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Ballet and Modern Dance by Susan Au
$38.95 NZD
Category: Reference | Series: World of Art S.
A illustrated guide ranging from classical ballet and baroque court spectacles to avant-garde modern dance, tap and world dance. Susan Au also examines the upsurge in revivals of such styles as ballroom, the Argentine tango and Irish step dancing, as well as the dancers' use of modern technology.
Black Art - A Cultural History by Richard J. Powell
$40.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: World of Art Ser.
The African diaspora - a direct result of the transatlantic slave trade and Western colonialism - has generated a wide array of artistic achievements, from blues and reggae, to the paintings of the pioneering African American artist Henry Ossawa Tanner and video creations of contemporary hip-hop artists ...Show more
British Painting: The Golden Age by William Vaughan
$39.95 NZD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The period from the early works of Hogarth (about 1730) to the death of Turner (1851) was the golden age of British painting, bringing it into the forefront of European art. The main figures are Hogarth, Ramsay, Reynolds, Gainsborough and Lawrence, Blake, Constable and Turner. William Vaughan discusses ...Show more
Digital Art by Christiane Paul
$38.95 NZD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: World of Art S.
Since its appearance in the early 1990s, digital art has transformed many traditional forms of art and given rise to entirely new forms, such as net art, software art, digital installation and virtual reality. The latter have emerged as recognized practices and are now collected the world over.
Fashion Since 1900 by Amy de la Haye; Valerie Mendes
$39.99 NZD
Category: Fashion & Textiles | Series: World of Art Ser.
From the turn-of-the-century S-bend silhouette to celebrity couture of the new millennium and the evolution of streetwear, this comprehensive survey explores the significant developments in fashion since 1900. Authors Amy de la Haye and Valerie Mendes focus on key movements and innovations in style for ...Show more
Graphic Design in the Twentieth Century: A Concise History by Richard Hollis
$35.00 NZD
Category: Architecture and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
The story of graphic design is one of the most exciting and important developments in twentieth-century visual culture. From its roots in the expansion of printing, graphic design has evolved from a means of identification, information, and promotion to a profession and art in its own right. This author ...Show more
Henry Moore by Herbert Read
$44.95 NZD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: World of Art S.
Mary Cassatt - Painter of Modern Women by Griselda Pollock
$40.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
This groundbreaking study,the definitive introduction tothe work of artist MaryCassatt, places her work in thewider context of nineteenth-century feminism and arttheory and is now updatedwith color illustrations. This groundbreaking study redefines the status of the beloved American artist Mary Cassatt ...Show more
Modern Architecture: A Critical History by Kenneth Frampton
$45.00 NZD
Category: Architecture & Interiors | 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
Oceanic Art by Nicholas Thomas
$29.99 NZD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
The dazzling colours and patterns of the art of the Pacific Islands have long entranced Western audiences, not least artists such as Gauguin and Picasso. The tendency has been to regard Oceanic art as 'primitive', mysterious and shrouded in taboo, but Nicholas Thomas, in looking at and beyond the famili ...Show more
The Photograph as Contemporary Art by Charlotte Cotton
$35.00 NZD
Category: No Category | Series: World of Art Ser.
In the twenty-first century, photography has come of age as a contemporary art form. Almost two centuries after photographic technology was first invented, the art world has fully embraced it as a legitimate medium, equal in status to painting and sculpture. The Photograph as Contemporary Art introduces ...Show more
The Theatre by Phyllis Hartnoll
$36.95 NZD
Category: Non Fiction | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
Acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, above all the whole extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature - here is a history of theatre, worldwide in scope and ranging from its ancient origins in the choral hymns sung round the altar of Dionysus to the fascinating variety of fo ...Show more