Hegel's Owl The Life of Bernard Smith by Sheridan Palmer
$40.00 AUD
Category: Art
'An elegant and powerful study, finely crafted - fully worthy of its subject.' Peter Beilharz, Curtin University, Perth Bernard Smith began life as a ward of the State; he would go on to become the father of Australian art history. In 2008 Smith invited writer and art historian Dr Sheridan Palmer to wri ...Show more
Photographers A-Z by Hans-Michael Koetzle
$49.99 AUD
Category: Photography | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Masters and monographs: An encyclopedia of 20th century photographers and their finest publications Arranged alphabetically, this biographical encyclopediafeatures every major photographer of the 20th centuryalongside her or his most significant monographs.From the earliest representatives of classical ...Show more
Art of the 20th Century - Painting Sculpture New media Photography
$85.00 AUD
Category: Art
The century that changed art forever: The quintessential roundup of art from 1900-2000 Who could possibly have forecast on New Year's Eve 1899 that, one hundred years later, painting and sculpture would be only options, not prerequisites? The term "art" has been defined and redefined so many times over ...Show more
Neil Young Life in Pictures: Six Decades of Imagery by Nigel Williamson
$40.00 AUD
Category: Photography
Iconoclast, innovator, and inspiration to musicians everywhere, Neil Young's appeal crosses generations. Despite his reluctance to enter the mainstream, he's been captured throughout his career by some of the most renowned photographers in rock and this is the largest collection of Young images ever ass ...Show more
The Diary of Frida Kahlo - An intimate self-portrait by Frida Kahlo; Sarah M. Lowe; Carlos Fuentes
$25.00 AUD
Category: Art
Published in its entirety, Frida Kahlo's amazing illustrated journal documents the last ten years of her turbulent life. These passionate, often surprising, intimate records, kept under lock and key for some 40 years in Mexico, reveal many new dimensions in the complex personal life of this remarkable M ...Show more
Lucian Freud's Sketchbooks by Martin Gayford
$40.00 AUD
Category: Art
Lucian Freud was one of the world's greatest realist artists. Working only from life, he once claimed, 'I could never put anything into a picture that wasn't there in front of me.' This revelatory publication features a selection of beautifully reproduced images from his sketchbooks. Most of the sketche ...Show more
Chagall to Malevich: The Russian Avant-Gardes by Klaus Albrecht Schroder
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
The Russian Avant-Garde, which brought about an artistic revolution between 1905 and 1934, represents one of the most fascinating chapters in the history of 20th-century art. Artists like Malevich, Kandinsky and Chagall are highly esteemed the world over. But this movement was much more diverse than is ...Show more
Art Since 1900 Third Edition by Hal Foster
$95.00 AUD
Category: Art
Groundbreaking in both its content and its presentation, Art Since 1900 has been hailed as a landmark study in the history of art. Conceived by some of the most influential art historians of our time, this extraordinary book has now been revised, expanded and brought right up to date to include the late ...Show more
Art Deco Sculpture
$150.00 AUD
Category: Art
This book showcases and puts into historical context a host of sculpted works created in the 1920s and 1930s in the decorative vernacular defined loosely today as 'Art Deco'. Whether designed as free-standing statuary for the domestic market or commissioned for some form of architectural placement, as a ...Show more
The Munich Art Hoard by Catherine Hickley
$21.99 AUD
Category: Art
In February 2012, in a Munich flat belonging to an elderly recluse, German customs authorities seized an astonishing hoard of more than 1,400 paintings, drawings, prints and sculptures. When Cornelius Gurlitt's trove became public in November 2013, it caused a worldwide media sensation. Catherine Hickle ...Show more
Inside the Art Market by Christopher Heathcote
$50.00 AUD
Category: Art
Upfront, street savvy, and enthralling, this book is an indispensable tool in understanding the role of the art market. Dr Christopher Heathcote is the author of numerous publications on Australian art, and in this latest offering he traces the history and growth of Australia's private and independent g ...Show more
Art of the Bible: Illuminated Manuscripts from the Medieval World by Scot McKendrick; Kathleen Doyle
$120.00 AUD
Category: Art
For two millennia the Bible has inspired the creation of extraordinary art. Within this history illuminated biblical manuscripts are among the best tools for understanding early Christian painting and artistic interpretations of the Bible. This extensively illustrated new book, compiled and written by ...Show more