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Abstract Art by Stephanie Straine
$21.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
While it is considered by many artists to be a pure and simplistic form of expression, abstract art is also often thought of as vague or exceedingly theoretical. This new installment in the Art Essentials series demystifies the concept and history of abstraction, taking the reader on a journey that span ...Show more
Destination Art - Art Essentials series by Amy Dempsey
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Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
An affordable and accessibleintroduction to some of themost travel-worthy artworksaround the world, includingland art, site-specific art, andsculpture parks. Some of the world's greatest works of art exist outside of museums and galleries. They can be found in the open fields of Marfa, Texas, and on ti ...Show more
How to Understand Art by Janetta Rebold Benton
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Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
The visual arts enrich our lives in so many ways, presenting beauty, emotion, and ideas--but sometimes looking at art is confusing and challenging. This new volume in the Art Essentials series, How to Understand Art, sets out to enhance the viewer's experience by breaking down the elements of art to pro ...Show more
Impressionism by Ralph Skea
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Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
It is often forgotten just how provocative and unsettling impressionist canvases seemed when they were first exhibited in 1874. Critics, professional artists, and gallery visitors alike were shocked to encounter the unorthodox paintings on display, with their seemingly unfinished surfaces and lack of an ...Show more
Looking at Pictures by Susan Woodford
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Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
Beautifully illustrated with some of the world's greatest pictures, from cave paintings and Roman mosaics to Picasso and Damien Hirst, this affordable guide explains the art of looking at and understanding pictures, equipping the reader with the vision and tools to approach any museum picture with confi ...Show more
Modern Art (Art Essentials) by Amy Dempsey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
The first in a new series of essential introductions to art, Modern Art guides the reader through individual movements from Impressionism to Conceptual Art, situated within five broader chronological eras. Starting with Impressionism in 1860, art historian Amy Dempsey explains the essentials of Modernis ...Show more
Photography by David Bate
$21.99 AUD
Category: Photography | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
Photography has a complex relationship to art. This volume uses an innovative framework to help readers appreciate photography as its own modern art form. In his unique and insightful approach, professor of photography David Bate presents iconic photographs in chronological order alongside significant p ...Show more
Street Art - Art Essentials by Simon Armstrong; Anon; Makoto Azuma
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Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
A comprehensive history and interpretation of the street art movement, featuring all of the key practitioners in a colorful combination of sharp images and insightful commentary. Street art is a phenomenon and subculture movement that reaches from the darkest urban backstreets to the most glamorous inte ...Show more
The History of Western Art by Janetta Rebold Benton
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
A concise, reader-friendly illustrated survey of western art and architecture from prehistory to the present day.Acknowledging how architecture, painting, sculpture and the decorative arts reflect the culture and society of their time, this latest addition to the Art Essentials series invites the reader ...Show more
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