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Introducing Romanticism: A Graphic Guide
Romanticism is crucial to an understanding of modern Western culture. Philosophy, art, literature, music and politics were all transformed in the turbulent period between the French Revolution of 1789 and...
Gluck: Her Biography
As stubborn as she was gifted, as fierce as she was tender, and notorious for her mannish dress that was provocative and chic in equal measure, Gluck was an artist...
Roy Lichtenstein's ABC
A is for ART (of course), represented by Lichtenstein's first pop comic masterpiece, Look Mickey. D is for a comically vicious growling Dog. And H is a horse that races...
Open House
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Romanov Riches: Russian Writers and Artists Under the Tsars
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The Whole Picture: The colonial story of the art in our museums & why we need to talk about it
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Holy Terror: Andy Warhol Close up
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Techniques of the Great Masters of Art: A Unique Guide to the Techniques of over 70 of the World's Greatest Painters
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Author: Alastair CampbellBinding: HardbackPublished: New Burlington Books, 1987, ReprintCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis book provides an in-depth exploration of the techniques used by over 70 renowned...
Modern Australian Sculpture Multi-Media with Clay
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Author: Ron RoweBinding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1977Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the intersection of traditional and contemporary techniques in Australian sculpture, with a focus on the use...
Art of Reconciliation
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Author: Ponch Hawkes (ed.)Binding: HardbackPublished: City of Melbourne Indigenous Arts Program, 2006Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markings-
A Retrospective
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Author: Peter BlizzardBinding: SoftbackPublished: Art Gallery of Ballarat, 2009Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Retrospective by Peter Blizzard offers a deep dive into the themes and...
The Age of Sultan Suleyman: the Magnificent
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Author: Marthe Bernus, David Alexander, Edmund Capon, Jacqueline MenziesBinding: SoftbackPublished: International Cultural Corporation of Australia Limited, 1990Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life...
Masterpieces of Western Sculpture: From Medieval to Modern
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Author: Howard HibbardBinding: HardbackPublished: Chartwell Books, Inc., 1979, Second EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book showcases an extensive collection of Western sculpture, tracing its evolution...
Rigby's Encyclopedia Of Art And Artists
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Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: Rigby, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsRigby's Encyclopedia Of Art And Artists is a comprehensive reference work that provides detailed information about various artists...
The Book of Kells
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Author: Peter BrownBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson, 1980Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Book of Kells is a richly illustrated manuscript created by Celtic monks around...
Life and Death Under the Pharaohs: Egyptian Art from the National Museum of Antiquities in Leiden, The Netherlands
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Author: Hans D. Schneider; Maarten J. RavenBinding: SoftbackPublished: Western Australia Museum, 1998Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich artistic heritage of ancient Egypt, presenting...
Encyclopedia of Australian Art [Two-Volume Set]
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Author: Alan McCullochBinding: HardbackPublished: Hutchinson of Australia, 1984Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis first edition book is a comprehensive visual art encyclopedia that covers various topics related...
A Picasso Anthology: Documents, Criticism, Reminiscences
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Author: Marilyn McCullyBinding: SoftbackPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1981Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsA Picasso Anthology offers a diverse collection of contemporary responses to Picasso and...
Crossing the Pomerium: The Boundaries of Political, Religious, [...]
A multifaceted exploration of the interplay between civic and military life in ancient RomeThe ancient Romans famously distinguished between civic life in Rome and military matters outside the city-a division...
Jan Tschichold and the New Typography: Graphic Design Between [...]
An original account of the life and work of legendary designer Jan Tschichold and his role in the movement in Weimar Germany to create modern graphic design Richly illustrated with...
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book -...
Painter and Priest: Giovanni Canavesio's Visual Rhetoric and the [...]
Giovanni Canavesio, a Piedmontese artist-priest active in the last decades of the fifteenth century in the southern Alps, left behind a significant body of work, including pictorial cycles and altarpieces....
Rayne: Shoes for Stars
Royal Shoemakers Rayne was founded by Henry and Mary Rayne in London in 1885, and were the pre-eminent British ladies luxury shoe brand throughout the Twentieth Century Rayne is the...
Franz Marc and August Macke, 1909-1014
This generously illustrated volume focuses on the poignant friendship of Franz Marc and August Macke, two innovative members of the Blue Rider group. During the five years Franz Marc and...
James Ensor
(Zweisprachige Ausgabe: Deutsch / Englisch)Der belgische Maler und Grafiker James Ensor (1860-1949) nimmt in der Kunstgeschichte des 20. Jahrhunderts einen besonderen Rang ein. Als "Maler der Masken" kategorisiert, stilisierte er...
Picasso and the Model: Sylvette, Sylvette, Sylvette
She was known as "the girl with the ponytail" and her image has become one of the art world's most iconic. Sylvette David was a shy girl when she met...
