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Interior Design Since 1900 by Anne Wealleans
$25.95 NZD
Category: Coffee Table | Series: World of Art
Presents the history of interior design from the 19th-century Arts and Crafts movement onwards. This book analysis major styles and trends, including Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, the Modern Movement and Art Deco through to Post-Modern and Hi-Tech Design.
Japanese Art by Joan Stanley-Baker
$25.99 NZD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: World of Art
Here is a concise and authoritative survey of the rich and complex arts of Japan, from the prehistoric period right up to the present, now with a new chapter on the latest developments and trends in Japanese art, including manga and anime, and discussion of world-famous artists, architects and photograp ...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
Modern Painting: A Concise History by Herbert Read
$0.00 NZD
Category: Arts | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: Scholarly/Undergraduate
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
The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design by Nikolaus Pevsner
$22.95 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
The Sources of Modern Architecture and Design
The Theatre by Phyllis Hartnoll
$36.95 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
Acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, above all the whole extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature - here is a history of theatre, worldwide in scope and ranging from its ancient origins in the choral hymns sung round the altar of Dionysus to the fascinating variety of fo ...Show more
Western Architecture by Ian Sutton
$44.95 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors | Series: World of Art S.
A survey of the history of architecture in Europe and North America from ancient Greece to the present. Sutton focuses on the technological achievements of architects and on aesthetic considerations whilst stressing that architecture is both a part of history and an art form. Includes colour illustratio ...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
Women, Art and Society (5th edition) by Whitney Chadwick
$39.00 NZD
Category: Feminism | Series: World of Art
This 5th edition of one of the best-selling World of Art titles features a completely new chapter that charts the evolution of feminist art history and pedagogy since the 1970s, revealing how artists have developed and subverted the strategies of feminism. It is brought up to date with discussion of som ...Show more