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Abstract Art by Stephanie Straine
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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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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
Global Art - Art Essentials Series by Jessica Lack
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Global Art introduces some of the most significant art movements of the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries that have challenged the status quo. Featuring fifty artistic developments from every continent, this volume covers movements born of decolonization, marginalization, and conflict. Ranging ...Show more
Greek and Roman Art - Art Essentials Series by Susan Woodford
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For more than two thousand years the art of Greece and Rome has been hugely influential throughout the Western world. This book recaptures the passion and inspiration that first drove ancient artists to create the art that continues to captivate us to this day. It traces the daring innovations of those ...Show more
How to Understand Art by Janetta Rebold Benton
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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
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
Key Moments in Art by Lee Cheshire
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Art lovers can list history's most important art objects, but what many don't know are the dramatic, funny, and sometimes bizarre stories behind these most famous works. Spanning the last 500 years of art history, this book revisits fifty momentous events that changed the course of art--days when now wo ...Show more
Looking at Pictures by Susan Woodford
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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
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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
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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
Pop Art - Art Essentials by Flavia Frigeri
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Pop Art refers to a post-war movement connecting art with popular culture. Billboard signs, comic books, and movie stars were just some of the subjects chosen by pop artists, such as Andy Warhol, Roy Lichtenstein, James Rosenquist, and Claes Oldenburg, to name a few, to illustrate the contemporary world ...Show more
Street Art - Art Essentials by Simon Armstrong; Anon; Makoto Azuma
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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