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Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana
25.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | 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
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece by Thomas H. Carpenter
39.99 NZD
Category: Art History | 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
Ballet and Modern Dance by Susan Au; James Rutter
25.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
Dance's extraordinary range extends from classical ballet and baroque court spectacles to avant-garde modern dance, tap, and ethnic dancing. This comprehensive history covers the entire spectrum, vividly describing the great performers and performances of the past as well as exploring in detail the cont ...Show more
Body Art by Nicholas Thomas
9.99 NZD
25.99 (61% off)
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art
This informed and accessible book explores the wide-ranging history of body art, from its expression of tribal affinities and cultural identity to its role in theatricality, criminality, and beautifying the body, as well as its influence on contemporary artists. Seven thematic chapters explore the extr ...Show more
Concepts of Modern Art by Nikos Stangos
34.00 NZD
36.95 (7% off)
Category: Fine Art | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
The 3rd revised and enlarged edition of this introduction to modern art in the WORLD OF ART series, which now includes a new essay, POSTMODERNISM AND THE ART OF IDENTITY which brings the story of modern art right up to the present.
Costume and Fashion: A Concise History by James Laver
38.95 NZD
Category: Non-Fiction | Series: World of Art S.
From the invention of the needle 40,000 years ago to the biggest names in fashion today, this is a classic guide to the landmarks of costume history and to the forms and materials used through the ages. Also included are the underlying motives of fashion and the ways clothes can express identity.
Dictionary of Art Terms by Edward Lucie-Smith
29.95 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: World of Art
What exactly is Neo-Expressionism? The part of a city known as the acropolis? Or the painting technique called gouache? In this authoritative and concise dictionary, more than 2000 entries and 375 illustrations embrace the vast vocabulary of painting and sculpture, architecture and photography, the deco ...Show more
Furniture: A Concise History by Edward Lucie-Smith
29.95 NZD
Category: History | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
In this illuminating history, text and illustrations combine to offer a view of furniture not as a succession of collectors' pieces, but as a statement about the society that created it. Edward Lucie-Smith offers insights into almost every period, from the prehistoric to the postmodern--from Neolithic t ...Show more
Graffiti and Street Art by Anna Waclawek
25.99 NZD
Category: Fine Art | Series: World of Art
A guide to graffiti and street art. It explains the terms and language of graffiti and street art from tags and throwies to culture jamming and subvertising as well as their multiple influences and sub-genres. It traces the origins and evolution of graffiti and street art, and explores the motivations a ...Show more
Hogarth by David Bindman
31.95 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
Hogarth was one of the great eighteenth-century painters, a marvelous colourist and innovator at all levels of artistic expression. As a man he was rooted in his own time and his own society. We 'read' his satirical works - The Rake's Progress, Marriage-A-La-Mode - as we read a novel, and our pleasure i ...Show more
Interior Design Since 1900 by Anne Massey
35.00 NZD
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
Movements in Art Since 1945 by Edward Lucie-Smith
39.99 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: World of Art Ser.
Revised and redesigned for the first time since 2001, this standard introduction to visual art in the postwar era examines the movements, trends, and artists from abstract expressionism to the present day.Writing with exceptional clarity and a strong sense of narrative, Edward Lucie- Smith demystifies t ...Show more