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A short book that asks you to look again. Berger considers how images, reproduction and context shape what we see, making it an inviting starting point for a curious art bookshelf.
Take a closer look ↗James Payne takes familiar masterpieces out of the museum hush and into lively conversation. A welcoming place to start asking what makes a work of art matter.
Take a closer look ↗A broad illustrated survey for readers who want to connect individual artworks with the bigger picture. Follow movements, contexts and ideas across the history of art.
Take a closer look ↗Explore Aboriginal art through Wally Caruana’s account of its forms and cultural contexts. A starting point for looking beyond a narrow Western art-history bookshelf.
Take a closer look ↗A wider frame for Australian art history, bringing a long Indigenous artistic heritage into view. Read it when you want to rethink where a national art story begins.
Take a closer look ↗Go beyond the familiar sunlit paintings and examine Impressionism as a movement. Belinda Thomson offers context for the artists, their choices and the world they inhabited.
Take a closer look ↗Flavia Frigeri introduces Pop Art and its visual world. A compact starting point for readers curious about the conversation between art, everyday imagery and popular culture.
Take a closer look ↗Explore art history through the books that helped form its debates. Richard Shone and John-Paul Stonard guide readers towards influential ideas and the writers behind them.
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