La Mama by Adam Cass
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art History
In July 2017 La Mama Theatre celebrates 50 years since the premiere of its first production, Jack Hibberd's Three Old Friends. La Mama commemorates the wonderful life story of the theatre so far, tracking the history and chronology of all of the work that has been made and the careers that have been bor ...Show more
Strange Country
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art History
'Painting matters to Australia and Australians as it does in few other countries. It has formed our consciousness, our sense of where we come from, and who we are. It cries out for wider recognition and acknowledgement.' - Patrick McCaughey Why has Australia, an island continent with a small population, ...Show more
An Unreliable History of Tattoos by Paul Thomas
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History
The tattoo is an art form, a practice...for some, a ritual. Its history is long and colourful, dating to the Neolithic, when our ancestors marked their bodies with symbolic lines derived from a carbon paste. Today, those same markings can be made on entering the neon parlors that line our cities. Maybe ...Show more
The Art Book by Phaidon Editors
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art History
The art book that has introduced millions of people around the globe to art An accessible, informative and fun A - Z guide to artists from medieval times to the present day Updated and expanded with 100 new works, including paintings, photographs, sculptures, video, installations and performance art Eac ...Show more
The Colour of Time: a New History of the World, 1850-1960 by Dan Jones; Marina Amaral
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art History
The Colour of Timespans more than a hundred years of world history from the reign of Queen Victoria and the US Civil War to the Cuban Missile Crisis and beginning of the Space Age. It charts the rise and fall of empires, the achievements of science, industry and the arts, the tragedies of war and the po ...Show more
Art Work: Art, Books, Museums & Life by Gavin Fry
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art History
A memoir in words and pictures of fifty years working in Australian art and museums. Gavin Fry is a writer, publisher, curator and museum administator. While teaching, publishing and museum projects have brought great satisfaction it is the people met along the way who provide the most interest. This bo ...Show more
Book of Bibles by Stephan Fssel
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Let there be light: Medieval bible manuscripts in impeccable reproductionIn the beginning was the word, and in the Middle Ages were kings, princes, and high-ranking religious members whose wealth and influence produced illustrated bibles of extraordinary craftsmanship.This Bibliotheca Universalis editio ...Show more
Kay Nielsen. East of the Sun and West of the Moon
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Fairy tale finesse: Reviving East of the Sun and West of the Moon, Kay Nielsen's most ambitious illustration project Step into a world of star-crossed lovers, magical winds, mischievous giants, and trolls, through some of the most exquisite illustrations in publishing history. In this gorgeous reprint, ...Show more
The Beatles Graphic by Herve Bourhis
$29.95 AUD
Category: Art History
Herve Bourhis, creator of The Little Book of Rock, turns his unique graphic talents to the legend of The Beatles, told from the very beginning. Bourhis' visual imagination illuminates the individual lives of each band member from their pre-Beatles youth to what would become a rock band of phenomenal ...Show more
The Women Who Changed Art Forever - Feminist Art - the Graphic Novel by Valentina Grande; Eva Rossetti (Illustrator)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History
These women changed art forever - told in colourful graphic novel form, this is the story of four pioneers of feminist art: Judy Chicago, Faith Ringold, Ana Mendieta, and the Guerilla Girls. Each made their mark in their own powerful way. Judy Chicago made us reassess the female body, Faith Ringold ...Show more
Victory over Death - The Art of Colin McCahon by Rex Butler; Laurence Simmons
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Art History Ser.
Perhaps at the origin of all thinking about culture lies the question of the afterlife. The artist makes their work hoping that it will live on after their death. The critic reads or looks at the work wondering whether a future audience will engage with it. Victory over Death: The Art of Colin McCahon t ...Show more
Beginning Manga: An interactive guide to learning the art of manga illustration by Aileen Strauch
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Illustration Studio Ser.
Learn to illustrate and create unique manga art in this fun and engaging, step-by-step book. Beginning Manga treats aspiring illustrators to a fun, interactive learning experience with a variety of creative prompts, tips, exercises, and engaging step-by-step projects. Starting with an introduction to t ...Show more