the mit press 1998 (143 resultados)

Soft cover. Condición: Acceptable.

Paperback. Condición: VG. Paperback. VG. 135pp. Extremities lightly rubbed & soiled; stickers on rear cover & spine. Index.

Paperback. Condición: VG. Paperback. VG. 339pp. Index, Refs. Wear extremities.

Paperback. Condición: VG-. Paperback. VG-. 362pp. Index, Refs. Light soiling, wear extremities.

Hardcover. Condición: New. This book is brand new; never used or opened. No remainder marks. The dustjacket may have some shelfwear.

Cloth. Condición: As New. Estado de la sobrecubierta: As New. First Edition. Cloth. As New/As New. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. A down to earth anecdotal account of the life of the author, an activist in some of the major political and social upheavals of the twentieth century, from Young Communist League member, union activist to management consultant for global corporations, His was a life based on empathy and principles. Photos.

Paper Back. Condición: Very Good.

Hardcover. Condición: Fine. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Fine. First Edition. Hard Cover. Fine/Fine. First Edition. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. 250 pp., bibliography and index. Size: 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Very Good. 'Hersey is exploring the ways that life imitates art, a subject which has been thought about by many observers of both; but here with an additional application of the theory of sexual selection. This book is written with an immense relish that adds strong literary persuasion to its already persuasive argument.'-- Anne Hollander, author of 'Sex &Suits: The Evolution of Modern Dress' (1995) The beauty of the human body has found a daring beholder in art historian George Hersey, who for the first time brings modern Darwinian theories of sexual selection (mate competition, attractor manipulation, and the like) into the history of art. 'The Evolution of Allure' shows how Western art has channeled mate choice, exploiting the cosmetics, clothes, muscles, organs, and ornaments that showcase the body. From the Medici Venus to Vitruvius, Leonardo, Durer, and the phone-sex goddesses of 'D-Cup Superstars,' Hersey9s lively, erotically charged text shows that the formulas set forth by the Greek sculptor Polykleitos have established a Western canon of human gestures and proportions and may have influenced human evolution. The beauty of the human body has found a daring beholder in art historian George Hersey, who for the first time brings modern Darwinian theories of sexual selection into the history of art. Hersey shows how Western art has channeled mate choice, exploiting the cosmetics, clothes, muscles, organs, and ornaments that showcase the body. 146 illustrations. Very nice clean tight copy, free of any marks.

Trade Paperback. Condición: VG-. used trade paperback edition. lightly shelfworn, corners a bit bumped, some creasing/scuffing/wear to covers. binding is straight and tight with no marks to text or other serious flaws.

Hardcover. Condición: New. 1st Edition. 4to, illustrated boards, 173pp., ills. New and sealed. Extra postage may be asked.

Hardcover. Dust Jacket Included. F. F/VG+ 1st Hb 181pp Index, Refs, Notes. DJ: wear extremities and corners.

Paper Back. Condición: Very Good. No interior markings.

Fine in Fine dust jacket; Most books shipped within 24 hours. Dust jacket in brodart protective covering. ; B&W Photographs; 8vo.; 452 pages; 0262193892. First Edition. Binding is Hardcover.

Hardcover. Condición: Very Good. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. 1st Edition. 8vo, cloth, dust jacket, xix + 574pp., 66 plates. First edition. VG+/VG: a clean and sound book lightly rubbed at the rear board; a lightly dust-soiled jacket with minor scratches to the rear panel and a closed tear to the head of the front panel. Extra postage may be asked.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Very Good. Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) is best known as an American modernist andpioneering artist of the early twentieth century. But he was also a prolific writerwho published dozens of essays and reviews and several volumes of poetry and prose.The autobiographical account of his life in the manuscript collection of Yale?sBeinecke Library has often been consulted by scholars and curators writing aboutHartley. It is the most revealing document he left about his personal life andrelationships -- both for its disclosures and omissions -- but has never beenpublished before.Transcribed from Hartley's own handwritten manuscripts, thisedition is accompanied by photographs (some never before published), notes, and anintroduction discussing Hartley's fascination with autobiography in the context ofhis struggle with notions of self-representation in art. Susan Ryan also describesthe circumstances surrounding the composition of Somehow a Past, and explains thedistinctions between this original version and two later ones also in the BeineckeLibrary.Somehow a Past is compelling both as historical document and as personalnarrative. Although solitary, self-involved, and saturnine, Hartley neverthelessknew nearly every figure of the international avant-garde in his day and unfolds hislife largely through a chain of personal encounters. His traffic with such majorliterary and artistic figures as Alfred Stieglitz, Vasili Kandinski, Gertrude Stein, Mabel Dodge, Eugene O?Neill, Robert McAlmon, and Charles Demuth is recorded as arehis travels both domestic and foreign.Somehow a Past is gossipy, discursive, andself-distanced. Hartley drafted it several times, truncating the description of histraumatic childhood, and leaving out any overt reference to his homosexuality. Yetthere are moments of crystal clear self-characterization and leitmotifs thatcommemorate his troubled youth. Marsden Hartley (1877-1943) is best known as an American modernist and pioneering artist and writer of the early 20th century. This autobiographical account of his life is the most revealing document he left about his personal life and relationships but has never been published before. SOMEHOW A PAST is compelling both as historical document and as personal narrative. 45 illustrations. Slight scratching/scuffing on cover. Book has minor shelf wear. Sold as is.

