Art of Sketching: 200 Years of Travel Diaries by Pascale Argod
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art
Memories of other places, travel notebooks chronicle the experience of getting to know each other and ourselves. They have been companions of artists from Durer to Philip Delord, going through the orientalists and explorers. "Art of Sketching" illustrates the great scientific and journalistic adventures ...Show more
The Visual Biography of Color by Frank Jacobus
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
The Visual Biography of Color is a first chance at a second look at colour, which is so often overlooked in every day living. While other books discuss the phenomenon of colour from a cultural perspective, The Visual Biography of Color reveals colour through time by using information graphics and other ...Show more
We Think the World of You - People and Dogs Drawn Together by David Remfry
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
David Remfry has long been fascinated by the relationships that develop between dogs and their owners. In this charming new book, his delicate portraits in watercolour and gouache reveal the mutual understanding and sympathy of these partnerships. Many of his portraits are accompanied by sketches from t ...Show more
Art Forms from the Ocean - The Radiolarian Prints of Ernst Haeckel by Olaf Breidbach
$39.99 AUD
Category: Design
At the nexus of art and science, this dazzling new edition of Ernst Haeckel's first work reintroduces the genius of an enigmatic scientist and passionate observer of the natural world. Although original editions of this book are extremely rare, it is now available for the first time in a paperback editi ...Show more
Japanese Tattoo by Sandi Fellman
$44.99 AUD
Category: Design
A crimson fish wrestles a man. A horned demon stares menacingly. These vivid scenes are tattoos, created in pain, incised in the flesh of the Yakuza, Japan's feared secret society of gangsters. They are the visions of the Irezumi, the legendary tattoo artists, who spend years creating living masterpiece ...Show more
Handmade in India: Crafts of India by Aditi Ranjin
$150.00 AUD
Category: Art
Handmade in India examines all aspects of Indian handicrafts--historical, social, and cultural influences on crafts, design and craft processes, traditional and new markets, products, and tools--unraveling a wealth of knowledge. Based on extensive fieldwork and research, this work maps out the regional ...Show more
Australian Artists (Portraits) by WEIGHT Greg
$85.00 AUD
Category: Art
Photographer Greg Weight visits more than 80 significant Australian artists in their studios. Each artist portrait is accompanied by a personal response to the shoot. Brief biographies help to place them in context. Artists featured include Brett Whiteley, John Olsen, Tim Storrier, Robert Klippel, Lloyd ...Show more
Animal Kingdom: Stereoscopic Images of Natural History by Jim Naughten
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art
Throughout his life photographer Jim Naughten has been fascinated with the natural world. As a child, he collected fossils he found near his home in Dover. Now a renowned photographer, Naughten has started to experiment with stereography and has turned to his boyhood interest, gaining access to the arch ...Show more
Five Hundred Years of Printing by S. Steinberg
$27.99 AUD
Category: Art
"A concise and scholarly but entertaining account of the relation between printing and civilization." - British Printer. This highly readable survey traces the printing industry from its 15th-century beginnings in Gutenberg's workshop to the technical advances of the 20th century. Observations on type d ...Show more
Hidden Frida Kahlo: Lost, Destroyed or Little Known Works by Helga Prignitz-Poda
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art
In this fascinating look at over 180 "hidden" images Helga Prignitz-Poda, one of the world's leading authorities on the Mexican artist, pulls back the curtain on masterpieces that rarely, if ever, see the inside of an exhibition or gallery. Illustrated with stunning reproductions of works that Prignitz- ...Show more
Andrew Martin Interior Design Review: Volume 21 by Andrew Martin
$120.00 AUD
Category: Design
For design professionals and fans of innovative contemporary interior design alike, high-end interior designer Andrew Martin once again brings the year's best designers together in one fabulous, comprehensive tome. You'll find everything from sleek Scandinavian design to luxurious ideas from the Far Eas ...Show more
Sex & Cigarettes by Daniella Midenge
$145.00 AUD
Category: Photography
Strong women, accentuated by their beauty and sensuality, are the hallmark of fashion photographer Daniella Midenge. Her pictures evoke intimacy and passion, beyond the outer shell. Black-and-white or color, her photos have an incredible power of expression that draws the eye of men and women alike. Her ...Show more