Kandinsky: The Elements of Art by Philippe Sers
$120.00 AUD
Category: Art
The richness of Wassily Kandinsky's life, work and thought make him one of the leading figures of 20th-century art. He was a founder member of Der Blaue Reiter and his theories influenced many of the major artistic movements of his time, including Dada, the Bauhaus, De Stijl and Russian Constructivism. ...Show more
Nature Morte: Contemporary Artists Reinvigorate the Still-Life Tradition by Michael Petry (Royal Academy Schools)
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art
Structured according to the classical categories of the still-life tradition Flora, Food, House and Home, Fauna, and Death, each chapter explores how the timeless symbolic resonance of thememento mori a reminder of death, change, and the passing of time has been rediscovered for a new millennium. Among ...Show more
Lartigue - Life in Color by Martine D'Astier
$45.00 AUD
Category: Photography
Jacques Henri Lartigue (1894-1986) was the best-known "amateur" in the history of photography, famously discovered by the art world and given an exhibition at MoMA in New York when he was in his late sixties. He began by recording the pastimes and customs of his wealthy Parisian milieu, indulging his f ...Show more
Ngarra The Texta Drawings by Nick Tapper ed.
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art
A mesmerising collection of texta drawings by one of remote Australia's most significant artists. The works in Ngarra: The Texta Drawings capture an extraordinary artist's unfolding career. Ngarra (c.1920-2008) grew up in the bush under the tutelage of his grandparents, gaining an extraordinary knowledg ...Show more
John Perceval by Traudi Allen
$90.00 AUD
Category: Art
With his undeniable precociousness, John Perceval came to the attention of the art cognoscenti in his early teens. His elegant charm, astonishing good looks and original intelligence captivated many of the most important art figures of his timeandmdash;Norman Lindsay, John and Sunday Reed, the Boyd fami ...Show more
Hunting with Eagles: The Kazakh Eagle-Hunters of Mongolia by Palani Mohan (Photographer)
$85.00 AUD
Category: Photography
For many hundreds of years Kazakh nomads have been grazing their livestock near the Altai Mountains in western Mongolia. The Altai Kazakhs are unique in their tradition of using golden eagles to hunt on horseback. The lifestyle of these hunters, known in Kazakh as burtkitshis, is changing rapidly, and o ...Show more
Lives of the Great Photographers by Juliet Hacking
$60.00 AUD
Category: Photography
While certain photographs have become world-famous images indelibly printed on the cultural consciousness, the stories on the other side of the lens have been all too often distorted, obfuscated or overlooked, the social and political environments misunderstood or forgotten. By evoking the lives and bac ...Show more
Illusive 4 - Contemporary Illustrations by John Reilly; R. Klanten (Editor); Sven Ehmann (Editor)
$69.50 AUD
Category: Art
Whether as a complement to written contentor a stand-alone attention getter, illustrationis being used more and more oftento set prominent accents. Illustrationshave become a key component of advertising,communication, reporting, and othermedia. Because visual storytelling gets messagesacross more effec ...Show more
Embracing an Icon: The Posters of Bernard Villlemot by George Bon Salle
$140.00 AUD
Category: Art
Bernard Villemont's poster art can be seen everywhere?in galleries, museums, and poster shops throughout the world. Whether promoting Perrier, Bally shoes, or Orangina, his artwork has translated advertising messages into memorable images. Yet, as familiar as these posters may be, his body of work stret ...Show more
The Art of Understanding Art: A New Perspective by Hugh Moss
$25.00 AUD
Category: Art
Have we completely missed the point of the modern western revolution in the arts? Hugh Moss thinks so, and here he presents a refreshingly original and thought-provoking new approach to understanding art. It not only makes sense of western art over the past century or more, but applies equally to the ar ...Show more
Andre de Dienes. Marilyn Monroe by Steve Crist
$49.99 AUD
Category: Photography
One day in 1945, fashion photographer Andre de Dienes met an aspiring model named Norma Jeane Dougherty. It was a momentous moment, both for his personal life and his photographic portfolio. Over the next few years, he would be briefly engaged to Norma Jeane, take a number of adventurous road trips with ...Show more
North American Indian - The Complete Portfolios by Edward Sheriff Curtis
$40.00 AUD
Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
In search of a lost time: The complete portfolios by Edward S. Curtis on Native Americans At the turn of the 20th century, the American photographer Edward Sheriff Curtis (1868 1952) started on his 30-year project to produce a monumental study of North American Indians. Using an approach that was both a ...Show more