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100 Dresses: The Costume Institute by Harold Koda
$35.95 AUD
Category: Fashion & Jewellery | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art S.
What woman can resist imagining herself in a beautiful designer dress? Here, for the first time ever, are 100 fabulous gowns from the permanent collection of the renowned Costume Institute at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, each of which is a reminder of the ways fashion reflects the broader culture tha ...Show more
100 Shoes: The Costume Institute / The Metropolitan Museum of Art by Harold Koda
$29.95 AUD
Category: Fashion & Jewellery | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art S.
A hundred pairs of shoes, from the 16th to the 21st century, paint a vivid picture of how shoe styles have changed-sometimes radically-over the years. They also reveal how some trends have reappeared throughout the ages. For instance, platform shoes were worn by fashionable Venetian women from the 15th ...Show more
101 Things to Learn in Art School by Kit White
$23.95 AUD
Category: Art | Series: 101 Things to Learn in Art School
What is the first thing to learn in art school? "Art can be anything." The second thing? "Learn to draw." With 101 Things to Learn in Art School, artist and teacher Kit White delivers and develops such lessons, striking an instructive balance between technical advice and sage concepts. These 101 maxims, ...Show more
A Companion to Australian Art by Christopher Allen (Editor); Dana Arnold (Series edited by)
$306.95 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History Ser.
A Companion to Australian Art A Companion to Australian Art is a thorough introduction to the art produced in Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 to the early 21st century. Beginning with the colonial art made by Australia?s first European settlers, this volume presents a collection of ...Show more
A Treatise on Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci; John Francis Rigaud (Translator)
$25.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
The much overused word genius aptly describes only a few people in the history of civilization. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) unquestionably belongs in this elite group. Anyone who has looked in amazement at the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, or the many drawings that sprang from his fertile imagination ma ...Show more
A Well-tempered Heart by Jan-Philipp Sendker
$27.95 AUD
Category: Fiction | Series: Art of Hearing Heartbeats Ser.
"Originally published in German by Karl Blessing Verlag in 2012."
Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana
$19.95 AUD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
A superlative introduction to the diversity of Aboriginal art, this concise survey introduces the work of Australia's indigenous artists from all parts of the continent. For some 50,000 years, Aboriginal artists have built on traditions and worked in a variety of contexts, from the sacred and secret rea ...Show more
Aboriginal Art by MORPHY HOWARD
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Art & Ideas S.
Aboriginal art has survived the colonial period to become a major feature of contemporary Australian society. This book surveys the great variety in Aboriginal art, from ancient rock paintings to powerful modern works in acrylic on canvas. The patterns and symbols of Aboriginal art, though they may at f ...Show more
Adam Pendleton by Adrienne Edwards; Andréa Picard; Alec Mapes-Frances
$70.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Phaidon Contemporary Artists Ser.
The first encompassing publication on the work of the groundbreaking American artist Adam Pendleton Adam Pendleton's original and powerful body of work has been described as the embodiment of a new era. His multifaceted projects, which include painting, collage, film, and publishing, re-contextualize hi ...Show more
Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty by Andrew Bolton
$72.95 AUD
Category: Fashion & Jewellery | Series: Metropolitan Museum of Art S.
Arguably the most influential, imaginative, and provocative designer of his generation, Alexander McQueen both challenged and expanded fashion conventions to express ideas about race, class, sexuality, religion, and the environment. Alexander McQueen: Savage Beauty examines the full breadth of the desig ...Show more
All the Lives We Never Lived by Anuradha Roy
$30.00 AUD
Category: Words & Ideas | Series: About artist Walter Spies in Bali during WWII
"A writer of great subtlety and intelligence . . . a beautifully written and compelling story of how families fall apart and what remains of the aftermath" Kamila Shamsie, winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction 2018 "The book everyone is talking about for the summer" Lorraine Candy, Sunday Times In m ...Show more
Ancestral Modern - Australian Aboriginal Art by Pamela McClusky
$68.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Seattle Art Museum
Australian Aboriginal art is the longest continuous art tradition in the world, spanning over 50,000 years. "Ancestral Modern" puts a modern face on the tradition, celebrating the past 40 years of contemporary indigenous art, which has experienced a renaissance since 1970. Featuring more than 100 painti ...Show more