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World of Art Series

197 primary works • 197 total works
World of Art (formerly known as The World of Art Library) is a long established series of pocket-sized art books from the British publisher Thames & Hudson, comprising over 300 titles as of 2021. The books are typically around 200 pages, but heavily illustrated. Unlike some concise or popular art books, the layout is traditional with text and pictu…
Concepts of Modern Art: From Fauvism to Postmodernism
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3.74 · 254 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 1974 · 29 editions
The main concepts and development of art from abou…

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    Contemporary Painting
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    3.79     · 28 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 3 editions
    This international survey of contemporary painting…

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    Color in Art
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    3.63     · 83 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2006 · 7 editions
    A wide-ranging and engaging introduction to the pl…

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    Art and Climate Change
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    3.57     · 35 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2022 · 4 editions
    An overview of ecologically conscious contemporary…

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    Women, Art, and Society
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    3.97     · 2681 Ratings · 50 Reviews · published 1990 · 30 editions
    "A wave of new scholarship floods her text….Chadwi…

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    Black Art: A Cultural History (Second Edition)
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    4.02     · 93 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 2002 · 12 editions
    "Excellent artists' profiles, lots of reproduction…

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    Abstract Art
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    3.62     · 111 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1990 · 10 editions
    Since its beginnings in the early part of the 20th…

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    The Arts of Man
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    3.91     · 11 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1960 · 1 edition
    "The arts of man include not only painting and scu…

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    A Concise History of Modern Painting
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    3.93     · 299 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1959 · 90 editions
    Presents reproductions and text discussing paintin…

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    Dada: Art and Anti-Art
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    4.27     · 646 Ratings · 48 Reviews · published 1964 · 30 editions
    ‘Where and how Dada began is almost as difficult t…

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    Digital Art
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    3.61     · 259 Ratings · 18 Reviews · published 2003 · 17 editions
    Digital technology has had a major impact on the p…

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    Graffiti and Street Art
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    4.24     · 71 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 2011 · 3 editions
    A refreshingly jargon-free survey of what many con…

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    Impressionism: Origins, Practice, Reception
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    3.90     · 89 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1988 · 13 editions
    During the 1870s and 1880s, a loose group of Frenc…

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    Cave Art
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    4.21     · 87 Ratings · 14 Reviews · 4 editions
    An archaeological exploration of the mysterious wo…

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    Cubism and Culture
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    3.72     · 46 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2001 · 4 editions
    "This is a book whose great achievement is to brin…

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    De Stijl
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    3.81     · 67 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1969 · 7 editions
    De Stijl ("The Style") was the name given to the w…

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    Bauhaus
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    4.00     · 465 Ratings · 35 Reviews · published 1984 · 19 editions
    Traces the history of the German school of art, th…

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    Body Art
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    3.52     · 25 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2014 · 1 edition
    An illuminating and authoritative survey of body a…

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    The Body in Contemporary Art
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    4.01     · 136 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2009 · 6 editions
    A new volume in the acclaimed World of Art featuri…

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    Realism in 20th Century Painting
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    3.77     · 30 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 2000 · 4 editions
    This first ever survey of the subject demonstrates…

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    Art Deco
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    3.77     · 86 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1988 · 8 editions
    Examples are given of art deco furniture, textiles…

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    The Thames & Hudson Dictionary of Graphic Design and Designers
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    3.52     · 48 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1992 · 7 editions
    Revised and updated to include all aspects of grap…

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    The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of Fashion and Fashion Designers
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    3.90     · 41 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1998 · 9 editions
    This indispensable guide to fashion provides in mo…

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    Surrealist Art (World of Art)
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    3.81     · 163 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1969 · 16 editions
    A study of the surrealist movement which traces it…

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    Abstract Expressionism
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    3.87     · 181 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1990 · 20 editions
    Traces the history of Abstract Expressionism, and …

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    Primitivism and Modern Art
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    3.88     · 51 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1994 · 5 editions
    A fascination with the primitive lies at the heart…

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    Symbolist Art
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    3.85     · 151 Ratings · 13 Reviews · published 1972 · 10 editions
    Though the Symbolist heyday in Paris was short-liv…

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    Futurist Manifestos
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    3.83     · 102 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 2001 · 9 editions
    On February 20th, 1909, a belligerent manifesto an…

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    Outsider Art: Spontaneous Alternatives
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    3.91     · 198 Ratings · 15 Reviews · published 2000 · 13 editions
    Outsider Art is work produced outside the mainstre…

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    Photography: A Concise History
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    3.55     · 38 Ratings · published 1985 · 2 editions
    A critical examination of the history and developm…

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    Futurism
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    3.75     · 68 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1977 · 12 editions
    Noisy, violent and aggressive, Italian Futurism pr…

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    Fauvism
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    3.80     · 86 Ratings · 16 Reviews · published 1996 · 5 editions
    Les Fauves (the wild beasts) was the nickname give…

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    Post-Impressionism
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    3.50     · 26 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 1992 · 2 editions
    The author discusses the effects of writing, music…

