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The traditional discipline of art history has been expanded and challenged by new insights and alternative perspectives, resulting in a series of wide-ranging debates on the status of art and its role in culture and history.

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A wonderful collection that illustrates around 60 works from across the UK and shows how the game of golf has been depicted in European art from the seventeenth century to the present day.

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Includes the developments in the study and practice of art. With a clear year-by-year structure, this book presents 130 articles, each focusing on a crucial event - such as the creation of a seminal work, the publication of an important text, or the opening of a major exhibition - to tell the myriad stories of art from 1900 to the present.

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Presents an overview that helps you make coherent sense of the often-bewildering diversity of styles, forms, media, techniques, and agendas that proliferate in contemporary art. This edition includes a new chapter on developments in contemporary art since 2000. It offers information on the evolution of art over the decades.

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The years since 1989 have seen a complete untethering of what art can be, who makes it and where it can be found, which has been matched by a reassessment of art's appropriate place in society. This title examines the themes in contemporary art, from portraiture in the age of face transplants and facial recognition software, and more.

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A down-to-earth, visual guidebook that shows how to "read," understand, and get the most out of art.

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Explore how artists have represented and critiqued the diverse places, people and events that make up the legacy of Empire, our expert authors have created a vital book on a subject of broad contemporary interest.

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A survey of 25 of the world's most renowned contemporary artists' homes and their personal art collections

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The first-ever A-Z survey of the major modern and contemporary artists of the Middle East.

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Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes, and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art-world insider.

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Written by tutors at the Prince's School of Traditional Arts, a vital reference and practical resource for craftspeople, artists and students .

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An informative and beautifully produced guide to one of the worlds most spectacular collections of Hellenistic and Islamic silverwork, now available in paperback.

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A superb visual introduction to what are undoubtedly some of the greatest works of art from the ancient world, showcasing a series of specially taken photographs of the British Museum's unrivalled collection of Assyrian sculptures.

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This book is an exciting array of graphic design works from around the world, including brand identity, packaging, poster, etc. Every designer has been invited to share their insights into mini-malist design, including their aesthetic value and creative attitude, by means of project introduction and in-depth interviews.

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A concise and gripping encounter with Francis Bacon, one of the most individual, powerful, and disturbing painters of the 20th century. Emerging into notoriety in the period following World War II, Bacon developed a unique figurative form, distorted, dismembered, and writhing with intense emotional content.

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Enter a world of vivid colors, elaborate gesture, and theatrical shadows. This essential introduction to Baroque painting dives deep into the mythological, religious, and genre scenes of Caravaggio, Carracci, Velzquez, Rubens, and beyond to explore how both northern and southern European schools became enraptured by a style of emotion, energy,...

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From the streets of New York to the walls of its most prominent galleries, young graffiti artist Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-1988) was catapulted to international fame in his early 20s and died of a drug-overdose at 27. Basquiat is one of the most admired artists to emerge from the 1980s art boom.