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This Book Is Literally Just Pictures of Tiny Animals That Will Make You Smile by Smith Street Books
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Category: Gifts & Humour | Series: This Book Is Literally Just Pictures Of... Ser.
Science has proved that smiling not only gives your mood a boost but helps your body release cortisol and endorphins that provide numerous health benefits - including literally lengthening your lifespan.That's right. By harnessing the incredible life-improving powers of adorable, tiny animals, this book ...Show more
This is Bacon by Kitty Hauser
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Category: Art | Series: This is
Francis Bacon was one of the giants dominating the artistic landscape of the mid-twentieth century, and served as the inspiration and launching point for much of the figural and abstract art that came after him. This highly illustrated book features not only 20 of the artists major works, but in stunnin ...Show more
This is Cézanne by Jorella Andrews
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Category: Art | Series: This is
Paul Cezanne challenged convention, and proposed new possibilities for modern art. He was remarkable for his ability to perceive and paint everyday places, people, and things in ways that revealed the multiplicity and beauty of vision, while also unveiling the deep, cohesive structures of the visible wo ...Show more
This is Dali by Catherine Ingram
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Category: Art | Series: This is
Salvador Dalí is one of the most popular artists in the world, known for his lavish lifestyle, gravity-defying moustache, and bizarre art. This book tells the story of Dalí's life and explores the meaning of his Surrealist paintings. It goes beyond his fine art practice and discusses his venture into th ...Show more
This is Gaudi by Mollie Claypool
$22.00 AUD
Category: Information Books | Series: This is
Antoni Gaudi has a reputation as monastic, mad and hermetic. But the architect of many of the buildings that define Barcelona's cityscape was no mad eccentric. He was a genius inspired by his faith in nature and the divine. Picking up the same strands of eclecticism and art nouveau current in fin de sie ...Show more
This is Gauguin by George Roddam
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Category: Art | Series: This is
Paul Gauguin created some of the most advanced art in a brilliant generation of artists all of whom struggled against the stifling conformity of the late 19th century's artistic mainstream. He created paintings whose radically simplified lines and colours echoed the unschooled art of the rustic and nati ...Show more
This is Hong Kong by Miroslav Sasek
$29.95 AUD
Category: Information Books | Series: This Is ... Ser.
Like the other Sasek classics, this is a facsimile edition of the original book. The brilliant, vibrant illustrations have been meticulously preserved, remaining true to his vision more than 40 years later. Facts have been updated for the 21st-century, appearing on a "This is . . . Today" page at the ba ...Show more
This is London by Miroslav Sasek
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Category: Information Books | Series: This Is...
With the same wit and perception that distinguished his charming books on Paris, New York, and San Francisco, M Sasek presents stylish, elegant London in "This is London," first published in 1959 and now updated for the 21st century. Here this beloved illustrator shares his impressions of London with it ...Show more
This is Matisse by Catherine Ingram
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Category: Art | Series: This is
In the history of twentieth century modernism, Henri Matisse is a calm and unstoppable revolution of creative genius. Trained originally in the French classical manner, he was inspired by the Impressionists and Cezanne to create in a style that brought out the beauty of colour, form and line by reducing ...Show more
This is New York by Miroslav Sasek
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Category: Information Books | Series: This Is...
Facsimile edition of a beloved, long out-of-print children's classic.The charm and uniqueness of New York City was never more beautifully and whimsically created for children than in Miroslav Sasek's This Is New York. First published in 1960, his vision of New York nearly forty years ago still remains f ...Show more
This is Paris by Miroslav Sasek
$34.95 AUD
Category: Information Books | Series: This Is...
Following on the runaway success of This is New York, Universe is thrilled to reissue two more titles from M. Sasek's beloved children's travel series: This is London and This is Paris. Like This is New York and This is San Francisco, This is London and This is Paris are facsimile editions of Sasek's or ...Show more
This is Pollock by Catherine Ingram
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Category: Art | Series: This is
In 1956 Time magazine referred to Pollock as 'Jack the Dripper'. His iconic paintings stretch out with the generosity and scale of the landscape of America's West where the artist grew up. Pollock said that he painted 'out of his consciousness': the cathartic dribbled paint reflected his troubled mind. ...Show more