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Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana
$19.95 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A superlative introduction to the diversity of Aboriginal art, this concise survey introduces the work of Australia's indigenous artists from all parts of the continent. For some 50,000 years, Aboriginal artists have built on traditions and worked in a variety of contexts, from the sacred and secret rea ...Show more
Abstract Art by Anna Moszynska
$29.99 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser.
Since the early years of the twentieth century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged, and bewildered audiences. Its path to acceptance within the artistic mainstream was slow. This revised edition traces the origins and evolution of abstract art, placing it in broad cultural context.Well-respec ...Show more
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece by Thomas H. Carpenter
$35.00 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser.
The ancient Greeks recorded their mythology on vase paintings, engraved gems, and bronze and stone sculptures, offering depictions that often predate any references to the myths in literature or recount alternative, unfamiliar versions of these tales. In some cases, visual art provides our only evidence ...Show more
Bauhaus by Frank Whitford; Michael White (Introduction by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser.
The aesthetic of our contemporary environment, including everything from housing developments to furniture and websites, is partly the result of a school of art and design founded in Germany in 1919, the Bauhaus. While in operation for only fourteen years before being shut down by the Nazis in 1933, the ...Show more
Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950 by Maya Fowkes; Reuben Fowkes
$35.00 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser.
In this pathbreaking new history, Maja and Reuben Fowkes introduce outstanding artworks and major figures from across central and Eastern Europe to reveal the movements, theories, and styles that have shaped artistic practice since 1950. They emphasize the particularly rich and varied art scenes of Pola ...Show more
Contemporary African Art by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
$29.99 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser.
Contemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by one particular style, technique, or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude toward art making, incorporating and building upon the structures from w ...Show more
Contemporary Painting by Suzanne Hudson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser.
The twentieth century brought radical changes in art--including the shift from modernism to postmodernism--which were accompanied by fierce debates regarding the place of painting in contemporary culture. Contemporary Painting argues that the medium has not only persisted in the twenty-first century but ...Show more
Costume and Fashion by James Laver
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fashion | Series: World of Art Ser.
From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim, from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today, this classic guide covers the landmarks of costume history. Costume and Fashion explores the forms and materials used in fashion t ...Show more
Gauguin by Belinda Thomson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser.
Artist Paul Gauguin achieved a high public profile during his lifetime and was one of the first artists of his generation to achieve international recognition. But his prominence has always been tangled up with the dramatic and problematic events of his life--his self-imposed exile on a remote South Sea ...Show more
Graphic Design in the Twentieth Century: A Concise History by Richard Hollis
$29.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: World of Art Ser.
The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and important developments in twentieth-century visual culture. From its roots in the expansion of printing, graphic design has evolved from a means of identification, information, and promotion to a profession and art in its own right. This author ...Show more
Interior Design Since 1900 by Anne Massey
$29.99 AUD
Category: Interior Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
Interior design experienced an extraordinary amount of changes in taste and style during the twentieth century. From William Morris and the Arts and Crafts movement to expressionism, postmodernism, and green design, Interior Design Since 1900 charts them all.Featuring more than two hundred color illustr ...Show more
Islamic Art and Architecture by Robert Hillenbrand
$35.00 AUD
Category: Visual Arts | Series: World of Art Ser.
Including over a thousand years of history and stretching from the Atlantic to the borders of India and China, Islamic Art and Architecture is an unparalleled narrative of the arts of Islamic civilization. From the death of the Prophet Muhammad to 1900, Islamic art expert Robert Hillenbrand traces the e ...Show more