Monet: The Restless Vision by Jackie Wullschlager
$75.00 AUD
Category: art history & collections
A magnificent new biography of the founder of Impressionism. In the course of a long and exceptionally creative life, Claude Monet revolutionized painting and made some of the most iconic images in western art. Misunderstood and mocked at the beginning of his career, he risked everything to pursue his ...Show more
Matisse in the 1930s by Matthew Affron, Cecile Debray, Claudine Grammont
$82.95 AUD
Category: art history & collections
The first in-depth examination of Matisse's work in the 1930s, a key decade of creative innovation and renewal for this celebrated artistIn 1930, as Henri Matisse (1869-1954) embarked on The Dance, a monumental mural commissioned by the American collector Albert C. Barnes, he began experimenting in ways ...Show more
5000 Years of Glass
$55.00 AUD
Category: art history & collections
First published in 1991, this book traces the history of glassmaking from its origins in Western Asia some 5000 years ago, through the invention of glassblowing around the first century BC, to the introduction of mechanised processes and new styles in the 19th and 20th centuries. It highlights the flour ...Show more
Birds: The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick
$34.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. The book features early, skilfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest ...Show more
The Australian Women's Weekly: Celebrating 90 Years of an Australian Icon by The Australian Women's Weekly
$39.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
On the morning of June 10, 1933, newspaper sellers were struggling to keep up with demand as a new periodical flew off the shelves. Two large headlines clamoured for attention on the cover- "Equal Social Rights for Sexes!" cried one, while the second, "What Smart Sydney Women Are Wearing," was accompani ...Show more
Cut - 10 Years of the Stencil Art Prize by Jacinta Fintan; Rachel Williams (Designed by, Cover Design by, Prepared for Publication by); H. Morgan-Harris (Editor)
$79.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
CUT tells the 10-year story of the Stencil At Prize. It documents its humble beginnings in a gallery in inner city Sydney and explores its development and growth as a touring roadshow of stencil artists from across the globe and showcases the changing styles and trends in stencil art across a decade, on ...Show more
Artists at Home (HB) by Susie Hodge
$59.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
Take a look inside the homes of some of your favourite artists and explore how each one reflected their spirit and creativity. From William Morris and Pablo Picasso to Georgia O'Keeffe and Frida Kahlo, Artists at Home showcases the quiet retreats, creative hubs, lifelong homes, and holiday escapes of ...Show more
Artists' Letters - Leonardo Da Vinci to David Hockney by Michael Bird
$39.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
A treasure trove of noteworthy letters, arranged thematically to provide an insight into the lives and work of great artists.
40 Years: Just Talking About Art by MICHAEL AUPING
$105.00 AUD
Category: art history & collections
Michael Auping, one of America's foremost curators of contemporary art, explores process and technique through conversations he has had over the past four decades with the most significant artists during his career. At the Modern Art Museum of Fort Worth, Michael Auping helped transform the museum into ...Show more
The Artist's Journey: The travels that inspired the artistic greats by Travis Elborough
$39.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections | Series: Journeys of Note Ser.
In the Artist's Journey, follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters, and the journeys which inspired some of their greatest works. Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters in this fascinating work from the Journeys of Note series. Some truly remarkab ...Show more
Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin
$55.00 AUD
Category: art history & collections
A landmark feminist intervention- a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, fema ...Show more
The World Atlas of Street Art by Rafael Schacter, Lachlan MacDowall
$49.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
This truly global and visually stunning compendium showcases some of the most breath-taking pieces of street art and graffiti from around the world. Since its genesis on the East Coast of the United States in the late 1960s, street art has travelled to nearly every corner of the globe, morphing into hi ...Show more