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Black Art - A Cultural History by Richard J. Powell
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: World of Art Ser.
The African diaspora - a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism - has generated a wide array of artistic achievements, from blues and reggae, to the paintings of the pioneering African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner and video creations of contemporary hip-hop artists ...Show more
British Painting: The Golden Age by William Vaughan
$39.95 NZD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The period from the early works of Hogarth (about 1730) to the death of Turner (1851) was the golden age of British painting, bringing it into the forefront of European art. The main figures are Hogarth, Ramsay, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Lawrence, Blake, Constable and Turner. William Vaughan discusses ...Show more
Fashion Since 1900 by Amy de la Haye; Valerie Mendes
$39.99 NZD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Series: World of Art Ser.
From the turn-of-the-century S-bend silhouette to celebrity couture of the new millennium and the evolution of streetwear, this comprehensive survey explores the significant developments in fashion since 1900. Authors Amy de la Haye and Valerie Mendes focus on key movements and innovations in style for ...Show more
Graphic Design in the Twentieth Century: A Concise History by Richard Hollis
$35.00 NZD
Category: Architecture and Design | 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
Mary Cassatt - Painter of Modern Women by Griselda Pollock
$40.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
This groundbreaking study,the definitive introduction tothe work of artist MaryCassatt, places her work in thewider context of nineteenth-century feminism and arttheory and is now updatedwith color illustrations. This groundbreaking study redefines the status of the beloved American artist Mary Cassatt ...Show more
Modern Architecture: A Critical History by Kenneth Frampton
$45.00 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors | Series: World of Art Ser.
Kenneth Frampton's highly acclaimed survey of modern architecture and its origins has been a classic since it first appeared in 1980. Starting with the cultural developments since 1750 that drove the modern movement, moving through the creation of modern architecture, and exploring the effects of global ...Show more
Oceanic Art by Nicholas Thomas
$29.99 NZD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
The dazzling colours and patterns of the art of the Pacific Islands have long entranced Western audiences, not least artists such as Gauguin and Picasso. The tendency has been to regard Oceanic art as 'primitive', mysterious and shrouded in taboo, but Nicholas Thomas, in looking at and beyond the famili ...Show more
The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton
$35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: World of Art Ser.
In the twenty-first century, photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Almost two centuries after photographic technology was first invented, the art world has fully embraced it as a legitimate medium, equal in status to painting and sculpture. The Photograph as Contemporary Art introduces ...Show more
Women, Art, and Society by Whitney Chadwick
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
Art historian Whitney Chadwick's acclaimed bestselling study challenges the assumption that great women artists are exceptions to the rule who "transcended" their gender to produce major works of art. While introducing some of the many women since the Middle Ages whose contributions to visual culture ha ...Show more
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