Hartmann Schedel. Chronicle of the World - 1493 by Stephan Fussel
$89.99 AUD
Category: Art
Timetunnel to the 15th century. This is 1493's must-have history book and city guide by Hartmann Schedel. Hartmann Schedel's "Weltchronik", or "Chronicle of the World" (better known today as the "Nuremberg Chronicle", after the German city in which it was created), was a groundbreaking encyclopedic work ...Show more
Joseph Cornell's Manual of Marvels: How Joseph Cornell Reinvented a French Agricultural Manual to Create an American Masterpiece by Dickran Tashjian
$120.00 AUD
Category: Art
One of Joseph Cornells favourite pastimes was to meander through the used book stalls of lower Manhattan, rummaging around in search of items to spark his creative impulses. Some time in the early 1930s he came upon the "Journal dAgriculture Pratique" (1911), a voluminous handbook of advice for farmers. ...Show more
Paintings from Mughal India by Andrew Topsfield
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
A unique style of court painting, combining Persian, Indian and European elements, developed in India under the Mughal emperors in the sixteenth and seventeenth centuries. Originally an art of book illustration, it soon gave rise to highly naturalistic portraiture and scenes of court life, among other s ...Show more
Printmaking in Paris: The Rage for Prints at the Fin De Siecle by Fleur Roos Rosa de Carvalho
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Mercatorfonds
In the years between 1890 and 1905, Paris witnessed a revolution in printmaking. Before this time, prints had primarily served reproductive or political ends, but, as the century came to a close, artistic quality became paramount, and printmaking blossomed into an autonomous art form. This gorgeously il ...Show more
Quiet Paris by Siobhan Wall
$24.99 AUD
Category: Photography
Paris is a beautiful city with astounding architecture and world-famous museums and restaurants. Because of its many attractions, however, it often feels as if there is nowhere to escape from the crowds. Siobhan Wall, author of Quiet Amsterdam and Quiet London, has sought out hidden, tranquil places so ...Show more
Awake in the Dream World Art of Audrey Niffenegger by Audrey Niffenegger
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art
A fantastic, strange, and mysterious world, real and imagined, is featured in Awake in the Dream World, a mid-career retrospective of artist and bestselling author Audrey Niffenegger. Book art, works on paper and paintings reflect her captivating narrative talent and her confrontations with life, mortal ...Show more
Seeing is Believing: The Politics of the Visual by Rod Stoneman
$39.99 AUD
Category: Photography
Seeing is Believing: The Politics of the Visual is a personal and analytical investigation into the politics of visual communication. Several thousand times a day we assimilate visual imagery at speed, a process accelerated in the digital world. The book explores the complex and reciprocal dynamic betw ...Show more
Illustration Next: Contemporary Creative Collaboration by Ana Benaroya
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
Illustration is experiencing a remarkable renaissance: the engagingly human, witty, and intricate work of contemporary illustrators is at the forefront of contemporary visual culture, viewed by audiences worldwide. This outstanding and original survey brings together the talents of fifty leading illust ...Show more
Marian Bantjes Complete Graphic Art Pretty Pictures by Marian Bantjes
$85.00 AUD
Category: Art
An ambitious publication in scope and specification, the book presents the total design output of one of the worlds most talented and sought-after graphic designers. Presented loosely chronologically and with candid commentary throughout, this large-scale publication reveals a fascinating journey from B ...Show more
Edvard Munch: 1863-1944 by Jon-Ove Steihaug
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art
This is a beautifully illustrated catalogue on the most comprehensive and ambitious full-scale retrospective of Munchs artistic oeuvre ever. In conjunction with the 150th anniversary of the birth of Edvard Munch (1863-1944) in 2013, a once in a lifetime exhibition is produced by the Munch Museum and the ...Show more
Art Since 1900: Modernism * Antimodernism * Postmodernism (2 ED) by Hal Foster
$95.00 AUD
Category: Art
Conceived by four of the most influential art historians of our time, this groundbreaking book has now been updated and expanded to include the most recent developments in contemporary art. The original authors have been joined by David Joselit to provide the most comprehensive history of art in the twe ...Show more
Gregory Crewdson by Gregory Crewdson
$220.00 AUD
Category: Photography
A definitive and comprehensive survey of the work of one of America's best-known and most acclaimed photographers. Renowned for his melancholic, dramatic, and painterly images of small-town America, Gregory Crewdson has evolved over a nearly thirty-year career into one of the world's most acclaimed and ...Show more