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  • A Cultural History of Theatre in the Age of Empire

    Edited by Peter Marx ...
    Series series The Cultural Histories Series
    The 19th century ushered in an unprecedented boom in technology, the unification of European nations, the building of global empires and stabilization of the middle classes. The theatre of the era reflected these significant developments as well as helped to catalyse them. Populist theatre and purposebuilt playhouses flourished in the ever-growing urban and cosmopolitan centres of Europe and in ... Read more

    $30.79 USD

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    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Cottington ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    As public interest in modern art continues to grow, as witnessed by the spectacular success of Tate Modern and the Bilbao Guggenheim, there is a real need for a book that will engage general readers, offering them not only information and ideas about modern art, but also explaining its contemporary relevance and history. This book achieves all this and focuses on interrogating the idea of 'modern' ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Psychogeography

    by Merlin Coverley ...
    In recent years the term "psychogeography" has been used to illustrate a bewildering array of ideas from ley lines and the occult, to urban walking and political radicalism. But where does it come from and what exactly does it mean? This book examines the origins of psychogeography in the Paris of the 1950s, exploring the theoretical background and its political application in the work of Guy ... Read more

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  • Cafes and Bars

    The Architecture of Public Display

    Edited by Christoph Grafe, Franziska Bollerey ...
    Series series Interior Architecture
    The design of bars and cafes has played an important role in the development of architecture in the twentieth century. This influence has been felt particularly strongly over the past thirty years, in a time when these social spaces have contributed significantly to the rediscovery and reinvention of cities across Europe and North America.This volume presents and examines this significant urban ... Read more

    $70.99 USD

  • The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Directing

    by Christopher Innes, Maria Shevtsova ...
    Series series Cambridge Introductions to Literature
    This Introduction is an exciting journey through the different styles of theatre that twentieth-century and contemporary directors have created. It discusses artistic and political values, rehearsal methods and the diverging relationships with actors, designers, other collaborators and audiences, and treatment of dramatic material. Offering a compelling analysis of theatrical practice, Christopher ... Read more

    $27.89 USD

  • 19th Century Europe

    A Cultural History

    by Hannu Salmi ...
    Nineteenth-Century Europe offers a much-needed concise and fresh look at European culture between the Great Revolution in France and the First World War. It encompasses all major themes of the period, from the rising nationalism of the early nineteenth century to the pessimistic views of fin de siècle. It is a lucid, fluent presentation that appeals to both students of history and culture and the ... Read more

    $19.00 USD

  • The Avant Garde

    A Very Short Introduction

    by David Cottington ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    'The avant-garde' is perhaps the most important and influential concept in the history of modern culture. For over a hundred years it has governed critical and historical assessment of the quality and significance of an artist or a work of art, in any medium-if these have been judged to be 'avant-garde', then they have been worthy of consideration. If not, then by and large they have not, and ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • An Architect's Guide to Fame

    Edited by Paul Davies, Torsten Schmiedeknecht ...
    This lively text provides a candid inquiry into the contemporary means by which architects get work and (for better or worse) become famous. In response to the reciprocal relationship between publicity and everyday architectural practice, this book examines the mechanisms by which architects seek publicity and manage to establish themselves and their work ahead of their colleagues. Through the ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Thinking About Exhibitions

    by Bruce W. Ferguson, Reesa Greenberg, Sandy Nairne ...
    An anthology of writings on exhibition practice from artists, critics, curators and art historians plus artist-curators. It addresses the contradictions posed by museum and gallery sited exhibitions, as well as investigating the challenge of staging art presentations, displays or performances, in settings outside of traditional museum or gallery locales. ... Read more

    $75.99 USD

  • Civilizing Rituals

    Inside Public Art Museums

    by Carol Duncan ...
    Illustrated with over fifty photos, Civilizing Rituals merges contemporary debates with lively discussion and explores central issues involved in the making and displaying of art as industry and how it is presented to the community.Carol Duncan looks at how nations, institutions and private individuals present art , and how art museums are shaped by cultural, social and political determinants ... Read more

    $61.99 USD

  • History Beyond the Text

    A Student’s Guide to Approaching Alternative Sources

    Edited by Sarah Barber, Corinna Peniston-Bird ...
    Series series Routledge Guides to Using Historical Sources
    Historians are increasingly looking beyond the traditional, and turning to visual, oral, aural, and virtual sources to inform their work. The challenges these sources pose require new skills of interpretation and require historians to consider alternative theoretical and practical approaches.In order to help historians successfully move beyond traditional text, Sarah Barber and Corinna Peniston ... Read more

    $62.99 USD

  • Committing Theatre

    Theatre Radicalism and Political Intervention in Canada

    by Alan Filewod ...
    Committing Theatre offers the first full-length historical study of political intervention theatre and theatrical spectatorship in English Canada. Building on twenty years of research and engagement in the field, this book’s historical narrative frames close-up examples of how theatre artists have intervened in and engaged with political struggle from the mid-19th century to the present. Lumber ... Read more

    $22.39 USD