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Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana
$19.95 AUD
Category: Art History | 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
$35.00 AUD
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
Artists' Film - World of Art by David Curtis; Steve McQueen (Foreword by)
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: World of Art Ser.
International in scope and accessibly written by a renowned authority on the subject, Artists' Film is an introductory guide to the exciting and expanding field of artists' film and an alternative history of the moving image, chronicling artists' ever-evolving fascination with filmmaking from the early ...Show more
Fashion Since 1900 by Amy de la Haye; Valerie Mendes
$35.00 AUD
Category: Fashion Design | 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
$29.99 AUD
Category: Graphic 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
Modern Architecture: A Critical History by Kenneth Frampton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Architecture | 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
Photomontage - World of Art by Dawn Ades
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: World of Art Ser.
Manipulation of the photograph is as old as photography itself. It has embodied and enlivened political propaganda, satire, and commercial art and helped visualize the "brave new world" of the future through surreal and fantastic images. Photomontage has been embraced by artists from the late nineteenth ...Show more
The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton
$29.99 AUD
Category: photography | 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
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art History | 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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