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Raymond Pettibon A Reader by Raymond Pettibon; Anne Temkin (ed.); Hamza Walker (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Reading Level: good-very good
Raymond Pettibon is famed for the breadth and depth of his reading: his art draws on it (excuse pun) at every turn. This anthology of Pettibon's favorite authors assembles an eclectic mix, from Charles Baudelaire to Borges, and Charles Manson to Mickey Spillane. Pettibon's choice of literary resources o ...Show more
Rethinking Borders by John C Welchman (ed.)
$14.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
The Museum Time Machine - Putting Cultures on Display by Robert Lumley
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: Comedia Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A provocative contribution to the current debate on museums, this collection of essays contains contributions from France, Britain, Australia, the USA and Canada.
Symbols in Art by Matthew Wilson
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: Art Essentials | Reading Level: very good
Iconography, or the study of symbols--be they animals, artifacts, plants, geometric shapes, or gestures--is an essential aspect of interpreting art. One of the most consistent features of human society throughout time has been the use of visual symbols, which often act as substitutions for the written w ...Show more
Greek Sculpture - The Classical Period by John Boardman
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Looks at the development of sculptures, reliefs, and friezes in fifth century B.C. Greece and assesses this period's importance in art history.
Greek Art by John Boardman
$14.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
First published in the early 1960s, this history of Greek art has been enlarged and rewritten. It takes into account new finds as well as new ideas and attitudes to the subject, and emphasizes that Greek art should be seen in its proper context, not that of galleries and museums.
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece by Thomas H Carpenter
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: good-very good
Here is the first scholarly, comprehensive and succinct survey of the treatment of myth by the artists of ancient Greece. With its copious illustrations, it forms an indispensable and unrivalled reference work for everybody interested in art, drama, poetry, anthropology or religion. There is no suv ...Show more
Good Looking - Essays on the Virtue of Images by Barbara Maria Stafford
$14.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
Building on the arguments of her previous books, Body Criticism (1991) and Artful Science (1994), Good Looking challenges the reflexive identification of images with vice. Today rampant criticism, both inside and outside the academy, condemns the immoralities of aesthetic illusion, museum display, cable ...Show more
Global Interests - Renaissance Art Between East and West by Lisa Jardine; Jerry Brotton
$16.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: Picturing History | Reading Level: good-very good
In this groundbreaking, highly provocative examination of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton and Lisa Jardine raise questions about the formation of cultural identity in Western Europe. Through an analysis of the circulation of art and luxury objects, the authors challenge the view that Renaissance culture ...Show more
Battle Lines - Australian Artists at War by Scott Bevan
$15.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
From World War II to Vietnam and two Gulf Wars artists have shaped how we see war, immortalising soldiers and battles and influencing how we see ourselves as Australians. The war artist has opened our eyes and perceptions to historic events that would otherwise have been censored, distorted of forgotten ...Show more
The Man in the Red Coat by Julian Barnes
$25.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
The Man Booker Prize-winning author of The Sense of an Ending takes us on a rich, witty, revelatory tour of Belle Époque Paris, via the life story of the pioneering surgeon Samuel Pozzi. In the summer of 1885, three Frenchmen arrived in London for a few days' shopping. One was a Prince, one was a Count, ...Show more
English Artists' Paper - Renaissance to Regency by John Krill
$15.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good