Criticism
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Aesthetics: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartAesthetics is a branch of philosophy that explores the nature of art, beauty, and taste. It doesn’t just consider traditional artistic experiences such as artworks in a museum or an opera performance,… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Nanay, Bence
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: January 01 2020
- ISBN10: 0198826613
- Language: English
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On Composition and Improvisation
$29.95 Add to cartIn this installment of The Photography Workshop Series, Larry Fink–well known for his layered pictures in social settings–explores composing photographs and improvising within a scene to create imag… [more below]
- Series: Photography Workshop
- Author: Fink, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 127
- Publish Date: May 31 2014
- ISBN10: 1597112739
- Language: English
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Spatializing Justice: Building Blocks
$22.95 Read moreA manifesto calling for a new kind of architecture that confronts social and economic inequality and uneven urban growth.
Spatializing Justice calls for architects and urban designers to do more than- Author: Cruz, Teddy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 144
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0262544539
- Language: English
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Architecture and Abstraction
$34.95 Add to cartA landmark study of abstraction in architectural history, theory, and practice that challenges our assumptions about the meaning of abstract forms.
In this theoretical study of abstraction in architec- Series: Writing Architecture
- Author: Aureli, Pier Vittorio
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 07 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545233
- Language: English
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Architectures of Spatial Justice
$34.95 Read moreA field-defining work that demonstrates how architects are breaking with professional conventions to advance spatial justice and design more equitable buildings and cities.
As state violence, the pand- Author: Cuff, Dana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: April 04 2023
- ISBN10: 0262545217
- Language: English
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Pornotopia: An Essay on Playboy’s Architecture and Biopolitics
$31.00 Read morePublished for the first time in 1953, Playboy was not only the first pornographic popular magazine in America; it also came to embody an entirely new lifestyle through the construction of a series of
- Series: Zone Books
- Author: Preciado, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: October 18 2019
- ISBN10: 1935408496
- Language: English
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Jimmy Buffett and Philosophy: The Porpoise Driven Life
$29.95 Add to cartJimmy Buffett and his music have touched the lives of millions of people around the world, spanning generations and genres. But is Buffett’s music just a good time, or is there a deeper level to it? J… [more below]
- Series: Popular Culture & Philosophy
- Author: McKenna, Erin
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 12 2009
- ISBN10: 081269659X
- Language: English
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Islamic Architecture: A World History
$75.00 Read moreIslamic architecture is a broad topic, covering some 1,400 years up to the present day. The richness of building types, regional styles, and architectural details is reflected here, with a striking ba
- Author: Broug, Eric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: September 19 2023
- ISBN10: 0500343780
- Language: English
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The Collected Poems of G. K. Chesterton
$24.99 Add to cartThis book takes you on a journey to solve mysteries, fight dragons, debate religion, and quarrel among politicians in the parliament.
It will have you smiling at its witty sarcasm, tearing up over its
- Author: Chesterton, G. K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: September 27 2021
- ISBN10: 1396318593
- Language: English
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How Architecture Works
$25.99 Add to cartAn essential toolkit for understanding architecture as both art form and the setting for our everyday lives
We spend most of our days and nights in buildings, living and working and sometimes playing.- Author: Rybczynski, Witold
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: October 07 2014
- ISBN10: 0374534829
- Language: English
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Welcome to Your World: How the Built Environment Shapes Our Lives
$29.99 Read moreOne of the nation’s chief architecture critics reveals how the environments we build profoundly shape our feelings, memories, and well-being, and argues that we must harness this knowledge to construc
- Author: Goldhagen, Sarah Williams
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 0062996045
- Language: English
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John Berger: Understanding a Photograph
$24.95 Read moreJohn Berger’s explorations of the relationships between the individual and society, culture and politics, and experience and expression through the written word, films, photographic collaborations and… [more below]
- Author: Berger, John
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: December 31 2013
- ISBN10: 1597112569
- Language: English
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The School of Photography: Beginner’s Guide: Master Your Camera, Clear Up Confusion, Create Stunning Imagery
$24.99 Read moreA comprehensive and easy-to-follow guide to the essential photography skills
The Complete Guide to Photography will take the beginner photographer to an advanced level in no time and fill in any gaps- Author: Newton, Marc
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 1781579083
- Language: English
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Delirious New York: A Retroactive Manifesto for Manhattan
$35.00 Read moreSince its publication – Delirious New York (1978) has attained mythic status. Rem Koolhaas’s celebration and analysis of New York depicts the city as a metaphor for the variety of human behavior
At the
- Author: Koolhaas, Rem
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 01 1997
- ISBN10: 1885254008
- Language: English
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Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb on Street Photography and the Poetic Image: The Photography Workshop Series
$29.95 Read moreIn this installment of The Photography Workshop Series, internationally acclaimed color photographers Alex Webb and Rebecca Norris Webb, offer their expert insight into street photography and the poet… [more below]
- Series: Photography Workshop
- Author: Webb, Alex
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: June 30 2014
- ISBN10: 1597112577
- Language: English
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Building Practice
$35.00 Read moreBuilding Practice features interviews with architects, designers, educators, curators, fabricators, strategists, critics, and activists who are advancing speculative design through the culture and pol… [more below]
- Author: Miller, Kyle
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: June 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1957183497
- Language: English
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The God Delusion
$32.50 Add to cartA preeminent scientist–and the world’s most prominent atheist–asserts the irrationality of belief in God and the grievous harm religion has inflicted on society, from the Crusades to 9/11.
With rig- Author: Dawkins, Richard
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: October 01 2006
- ISBN10: 0618680004
- Language: English
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Collaboration: A Potential History of Photography
$85.00 Add to cartCollaboration is a groundbreaking publication, by five great thinkers and practitioners in photography, in collaboration with hundreds of photographers, writers, critics, artists, and academics. This
- Author: Azoulay, Ariella Aïsha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: February 06 2024
- ISBN10: 0500545332
- Language: English
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Critique of Practical Reason
$9.95 Add to cartThe second of Kant’s three critiques, Critique of Practical Reason forms the center of Kantian philosophy; published in 1788, it is bookended by his Critique of Pure Reason and Critique of Judgement. … [more below]
- Series: Dover Books on Western Philosophy
- Author: Kant, Immanuel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 172
- Publish Date: February 02 2004
- ISBN10: 0486434451
- Language: English
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Robert Venturi: Complexity and Contradiction in Architecture
$35.00 Read moreFirst published in 1966, and since translated into 16 languages, this remarkable book has become an essential document of architectural literature. A “gentle manifesto for a nonstraightforward archite
- Series: Museum of Modern Art Papers on Architecture
- Author: Venturi, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 136
- Publish Date: July 02, 2002
- ISBN10: 0870702823
- Language: English
