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The Renaissance
Author:
Letts, Rosa Maria.
Title:
The Renaissance
Publisher:
Cambridge ; New York : Cambridge University Press
Date: Published 1981
Description: Cambridge introduction to the history of art;
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available, General Collection 709.024 LET
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Renaissance Art Reconsidered
Author: Richardson, Carol M. Woods, Kim. Franklin, Michael W. Open University.
Title: Renaissance art reconsidered : an anthology of primary sources
Publisher: Malden, MA : Blackwell Publishing
Date Published: 2007Description: Renaissance Art Reconsidered: An Anthology of Primary Sources offers an intimate glimpse into the reality of making art, and the geographical, material and theoretical factors that shaped artistic production between 1400 and 1530. This book widens the traditional Italian focus of Renaissance art history, considering texts from northern Europe and the Mediterranean alongside texts relating to Italian art.
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available, General Collection 709.024 REN
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Art and society in Italy, 1350-1500
Author: Welch, Evelyn S., 1959-
Title: Art and society in Italy, 1350-1500
Publisher: Oxford ; New York : Oxford University Press
Date Published: 1997Description: Evelyn Welch presents a fresh picture of Italian art between the 'Black Death' in the mid-fourteenth century and the French invasions at the end of the fifteenth. In it, Florence is no longer the only important centre of artistic activity but takes its place alongside other equally interesting and varied cities of the Italian peninsula. Oil paintings are examined alongside frescos, tapestries, sculptures in bronze and marble, manuscript illuminations, objects in precious metals, and a wide range of other works..
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.024 WEL
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The History of Art
Author:Hodge, D.N.
Title: History of art : painting from Giotto to the present day
Publisher: London : Capella/Arcturus
Date Published: 2007Description:The History of Art takes you on an intriguing journey from the High Renaissance in Italy to the work of today's outstanding artists. Set within a clear historical framework, this is a beautifully illustrated summary of the major movements in western painting along with the lives and times of many of the most influential painters. Great artists change the way we look at the world and this book is designed to help you see the connections between the paintings of, say, Manet and Goya, or the emotional equivalence between a Rothko and a Caravaggio.
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709 HOD
Art of the Twentieth Century
Author:
Parmesani, Loredana, 1952-
Title:
Art of the Twentieth Century
Publisher: Milan : Skira / Gio Marconi
Date Published: 2000
Description: movements, theories, schools and tendencies 1900-2000
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.04 PAR
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Visual Arts in the Twentieth Century
Author: Lucie-Smith, Edward, 1933-
Title: Visual arts in the twentieth century
Publisher: London : Laurence King
Date Published: 1996Description: In this history of Modernism, Edward Lucie-Smith examines the historical, social and intellectual contexts that have underlain individual creativity. The book's structure is strictly chronological, rather than thematic, in order that readers can find affinties between approaches to art normally regarded as separate, such as Pop Art and Conceptualism.
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.04 LUC
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After Modern Art
Author: Hopkins, David.
Title: After modern art 1945-2000
Publisher: Oxford : Oxford University Press
Date Published: 2000Description: Modern and contemporary art can be both baffling and beautiful; it can also be innovative, political, and disturbing. This book sets out to provide the first concise interpretation of the period as a whole, clarifying the artists and their works along the way. Closely informed by new critical approaches, it concentrates on the relationship between American and European art from the end of the Second World War to the eve of the new millennium.
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.04 HOP
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Modern Art
Author: Britt, David.
Title: Modern art : impressionism to post-modernism
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson
Date Published: 1999Description:An introduction to modern art which covers most developments in the visual arts in the last hundred years. The texts written by art historians are up-to-date in approach and are supplemented by chronologies and bibliographies. Includes a gallery of 20th century art with an informed survey of the period.
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.04 MOD
The Twenty First Century Art Book.
Author:
Griffin, Jonathan
Title:
The twenty first century art book
Publisher: London : Phaidon Press
Date Published: 2014
Description: A complement to the landmark The Art Book, The 21st-Century Art Book is an accessible guide to best contemporary art made since 2000. Showcasing over 280 artists in alphabetical order, it place established figures like Jeff Wall, Marlene Dumas and Maurizio Cattelan alongside the rising stars of the next generation such as Camille Henrot and Haroon Mirza.
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.05 GRI
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Art:21
Author: Golden, Thelma.
Title: Art 21 : art in the twenty-first century
Publisher: New York : Harry N. Abrams
Date Published: 2001Description:Companion book to Art for the Twenty-First Century, the first broadcast series for national television to focus exclusively on contemporary visual art and artists in the United States today.
LOCATION: Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.05 ART
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The Word is Art
Author: Petry, Michael, author.
Title: The word is art
Publisher: London : Thames & Hudson Ltd
Date Published: 2018Description: There has been much scaremongering about the 'death of the book', and how, as words find new ways and means of transmission, young people might gradually begin to shun writing. In the digital age, text becomes information, and information strives to become free. But what value can text hold in the sphere of visual art? How is such text different from poetry?
LOCATION ITEMS Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.05 PET
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Pure Pulp Contemporary Artists
Author: Bridget Donlon
Title: Pure Pulp : Contemporary Artists Working in Paper at Dieu Donné
Publisher: Clinton, New York : Ruth and Elmer Wellin Museum of Art, Hamilton College ; Munich : DelMonico Books-Prestel
Date Published: 2016Description:A survey of works by leading contemporary artists made in residency at Dieu Donné. The Dieu Donné Studio is the site of unparalleled creative exploration and experimentation in paper-based art, where resident artists create innovative works that employ traditional materials and 21st-century technology.
LOCATION ITEMS Perth Campus Library Available , General Collection 709.05 PUR