staged in scenes to create(...)
Cirque Calder
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Cirque Calder gathers together a selection of photographs taken by Ugo Mulas of the Cirque, an early work by the great American sculptor Alexander Calder. Cirque Calder was created between 1926 and 1931 and consists of small sculptures, human figures, and animals made from wire, twine, rubber, cloth and other objects that Calder put together and staged in scenes to create improvised performances.
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1 volume (various pagings) : illustrations ; 26 cm
Lawrence, KS (Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045) : Association of Systematics Collections, ©1981.
Pest control in museums : a status report, (1980) / compiled and edited by Stephen R. Edwards, Bruce M. Bell, Mary Elizabeth King, with additional contributions by Richard Beauchamp [and others].
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Lawrence, KS (Museum of Natural History, University of Kansas, Lawrence 66045) : Association of Systematics Collections, ©1981.
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163 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, plans ; 23 cm.
Berlin : Dom Publishers, ©2017.
Architektur und Zoologie : Quellentexte zur Zooarchitektur / herausgegeben von Natascha Meuser ; mit Beiträgen von John Allan [and eleven others].
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163 pages : illustrations, facsimiles, plans ; 23 cm.
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Berlin : Dom Publishers, ©2017.
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123, [2] pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Paris : A. Michel, ©1991.
Paris est une ville pleine de lions / Geneviève Dormann ; photographie de Sophie Bassouls.
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Paris : A. Michel, ©1991.
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The issues of the organic/inorganic, animate/inanimate and natural/technological are of paramount importance in the field of architecture both in current discussions about digital architecture and in classical debates from Vitruvius onwards. This book investigates the complex relationship of architecture to biological life, providing theoretical and historical(...)
Architecture, animal, human : the asymetrical condition
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The issues of the organic/inorganic, animate/inanimate and natural/technological are of paramount importance in the field of architecture both in current discussions about digital architecture and in classical debates from Vitruvius onwards. This book investigates the complex relationship of architecture to biological life, providing theoretical and historical underpinnings for a variety of contemporary debates in and around architecture. With discussion focussed on the Renaissance, the eighteenth-century and the late twentieth-century, this book will have a broad appeal to those with interest within and beyond architecture.
Architectural Theory