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Art of the Florida Seminole and Miccosukee Indians by Dorothy Downs
$16.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
"A superbly readable piece of cultural history. . . . Downs proves that graphics and narrative can be intertwined in an entertaining and informative historical presentation. . . . Delightful and intellectually enriching."--Southern Historian "Excellent. . . . Well-documented with both historical and an ...Show more
The Traffic in Culture - Refiguring Art and Anthropology by George E. Marcus (Editor); Fred R. Myers (Editor)
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Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
The essays in this collection signal a new relationship between anthropology and the study of art. The authors explore the boundaries and affinities between art, anthropology, representation, and culture, casting a critical, ethnographic light on the art worlds of the contemporary West and their "traffi ...Show more
Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes - The Anthropology of Museums by Michael M. Ames
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
Cannibal Tours and Glass Boxes poses a number of probing questions about the role and responsibility of museums and anthropology in the contemporary world. In it, Michael Ames, an internationally renowned museum director, challenges popular concepts and criticisms of museums and presents an alternate pe ...Show more
Raymond Pettibon A Reader by Raymond Pettibon; Anne Temkin (ed.); Hamza Walker (ed.)
$25.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Reading Level: good-very good
Raymond Pettibon is famed for the breadth and depth of his reading: his art draws on it (excuse pun) at every turn. This anthology of Pettibon's favorite authors assembles an eclectic mix, from Charles Baudelaire to Borges, and Charles Manson to Mickey Spillane. Pettibon's choice of literary resources o ...Show more
Rethinking Borders by John C Welchman (ed.)
$14.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
The Museum Time Machine - Putting Cultures on Display by Robert Lumley
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Category: History & Theory | Series: Comedia Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A provocative contribution to the current debate on museums, this collection of essays contains contributions from France, Britain, Australia, the USA and Canada.
Symbols in Art by Matthew Wilson
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Category: History & Theory | Series: Art Essentials | Reading Level: very good
Iconography, or the study of symbols--be they animals, artifacts, plants, geometric shapes, or gestures--is an essential aspect of interpreting art. One of the most consistent features of human society throughout time has been the use of visual symbols, which often act as substitutions for the written w ...Show more
Greek Sculpture - The Classical Period by John Boardman
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Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Looks at the development of sculptures, reliefs, and friezes in fifth century B.C. Greece and assesses this period's importance in art history.
Greek Art by John Boardman
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Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
First published in the early 1960s, this history of Greek art has been enlarged and rewritten. It takes into account new finds as well as new ideas and attitudes to the subject, and emphasizes that Greek art should be seen in its proper context, not that of galleries and museums.
Art and Myth in Ancient Greece by Thomas H Carpenter
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Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art | Reading Level: good-very good
Here is the first scholarly, comprehensive and succinct survey of the treatment of myth by the artists of ancient Greece. With its copious illustrations, it forms an indispensable and unrivalled reference work for everybody interested in art, drama, poetry, anthropology or religion. There is no suv ...Show more
Good Looking - Essays on the Virtue of Images by Barbara Maria Stafford
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Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
Building on the arguments of her previous books, Body Criticism (1991) and Artful Science (1994), Good Looking challenges the reflexive identification of images with vice. Today rampant criticism, both inside and outside the academy, condemns the immoralities of aesthetic illusion, museum display, cable ...Show more
Global Interests - Renaissance Art Between East and West by Lisa Jardine; Jerry Brotton
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Category: History & Theory | Series: Picturing History | Reading Level: good-very good
In this groundbreaking, highly provocative examination of the Renaissance, Jerry Brotton and Lisa Jardine raise questions about the formation of cultural identity in Western Europe. Through an analysis of the circulation of art and luxury objects, the authors challenge the view that Renaissance culture ...Show more