Why the Museum Matters
ISBN: PB: 9780300276855,
Yale University Press,
May 2024
224 pp., 19,7x13,3 cm
224 pp., 19,7x13,3 cm
A powerful reflection on the universal art museum, considering the values critical to its history and anticipating its evolving place in our cultural future.
Art museums have played a vital role in our culture, drawing on Enlightenment ideals in sha...
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12.99 GBP
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Why Surrealism Matters
ISBN: HB: 9780300257090,
Yale University Press,
March 2024
232 pp., 19,7x13,3 cm
232 pp., 19,7x13,3 cm
An elegant consideration of the Surrealist movement as a global phenomenon and why it continues to resonate.
Why does Surrealism continue to fascinate us a century after Andre Breton's "Manifesto of Surrealism?". How do we encounter Surrealism toda...
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16.99 GBP
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Why Argument Matters
ISBN: PB: 9780300271072,
ISBN: HB: 9780300244267,
Yale University Press,
February 2023
160 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
160 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
An impassioned case for argument's central role in human life, by one of America's most distinguished cultural critics.
From Eve's crafty exchange with the serpent, to Martin Luther King's soaring, subtle ultimatums, to the throes of Twitter – argu...
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14.99 GBP
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20.00 GBP
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Why Architecture Matters
Revised Edition
ISBN: PB: 9780300267396,
Yale University Press,
January 2023
312 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 54 black&white illus.
312 pp., 19,6x12,7 cm, 54 black&white illus.
A classic work on the joy of experiencing architecture, with a new afterword reflecting on architecture's place in the contemporary moment.
"Architecture begins to matter", writes Paul Goldberger, "when it brings delight and sadness and perplexity a...
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12.99 GBP
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Why Dance Matters
ISBN: HB: 9780300204520,
Yale University Press,
January 2023
272 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm, 1 black&white illus.
272 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm, 1 black&white illus.
A passionate and moving tribute to the captivating power of dance, not just as an art form but as a language that transcends barriers.
Mindy Aloff, a journalist, an essayist, and a dance critic, analyzes dance as the ultimate expression of human ene...
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16.50 GBP
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Why Food Matters
ISBN: PB: 9780300268089,
Yale University Press,
November 2022
216 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
216 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
Why does food matter? Historically, food has not always been considered a serious subject on par with, for instance, a performance art like opera or a humanities discipline like philosophy. Necessity, ubiquity, and repetition contribute to the appare...
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12.99 GBP
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Why Writing Matters
ISBN: PB: 9780300264821,
Yale University Press,
June 2022
296 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
296 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
Drawing lessons from writers of all ages and writing across genres, a distinguished teacher and writer reveals the enduring importance of writing for our time.
In this new contribution to Yale University Press's Why X Matters series, a distinguished...
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12.99 GBP
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Why Acting Matters
ISBN: PB: 9780300195743,
Yale University Press,
March 2016
192 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
192 pp., 19,7x12,7 cm
Does acting matter? David Thomson, one of our most respected and insightful writers on movies and theater, answers this question with intelligence and wit. In this fresh and thought-provoking essay, Thomson tackles this most elusive of subjects, exam...
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19.00 GBP
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Why the Romantics Matter
ISBN: HB: 9780300144291,
Yale University Press,
February 2015
224 pp., 19,7x13,3 cm
224 pp., 19,7x13,3 cm
With his usual wit and elan, esteemed historian Peter Gay enters the contentious, long-standing debates over the romantic period. Here, in this concise and inviting volume, he reformulates the definition of romanticism and provides a fresh account of...
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18.99 GBP
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Why Niebuhr Matters
ISBN: PB: 9780300192544,
Yale University Press,
July 2013
272 pp., 19,7x13,3 cm
272 pp., 19,7x13,3 cm
Reinhold Niebuhr (1892-1971) was a Protestant preacher, an influential religious thinker, and an important moral guide in mid-twentieth-century America. But what does he have to say to us now? In what way does he inform the thinking of political lead...
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26.00 GBP
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