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    Posters: A Concise History
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    3.55     · 53 Ratings · 7 Reviews · published 1985 · 11 editions
    Studies the artists and movements that have shaped…

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    Interior Design Since 1900
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    4.19     · 67 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2008 · 14 editions
    "[Covers] a range of important issues for the hist…

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    Jewelry: From Antiquity to the Present
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    4.19     · 73 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 1996 · 5 editions
    From the simple shell beads worn by Palaeolithic h…

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    The History of Film
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    3.64     · 166 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 1995 · 12 editions
    In this lively, informative and up-to-date new ana…

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    Design Since 1945
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    3.31     · 39 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1993 · 4 editions
    Designing has come of age since World War II. The …

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    Sculpture Now
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    4.05     · 59 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2013 · 4 editions
    An authoritative, highly readable new survey that …

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    Movements in Art since 1945: Issues and Concepts
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    3.71     · 381 Ratings · 30 Reviews · published 1969 · 34 editions
    This revised text covers movements in art since 19…

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    Art Since 1960
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    3.66     · 223 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1997 · 12 editions
    Art today may seem perplexing at first with its di…

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    Art Since 1989
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    3.60     · 70 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2015 · 4 editions
    An extensive, accessible guide to the most groundb…

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    The Theatre: A Concise History (Third Edition)
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    3.45     · 188 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1968 · 35 editions
    "A reliable and detailed document, richly illustra…

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    Ballet and Modern Dance
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    3.77     · 113 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1987 · 13 editions
    Whether as performers or as spectators, more peopl…

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    20th Century Ceramics
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    4.19     · 53 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 7 editions
    Potters long ago left behind the notion that pots …

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    The Artist in His Studio
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    4.40     · 30 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1968 · 23 editions
    Liberman draws on his skill as a photographer and …

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    Performance Art: From Futurism to the Present
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    3.97     · 466 Ratings · 25 Reviews · published 1979 · 28 editions
    “A clear and accurate history of . . . a continuou…

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    Total Art: Environments, Happenings, and Performance
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    4.31     · 16 Ratings · published 1974 · 10 editions
    Since WWII artists have made increasing use of tec…

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    Graphic Design in the Twentieth Century: A Concise History
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    4.00     · 17 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 1 edition
    A new edition of a seminal book on the history of …

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    The Photograph as Contemporary Art
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    3.95     · 3533 Ratings · 73 Reviews · published 2004 · 22 editions
    The first accessible guide to the key artists and …

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    Artists' Film
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    4.09     · 11 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 2 editions
    Artists’ Film offers a lucid, accessible account o…

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    Internet Art
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    3.53     · 88 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2004 · 7 editions
    The diverse forms of Internet art and the tools an…

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    Industrial Design
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    3.55     · 64 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1980 · 14 editions
    The products of industry are omnipresent; at home,…

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    Art Nouveau
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    3.53     · 60 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1994 · 4 editions
    Alastair Duncan, a recognized expert on the period…

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    Encyclopedia of Themes and Subjects in Painting
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    5.00     · 2 Ratings · published 1971 · 2 editions

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    The Impressionists at First Hand
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    4.03     · 31 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1987 · 7 editions
    Gathers selections from letters, critical reviews,…

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    Prints of the Twentieth Century
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    3.53     · 17 Ratings · 14 editions
    Works from the collection of New York City's Museu…

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    The Pre-Raphaelites
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    3.60     · 136 Ratings · 14 Reviews · published 1971 · 11 editions
    Surveys the origins, development, techniques, appr…

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    Romanticism and Art
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    3.71     · 89 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1978 · 16 editions
    In the age of revolutions, at the end of the eight…

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    A concise history of art
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    3.92     · 12 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 1953 · 1 edition
    Bu kitap sanat tarihi konusunda eğitilmemiş okura,…

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    The Language of Ornament
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    4.20     · 56 Ratings · 9 Reviews · published 2001 · 9 editions
    Ornament, the art of decorative patterning, includ…

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    The Arts and Crafts Movement
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    3.88     · 67 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1991 · 10 editions
    This volume surveys the highly influential Arts an…

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    Photomontage
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    3.97     · 92 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1976 · 20 editions
    One hundred seventy-one monochromes are reproduced…

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    The Art of Tantra
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    3.52     · 64 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1973 · 20 editions
    In this comprehensive study of Tantric art, Philip…

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    DICTIONARY OF ART TERMS
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    3.98     · 41 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1984 · 14 editions
    What exactly is Neo-Expressionism? The part of a c…

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    Sexuality in Western Art
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    3.63     · 93 Ratings · 8 Reviews · published 1991 · 6 editions
    Edward Lucie-Smith's examination of sexuality in W…

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    Costume and Fashion: A Concise History
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    3.89     · 587 Ratings · 43 Reviews · published 1969 · 44 editions
    \The vagaries of fashion throughout the ages are a…

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    Fashion Since 1900
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    4.03     · 33 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 1 edition
    An authoritative account of the history of fashion…