Condición: Very Good. Shipped within 24 hours from our UK warehouse. Clean, undamaged book with no damage to pages and minimal wear to the cover. Spine still tight, in very good condition. Remember if you are not happy, you are covered by our 100% money back guarantee.

First edition Fine and bright in like dustjacket with crisp bright text throughout. Neat owner's name to the opening flyleaf which bothers none of the text. Nicely illustrated.

Very good or better.

ISBN 0-262-61134-1. Trade Paperback. Reprint edition. Very Good condition with some highlighting.

Hardcover 2nd Printing Data Encryption; Computer Science; Wiretapping; The Politics of Wiretapping and Encryption. (342 Pgs.) Pictorial DJ, VVG / VVG.

Hardcover. Condición: Used - Good. Why do so few women occupy positions of power and prestige? Virginia Valian uses concepts and data from psychology, sociology, economics, and biology to explain the disparity in the professional advancement of men and women. According to Valian, men and women alike have implicit hypotheses about gender differences -- gender schemas -- that create small sex differences in characteristics, behaviors, perceptions, and evaluations of men and women. Those small imbalances accumulate to advantage men and disadvantage women. The most important consequence of gender schemas for professional life is that men tend to be overrated and women underrated. Book has minor shelf wear.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Very Good. The ostensible subject of this inquiry is the primitive hut, a one-room structure built of common or rustic materials. Ann Cline gracefully weaves together two stories: one of primitive huts in times of cultural transition, and another of diminutive structures in our own time of architectural transition. From these narrative strands emerges a deeper inquiry: What are the limits of architecture? What ghosts inhabit its edges? What does it mean to dwell outside it? An exploration of the smallest and simplest of dwellings offers answers to some of the largest and oldest questions about architecture. Cline blends autobiography, historical research, and cultural criticism in an original and imaginative attempt to rethink architecture by studying its boundary conditions and formative structures. 61 illustrations. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Hard Cover. Condición: Very Good+. Estado de la sobrecubierta: Very Good. Hard Cover. Very Good+/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall. Book has 360 pages with illustrations. DJ has some light wear to the edge. Clean and tight. Explores how assumptions about gender, games, and technology shape the design, development, and marketing of games as industry seeks to build the girl market.

Condición: very good. Pbk 159ppp a very good clean tight unmarked text almost as new.

Soft cover. Condición: Fine. Pbk 255p illustr covers a tad shelfworn otherwise an excellent clean tight unmarked text.

Soft cover. Condición: Very Good. Pbk, 531pp, slightly bumped at lower rear fore corner, text unaffected and remains excellent, clean, tight and unmarked,  as new.

Trade Paperback. Condición: Used - Very Good. 'Winner of the 8th Annual AIA International Architecture Book Award for Criticism' 'The stirring gift of a mind like Karsten Harries allows a link between architecture and philosophy. In our splintered, individualist age he reminds us it is impossible to think without generalities.' -- Steven Holl, Architect Can architecture help us find our place and way in today's complex world? Can it return individuals to a whole, to a world, to a community? Developing Giedion9s claim that contemporary architecture's main task is to interpret a way of life valid for our time, philosopher Karsten Harries answers that architecture should serve a common ethos. But if architecture is to meet that task, it first has to free itself from the dominant formalist approach, and get beyond the notion that its purpose is to produce endless variations of the decorated shed. Very nice clean, tight copy free of any marks.

Hardcover. Condición: Used - Good. This book addresses one of the most troubling questions of contemporary art theory and practice: Who is contemporary art for? Although the divide between contemporary art and the public has long been acknowledged, this is the first time that artists, critics, and the public have come together to debate the problem and to make artmaking, criticism, and public reaction part of the same process. Like the exhibitions, discussions, and seminars held at 'The Castle' during the summer 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, this book is based on the premise that contemporary artists and the general public have something to say to each other. By positing the space of 'conversation' as one in which artworks can be experienced as creative sites open to multilayered interpretations by changing audiences, the book provides an antidote to the modernist connoisseurial silence that has long been used to define quality. The book is divided into three sections. The first contains essays by project curator Mary Jane Jacob, critic and coeditor Michael Brenson, and cultural critic Homi K. Bhabha. Their essays describe fresh approaches to contemporary art and its audiences at a time of increased access through technology and decreased government funding. The second section contains essays by the six artists/collaborative teams involved in the project. Their works, aimed at public participation, included installation-performances, collaborations with Atlanta communities, cross-country tours, and the creation and presentation of food as a means to stimulate conversation and construct community. The artists are: artway of thinking (Italy), Ery Camara (Senegal/Mexico), Mauricio Dias andWalter Riedweg (Brazil/Switzerland), Regina Frank (Germany), IRWIN (Slovenia), and Maurice O'Connell (Ireland). The final section contains seven essays by the critics, curators, educators, administrators, and artists who led the 'Conversations on Culture' at The Castle. The essays are by Jacquelynn Baas, Michael Brenson, Lisa Graziose Corrin, Amina Dickerson and Tricia Ward, Steven Durland, Susan Krane, and Susan Vogel. This book addresses one of the most troubling questions of contemporary art theory and practice: Who is contemporary art for? Book has minor shelf wear.

Fine bright pictorial gatefold wraps with crisp text. Profusely illustrated with the artist's work throughout.