Ben Quilty by Ben Quilty
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: 4 non fiction
Ben Quilty has worked across a range of media including drawing, photography, sculpture, installation and film. His works often respond to social and political events, from the current global refugee crisis to the complex social history of Australia; he is constantly critiquing notions of identity, patr ...Show more
Hokusai - Prints and Drawings by Matthi Forrer (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
Now available again, this book presents a selection of Hokusai's work known for its exquisite style and marvelous inventiveness. This volume includes full-color reproductions of drawings and woodblock prints by Hokusai, one of Japan's most revered artists. His landscapes--including the famous views of M ...Show more
Trees in Black and White - A Visual Essay by Tony Howell (By (photographer))
$36.99 AUD
Category: Photography
Because of their size, variety, and longevity, trees have long captured the imaginations of artists in every media-from painting to poetry. In this book, accomplished photographer Tony Howell strips trees to their essence in his captivating black & white photos. From tranquil groves, to rocky crags, ...Show more
Furbex - A Dog's Life of Urban Exploration by VAN KEMPEN / CLAIRE
$27.99 AUD
Category: Photography
Claire is not your everyday practitioner of "urbex," the modern underground passion for "urban exploration" that lures 21st-century adventurers into the hidden labyrinths and decaying chambers of disused buildings and urban spaces. Claire is, you see, a bull terrier. And with her photographer companion, ...Show more
Ara Guler's Istanbul by Ara Guler
$64.00 AUD
Category: Photography | Reading Level: very good
This book is a vivid photographic record of daily life in Istanbul from the 1940s to the 1980s. Captured through the unerring lens of the award winning Ara Guler, the Eye of Istanbul, it reflects the city's melancholy aesthetic as it oscillates between tradition and modernity. Gulers remarkable duotone ...Show more
Pin-Ups - Toulouse-Lautrec and the Art of Celebrity by Frances Fowle; Hannah Brocklehurst
$44.99 AUD
Category: Art
- Explores Toulouse-Lautrec's art as a printmaker- Unique perspective on the role of the poster and wider print distribution as a tool for communication and marketing- How Toulouse-Lautrec's art helped to define and promote specific Paris hotspots of the belle poque and created the concept of celebrity ...Show more
A Photographic History of the Orient Line by Chris Frame; Rachelle Cross; Robert Henderson; Doug Cremer
$49.99 AUD
Category: Photography
The Orient Line was once one of the most recognised names operating on the route between Great Britain and Australia, forming an important connection between the many peoples of the Empire. The great vessels of Orient Line included Oronsay, Orsova, Orcades and Oriana. Despite being formed with no mail s ...Show more
Olympian Gods: Coll...Sculptures Dresden by Bjorn C. Ewald (Contribution by); Kordelia Knoll (Contribution by); Saskia Wetzig; Stephan Koja; Michael Philipp; Ortrud Westheider
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
Featuring ancient Greek and Roman sculpture, this book explores the history and legacy of ancient statues of Olympian gods. For people in ancient Greece, ornately and imposingly fashioned statues depicting the gods symbolized power or ideal beauty. During the Roman Empire, when sculptors copied Gree ...Show more
Women Artists by Flavia Frigeri
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
Focusing on fifty diverse women artists, from Lavinia Fontana and Artemisia Gentileschi through Judy Chicago, Ana Mendieta and the Guerrilla Girls to Barbara Kruger, Cindy Sherman and Louise Bourgeois, this book equips the reader with a general understanding of the history of art by women, as well as an ...Show more
Taste: the Secret Meaning of Things - The Secret Meaning of Things by Stephen Bayley
$44.99 AUD
Category: Design
-Design-guru Stephen Bayley approaches the thorny and sometimes elitist topic of 'taste' with typical wit, drawing on his expertise in a number of fields from fashion to food -A new edition of a classic book, brought into the new millennium by Bayley's concise critique of modern design How do we define ...Show more
Mirka Mora: A Life Making Art by Sabine Cotte
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
Mirka Mora features a rich insight into the intellectual life and art practice of one of Australia's most versatile, creative and prolific modern artists. A Melbourne cultural icon, Mirka, along with her ex-husband Georges, was instrumental in helping to establish Australian modern art on a global stag ...Show more