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UVic Library Books on World Art

A World Art History and its Objects
N380 C38 (2008)
World Art Studies: Exploring Concepts and Approaches
N5300 W87 (2008)
World Art: Themes of Unity in Diversity
N21 I61 1986 (1989)
World Art Trends
N6490 W675 (1984); N21 I61 (1986)
History of World Art
N5300 U6
Encyclopedia of World Art
N31 E533 (Reference)
World Art Studies: Exploring Concepts and Approaches
N5300 W87 (2008)
Art, Culture and Nature: from Art History to World Art Studies
N72 S6 O55 (2006)
Disguise, Deception, Trompe-l'oeil: Interdisciplinary Perspectives
BJ1421 D57 (2009)
Real Spaces: World Art History and the Rise of Western Modernism
N5303 S93 (2003)
Raising the Eyebrow: John Onians and World Art Studies
N7480 R35 (2001)

Surveys on Diverse Artistic Traditions

Oh, Canada : Contemporary Art from North North America
N6545 O538 2012
Hunters, Carvers and Collectors: the Nash Collection of Inuit Art
E99 E7L87 2012
Indigenous Women and Feminism: Politics, Activism, Culture
HQ1155 I675 (2010)
Contemporary Art in North America
N6512.7 C66 2011
Native American modernism: Art from North America: the Berlin Collection
N6538 A4B6513 2012
The Ancient Americans: a Reference Guide to the Art, Culture, and History
E59 P42S3613 2001
Exploring Art of the Ancient Americas: the John Bourne ollection
F1434.2 A7W35 2012
Pre-Columbian Art of South America
F2230.1 A7L36 (1976)
Pre-Columbian Art History: Selected Readings
E59 A7P66 (1982)
Contemporary Art in Latin America
N6502.6 C66 2010
Art in Latin America: the Modern Era, 1820-1980
N6502 A34 (1989)
Tattoo: Bodies, Art, and Exchange in the Pacific and the West
GN419.3 T37 (2005)
African Art
N7380.5 B37 2012
African Art
N7380 W5 2002
African Art in Detail
N7380 S67 2009
Asian Art
N7260 A795 (2006)
Arts of Asia
N7260 M33 (2005)
Asian Art and Culture
N7262 A83 (1996)
Contemporary Art in Asia: a Critical Reader
N7260 C627 2011
The Art and Architecture of Japan
N7350 P3 1981
Art of Japan: Paintings, Prints and Screens: Selected Articles
N7350 A675 (2002)
The Art of Modern Japan
N7354.5 M86 (1978)
From Postwar to Postmodern: Art in Japan 1945-1989: Primary Documents
N7355.4 F76 2012
Manga: an Anthology of Global and Cultural Perspectives
PN6710 M26 2010
Art in China
N7340 C59 2009
China Contemporary Art: Today and Beyond
N7345 C456 2010
Fragmenting Modernisms: Chinese Wartime Literature, Art, and Film
ordered (2013)
Fragmented Reality: Contemporary Art in 21st Century China
N7345.6 L82 2012
The Art of India: Tradition of Indian Sculpture, Painting, and Architecture
N7301 K68 1965
Masterpieces of Indian Art
N7301 P363 (2004)
Speaking with Pictures: Folk Art and the Narrative Tradition in India
NK1047 C4685 2012
History of Architecture and Ancient Building Materials in India
NA1501 C493 (2003)
Modern Traditions: Contemporary Architecture in India
NA1505 (2007)
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Indian Culture
DS423 C27 (2012)
Palestinian Art
N7277 A45 (2006)
Art and Archaeology in Israel and Neighbouring Countries
DS111.8 O933 (2002)
Persian Art and Architecture
N7280 S7513 2012
Lost Treasures of Persia: Persian Art in the Hermitage Museum
N7280 L84613 2003
Performing the Iranian State: Visual Culture and Representations of Iranian Identity
NX180 S6P444 2013
We are Iraqis: Aesthetics and Politics in a Time of War
NX180 P64W4 2013
Contemporary Art in the Middle East
N7265.3 C667 (2009)
Changing Pictures: Rock Art Traditions and Visions in Northern Europe
GN799 P4C456 2010
Legacies of Modernism: Art and Politics in Northern Europe, 1890-1950
NX180 P64L44 (2007)
In the Shadow of Yalta: Art and the Avant-Garde in Eastern Europe
N6758 P5613 2009
East Art Map: Contemporary Art and Eastern Europe
N6758 E278 (2006)
Contemporary Art in Eastern Europe
N6758.6 C66 2010

Arts and Religions

Religion and Everyday Life and Culture
BL74 R36 2010
The Archaeology of the Holy Land
DS111 M324 2012
Aisha's Cushion: Religious Art, Perception, and Practice in Islam
BP190.5 A7E45 2012
Palace and Mosque: Islamic Art from the Middle East
N6264 G7L673 2004
Art and architecture in the Islamic Tradition: Aesthetics, Politics and Desire
N6260 H25 2011
The Majesty of Mughal Decoration: the Art and Architecture of Islamic India
N7301 M43 (2007)
Jewish Art: an Illustrated History
N7415 R625 1971
Jewish Art: its History from the Begining to the Present Day
N7415 C6413 2001
Visual Judaism in Late Antiquity: Historical Contexts of Jewish Art
N5460 L48 2012
The Foundations of Christian Art: Illustrated
BV150 B86 2006
World Christianities, c. 1815-1914
BR477 W643 (2006)
Eastern Christian Art: in its Late Antique and Islamic Contexts
N7810 E17 (2004)
Pilgrim Shrines of India: Mythology, Archaeology, History and Art
DS419 K48 (2003)
Religious Art and Architecture of North-East India
N7307 O74P34 (2009)
The Art of Ancient India: Buddhist, Hindu, Jain
N7301 H86 (1985)
A Thousand Petalled Lotus: Jain Temples of Rajasthan
BL1378.45 I52R355 (2001)
I See No Stranger: Early Sikh Art and Devotion
N8199 S543N49 2006
Sikh Art and Literature
N8199 S544S55 (1999)
Hindu Art and Architecture
N8195 A4M53 (2000)
Studies in Hindu and Buddhist Art
N8195 A4S76 (1999)
Pilgrimage and Buddhist Art
N8193 A3N486 2010
Buddhist Art: in Praise of the Divine
N8193.2 S252 2003
Reading Buddhist Art: an Illustrated Guide to Buddhist Signs and Symbols
N8193 A4M388 (2002)

Biographies

Artist biographies master index by McNeil, Barbara
Call Number: Reference N40 A78 1986
Detroit: Galre, 1986
Contemporary artists by Pendergast, Sara
Call Number: Reference N6490 C6582 200
Detroit, MI. : St. James Press, 2002
Dictionary of artists / Benezit
Call Number: Reference N40 B4713 2006
Paris: Grund, 2006

Cultural Networks

Who Travels Sees More: Artists, Architects and Archaeologists
DS44.98 W46 (2007)
Views of Difference: Different Views of Art
N7480 V56 (1999)
Cultural Contact and the Making of European Art Since the Age of Exploration
N72 G55C85 2010
European Artists and India, 1700-1900
N6756 E97 (1987)
Venice and the Islamic World, 828-1797
N6921 V5V45613 2006
Diplomacy by Design: Luxury Arts and an "International Style" in the Ancient Near East
N5330 F45 (2006)

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