The art of looking: how to read modern and contemporary art [First edition] 9780465094677, 9780465094660, 0465094678, 9781541644731, 1541644735

A veteran art critic helps us make sense of modern and contemporary art A hand-signed porcelain urinal. An abstract dri

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The art of looking: how to read modern and contemporary art [First edition]
9780465094677, 9780465094660, 0465094678, 9781541644731, 1541644735

An Inspired Collection of the Best of Abstract Art! Abstract art is a visual language--a riot of color, a profound expl

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A smart and accessible introduction to the most important works of ancient Chinese philosophy-the Analects of Confucius,

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The Art of Looking Up surveys spectacular ceilings around the globe that have been graced by the brushes of great artist

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Over a decade ago, Arthur Danto announced that art ended in the sixties. Ever since this declaration, he has been at the

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InArt to ComeTerry Smith—who is widely recognized as one of the world's leading historians and theorists of contemp

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The legacy of the Group of Seven and the reinvention of Canadian landscape art since the 1960s.

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It's not enough to be right, these days--especially when you're not left. To survive, the right must learn how

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Back in print, Overlay is Lucy Lippard’s classic book on contemporary art and its connection to prehistoric sites and sy

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First published in 1968. By selective study of certain of the comedies, tragedies and sonnets, Philip Edwards views Shak

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