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Since its inception the world of cinema has embraced the image of the child and both extended and challenged its representations. This title explores the complex and adventure of childhood on screen and examines how the child in film has been used to embody the aspirations and anxieties of modern life.

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Since 1984, Chinese cinema has been the most dramatic entry onto the international film scene. China into Film is the first book to look at contemporary Chinese cinema as a visual art and to illustrate the ways in which it has been shaped by centuries of Chinese tradition.

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Traces the development and transformation of Marker's work from the late 1940s, when he began to work as a poet, novelist and critic for the French journal Esprit, through to the 1990s, and the release of his most recent works: the feature film Level Five and the CD-Rom Immemory.

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In this fascinating book, Twigs Way follows the fortunes of the flower through philosophy, art, literature and death, recounting the stories of the men and women who became captivated by it. With a range of vibrant illustrations, including works by Hiroshige, Monet and Mondrian, it will appeal to lovers of art, flowers, history and culture.

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Now nearly one hundred years old, Indian cinema is one of that country's most vibrant cultural products as well as being the world's most prolific, at its peak producing an estimated 800 films a year. Cinema India is the first book to concentrate on the visual culture of Indian film.

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Citizen Warhol investigates Andy Warhol's most deep-seated inuences - his religious practices; his art training; his dalliance with Aubrey Beardsley; his triumphs as a commercial artist - and shows how they were fundamental to the life and legacy of the mature artist.

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An exploration of what 'the city' represented in the medieval imagination. Drawing upon original accounts, illustrations and maps from across medieval Europe, and on science, religion, art, literature, drama and architecture of the Latin West, it offers an interpretation of how medieval Christians saw their urban worlds.

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'Art is the most beautiful deception', said French composer Claude Debussy (18621918). Debussy was infused with the literature of his time and incorporated his favorite poems into musical compositions from an early age. He created music that was revolutionary, with a distinctly modern sound known for its intersection of art and life. In

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A colourful and engaging account of the Devils influence on the English landscape.

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Examines the symbolism and cultural significance of the cockroach, a remarkably successful and hardy creature that has existed, almost unchanged, for 250 million years.

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Simon gives us a new biography of the iconic, iconoclastic fashion designer Coco Chanel. Drawing upon rich archival sources, Coco Chanel provides a lively, clear-eyed account of the life and work of a woman whose influence transcends the world of fashion.

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Comets takes the reader on a far-ranging exploration of these fascinating phenomena -

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Company Curiosities: Nature, Culture and the East India Company, 1600-1874

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The computer has in many respects become so common that it largely disappears from view. This book shows how changes in attitudes have been reflected in the physical design of the computer, and the ways in which the computer has been represented and promoted by manufacturers in advertising media.

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Acknowledged as one of the major sculptors and avant-garde artists of the twentieth century, Constantin Brancusi (1876-1957) also remained one of the most elusive. This book looks beyond the mythology of the artist to show us Constantin the Romanian student, as well as Brancusi the celebrated artist.

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Contemporary Chinese Art examines China's thriving present-day cultural scene, from the country's issues of state control to its booming artistic marketplace.

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Gothic images pervade contemporary culture, from popular interior decorating programmes to news stories of vampire-obsessed killers. This book seeks to analyse this trend. Why is Gothic perennially undergoing revival What is its role in modern consumer culture And is its popularity or its usefulness drawing to an end

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This book is the first contemporary study of its kind since the 1979 Revolution in Iran, a fascinating and comprehensive account of subversive and mainstream Iranian art and visual culture.

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Counterpoints: Dialogues between Music and the Visual Arts is a unique cultural history that provides a critical understanding of a popular but unheralded art form.

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Cow restores this oft-overlooked herbivore to the nobility it richly deserves.

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A vivid portrait of the formidable-looking yet sociable and intelligent crab.

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A history of the world's greatest and yet most incomprehensible sport: cricket.