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African Art by Frank Willett
$10.00 AUD
$21.95 (54% off)
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: World of Art Ser.
The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota and other African peoples is extremely vigorous and shows a brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact their works had upon the development of 20th-century Western art - on Picasso, Derain, Braque and Modigliani, among others - continues to this ...Show more
Art Textiles of the World : Great Britain by Matthew Koumis (Editor)
$45.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: Art Textiles of the World Ser.
A lavishly illustrated survey of some of Canada's leading artists working across the spectrum of contemporary textile art. 192 pages, over 250 colour photos Introductory essays by Alan Elder, Sandra Alfoldy, PhD, JR Carpenter, Lisa Vinebaum, foreword by the Editor. Featured artists: Jennifer Angus, Ingr ...Show more
Chinese Art by Mary Tregear
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Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: good
At a time when interest in China has never been greater, this revised edition of Mary Tregear's authoritative survey of the Chinese visual arts will be welcomed by art lovers, travelers, and students alike. Generously illustrated and eminently readable, it covers not only bronzes, jades, calligraphy, an ...Show more
Concepts of Modern Art by Nikos Stangos (Editor)
$15.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: World of Art Ser.
The main concepts and development of art from about 1900 to the present are analyzed in authoritative essays by some of the most distinguished art historians and critics in Britain and the United States. With Edward Lucie-Smith on Pop Art, Suzi Gablik on Minimal Art, Norbert Lynton on Expressionism, and ...Show more
The Man Who Deciphered Linear B : The Story of Michael Ventris by Andrew Robinson
$30.00 AUD
Category: SECONDHAND BOOKS | Series: World of Art Ser.
More than a century ago, in 1900, one of the great archaeological finds of all time was made in Crete. Arthur Evans discovered what he believed was the palace of King Minos, with its notorious labyrinth, home of the Minotaur. As a result, Evans became obsessed with one of the epic intellectual stories o ...Show more
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