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American Furniture, 1650-1840 - Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Alexandra Alevizatos Kirtley
Category: Interior Design | Series: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Ser.
The creation of an American furniture style at a crossroads of transatlantic trade American Furniture, 1650-1840: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art is the first publication dedicated to one of the finest collections of its type in the country. Best known for furniture by artisans from Phil ...Show more
Architecture in Britain - 1530-1830 by John N. Summerson
Category: Art and Design | Series: Hist of Art Ser.
This book charts the development of architectural theory and practice from Elizabeth I to George IV. Questions of style, technology and the social framework of architecture are resolved as separable but always essential components of the building world. Men of genius and buildings of fame emerge: Inigo ...Show more
Arms and Armor - Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art by Dirk H. Breiding
Category: Art and Design | Series: Highlights from the Philadelphia Museum of Art Ser.
Through the exceptional permanent collection at the Philadelphia Museum of Art, this book looks at arms and armor as art--from warfare to war games, from hunting to the pursuit of glory The Philadelphia Museum of Art's holdings of arms and armor are among the finest of their kind in the world. Presentin ...Show more
Art Deco Masterpieces of Art by Flame Tree Studio (Created by)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
Focusing on Art Deco graphic art and illustration, this gorgeous new book features fascinating text on the movement in general, fashion and advertising, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of work by talents such as Barbier, Ert , Cassandre and Colin. Sympathetic examples of other forms of Art Deco a ...Show more
Art Deco Masterpieces of Art by Janet Tyson
Category: History & Theory of Art | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
Focusing on Art Deco graphic art and illustration, this gorgeous new book features fascinating text on the movement in general, fashion and advertising, accompanied by beautiful reproductions of work by talents such as Barbier, Ert , Cassandre and Colin. Sympathetic examples of other forms of Art Deco a ...Show more
Art Nouveau by FKG EDITORS
Category: Art and Design | Series: Periods of Art Ser.
The book, with 550 images, illustrates the characteristics of the art movement, with chapters dedicated to architecture, painting, sculpture, graphic art, applied art and interior decoration. Biographies of the main artists and an index of names conclude the volume.
Art Nouveau Graphic Masterpieces - 100 Plates by Henry Guedy
Category: Art and Design | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
Published in Paris before World War I, these decorative Art Nouveau graphics originally appeared in a now-rare periodical, La Decoration Artistique. This compilation presents 100 full-color plates in a beautiful assortment of naturalistic motifs and period designs that will prove essential to collectors ...Show more
Art Nouveau Masterpieces of Art by Flame Tree Studio (Created by); Julian Beecroft
Category: Art and Design | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
Founded in the 1880s as a response to the art world's elitist obsession with painted and sculptural arts, 'New Art' quickly found ethusiastic support. Art Nouveau combined a desire for the complete reflection of art through craft and design, with the flowing lines of nature and Japonisme. It remains hug ...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
Art and Climate Change by Maja and Reuben Fowkes
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
An overview of ecologicallyconscious contemporary artthat responds to today'senvironmental crisis, fromspecies extinction toclimate change. Art and Climate Change collects a wide range of artistic responses to our current ecological emergency. When the future of life on Earth is threatened, creative pr ...Show more
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece by Thomas H. Carpenter
Category: Art and Design | 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
Art in Australia: From Colonization to Postmodernism by Christopher Allen
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
Does Australian art have a history or is it just a series of belated footnotes to European and American artistic development in the last two centuries? Does it always express some essential "Australian sensibility"? Christopher Allen's book argues that Australian art does have a history of its own from ...Show more