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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
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 Sources of Modern Architecture and Design by Nikolaus Pevsner; Kenneth Frampton (Foreword by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Architecture and Urbanism | Series: World of Art Ser.
The turn of the nineteenth century saw an extraordinary flowering of invention in architecture and design, leading to the emergence of two contrasting styles: art nouveau and the International Style. Professor Nikolaus Pevsner brings clarity to this period of dynamic change by tracing the origins of twe ...Show more
William Blake by Kathleen Raine
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
Prophet, poet, painter, engraver - William Blake (1757-1827) was an artist of uniquely powerful imagination and far-reaching creative gifts. His work expresses the spiritual drama of the English national being, integrating poetry and visual art in a sustained work of visionary creativity unparalleled in ...Show more
Women, Art, and Society by Whitney Chadwick
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Category: Art and Design | 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