Blooms and Brushstrokes: A floral history of Australian art by Penelope Curtin, Tansy Curtin
65.00 AUD
Category: Art
Blooms and Brushstrokes takes you on a unique journey through the history of Australian art, one flower at a time, examining the blooms depicted in still lifes, floral portraits, decorative interiors and botanical illustrations by a long line of Australian artists. Mother-and-daughter team Penelope and ...Show more
Leonardo Da Vinci: the Anatomical Dra... by Michael Farthing; Stephen Farthing (Text by); Leonardo da Vinci (Artist)
35.00 AUD
Category: Art
Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) created many of the most beautiful and important drawings in the history of Western art. Many of these were anatomical and became the yardstick for the early study of the human body. From their unique perspectives as artist and scientist, brothers Stephen and Michael Farthi ...Show more
Story of Painting: The How Art Was Made by DK
39.99 AUD
Category: Art
A fascinating new history of art, this gloriously illustrated book reveals how materials, techniques, and ideas have evolved over the centuries, inspiring artists and giving them the means to create their most celebrated works. Covering a comprehensive array of topics, from the first pigments and fresco ...Show more
Trickster Makes This World: How Disruptive Imaginatiomn Creates Culture by Lewis Hyde
22.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Canons
Trickster disrupted the world around him, and in doing so he reshaped it. Playful, mischievous, subversive, amoral, tricksters are a great bother to have around, but they are also indispensable heroes of culture. Trickster Makes This World revisits the stories of Coyote, Eshu and Hermes and holds them u ...Show more
Vitamin P3: New Perspectives in Painting by Barry Schwabsky (Introduction by); Phaidon Editors
59.95 AUD
Category: Art
The indispensable guide to the most exciting painters of recent years, chosen by leading arts professionals - now in paperback Despite its long history, painting continues to evolve and excite, with new generations taking it in unexpected directions. A central pillar of artistic practice, painting also ...Show more
MoMA Highlights by MoMA
39.99 AUD
Category: Art
This new edition of MoMA Highlights presents 375 works from the Museum's unparalleled collection of modern and contemporary art. Featuring 170 new selections - a greater representation of women, artists of colour and artists from around world - this updated volume reflects the inclusionary ethos of the ...Show more
Rembrandt by Rembrandt - The Self-Portraits by Pascal Bonafoux
39.99 AUD
Category: Art
Rembrandt's revealing self-portraits in an appealing, affordable format Celebrated as the supreme painter of the human condition, Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn (1606-1669) famously turned the intense spotlight of his empathetic vision on himself. In the course of 60 years, he produced more than 50 sel ...Show more
100 Ideas That Changed Art by Michael Bird
29.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Pocket Editions Ser.
From the earliest cave paintings through to the internet and street art, this inspiring book chronicles the 100 most influential ideas that have shaped the world of art. Arranged in broadly chronological order, it provides a unique and compelling take on the history of art.The book shows how development ...Show more
On Modern Beauty: Three Paintings by Manet, Gauguin, and Cézanne by Richard R. Brettell
37.99 AUD
Category: Art
A thought-provoking examination of beauty using three works of art by Manet, Gauguin, and C zanne. As the discipline of art history has moved away from connoisseurship, the notion of beauty has become increasingly problematic. Both culturally and personally subjective, the term is difficult to define an ...Show more
Portraits Destroyed - Power, Ego and History's Vandals by Julie Cotter
49.99 AUD
Category: Art
Churchill entered Westminster Hall at noon, to the sound of drums beating out a victory roll - his signature gesture. At 80, he was still prime minister, and angered by discussion of retirement. But that irritation would pale in comparison to the anger he was about to feel on this day, 10 November 1954, ...Show more
Sistine Chapel by Antonio Paolucci (Text by)
135.00 AUD
Category: Art
-Presents new photography of the Sistine Chapel, one of the most-visited places in the world The images in this volume are the result of the photo shoot carried out in the Sistine Chapel between December 2015 and January 2016. New technologies have made it possible to achieve spectacular results, ensuri ...Show more
Surf /Skate - Art and Board Life by Steve Miller; Michael Tolkin (Foreword by)
90.00 AUD
Category: Art
Steve Miller's photographs, created using x-ray technology, are printed onto skate- and surfboards, creating a hip confluence of lifestyle and artOffers a fresh perspective on the unlimited possibilities of Miller's work as design applicationsSteve Miller made his book publishing debut in 2017 with his ...Show more