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New Media in Late 20th-Century Art by Michael Rush
$14.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
Modern art has radically extended the conventional medium of sculpture and painting. Following on innovative ideas about representation and the free use of materials in Cubism, Futurism and Surrealism - particularly in the work of Duchamp - artists abandoned strict adherence to traditional hierarchies o ...Show more
Oceanic Art by Nicholas Thomas
$14.00 NZD
Category: Maori & Pacific | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
?An eloquent reading of images produced by peoples in the Pacific? ? Art Monthly Looking at and beyond the dazzling colours and patterns of the ?primitive? art of the Pacific Islands to explore the significance of the art, past and present. Nicholas Thomas shows how each region is characterized by its o ...Show more
Photography - A Concise History by Ian Jeffrey
$12.00 NZD
Category: Photography | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
Picasso by Timothy Hilton
$12.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Pop Art by Lucy R Lippard
$15.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Illustrated survey of pop art during the 1960s.
Prints of the 20th Century - A History by Riva Castleman
$14.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Works from the collection of New York City's Museum of Modern Art illustrate a history-survey of modern printmaking and of the styles, techniques, and modes of such masters as Chagall, Klee, Matisse, Miro, Picasso, and Rauschenberg.
Rococo to Revolution - Major Trends in Eighteenth Century Painting by Michael Levey
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Michael Levey, former Director of the National Gallery in London, traces the major trends of European painting in the eighteenth century, taking as his theme the exciting evolution--and revolution--that took place in art from Watteau's birth to the death of Goya. 154 illus., 22 in color.
Rodin by Bernard Champigneulle
$14.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
Rodin's sculpture was in defiance of academic conventions but in later life he became a famous and widely respected figure. This work reappraises his achievement, analyzes his significance as an innovator, and gives an account of his personality and life.
Romantic Art by William Vaughan
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: good
Sexuality in Western Art by Edward Lucie-Smith; Edward Lucie Smith
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Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Edward Lucie-Smith's examination of sexuality in Western art from prehistory to the present first treats the tradition chronologically, then considers its characteristic themes and symbols.
Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers by Alan Livingston
$14.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Design | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
Revised and updated to include all aspects of graphic design from 1840 to the present day, this classic reference defines key movements, trends, styles and techniques, and covers an enormous range of graphic designers, typographers, illustrators, poster artists and printers. It ensures that the names at ...Show more
The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance by Peter Murray
$12.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
"Well-illustrated, undeniably useful, Murray's book is truly welcome." --Architectural Design "Informed in content and concise in style . . . a perfect introduction to the architecture of the Italian Renaissance." --Richard Stapleford, Cooper Union School of Architecture A classic guide to one of the ...Show more