Why is Art Full of Naked People? And Other Vital Questions About Art by Susie Hodge; Henry Plummer; Claire Goble
$27.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Why is Art Full of Naked People? is an irreverent and informative primer that asks tricky questions about what makes art art. What is with all the fruit? Why is art so weird nowadays? There are questions about how art views the world, from cave paintings through to Cubism, from the Renaissance to contem ...Show more
Drawing and Painting the NudeA Course of 50 Lessons by Philip Tyler
$54.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Artists have always been fascinated with portraying the nude: the beauty and nuances of the human figure are endlessly absorbing. This practical and inspirational book celebrates and continues that enduring and beautiful tradition by encouraging you to discover your own talent and style. Philip Tyler lo ...Show more
The Shadow Drawing : How Science Taught Leonardo How to Paint by Francesca Fiorani
$36.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Leonardo da Vinci has long been celebrated as the epitome of genius. He was the masterful painter who gave us the Mona Lisa and the Last Supper, and the visionary inventor who anticipated airplanes, hot-air balloons, and other technological marvels. But what was the connection between Leonardo the paint ...Show more
Van Gogh Inspiration Sketchbook: Be Inspired by One of the World's Great Artists by Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
$22.99 AUD
Category: Art History
"For the great doesn't happen through impulse alone, and is a succession of little things that are brought together."-Vincent van Gogh, The Hague, Sunday, October 22, 1882, to Theo van Gogh Artistic inspiration abounds in the Van Gogh Museum Sketchbook featuring spot art by one of the world's great arti ...Show more
Spirit Country Contemporary Australian Aboriginal Art by Jennifer Isaacs
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art History
Indigenous artists have brought their culture to the international stage from the breadth of the Australian continent and its surrounding islands. Spirit Country explores the vibrant contemporary Aboriginal art that has caught the eyes of the Western art world but for those who make them they are also r ...Show more
Bright Stars: Great Artists Who Died Too Young by Kate Bryan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History
In Bright Stars, Kate Bryan examines the short lives and long legacies of artists who died before their time. In this personal, persuasive and evocative book, Kate introduces some of the most inspiring people in art and examines the myriad ways that death can affect the course of art history. 'Bryan's w ...Show more
1000 Drawings of Genius by Victoria Charles
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: The Book
Long thought of as the neglected stepchild of painting, the art of drawing has recently begun to enjoy a place in the sun. With major museums around the world, from the Met to the Uffizi, mounting exhibitions focused on the art of draughtsmanship, drawing is receiving more critical and academic attentio ...Show more
Picture This by Molly Bang
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Molly Bang's brilliant, insightful, and accessible treatise is now revised and expanded for its 25th anniversary. Bang's powerful ideasâabout how the visual composition of images works to engage the emotions, and how the elements of an artwork can give it the power to tell a storyâremain unparalleled in ...Show more
Art Made from Books - Altered, Sculpted, Carved, Transformed by Alyson Kuhn
$34.95 AUD
Category: Art History
This volume collects a jaw-dropping assortment of art made from books--by cutting, painting, sawing, laminating, balancing or stacking. The definitive guide to the emerging art form, Art Made from Books showcases groundbreaking work by today's best practitioners, from Su Blackwell's whimsical pop-up lan ...Show more
They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Musical Years (the 1940s - Part One) by Didier Ghez
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: They Drew as They Pleased
The 1940s ushered in an era of musical experimentation and innovation at the Walt Disney Studios. Artists from all over the world flocked to California to be part of the magic, and their groundbreaking styles influenced such classics as Dumbo and Bambi as well as shaped the masterpieces that followed su ...Show more
Men to Avoid in Art and Life by Nicole Tersigni
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Men to Avoid in Art and Life Ser.
Men to Avoid in Art and Life pairs classical fine art with modern captions that epitomize the spirit of mansplaining. This hilarious book perfectly captures those relatable moments when a man explains to a woman a subject about which he knows considerably less than she does. Situations include men sha ...Show more