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The most comprehensive, well-articulated, and jargon-free survey of contemporary art of the last three decades, Art and Today is an invaluable reference written by an authoritative insider of the international contemporary art scene.

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Unlock the secrets of colour - learn how and why it has been used in art over the centuries

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"Negrophilia" means love of black culture, a term used by the Parisian avant-garde in the 1920s as a provocative challenge to bourgeois values. The author explores the phenomenon and its effect upon the music, art, design, fashion, literature and journalism of that time.

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A celebration of artworks featuring books and readers from throughout history, for the delight of art lovers and bibliophiles

(Hardback, 2nd ed. 1993)

An overview of theories and studies which contribute to the project of a sociology of art, ranging from sociology to art history, literary theory, feminism and media studies. The author addresses the key questions of the role of the reader/viewer, the nature of authorship, and the possibility of cultural politics.

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The first monograph of Chicago-based Theaster Gates, one of the most exciting and highly regarded contemporary artists at work today.

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Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japans greatest living photographer, and certainly its most controversial. The more than 300 books he has published over the last four decades attest to his inexhaustible creative energy, while his work, which often challenges social taboos surrounding sex and death, has drawn critical attention both at home and abroad.

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Nobuyoshi Araki is arguably Japans greatest living photographer, and certainly its most controversial. The more than 300 books he has published over the last four decades attest to his inexhaustible creative energy, while his work, which often challenges social taboos surrounding sex and death, has drawn critical attention both at home and abroad.

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A discussion of works from recent exhibitions over the past several years. Works are drawn from the world of family and home, evoking a cosy domesticity that seems unpretentious and reassuring.

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From Vanessa Bell and Charlotte Bront to Nina Simone and Jane Campion, here are over one hundred and forty female writers, painters, musicians, sculptors, poets, choreographers, and filmmakers on how they create and work.

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Embraces the diverse artistic traditions of Polynesia and Melanesia from the Pacific Arts collection of the National Gallery of Australia, Canberra.

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A catalogue and personal history of how some of the artworks came together with black and white and colour illustrations.

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In the art world the way materials come together to mean something is fascinating. This book by three painting conservators explores the backs of 33 paintings held in the collections of Te Papa, Auckland Art Gallery and the Dunedin Public Art Gallery.

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A thought provoking essay critiquing contemporary culture's obsession with identity politics over and above aesthetics and older critical concerns.

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This study if children's art and how they go about it is based on the author's 25 years of teaching art to young children. Aimed at parents, early childhood and art teachers, psychologists, art therapists and art students, the book includes over a hundred examples from Jenny's collection of children's artwork. Aust author.

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Will create a portrait of Proctor, painter, printmaker and teacher, through a series of objects - paintings, drawings, magazines and personal items and a re-creation of her Burdekin House exhibit of 1929 - which was a hospital fund raiser of beautiful things - both antique and modern.

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We thrive on both the recognition of fashion's immediate ability to shape our self-images and our enlightened awareness of the way past examples of significant design affected the way women dressed. This book celebrates this power by citing those gowns, minis, muumuus, shifts, and more that are responsible for changing how women wanted to look.

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Everything you always wanted to know about the art market but were afraid to ask. A pioneering collector explains how to use passion and intuition to acquire key pieces or build a collection--even on a limited budget.

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A comprehensive study of beloved American painter Albert Pinkham Ryder sheds new light on his practice and its enduring influence on American Modernism.

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Featuring 365 great Impressionist paintings, this book offers a beautiful and inspiring way to celebrate art every day of the year.