Baroque between the Wars is a fascinating account of the arts in the twenties and thirties. We often think of this time as being dominated by modernism, yet the period saw a dialogue between modern ba ... Read more
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The Benezit Dictionary of Artists, published since 1911, is a landmark reference work in Art History, a magnificent 14 volume biographical dictionary of painters, sculptors, draftsmen, and engravers f ... Read more
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The Benezit Dictionary of Artists (2006) is the largest, most up-to-date compendium of artists' biographies in the English language, and for the last century has been an indispensable resource for art ... Read more
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The opulence of Byzantine art, with its extravagant use of gold and silver, is well known. Highly skilled artists created powerful representations reflecting and promoting this society and its values ... Read more
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Collectors, Scholars, and Forgers in the Ancient World focuses on the fascination which works of art, texts, and antiquarian objects inspired in Greeks and Romans in antiquity and draws parallels with ... Read more
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We often assume that works of visual art are meant
to be seen.
Yet that assumption may be a modern prejudice.
The ancient world - from China to Greece, Rome to Mexico - provides many examples of stat ... Read more
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A controversial and fascinating look at the contemporary global art scene - from Britain to China, South Africa to Cuba
Asks the big questions that need asking about what underlies contemporary a ... Read more
A very popular subject, not least because of its influence on contemporary art
Discusses work by well-known artists such as Magritte, Dali, Duchamp, and Man Ray
Explores Dada and Surrealism's o ... Read more
Environmental Sound Artists: In Their Own Words is an incisive and imaginative look at the international environmental sound art movement, which emerged in the late 1960s. The term environmental sound ... Read more
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Environmental Sound Artists: In Their Own Words is an incisive and imaginative look at the international environmental sound art movement, which emerged in the late 1960s. The term environmental sound ... Read more
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