The Secrets of Art: Uncovering the mysteries and messages of great works of art by Debra N. Mancoff
39.99 AUD
Category: Art
The Secrets of Art offers a fresh encounter with familiar works of art, revealing untold stories, hidden meanings and surprising revelations hidden beneath the surface. Discover the secrets, mysteries, hidden meanings and stories behind famous works of art. A book full of surprises, discoveries, forgott ...Show more
Culture Strike - Art and Museums in an Age of Protest by Laura Raicovich
34.99 AUD
Category: Art
A leading activist museum director explains why museums are at the center of a political storm In an age of protest, cultural institutions have come under fire. Protestors have mobilized against sources of museum funding, as happened at the Metropolitan Museum, and against board appointments, forcing te ...Show more
Colour Scheme - An Irreverent History of Art and Pop Culture in Color Palettes by Edith Young; Zachary Fine
49.99 AUD
Category: Art
Change the way you see color forever in this dazzling collection of color palettes spanning across art history and pop culture, and told in writer and photographer Edith Young's accessible, inviting style. From the shades of pink in the blush of Madame de Pompadour's cheeks to Prince's concert costumes, ...Show more
Women in Abstraction by Karolina Lewandowska
100.00 AUD
Category: Art
With a few notable exceptions, the fundamental role that women played in the development of abstract art has long been underestimated, and their work has not received the same critical attention as that of their male counterparts. Now, at last, the tide is turning. The latest historiographical advances ...Show more
Magic - Whitechapel Documents of Contemporary Art by Jamie Sutcliffe
35.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Documents of Contemporary Art Ser.
From the hexing of presidents to a renewed interest in herbalism and atavistic forms of self-care, magic has furnished the contemporary imagination with mysterious and complex bodies of arcane thought and practice. This volume brings together writings by artists, magicians, historians, and theorists tha ...Show more
The Day of the Dead: A Visual Compendium by Julia Rothenstein, Chloe Sayer
45.00 AUD
Category: Art
This anthology considers how the Day of the Dead has been celebrated in visual art and culture, from the traditional and iconic illustrations of Manuel Manilla and José Posada to the paper cuts of Aaron Velasco Pacheco, folk art of the Linares family and paintings of Diego Rivera and Frida Kahlo. With a ...Show more
Agnes Martin: Painting, Writings, Remembrances by Arne Glimcher
200.00 AUD
Category: Art
The only complete career retrospective of this visionary painter - a classic, now available again in a handsome new binding - Agnes Martin's career spanned over seven decades. Though a major influence on Minimalist painters, Martin saw her own work more closely related to Abstract Expressionism, her pai ...Show more
Breath of Life by Georges Petitjean
75.00 AUD
Category: Art | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
"The sound of the yidaki calls everyone together in unity." - Djalu Gurruwiwi Yidaki, more commonly known as didgeridoo, is the iconic Aboriginal instrument. Yidaki found its way to the streets of Europe and gained tremendous popularity to the point that this music instrument is almost synonymous with A ...Show more
Botticelli: Artist and Designer by Ana Debenedetti
34.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Renaissance Lives Ser.
In this vivid account Ana Debenedetti examines the life and work of Renaissance artist Sandro Botticelli, through the lens of the organisation of his workshop and the commercial strategies he devised to make his way in the very competitive art market in Florence at that time. She looks at the remarkable ...Show more
Europe Divided - Huguenot Refugee Art and Culture by Tessa Murdoch
79.99 AUD
Category: Art
A beautifully illustrated, wide-ranging study of Huguenot craftsmanship and trading networks This richly illustrated book focuses on the extraordinary international networks resulting from the diaspora of more than 200,000 refugees who left France in the late 17th century to join communities already ...Show more
Dušan and Voitre Marek: Surrealists at sea by Maria Zagala, Tracey Lock, Elle Freak, Cheri Donaldson, Brendan Casey, Elspeth Pitt, Arthur Cantrill, Stephen Mould, Ralph Body, Bernice L. Murphy
49.95 AUD
Category: Art
Taking its cue from the artists, this publication embraces a variety of methodologies to consider Dušan and Voitre's unique visual world. It brings together the voices of eleven writers with varying histories and relationships to the artists and their work. Their essays loosely track six decades of Duša ...Show more
Dali World of Art by Dawn Ades
29.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: World of Art Ser.
The third edition of this classic study, a thorough introduction to one of the most popular and recognizable artists of the 20th century. Salvador Dalí was, and remains, among the most universally recognizable artists of the twentieth century. What accounts for this popularity? His excellence as an arti ...Show more