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The Architecture of the Italian Renaissance by Peter Murray
$12.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
"Well-illustrated, undeniably useful, Murray's book is truly welcome." --Architectural Design "Informed in content and concise in style . . . a perfect introduction to the architecture of the Italian Renaissance." --Richard Stapleford, Cooper Union School of Architecture A classic guide to one of the ...Show more
The Art of Mesoamerica by Mary Ellen Miller
$18.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: near fine
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 Aztec--as well as those of their lesser-known contemporaries.Providing an in-depth examination of central w ...Show more
The Classical Language of Architecture by John Summerson
$10.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Classical architecture is a visual "language" and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an awareness of these rules even if they vary them, break them or poetically ...Show more
The Pre-Raphaelites by Timothy Hilton
$10.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: good
Surveys the origins, development, techniques, approaches, principles, motifs, and major paintings of the nineteenth-century British school, relating the painters and their works to their society.
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers by Guy Julier
$14.00 NZD
Category: Design | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This comprehensive guide embraces all modern design's numerous manifestations: graphics, products, interiors, furniture, industrial and architectural design. In over 500 entries, this book examines not only the work of important designers worldwide, but also the many dramatic changes that have influence ...Show more
The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of Graphic Design and Designers by Alan Livingston; Isabella Livingston
$14.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Design | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Victorian Architecture by Roger Dixon; Stefan Muthesius
$12.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Explores the interplay of social forms, technological advances, and creative achievements that gave rise to various building types in the Victorian age.
Western Architecture: A Concise History by R. Furneaux Jordan
$14.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Women, Art, and Society by Whitney Chadwick
$16.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Art historian Whitney Chadwick's acclaimed bestselling study challenges the assumption that great women artists are exceptions to the rule who "transcended" their gender to produce major works of art. While introducing some of the many women since the Middle Ages whose contributions to visual culture ha ...Show more