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Islamic Art and Architecture by Robert Hillenbrand
$35.00 AUD
Category: Architecture and Urbanism | 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
Japanese Art by Joan Stanley-Baker
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design | 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
Latin American Art Since 1900 by Edward Lucie-Smith
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
In this classic survey, now updated with full-color images throughout, Edward Lucie-Smith introduces the art of Latin America from 1900 to the present day. Lucie-Smith examines major artists such as Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo, as well as dozens of less familiar Latin American artists and exiled artis ...Show more
Le Corbusier by Kenneth Frampton
$34.99 AUD
Category: Architecture and Urbanism | Series: World of Art Ser.
Le Corbusier is one of the most famous architects of the twentieth century. The richness and variety of his work combined with his passionately expressed philosophy of architecture have had an immense impact on the urban fabric and the way we live. Weaving through his long and prolific life are certain ...Show more
Modern Architecture: A Critical History by Kenneth Frampton
$39.99 AUD
Category: Architecture and Urbanism | 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 Simon Morley
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
A new concise history of modern painting, offering an indispensable reference to the complexities and characteristics of this medium. While acknowledging the legacy of Herbert Read's classic 1959 study A Concise History of Modern Painting in the World of Art series, academic and artist Simon Morley pla ...Show more
Movements in Art Since 1945 by Edward Lucie-Smith
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design | 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
Photograph As Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton
$19.95 AUD
Category: Photography | Series: World of Art
This book, now updated and expanded, is a profusely illustrated survey of the use of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s. It features the work of more than 170 of internationally renowned and up-and-coming artist-photographers, including Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, ...Show more
The Classical Language of Architecture by John Summerson
$29.99 AUD
Category: Architecture and Urbanism | Series: World of Art Ser.
A revised and updated edition of Sir John Summerson's classic book.Derived from the principles of Greek and Roman architecture in antiquity, the classical style has long dominated the history of western architecture from the Renaissance to the present. Sir John Summerson's timeless text, as relevant tod ...Show more
The Expressionists by Wolf-Dieter Dube
$25.00 AUD
Category: Photography | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
Expressionist Karl Schmidt-Rottluff, co-founder of the 'Brucke' movement in Dresden, convey the essence of the revolutionary movement in the arts which overthrew the stifling academicism of Kaiser Wilhelm's Germany and led in the years between 1900 and 1914 to an amazing upsurge of creative activity. Th ...Show more
The Photography As Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton
$30.00 AUD
Category: Photography | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: very good
A short illustrated survey of the use of photography in contemporary art since the mid-1980s. The work of approximately 150 of the best-known artist-photographers are featured: Andreas Gursky, Nan Goldin, Philip-Lorca diCorcia, Richard Billingham, Juergen Teller, Thomas Demand, Yinka Shonibare, Thomas R ...Show more
The Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922 by Camilla Gray
$30.00 AUD
Category: Photography | Series: World of Art S.
When the original edition of this book was published, John Russell hailed it as "a massive contribution to our knowledge of one of the most fascinating and mysterious episodes in the history of modern art." Revised and expanded by Marian Burleigh-Motley, the book remains the most compact, accurate, re ...Show more