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  • The Bronze Object in the Middle Ages

    by Ittai Weinryb ...
    This book presents the first full length study in English of monumental bronzes in the Middle Ages. Taking as its point of departure the common medieval reception of bronze sculpture as living or animated, the study closely analyzes the practice of lost wax casting (cire perdue) in western Europe and explores the cultural responses to large scale bronzes in the Middle Ages. Starting with mining, ... Read more

    $55.99 CAD

  • Pigments

    by Barbara H. Berrie, Karin Leonhard, Caroline Fowler, Ittai Weinryb, Anne Lafont, David Bomford, Carolyn E. Boyd, Quincy Ngan, Gabriela Siracusano0 ...
    Series series ART/WORK
    A concise illustrated history of one of art’s most important and elusive elementsOver the millennia, humans have used pigments to decorate, narrate, and instruct. Charred bone, ground earth, stones, bugs, and blood were the first pigments. New pigments were manufactured by simple processes such as corrosion and calcination until the Industrial Revolution introduced colors outside the spectrum of ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD

  • Weaving

    by Hector Manuel Meneses Lozano, Victoria Mitchell, Nilda Callanaupa Alvarez, Sophie Desrosiers, Ellen Harlizius-Kluck, Christine Giuntini, Lynda Pete, Suzanne Lassalle, Annabel Vallard, Laurence Douny, Rodolphe Rougerie, Sophie Cersoy ...
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    A beautifully illustrated look at how weaving has influenced art, industry, and society worldwideWeaving is one of humanity’s oldest technologies and remains central to our global economies. Yet because of the fragility of textiles and their association with women’s labor and craft, they have often been marginalized in art history. From the early-modern Andes to the contemporary artist’s studio, ... Read more

    $33.79 CAD

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  • Ex Voto

    Votive Giving Across Cultures

    Edited by Ittai Weinryb ...
    Series series Bard Graduate Center - Cultural Histories of the Material World
    Derived from Latin ex voto suscepto “in pursuance of a vow,” an ex voto embodies the hopes, dreams, and anxieties of the person who deposits it. Almost anything, regardless of size, weight, form, or original function, can become a votive object. Ultimately, the category refers to a subset of the material world in which a thing is not necessarily made to be a votive, but instead becomes charged ... Read more

    $50.99 CAD

  • Plastics

    by Anne Gunnison, David Joselit, Kevin Beasley, Jennifer Gabrys, Elena Torok, Bess Williamson, Susan Heald, Kelly McHugh ...
    Series series ART/WORK
    Why modern and contemporary art—and art conservation—can’t be understood without taking account of the revolutionary impact of plasticsModern and contemporary art wouldn’t exist without the invention of plastics. From sculpture to paint, and photography to film, plastics have shaped every major medium of art. In turn, plastics have revolutionized art conservation, transforming the possibilities of ... Read more

    $39.99 CAD

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    How the Science of Color Made Us Modern

    by Adam Rogers ...
    "Informative and entertaining...Rogers is a seasoned raconteur, unreeling an eons-spanning tale with skill." — Wall Street JournalA lively account of our age-old quest for brighter colors, which changed the way we see the world, from the best-selling author of Proof: The Science of BoozeFrom kelly green to millennial pink, our world is graced with a richness of colors. But our human-made colors ... Read more

    $23.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

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  • The Neanderthals Rediscovered

    by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse ...
    Series series The Rediscovered Series
    "In the first complete chronological narrative of the species from emergence to extinction...archaeologist Dimitra Papagianni and science historian Michael Morse have shaped a gem." —NatureIn recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthals has been transformed, thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals’ behavior was ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

  • The Neanderthals Rediscovered: How Modern Science Is Rewriting Their Story

    by Dimitra Papagianni, Michael A. Morse ...
    Series Book 0 - The Rediscovered Series
    “Even-handed, up-to-date, and clearly written. . . . If you want to navigate between the Scylla and Charybdis of Neanderthal controversies, you’ll find no better guide.” —Brian Fagan, author of Cro-MagnonIn recent years, the common perception of the Neanderthal has been transformed thanks to new discoveries and paradigm-shattering scientific innovations. It turns out that the Neanderthals’ ... Read more

    $28.99 CAD

  • Bones of Contention

    A Creationist Assessment of Human Fossils

    by Marvin Lubenow ...
    Seeking to disprove the theory of human evolution, the author examines the fossils of the so-called "ape men." ... Read more

    $22.99 CAD

  • Understanding Human Evolution

    by Ian Tattersall ...
    Series series Understanding Life
    Human life, and how we came to be, is one of the greatest scientific and philosophical questions of our time. This compact and accessible book presents a modern view of human evolution. Written by a leading authority, it lucidly and engagingly explains not only the evolutionary process, but the technologies currently used to unravel the evolutionary past and emergence of Homo sapiens. By ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

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  • Symbolic Thought in Neandertals: A Preponderance of Evidence

    by Brendan Bombaci ...
    There has long been a debate as to whether Neandertals have had modern human culture, and thereby symbolic thought. This article demonstrates with the most current evidence from physical anthropology, genetics, and archaeological remains, that they did indeed. ... Read more

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  • Cro-Magnon

    The Story of the Last Ice Age People of Europe

    by Trenton W. Holliday ...
    During the Last Ice Age, Europe was a cold, dry place teeming with mammoths, woolly rhinoceroses, reindeer, bison, cave bears, cave hyenas, and cave lions. It was also the home of people physically indistinguishable from humans today, commonly known as the Cro-Magnons. Our knowledge of them comes from either their skeletons or the tools, art, and debris they left behind.This book tells the story ... Read more

    $36.99 CAD