The Mirror of Venus: Women in Roman Art
Though images of women were ubiquitous in the Roman world, these were seldom intended to be taken simply at face value. The importance of marriage, motherhood and political stability was...
Edwin Landseer: The Private Drawings
The first time a collection of Landseer's drawings have been brought together alongside a fascinating history of his life and timesRichard Ormond is an independent art historian.
Kongo: Power and Majesty
A compelling examination of one of the most artistically rich and creative African kingdoms Artists from the kingdom of Kongo-a vast swath of Central Africa that today encompasses the Republic...
Louise Bourgeois, Freud's Daughter
An exploration of the art and writing of Louise Bourgeois through the lens of her relationship with Freudian psychoanalysis From 1952 to 1985, Louise Bourgeois (1911-2010) underwent extensive Freudian analysis...
Poetics of the Poster: The Rhetoric of Image-Text
This book sets out to explore the way, with the onset of a new and integral relationship between text and image, the modern poster is able to evolve distinctive persuasive...
Fascism and Theatre: Comparative Studies on the Aesthetics and Politics of Performance in Europe, 1925-1945
Since the 1920s, an endless flow of studies has analyzed the political systems of fascism, theseizure of power, the nature of the regimes, the atrocities committed, and, finally, the wars...
Etchings 2: Photography, Art, Fiction, Essays, Poetry
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Celtic Art in Pagan and Christian Times
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Robert Irwin: Site Determined
This book explores four decades of Robert Irwin's outdoor environment projects through his drawings and architectural models. Over the course of a storied career, Robert Irwin has come to regard...
Creative Composites: Modernism, Race, and the Stieglitz Circle
In turn-of-the-century New York, the photographer and modern art impresario Alfred Stieglitz and his allies embraced a racialized aesthetic discourse in their expressions of identity in the modern era. This...
Fragonard: Drawing Triumphant
An exquisitely illustrated volume that emphasizes the importance of drawing in Fragonard's creative process One of the most forward-looking artists in 18th-century France, Jean-Honore Fragonard (1732-1806) is considered the preeminent...
Subversion and Surrealism in the Art of Honore Sharrer
Honore Sharrer (1920-2009) was a major art world figure in 1940s America, celebrated for exquisitely detailed paintings conveying subtly subversive critiques of the political and artistic climate of her time....
Fascism and Theatre: Comparative Studies on the Aesthetics and Politics of Performance in Europe, 1925-1945
Since the 1920s, an endless flow of studies has analyzed the political systems of fascism, theseizure of power, the nature of the regimes, the atrocities committed, and, finally, the wars...
Early Medieval Bible Illumination and the Ashburnham Pentateuch
This book focuses on the Ashburnham Pentateuch, an early medieval illuminated manuscript of the Old Testament whose pictures are among the earliest surviving and most extensive biblical illustrations. Dorothy Verkerk...
Early Medieval Bible Illumination and the Ashburnham Pentateuch
This book focuses on the Ashburnham Pentateuch, an early medieval illuminated manuscript of the Old Testament whose pictures are among the earliest surviving and most extensive biblical illustrations. Dorothy Verkerk...
Marie-Helene de Taillac: Gold and Gems
A sumptuous journey into the vibrant world of Parisian jewelry designer Marie-Helene de Taillac, renowned for her traditional craftsmanship, colorful gemstones, and exotic inspirations. The French designer s first-ever monograph,...
Piet Mondrian - Barnett Newman - Dan Flavin
Although the three prominent modernist artists Piet Mondrian (1872-1944), Barnett Newman (1905-1970), and Dan Flavin (1933-1996) each belong to a different generation, all of them have devoted their creativity to...
Ships and Seascapes: Introduction to Maritime Prints, Drawings and Watercolours
Ships and Seascapes gives an introduction to maritime prints, drawings and watercolours with a sweeping historical survey of the development of marine art. The book also focuses on the greatest...
Renaissance Art in Venice: From Tradition to Individualism
Art and architecture have always been central to Venice but in the Renaissance period, between c.1440 and 1600, they reached a kind of apotheosis when many of the city's new...
Total Expansion of the Letter: Avant-Garde Art and Language After Mallarme
How cubism and Dada radically reimagined the social nature of language, following the utopian poetic vision of Stephane Mallarme.At the outset of the twentieth century, language became a visual medium...
Amy Goldin: Art in a Hairshirt
Amy Goldin's critical writing inspired many artists of the 1960s and '70s. Her unconventional acceptance of the new art forms emerging during the time and her challenge to the traditional...
Turkmen Jewelry: Silver Ornaments from the Marshall and Marilyn R. Wolf Collection
The Turkmen people of Central Asia and Iran are revered for their carpets and textiles. Less well known, but equally stunning, is the extraordinary silver jewelry created by Turkmen tribal...