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1969 - 1999 Neo-avant-gardes Postmodern And Global Art by Valerio Terraroli
Category: Art | Series: Art of the Twentieth Century
Explores the changes in art during the last decades of the 20th century.
ART NOUVEAU by JEAN LAHOR
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of Century Ser.
The Art Nouveau movement is distinguished as the decorative and architectural style that began, in response to the Industrial Revolution. The primary objective of this movement was the creation of a new aesthetic of nature through a return to the study of natural subjects. Designs from this movement are ...Show more
Art Of The 20th Century by Dorothea Eimert
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of the 20th Century Ser.
The 20th century was a revolutionary period in art history. In the span of a few short years, Modernism exploded into being, disrupting centuries of classical figurative tradition to create something entirely new. This astoundingly thorough survey of art's modern era showcases all of the key artistic mo ...Show more
Birth Of Contemporary Art 1946 1968 by Valerio Terraroli
Category: Art | Series: Art of the Twentieth Century
Covers the fundamental events and pivotal works of international art in the 20th century. This book relates how artists reacted to the greatest tragedy of the 20th century and responded to the advent of the society of mass communication and consumption, to the moulding of the world.
Cubism by Guillaume Apollinaire
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of Century Collection
Transforming natural forms into cylinders and cubes, painters like Juan Gris and Robert Delaunay, driven by Braque and Picasso, imposed a new vision upon the world, in total opposition to the principles of the Impressionists.
Early Italian Art by Sir Joseph Archer Crowe
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of Century
Swinging between the majesty of the Greco-Byzantine heritage and the modernity forecasted by Giotto, Early Italians art summarise the first steps that lead to the Renaissance. Trying out new mediums, those first artists little by little left frescoes for removable panels. If hieratic faces can offend ou ...Show more
Modern Sculpture - Artists in Their Own Words by Douglas Dreishpoon (Editor)
Category: Art Instructional | Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art Ser.
This tapestry of primary sources is an essential primer on sculpture and its makers. Modern Sculpture presents a selection of manifestos, documents, statements, articles, and interviews from more than ninety sculptors, including a diverse selection of contemporary sculptors. With this book, editor Dougl ...Show more
Philip Guston by Philip Guston
Category: Art | Series: Documents of Twentieth-Century Art
This is the premier collection of dialogues, talks, and writings by Philip Guston (1913-1980), one of the most intellectually adventurous and poetically gifted of modern painters. Over the course of his life, Guston's wide reading in literature and philosophy deepened his commitment to his art - from hi ...Show more
Renaissance Art by Victoria Charles
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of Century
The Renaissance began at the end of the 14th century in Italy and by the second half of the 16th century has extended across the whole of Europe. The rediscovery of the splendour of ancient Greece and Rome marked the beginning of the rebirth of the arts following the break-down of the dogmatic certitude ...Show more
Rococo by Victoria Charles
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of Century Collection
Appearing at the beginning of the 18th century, Rococo is also referred to as late Baroque style. At the end of the century, facing the advent of Neoclassicism, this art form was plunged into obscurity. Charles and Carl rediscover Rococo's radiance in this collection.
Romanesque Art by Charles Victoria & Carl Klaus H.
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of Century Ser.
The term of Roman art distinguishes, in art history, the period between the 11th and the 13th century. This era shows a great diversity of regional schools which were all specific in their own way. In architecture as well as in sculpture, the Roman art is marked by raw forms. By its rich iconography and ...Show more