Patterns in Art - A Closer Look at the Old Masters by Francesca Leoneschi; Giovanna Ferraris (Illustrator); Silvia Lazzaris
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
A visual delight, and a designer's dream-the decorative details of great European paintings transformed into beautiful two-dimensional patterns Richly embroidered robes. Intricate lace collars. Elaborately laid floor tiles. Delicately carved and modeled cornices and capitals. These are among the detail ...Show more
Derek Jarman: Protest! by Seán Kissane (Editor); Karim Rehmani-White (Editor)
$100.00 AUD
Category: Art
Derek Jarman was a very English rebel, a maverick and radical artist whose unique and distinctive voice was honed protesting against the strictures of life in post-war Britain. In an innovative practice that roamed freely across all varieties of media, Jarman refused to live and die quietly. He defined ...Show more
Arts and Crafts of the Islamic Lands - Principles * Materials * Practice
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
Paintings on Stone: Science and the Sacred, 1530-1800 - Science and the Sacred, 1530-1800 by Judith W. Mann (Editor)
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art
Paintings on Stone examines a fascinating tradition long overlooked by art historians--stone surfaces used to create stunning portraits, mythological scenes, and sacred images. Written by an international team of scholars, the catalogue reveals the significance of these paintings, their complex meanings ...Show more
A Spectator Is an Artist Too - How We Look at Art, How We Behave Around Art by Johan Idema
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art
Is there anything more entertaining, inspiring and instructive than observing art? Yes, it is watching the people interacting with this art. This book may forever change your approach to art as it urges you to always consider both the work and the response. Because ultimately artists create, but we - th ...Show more
The World Goes Pop by Jessica Morgan (Editor); Lina Duveroric (Contribution by); Flavia Frigeri (Editor); David Crowley (Contribution by); Alison Gingeras (Contribution by); Giulia Lamoni (Contribution by); Kalliopi Minioudaki (Contribution by); Reiko Tomii (Contribution by); Sarah Wilson (Contribution by); Mercedes Trelles Hernandez (Contribution by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
A global survey of Pop art that reassesses its roots, impact, and legacyThis groundbreaking book surveys the concurrent engagements with the spirit of Pop throughout the world, from the frequently studied activity in the United States, England, and France to less well-known developments in Central and E ...Show more
Vermeer and the Masters of Genre Painting by Blaise Ducos
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
A landmark exploration of the engaging network of relationships among genre painters of the Dutch Golden Age The genre painting of the Dutch Golden Age between 1650 and 1675 ranks among the highest pinnacles of Western European art. The virtuosity of these works, as this book demonstrates, was achiev ...Show more
Methods & Theories of Art History by Anne D'Alleva
$21.99 AUD
Category: Art
Art historical theory is a forum of intense, often passionate debate. This book provides an accessible introduction to the range of critical theories used in analysing art. It covers a broad range of approaches, presenting individual arguments, controversies and divergent perspectives. This second editi ...Show more
Hong Kong Visual Culture: The M+ Guide by Pang Tina
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
A journey through M+'s collection and Hong Kong's cultural spaces, telling the story of the city's past and present through its works of art and key landmarks. Key to the M+ collections are objects made in or associated with Hong Kong, from neon signs and advertising ephemera to architectural plans, pho ...Show more
Walter Sickert - Sketches of Life by Thomas Kennedy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art
A beautifully designed gift book featuring 30 of Walter Sickert's drawings, many of them rarely seen A beautifully designed gift book featuring 30 of Sickert's drawings, many of them rarely seen. Unlike the majority of the Camden Town Group, Walter Richard Sickert was recognized during his own lifet ...Show more
Ends of Painting: Art in the 1960s And 1970s by David David Homewood (Editor); Paris Paris Lettau (Editor)
$40.00 AUD
Category: Art
Contemporary art begins where painting ends, or so goes the myth that emerged in the 1960s and 1970s. This book is a post-mortem of that moment - a moment continually replayed in the art practices and histories examining painting's demise. In eleven lively essays, Ends of Painting offers a counter-histo ...Show more