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Turner by Graham Reynolds
$12.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
A study of the life and works of Joseph Mallord William Turner. A precocious talent, he first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the age of 15, an institution that was to play a major part in his life, recognizing his genius and supporting him against many contemporary arbiters of taste.
Victorian Architecture by Roger Dixon; Stefan Muthesius
$12.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Explores the interplay of social forms, technological advances, and creative achievements that gave rise to various building types in the Victorian age.
Watercolours: a Concise History by Graham Reynolds
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
Follows the story of watercolour from 16th-century Italy and Germany through Holland, France and Switzerland in the 18th century and on to the contribution made by the British School. It concludes with the effects of Romanticism and Impressionism and a discussion of watercolour in the 20th century.
Western Architecture: A Concise History by R. Furneaux Jordan
$14.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
William Blake by Kathleen Raine
$12.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
The story of the life and work of the visionary poet and artist, William Blake.
Wren by Margaret Whinney
$10.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
Sir Christopher Wren overcame a complete lack of formal training and scan firsthand knowledge of European architecture to become a master of his art. He built nothing before he was thirty; but by the time he was seventy and still very active, his achievements rivaled those of any European architect.Wren ...Show more