Roses : The Complete Plates 1817-1824 by Redoute, Pierre-Joseph
40.95 AUD
Category: Art History
The revered tradition of botanical illustration dates back to the Renaissance. It emerged from the desire to catalog nature in its unpredictable splendor, and the process demanded the most precise and talented of artists.With a remarkable skill that captured the most intricate subjects in nature, Pierre ...Show more
Gauguin's World: Tna Iho, Tna Ao by National Gallery of Australia
59.95 AUD
Category: Art History
Gauguin's World, Tna Iho, Tna Ao - AGB - Individual artists, art monographs
John Berger and Me by Nikos Papastergiadis
32.95 AUD
Category: Biography
The memoir of a deep friendship between two important intellectual figures bound by their interest in art and their experience of migration.In John Berger and Me, the eminent Australian sociologist Nikos Papastergiadis recalls his relationship with the late English writer and art critic John Berger. His ...Show more
Hot, Cold, Heavy, Light, 100 Art Writings 1988-2018 by Peter Schjeldahl; Jarrett Earnest (Introduction by)
24.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Hot Cold Heavy Light collects 100 writings--some long, some short--that taken together forma group portrait of many of the world's most significant and interesting artists. From Pablo Picasso to Cindy Sherman, Old Masters to contemporary masters, paintings to comix, and saints to charlatans, Schjeldahl ...Show more
The Art of Dying - Writings, 2019-2022 by Peter Schjeldahl; Steve Martin (Foreword by); Jarrett Earnest (Introduction by)
44.99 AUD
Category: Art History
When Peter Schjeldahl, The New Yorker's art critic and the leading art writer of his generation, published his eye-opening autobiographical essay, "The Art of Dying," in December 2019, he reported that he had lung cancer and had been given six months of life. Fortunately, his treatment was showing some ...Show more
Lesley Dumbrell: Thrum by Anne Ryan (Editor, Text by); Terence Maloon (Text by); Juliette Peers (Text by); Consuelo Cavaniglia (Text by); Scott Elliot (Contribution by)
69.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Lesley Dumbrell (b1941) is one of Australia's most remarkable abstract artists. A stalwart of the women's art movement in the 1970s, Dumbrell is known for her sophisticated and lyrical abstract paintings and works on paper. Highly ordered and exactly rendered, her immersive and compelling work transport ...Show more
The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel
29.99 AUD
Category: Art History
THE INSTANT SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Book of the Year- Waterstones, The Times, Sunday Times, Daily Mail, Daily Mirror, iPaper and Bookshop.org 'A spirited, inspiring, brilliantly illustrated history of female artistic endeavour' Laura Freeman, The Times 'Will change the history of ...Show more
Art, Annotated: Your Expert Guide to 500 of the World's Greatest Works of Art by DK
65.00 AUD
Category: Art History
A stunning art gallery in a book, art, annotated spans more than 3,000 years of paintings, sculptures, and prints. Combining stunning reproductions of each work of art with precise annotations and visual analysis, it is an expertly curated and comprehensive selection of the finest art ever created. Imme ...Show more
The Design Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained by DK
42.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Discover the key ideas, innovations, and breakthroughs in the history of design. The perfect introduction to the subject, this book explores and explains the big ideas and key principles behind more than 90 celebrated design concepts and movements, placing each in their historical, cultural, and stylist ...Show more
Charles and Barbara Blackman: A Decade of Art and Love by Christabel Blackman
59.99 AUD
Category: Biography
When Christabel Blackman's mother turned ninety, they celebrated by sifting through Barbara's old documents: diaries, photos, manuscripts - and a fragile old folder, tied with a ribbon. This held letters from a love long past between Christabel's parents. It was a portal into a decade of art and love be ...Show more
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
39.99 AUD
Category: Art History
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts - and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities. Many of us think of the arts as entertainmen ...Show more
The Elements of Art: Ten Ways to Decode the Masterpieces by Susie Hodge
35.00 AUD
Category: Art History
The Elements of Art deconstructs great works of art into manageable components so that you can better understand and appreciate them.Knowing how to interpret art is one of the biggest issues facing casual gallery-goers. They may ask themselves questions like: Why is the Mona Lisa so small? Why are some ...Show more