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Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short Introduction
Christina Riggs
What did Egyptian art and architecture mean to the people who first made and used it—and why has it had such an enduring appeal? Ancient Egyptian Art and Architecture: A Very Short ...
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Art History: A Very Short Introduction
Dana Arnold
Art History: A Very Short Introduction provides the tools necessary to study art history. The challenge of using verbal and written language to analyse visual form and ...
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Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction
Cynthia Freeland
In today's art world many strange, even shocking, things qualify as art. Art Theory: A Very Short Introduction discusses beauty, blood, culture, money, museums, sex, and politics, ...
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The Avant Garde: A Very Short Introduction
David Cottington
The Avant Garde: A Very Short Introduction explores the concept of the ‘avant-garde’ and examines its wider context through the development of western modernity, capitalist ...
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Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction
Julian Stallabrass
Contemporary Art: A Very Short Introduction takes us inside the international art world to argue that behind contemporary art's variety and apparent unpredictability lies a ...
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Dada and Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction
David Hopkins
Dada and Surrealism: A Very Short Introduction focuses on the many debates surrounding these movements: the Marquis de Sade's Surrealist deification, issues of quality, the ...
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Design: A Very Short Introduction
John Heskett
Design: A Very Short Introduction transforms the way we think about design. How does design affect our everyday activities? Do we appreciate its place in our daily lives? ...
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Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction
David Cottington
Modern Art: A Very Short Introduction examines many key aspects of this subject, including the issue of controversy in modern art, from Manet's Dejeuner sur L'Herbe (1863) to ...
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Photography: A Very Short Introduction
Steve Edwards
Photography: A Very Short Introduction examines the definition, importance, and meaning of photography by combining a sense of the historical development of photography with an ...
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Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction
Geraldine A Johnson
Renaissance Art: A Very Short Introduction provides a broad cultural-historical context for some of the Renaissance's most famous artists and works of art, introducing both ...
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Typography: A Very Short Introduction
Paul Luna
Typography: A Very Short Introduction offers a broad definition of typography as design for reading, whether in print or on screens, where a set of visual choices are taken to ...
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