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The Book of Urizen by William Blake
$12.00 NZD
Category: Poetry | Series: The Sacred Art of the World | Reading Level: good-very good
The Cathedrals of England by Alec Clifton-Taylor
$14.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
More than two hundred photographs and text trace the development of cathedral design from its Norman beginnings through the flowering of Gothic to the new Roman Catholic cathedral in Liverpool.
The Classical Language of Architecture by John Summerson
$10.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Classical architecture is a visual "language" and like any other language has its own grammatical rules. Classical buildings as widely spaced in time as a Roman temple, an Italian Renaissance palace and a Regency house all show an awareness of these rules even if they vary them, break them or poetically ...Show more
The Pre-Raphaelites by Timothy Hilton
$10.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: good
Surveys the origins, development, techniques, approaches, principles, motifs, and major paintings of the nineteenth-century British school, relating the painters and their works to their society.
The Thames and Hudson Dictionary of 20th Century Design and Designers by Guy Julier
$14.00 NZD
Category: Design | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This comprehensive guide embraces all modern design's numerous manifestations: graphics, products, interiors, furniture, industrial and architectural design. In over 500 entries, this book examines not only the work of important designers worldwide, but also the many dramatic changes that have influence ...Show more
The Thames and Hudson Encyclopaedia of Graphic Design and Designers by Alan Livingston; Isabella Livingston
$14.00 NZD
Category: Graphic Design | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
The Theatre by Phyllis Hartnoll
$15.00 NZD
Category: Theatre | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
Acting, direction, stagecraft, theatre architecture and design, above all the whole extraordinary evolution of dramatic literature - here is a history of theatre, worldwide in scope and ranging from its ancient origins in the choral hymns sung round the altar of Dionysus to the fascinating variety of fo ...Show more
Turner by Graham Reynolds
$12.00 NZD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
A study of the life and works of Joseph Mallord William Turner. A precocious talent, he first exhibited at the Royal Academy at the age of 15, an institution that was to play a major part in his life, recognizing his genius and supporting him against many contemporary arbiters of taste.
Victorian Architecture by Roger Dixon; Stefan Muthesius
$12.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: good-very good
Explores the interplay of social forms, technological advances, and creative achievements that gave rise to various building types in the Victorian age.
Watercolours: a Concise History by Graham Reynolds
$12.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
Follows the story of watercolour from 16th-century Italy and Germany through Holland, France and Switzerland in the 18th century and on to the contribution made by the British School. It concludes with the effects of Romanticism and Impressionism and a discussion of watercolour in the 20th century.
Western Architecture: A Concise History by R. Furneaux Jordan
$14.00 NZD
Category: Architecture | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
William Blake by Kathleen Raine
$12.00 NZD
Category: Artists | Series: World of Art S. | Reading Level: very good
The story of the life and work of the visionary poet and artist, William Blake.