Reaktion Books Forlag
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The Suit: Form, Function and Style (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Beautifully illustrated and written with authority, Suit offers new perspectives on this most mundane, and at the same time poetic and beautiful, product of modern culture.
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Leo Tolstoy (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
An insightful biography of Leo Tolstoy, one of the greatest novelists of all time.
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The Cultures of Collecting (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Traces the psychology, history and theory of the compulsion to collect, focusing on the normative collections of the Western canon. This title includes essays on the Neoclassical architect Sir John Soane, Sigmund Freud and Kurt Schwitters, one of the masters of collage.
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Towards a Philosophy of Photography (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Shows how the transformation of textual into visual culture (from the linearity of history into the two-dimensionality of magic) and of industrial into... Læs mere
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A Philosophy of Boredom (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Examines the nature of boredom, how it originated, its history, how and why it afflicts us, and why we cannot seem to overcome it by any act of will.
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Global Interests: Renaissance Art between East and West (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A wide-ranging reassessment of Renaissance art that examines the ways in which European culture came to define itself culturally and aesthetically in the years 1450 to 1550.
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Erik Satie (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
A musical composer who dabbled in the Dada movement, a Bohemian ‘gymnopédiste’ of fin-de-siècle Montmartre, and a legendary dresser known as ‘The Velvet Gentleman’ for his sartorial choices,... Læs mere
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Film Music (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Film and music belong together; classics like Fritz Lang's “Metropolis” (1927) and Mike Nichols’ “The Graduate” (1967) are renowned for their brilliant soundtracks. But what exactly is film... Læs mere
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Greece: Modern Architectures in History (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
The picture that usually comes to mind when we think of Greek architecture is one of classical temples and ancient sites. This book takes a look at the Greece of reality rather than of the imagination the buildings constructed since the establishment of the modern Greek state.
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From the Shadows: The Architecture and Afterlife of Nicholas Hawksmoor (Bog, Hardback, Engelsk)
Charting Hawksmoor’s career and the decline of his reputation, Owen Hopkins offers fresh interpretations of many of his famous works... Læs mere
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A Philosophy of Fear (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Surveillance cameras. Airport security lines. We see manifestations of societal fears every day, and daily news reports on the latest household danger or raised terror threat level... Læs mere
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Dark Places: The Haunted House in Film (Bog, Paperback / softback, Engelsk)
Horror films revel in taking viewers into shadowy places where evil resides, whether it is a house, a graveyard or a dark forest. This title leads us inside these haunted spaces to explore them and the monstrous antagonists who dwell there.
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