World of Art

  • Etruscan Art

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    The Etruscans were the most powerful force in central Italy until Roman unification of the peninsula. Vestiges of their art, architecture, and unique language have long intrigued scholars, and the sea… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Spivey, Nigel Jonathan
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 218
    • Publish Date: November 17 1997
    • ISBN10: 0500203040
    • Language: English
  • Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present

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    From the simple shell beads worn by Palaeolithic hunters to the splendor of Renaissance gold work and the sumptuousness of Art Nouveau enamels, here is a fascinating and informative guide to the devel… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Phillips, Clare
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 226
    • Publish Date: May 17 1996
    • ISBN10: 0500202877
    • Language: English
  • Buddhist Art and Architecture

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    To guide and inspire believers, innumerable symbols and images were made, beginning in India in the 3rd century BC. This phenomenally diverse tradition includes not only frescoes, relief carvings, col… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Fisher, Robert E.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 218
    • Publish Date: May 17 1993
    • ISBN10: 0500202656
    • Language: English
  • Indian Art

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    This engaging book tells the story clearly and vividly from the first, still mysterious, beginnings in the Indus valley, through the great masterpieces of Buddhist and Hindu art to the coming of Islam… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Craven, Roy C.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 258
    • Publish Date: October 27 1997
    • ISBN10: 0500203024
    • Language: English
  • Bonnard

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    Bonnard found early fame among the Nabis, the radical young disciples of Gauguin, and went on with Vuillard to create a new intimist art of psychologically charged interiors. But from 1900 he turned b… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art
    • Author: Hyman, Timothy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 226
    • Publish Date: October 01 2016
    • ISBN10: 0500203105
    • Language: English
  • Modern Architecture: A Critical History

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    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

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    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Frampton, Kenneth
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 736
    • Publish Date: September 08 2020
    • ISBN10: 0500204446
    • Language: English
  • North American Indian Art

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    This timely new book surveys the artistic traditions of indigenous North America, from those of ancient cultures such as Adena, Hopewell, Mississippian, and Anasazi to the work of modern artists like … [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Penney, David W.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 232
    • Publish Date: June 17 2004
    • ISBN10: 0500203776
    • Language: English
  • Concepts of Modern Art

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    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 Stat

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    • Series: World of Art
    • Author: Stangos, Nikos
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 426
    • Publish Date: June 17 1994
    • ISBN10: 0500202680
    • Language: English
  • Hellenistic Sculpture

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    The exuberant realism and virtuoso technique of Hellenistic sculpture formed the basis of much later European art. Under Alexander and his cosmopolitan successors, sculptors enriched the classical Gre

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    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Smith, R. R. R.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 288
    • Publish Date: September 17 1991
    • ISBN10: 0500202494
    • Language: English
  • The Arts in Spain: From Prehistory to Postmodernism

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    From the dawn of mankind’s artistic achievement in the cave paintings of Altamira, to Picasso’s groundbreaking Les Demoiselles d’Avignon and beyond, the arts in Spain tangibly illustrate the unique co… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art
    • Author: Moffitt, John F.
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 242
    • Publish Date: February 17 1999
    • ISBN10: 0500203156
    • Language: English
  • Chinese Art (Revised)

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    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 … [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Tregear, Mary
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 218
    • Publish Date: May 17 1997
    • ISBN10: 0500202990
    • Language: English
  • Modern Painting: A Concise History

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    While acknowledging the legacy of Herbert Read’s classic 1959 study A Concise History of Modern Painting in the World of Art series, academic and artist Simon Morley places the foundation of modern ar

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    • Series: World of Art
    • Author: Morley, Simon
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 320
    • Publish Date: October 17 2023
    • ISBN10: 0500204896
    • Language: English
  • Interior Design Since 1900

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    From the nineteenth-century Arts and Crafts movement to the present day–from Art Nouveau, Bauhaus, the Modern Movement, and Art Deco to High-Tech and green design–every style of interior design sinc… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Massey, Anne
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 256
    • Publish Date: October 01 2008
    • ISBN10: 0500203970
    • Language: English
  • Hindu Art and Architecture

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    The art of Hinduism constitutes one of the world’s great traditions, as alive today as when the first images of Hindu gods were fashioned out of stone more than two thousand years ago. George Michell’… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Michell, George
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 226
    • Publish Date: October 17 2000
    • ISBN10: 0500203377
    • Language: English
  • The Impressionists at First Hand

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    The impressionists–Claude Monet, ?douard Manet, Edgar Degas, Berthe Morisot, Camille Pissarro, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Alfred Sisley, and others–are probably the most popular of all artistic schools.

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    • Series: World of Art
    • Author: Denvir, Bernard
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 280
    • Publish Date: November 14 2023
    • ISBN10: 0500297320
    • Language: English
  • The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec

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    Expanded and revised in its sixth edition, The Art of Mesoamerica surveys the artistic achievements of the high pre-Hispanic civilizations of Central America–Olmec, Maya, Teotihuacan, Toltec, and Azt

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    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Miller, Mary Ellen
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 296
    • Publish Date: June 11 2019
    • ISBN10: 0500204500
    • Language: English
  • African Art

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    The art of the Fang, the BaTeke, the BaKota, and other African peoples is extraordinarily vigorous and shows a brilliant sense of form. The substantial aesthetic impact that their works have had on th… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Willett, Frank
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 274
    • Publish Date: February 17 2003
    • ISBN10: 0500203644
    • Language: English
  • New Media in Art

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    Following innovative ideas about representation and the free use of materials in cubism, futurism, and surrealism–particularly in the work of Duchamp–artists abandoned strict adherence to traditiona… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: Rush, Michael
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 250
    • Publish Date: June 17 2005
    • ISBN10: 0500203784
    • Language: English
  • Fashion Since 1900

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    From the turn-of-the-century S-bend silhouette to the “green fashion” and celebrity couture of the new millennium, this comprehensive survey explores all the significant developments in fashion in a p… [more below]

    • Series: World of Art #0
    • Author: de la Haye, Amy
    • Binding: Paperback
    • Page Count: 314
    • Publish Date: March 15 2010
    • ISBN10: 0500204020
    • Language: English
  • Georgia O’Keeffe

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    Georgia O’Keeffe (1887-1986) was a major figure in American art for seven decades. Throughout that long and prolific career she remained true to her unique artistic vision, creating a highly individua

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    • Series: World of Art
    • Author: Messinger, Lisa Mintz
    • Binding: Hardcover
    • Page Count: 192
    • Publish Date: January 10 2023
    • ISBN10: 0500204918
    • Language: English
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