Chris Orr: the Miserable Lives of Fabulous Artists by Chris Orr (Artist, Text by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
John Russell: Australia's French Impressionist by Wayne Tunnicliffe; Hilary Spurling
$50.00 AUD
Category: Art
A beautiful, highly illustrated book published in conjunction with a major retrospective exhibition at the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Australian artist John Russell (1858-1930) was an active and influential member of the French 19 th century avant‐garde, he was a close friend of Tom Roberts, Vin ce ...Show more
19th Century Colour Palettes by Patricia Railing
$37.99 AUD
Category: Art
The 19th century was a century of new pigments. They were derived from recently recognised metals -cadmium, chrome, zinc and others - as well as from the discovery of the chemical colouring substances of plants. From indigo the aniline dyes were manufactured, and from madder came the alizarin red pigmen ...Show more
Rockabilly / Psychobilly - An Art Anthology by Jamie Kendall
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art
A visual road trip from Route 66 to Route 666, this rockin' collection of more than 600 artworks presents the unapologetically fun and undeniably cool spirit of rockabilly and psychobilly. The 55 artists featured here represent a global subculture and are some of today's best lowbrow and cartoon artists ...Show more
Antipodean Perspective - Selected Writings of Bernard Smith by Rex Butler (Editor); Sheridan Palmer (Editor); Bernard Smith (Editor)
$29.95 AUD
Category: History | Series: Art History Ser.
Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was unquestionably one of Australia's greatest humanist scholars and its finest art historian. His European Vision and the South Pacific, 1768-1850 (1960) was a foundational text of post-colonialism, and in Australian Painting (1962) he set out the definitive history of Austral ...Show more
Face: Our Human Story by Debra N. Mancoff
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art
The face is not only central to identity, but is also the primary vehicle for human expression, emotion, and character. It signifies intellect and power, is often regarded as a window into the soul, and is the focus of attention when individuals meet. How have different cultures depicted faces--whether ...Show more
Pat Albeck's Tea Towels by Matthew Rice
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art
Pat Albeck, who died in September 2017, was a prolific and well-known textile and homewear designer, affectionately known as 'the Queen of the Tea Towel'. Her obituary appeared in The Times and the Guardian, and she was the guest on Desert Island Discs a few years ago. Pat started designing in the 1950s ...Show more
The Story of Bauhaus by Frances Ambler
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: The\Story Of ... Ser.
A lively introduction to the seminal art and design movement that changed the way we see, think and live. Now 100 years old, the Bauhaus still looks just as fresh and new today as it did when it began. It was a place to experiment and embraced a new creative freedom. Thanks to this philosophy, the B ...Show more
The Illustration Idea Book: Inspiration from 50 Masters by Steven Heller; Gail Anderson
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art
This book serves as an introduction to the key elements of good illustration. The Illustration Idea Book presents 50 of the most inspiring approaches used by masters of the field from across the world. Themes covered include creating characters, symbol and metaphor, illustrated lettering, inventing ...Show more
Draw Your Day Sketchbook by Samantha Dion Baker
$22.99 AUD
Category: Art
Keeping an art practice is fun and mindful way to foster creativity in your life, but it can be too easy to find yourself staring at a blank page trying to think of where to start. Superstar Instagram artist Samantha Dion Baker never lacks for artistic inspiration, recording everything from major happen ...Show more
Kazimir Malevich - Black Square by Ekaterina ANDREEVA
$22.99 AUD
Category: Art
Malevich's Black Square heralded the triumph of non-objectivity, when there was nothing left to destroy in the figurative form and the object lost its materiality. This canvas, shown at the "Last Futurist Exhibition of Paintings 0.10" in Petrograd in December 1915, embodied its creator's conception of " ...Show more
Frida Kahlo: Making Her Self Up by Claire Wilcox (Editor); Circe Henestrosa (Editor)
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
Frida Kahlo (1907 1958) is an artist with a unique international appeal. Her instantly recognizable work draws extensively on her life and her extraordinarily personal reflections upon it. On Kahlo 's death, her husband Diego Rivera ordered that her most private possessions be locked away until fifteen ...Show more