World of Art series

Modern & Contemporary Art

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Modern Sculpture

Modern Sculpture

A Concise History

  • Paperback
His ability to survey the accomplishments of the art since Rodin … is unsurpassed … This history is necessary reading for all who are interested in the art of our own day – Studio International

Movements in Art Since 1945
  • Paperback
Wide-ranging, dispassionate, omnicompetent – The Sunday Times

New Media in Art
  • Paperback
An excellent introduction to new media art – The Art Book

Outsider Art

Outsider Art

Spontaneous Alternatives

  • Paperback
This book represents the best-informed and most lucid account of Outsider Art at the turn of the century – a fascinating field which has recently begun to expand at an astonishing pace – Roger Cardinal

Performance Art

Performance Art

From Futurism to the Present

  • Paperback
First published in 1979 and now extensively updated, this pioneering book has been expanded with a definitive account of the technological, political and aesthetic shifts in performance art that mark the early years of the twenty-first century.

The Photograph as Contemporary Art
  • Paperback
From conceptual art’s use of the banal and ‘artless’ snapshot to the carefully constructed tableaux of Jeff Wall, this book considers the full range of ways that today’s artists engage with photography to make art.

Pop Art
  • Paperback
A first rate short study of the subject – John Russell, The Sunday Times

Primitivism and Modern Art
  • Paperback
A sound introduction to this complicated subject – The Independent on Sunday

Realism in 20th Century Painting
  • Paperback
… fascinating… displays all the merits we associate with this series: erudite, informed and perceptive text, supported by a profusion of well chosen and excellently reproduced illustrations… . As there should be, there are plenty of surprises and much food for thought here – Reference Reviews

The Russian Experiment in Art 1863-1922
  • Paperback
As for the study of modern Russian art, a new era was opened up … by the publication of Camilla Gray’s pioneering work – The Times Literary Supplement

Surrealist Art
  • Paperback
Reveals more clearly than ever the consistently fertilizing influence of surrealism – Art and Artists

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