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Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
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
Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana
Category: Art | Series: World of Art S.
This revised edition of Caruana's comprehensive survey contains new illustrations and updated information covering developments in the field of Aboriginal art, which thrives in a variety of contexts - sacred and secular - and in wide range of media.
Abstract Art by Anna Moszynska
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
Since the early years of the twentieth century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged, and bewildered audiences. Its path to acceptance within the artistic mainstream was slow. This revised edition traces the origins and evolution of abstract art, placing it in broad cultural context.Well-respec ...Show more
Age of Transition - Byzantine Culture in the Islamic World by Helen C. Evans (Editor); Robert Schick (Contribution by); Alan Gampel (Contribution by); Arnold E. Franklin (Contribution by); Gabriele Mietke (Contribution by); Lyle Humphrey (Contribution by); Lisa Brody (Contribution by); Carol Snow (Contribution by); Edward Bleiberg (Contribution by); Stephen Fine (Contribution by); Annie Labatt (Contribution by); Hieromonk Justin Hieromonk Justin of Sinai (Contribution by); Lawrence Nees (Contribution by)
Category: Books | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art (MAA) (YUP) Ser.
In 2012 the Metropolitan Museum of Art presented Byzantium and Islam: Age of Transition, a groundbreaking exhibition that explored the transformations and continuities in the Byzantine Empire from the 7th to the 9th century. During this time of historic upheaval, Christian and Jewish communities encount ...Show more
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton
Category: Fashion | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art S.
Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the full breadth of the desig ...Show more
American Architecture - A Critical History by David P. Handlin
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser.
America has always presented a unique challenge to architects: should they emulate the Old World or respond to the demands of the New? David Handlin tells the complex story with lucidity and insight. Almost from its seventeenth-century beginnings, American architecture was subject to two apparently cont ...Show more
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 by Alastair Duncan
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art S.
This volume traces the history of the art deco movement and examines its influence on design. Examples are given of art deco furniture, textiles, ironwork, lighting, silver, glass, ceramics, sculpture, graphics, posters, books, jewellery, and architecture.
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