Category - Art
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The Best We Share: Nation, Culture and World-Making in the UNESCO World Heritage Arena
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95$47.99$47.99 - $47.99Current price $47.99| /The UNESCO World Heritage Convention is one of the most widely ratified international treaties, and a place on the World Heritage List is a widely...
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Gifts in the Age of Empire: Ottoman-Safavid Cultural Exchange, 1500-1639
HardcoverOriginal price $55.00 - Original price $55.00Original price $55.00$66.99$66.99 - $66.99Current price $66.99| /Explores the Safavid and Ottoman empires through the lens of gifts. When the Safavid dynasty, founded in 1501, built a state that championed Irani...
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The First Signs: Unlocking the Mysteries of the World's Oldest Symbols
PaperbackOriginal price $18.99 - Original price $18.99Original price $18.99$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /“If you love mysteries, you’ll love this book. Genevieve von Petzinger acts as guide and sleuth in this fascinating, accessible, and fast-paced e...
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Perfect Wave: More Essays on Art and Democracy
PaperbackOriginal price $18.00 - Original price $18.00Original price $18.00$18.99$18.99 - $18.99Current price $18.99| /A collection of essays by American art critic Dave Hickey, nicknamed “The Bad Boy of Art Criticism.” When Dave Hickey was twelve, he rode the ...
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Musical Resilience: Performing Patronage in the Indian Thar Desert
PaperbackOriginal price $26.95Original price $26.95 - Original price $26.95Original price $26.95Current price $23.99$23.99 - $23.99Current price $23.99| /Indian regional musicians find resilience in a postcolonial worldIn Musical Resilience, Shalini Ayyagari shows how professional low-caste musicians...
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People of the Eland: Rock Paintings of the Drakensberg Bushmen as a Reflection of Their Life and Thought
PaperbackOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$52.99$52.99 - $52.99Current price $52.99| /The cornerstone of current understanding of rock art of the San of Drakensberg First published in 1976, People of the Eland was the first major ste...
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Eland's People: New Perspectives in the Rock Art of the Maloti-Drakensberg Bushmen Essays in Memory of Patricia Vinnicombe
PaperbackOriginal price $40.00 - Original price $40.00Original price $40.00$52.99$52.99 - $52.99Current price $52.99| /A companion to People of Eland that allows an overview of Drakensberg rock art Only 1000 copies of People of the Eland were printed in 1976. It was...
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Circulating Culture: Transnational Cuban Networks of Exchange
PaperbackOriginal price $35.00 - Original price $35.00Original price $35.00$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /Exploringthe movements of Cuban material objects and digital content across borders Despite decades of diplomatic hostilities and economicsanctio...
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Archaeology and Oral Tradition in Malawi: Origins and Early History of the Chewa
PaperbackOriginal price $37.00 - Original price $37.00Original price $37.00$49.99$49.99 - $49.99Current price $49.99| /First comprehensive account of the origins and early history of the Chewa as revealed by oral tradition and archaeology that allows a more accura...
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African Textiles: Color and Creativity Across a Continent
PaperbackOriginal price $34.95Original price $34.95 - Original price $34.95Original price $34.95Current price $29.99$29.99 - $29.99Current price $29.99| /The traditional, handcrafted textiles of Africa are sumptuous, intricate, and steeped in cultural significance. Region by region, African Textiles ...
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Art History and Anthropology: Modern Encounters, 1870-1970
PaperbackOriginal price $65.00 - Original price $65.00Original price $65.00$80.99$80.99 - $80.99Current price $80.99| /An in-depth and nuanced look at the complex relationship between two dynamic fields of study. While today we are experiencing a revival of world a...
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Michael Chiago: O'Odham Lifeways Through Art
PaperbackOriginal price $24.95Original price $24.95 - Original price $24.95Original price $24.95Current price $22.99$22.99 - $22.99Current price $22.99| /This book offers an artistic depiction of O'odham lifeways through the paintings of internationally acclaimed O'odham artist Michael Chiago Sr. Eth...
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