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Ottoman BaroqueThe Architectural Refashioning of Eighteenth-Century Istanbul
A new approach to late Ottoman visual culture and its place in the world With its idiosyncratic yet unmistakable adaptation of European Baroque models, the eighteenth-century architecture of Istanbul has frequently been dismissed by modern observers as inauthentic and derivative, a view reflecting broader unease with notions of Western influence on Islamic cultures. In Ottoman Baroque—the fi…
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Wood-Carving for Amateurs - A Practical Handbook for the Novice Worker
This text contains a guide to wood-carving, and constitutes a practical handbook specially designed for the novice woodworker. This text will greatly appeal to anyone with an interest in woodcarving, from the absolute beginner to the woodworker looking to expand his repertoire. Complete with interesting information, handy tips and detailed illustrations, this book is not to be missed by the any…
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Transitional AestheticsContemporary Art at the Edge of Europe
Using the way in which artists from the former Eastern bloc perceive the experience of EU integration and transition from a Soviet past as a conceptual launching pad, this book explores how artists critically inhabit a permanent state of 'in-between' to capture the simultaneous existence of multiple and overlapping temporalities. Transitional aesthetics are artistic strategies that disrupt and …
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Roderick Hudson
Roderick Hudson was begun in Florence in the spring of 1874, designed from the first for serial publication in The Atlantic Monthly, where it opened in January 1875 and persisted through the year. I yield to the pleasure of placing these circumstances on record, as I shall place others, and as I have yielded to the need of renewing acquaintance with the book after a quarter of a century. This r…
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Popular Music and the Politics of Novelty
Popular music, today, has supposedly collapsed into a 'retromania' which, according to leading critic Simon Reynolds, has brought a 'slow and steady fading of the artistic imperative to be original.' Meanwhile, in the estimation of philosopher Alain Badiou, a significant political event will always require 'the dictatorial power of a creation ex nihilo'. Everywhere, it seems, at least amongst c…
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Food in War Time - Vegetarian Recipes for 100 Inexpensive Dishes: And Helpful…
Originally published during WWI, this is one of the early vegetarian cook books, issued to help deal with rationing and the meat crisis. It contains many recipes and much advice that is still of practical use and interest today. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. Vintage Cookery Books are repub…
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- 9781446546390
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Beyond CritiqueContemporary Art in Theory, Practice, and Instruction
Critique has long been a central concept within art practice and theory. Since the emergence of Conceptual Art, artists have been expected by critics, curators, and art school faculty to focus their work on exposing and debunking ideologies of power and domination. Recently, however, the effectiveness of cultural critique has come into question. The appearance of concepts such as the "speculati…
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A Guide to Cheshire Cheese - A Collection of Articles on the History and Prod…
This book contains classic material dating back to the 1900s and before. The content has been carefully selected for its interest and relevance to a modern audience. Carefully selecting the best articles from our collection we have compiled a series of historical and informative publications on the subjects of cheese making and dairy products. The titles in this range include "A Guide to Englis…
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- 9781473356924
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Gauguin's ChallengeNew Perspectives After Postmodernism
Several decades have now passed since postcolonial and feminist critiques presented the art-historical world with a demythologized Paul Gauguin (1848-1903), a much-diminished image of the artist/hero who had once been universally admired as "the father of modernist primitivism." In this volume, both long-established and more recent Gauguin scholars offer a provocative picture of the evolution o…
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How to Cook Vegetables and Vegetable Pies - A Collection of Old-Time Vegetari…
This book contains a great collection of vegetarian recipes. With a wide variety of recipes available, and with useful information on cooking different vegetables, this book makes a lovely addition to any vegetarian's bookshelf
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