Hound in the Hunt: In Collaboration with Tim Jenison by Gallery Mona
$60.00 AUD
Category: Art
Georgia O'Keeffe (HB) by Tanya Barson
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
Georgia O'Keeffe (1887-1986) was one of the foundational figuresof American modernism. A seminal woman artist, she rose toprominence in the early twentieth century at the heart of theNew York avant-garde circle that centred around Alfred Stieglitz,who would become O'Keeffe's husband. Many contemporaryte ...Show more
Banaras: Holy City by Christopher Roche
$110.00 AUD
Category: Photography
Banaras, also known as Varanasi, is a Northern Indian city on the banks of the Ganges in Uttar Pradesh. One of the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world, it is also one of the holiest in the Hindu faith. In this large-format book, the landscape and spirituality of this beautiful city come to ...Show more
A Style of Her Own by Oliva Maria Rubio
$115.00 AUD
Category: Photography
Louise Dahl-Wolfe transformed and modernized the look of fashion magazines in the thirties, forties and fifties, the period during which she was active, and hence played a significant role in providing the world of fashion with a new image. Similarly, she breathed fresh life into the portraits of Hollyw ...Show more
Grey Matters by Tom Jacobi
$80.00 AUD
Category: Photography
Colours are only reflected light, assembled in our brains, which is also known as "grey matter". Tom Jacobi spent two years photographing archaic landscapes throughout the world. He discovered mystic places that had been created by nature over the millennia and that are nonetheless timeless. When photog ...Show more
Masters of the Everyday: Dutch Artists in the Age of Vermeer by Desmond Shawe- Taylor
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
The charm and fascination of Dutch genre paintings of the seventeenth century is the way that they capture everyday people doing everyday things. With their harmonious, light-filled interiors, these meticulously painted glimpses of lives behind closed doors provide us with an extraordinary insight into ...Show more
The Limits of Art: Two Essays by Tzvetan Todorov
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: The French List
Tzvetan Todorov, one of Europe's leading intellectuals, explores the complex relations between art, politics, and ethics in the two essays that make up "The Limits of Art". In "Artists and Dictators," Todorov traces the intimate relationship between avant-garde art and radical politics in pre-revolution ...Show more
Patterns in Nature: Why the Natural World Looks the Way It Does by Philip Ball
$65.00 AUD
Category: Photography
Though at first glance the natural world may appear overwhelming in its diversity and complexity, there are regularities running through it, from the hexagons of a honeycomb to the spirals of a seashell and the branching veins of a leaf. Revealing the order at the foundation of the seemingly chaotic nat ...Show more
What Are You Looking At? 150 Years of Modern Art in the Blink of an Eye by Will Gompertz
$30.00 AUD
Category: Art
"What exactly is modern art? Why are there so many -isms? And is it really any good? Will Gompertz, the BBC's brilliant Arts Editor, has the answers."
Castro's Cuba by Lee Lockwood
$135.00 AUD
Category: Photography
The real Fidel This is a telling portrait of Cuba and its enigmatic leader. In December of 1958, Lee Lockwood, then a young photojournalist, went to Cuba to cover what looked to be the end of Batista's regime. He arrived the day before Fidel Castro took power and spent a week canvassing the island befor ...Show more
What Great Paintings Say - 100 Masterpieces in Detail by Rose-Marie Hagen; Rainer Hagen
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Bibliotheca Universalis Ser.
Under the microscope: Paintings' hidden secrets revealed This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and c ...Show more
Trespass: A History of Uncommissioned Urban Art by Carlo McCormick; Sara Schiller (Contribution by); Ethel Seno (Editor); Marc Schiller (Contribution by)
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art
The city as canvas: How self-expression, politics, and protest reclaim the streets Made in collaboration with its featured artists, Trespass traces the rise and global reach of graffiti and urban art, not just as a fringe visual movement but as a social phenomenon and central expression of youth. ...Show more