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    Graphic Design: A Concise History
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    3.96     · 825 Ratings · 24 Reviews · published 1994 · 13 editions
    The story of graphic design is one of the most exc…

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    Graphic Art of the 18th Century
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    5.00     · 1 Ratings · published 1963 · 2 editions
    Translation of "La gravure originale du XVIIIe siè…

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    New Media in Art
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    3.56     · 166 Ratings · 12 Reviews · published 1999 · 8 editions
    Modern art, reflecting and defining new intellectu…

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    Western Architecture
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    3.73     · 73 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1999 · 4 editions
    From the earliest classical temples to today's ach…

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    Modern Architecture: A Critical History
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    4.09     · 2140 Ratings · 46 Reviews · published 1980 · 36 editions

    Third edition: revised and enlarged

    362 illustratio…

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    Modern Architecture: A Critical History
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    3.50     · 6 Ratings · 1 edition
    This highly acclaimed survey of modern architectur…

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    The Chronicle of Jazz
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    4.13     · 63 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1998 · 16 editions
    Here is the whole story of the history and the per…

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    Furniture: A Concise History
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    3.51     · 39 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1979 · 16 editions
    "Rich in information … sharp in perception."― The …

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    World Textiles: A Concise History
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    3.64     · 66 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2003 · 4 editions
    The history of textiles, more than that of any oth…

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    A Concise History of Modern Sculpture
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    3.86     · 118 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1964 · 38 editions
    "Straightforward, intelligent approach to a comple…

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    Architecture After Modernism
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    3.40     · 10 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 1996 · 1 edition
    An examination of the architectural world and its …

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    Art Without Boundaries, 1950-70
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    3.50     · 6 Ratings · published 1972 · 9 editions
    Former Library book. Shows some signs of wear, and…

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    Central and Eastern European Art Since 1950
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    3.32     · 19 Ratings · 2 Reviews · 5 editions
    A groundbreaking introduction to the contemporary …

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    The Arts in Spain: From Prehistory to Postmodernism
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    3.55     · 40 Ratings · published 1999 · 7 editions
    From the dawn of mankind's artistic achievement in…

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    French Painting in the Golden Age
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    4.15     · 20 Ratings · published 2003 · 5 editions
    The seventeenth century has always been considered…

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    Latin American Art Since 1900
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    3.87     · 15 Ratings · 3 Reviews · 3 editions
    An extraordinary synthesis of more than a century’…

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    Art of the Andes: From Chavin to Inca
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    4.03     · 179 Ratings · 11 Reviews · published 1995 · 11 editions
    Now fully revised, it describes the strikingly var…

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    Scottish Art
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    4.00     · 6 Ratings · 1 Reviews · 2 editions
    At a time when issues of Scottish identity are the…

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    Scottish Architecture
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    3.22     · 9 Ratings · 3 Reviews · published 2004 · 5 editions
    This is a concise, up-to-date survey that provides…

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    Irish Art: A Concise History
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    3.59     · 39 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 1969 · 5 editions
    An historical review of Irish art brings into view…

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    British Painting: The Golden Age
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    3.73     · 44 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 1999 · 7 editions
    From Hogarth's first works around 1730 to the deat…

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    The Cathedrals of England
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    4.24     · 58 Ratings · 10 Reviews · published 1967 · 26 editions
    More than two hundred photographs and text trace t…

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    The Gothic Revival
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    3.62     · 26 Ratings · 1 Reviews · published 2002 · 4 editions
    Lewis's survey of the Gothic revival treats indivi…

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    Art and Architecture in Mexico
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    4.18     · 44 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2013 · 4 editions
    “A lucid―at times, even poetic―summary of five hun…

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    American Art Since 1945
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    3.85     · 118 Ratings · 5 Reviews · published 2003 · 1 edition
    No other introductory book presents the diversity …

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    American Art and Architecture
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    3.56     · 39 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2006 · 11 editions
    An accessible, concise, and beautifully written su…

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    Art in California
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    4.36     · 11 Ratings · 4 Reviews · 3 editions
    A fully illustrated history of modern and contempo…

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    Five Centuries of British Painting: From Holbein to Hodgkin
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    3.84     · 38 Ratings · 2 Reviews · published 2002 · 8 editions
    Although Britain has played a dominant role in Eur…

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    Islamic Art and Architecture
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    3.91     · 243 Ratings · 20 Reviews · published 1998 · 18 editions
    Covering one thousand years of history and an area…

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    North American Indian Art
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    4.09     · 45 Ratings · 4 Reviews · published 2004 · 9 editions
    A splendidly illustrated introduction to the rich …

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    The Art of Mesoamerica: From Olmec to Aztec
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    3.88     · 356 Ratings · 27 Reviews · published 1986 · 28 editions
    This essential guide to the art and architecture o…

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    Contemporary African Art
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    3.83     · 48 Ratings · 6 Reviews · published 2000 · 10 editions
    The twentieth century has been a period of major d…

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