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The Classical Tradition in Art
$20.00 AUD
Author: Michael GreenhalghBinding: HardbackPublished: Duckworth, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the influence of classical art on Western art traditions from the Renaissance to the...
Leonardo's Rules of Painting An Unconventional Approach to Modern Art
$15.00 AUD
Author: James BeckBinding: HardbackPublished: The Viking Press/A Studio Book, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the innovative techniques and principles of painting as established by...
Taman Indera Malay Decorative Arts and Pastimes
$60.00 AUD
Author: Mubin SheppardBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich and diverse decorative arts and pastimes of the Malay culture,...
The Grammar of Chinese Ornaments
$100.00 AUD
Author: Owen JonesBinding: HardbackPublished: Studio, 1987Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the intricate and rich tradition of Chinese ornamentation, providing insights into the cultural significance and...
Central Asian Painting From Afghanistan to Sinkiang
$25.00 AUD
Author: Mario BussagliBinding: SoftbackPublished: Rizzoli International Publications, 1979Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the rich tradition of Central Asian painting, focusing on the...
Conrad Martens The Man and His Art
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Author: Lionel LindsayBinding: HardbackPublished: Angus and Robertson, 1968, REVISED AND ENLARGED EDITIONCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the life and artistic contributions of Conrad Martens,...
British Romantic Artists
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Author: John PiperBinding: HardbackPublished: William Collins, 1942Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsBritish Romantic Artists explores the works and contributions of notable British artists during the...
The Simon & Schuster Book of the Opera A Complete Reference Guide 1597 to the Present with Over 400 Illustrations
$60.00 AUD
Author: Various AuthorsBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon & Schuster, 1978Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive guide provides an in-depth look at the history of opera, featuring over 400...
The Oxford Companion to Music
$20.00 AUD
Author: Percy A. ScholesBinding: HardbackPublished: Readers Union & Oxford University Press, 1978, Tenth EditionCondition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Aging or markingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive reference book offers detailed information...
The Artist Craftsman in Australia
$45.00 AUD
Author: Fay BottrellBinding: HardbackPublished: Jack Pollard, 1972Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Aging or markingMarkings: Previous ownerThis book explores the artistic craftsmanship in Australia, showcasing various artists and their contributions...
The Magic of Lapland
$150.00 AUD
Author: -Binding: HardbackPublished: Ateneum Art Museum, 2011Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Magic of Lapland explores the enchanting landscapes and cultural richness of the Lapland region through stunning...
Etruscan Red-Figured Vase-Painting at Caere
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Author: Mario A. Del ChiaroBinding: HardbackPublished: University of California Press, 1974Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book explores the rich tradition of Etruscan vase-painting, focusing on the...
The Infinity of Lists
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Author: Umberto EcoBinding: HardbackPublished: Maclehose Press, 2009Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Infinity of Lists explores the concept of lists throughout history, literature, and art. Umberto Eco...
The Golden Age of Colour Prints Ukiyo-e from the Museum of Fine Arts, Boston
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Author: Various ContributorsBinding: SoftbackPublished: Shepparton Art Museum, 2013Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book showcases the vibrant and intricate world of Ukiyo-e, a genre of Japanese...
The Hidden Michelangelo
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Author: Roberto SalviniBinding: HardbackPublished: Bay Books, 1978Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: UnblemishedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThe Hidden Michelangelo explores the lesser-known aspects of Michelangelo's life and works, shedding light on the artist's...
Leonardo
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Author: Bruno SantiBinding: SoftbackPublished: Constable, 1975Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book offers a detailed exploration of the life and works of Leonardo da Vinci, covering...
Percy Leason: An Artist's Life
Who would have thought that a boy born in 1889 from the Victorian Mallee would become a successful artist on New York's Staten Island? This finely illustrated, exhaustively researched and...
John Stuart Mill: A Biography
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Royal Geographical Society Illustrated: A Unique Record of Exploration and Photography
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Rodin
Art was more important than anything else for the founder of modern sculpture, who created sculptures that would enjoy a lasting renown, including The Kiss, The Thinker, and The Burghers...
The Joker Ruled Pocket Journal
Featuring fourteen pages of in-world content and original illustrations before giving way to blank ruled pages, this pocket-size notebook lets readers feel like they're part of the Joker's world. In...
Sensations: The Story of British Art from Hogarth to Banksy
The best-selling Guardian art critic Jonathan Jones presents a radical new story of British art."Sensations is a riveting story of art and science: thoughtful, provocative and persuasive" - The Times"Erudite,...
Jade: With over 600 photographs of jades from every continent
$220.00 AUD
Author: Roger KeverneBinding: HardbackPublished: Aqua Marine, 2010Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis book showcases a comprehensive collection of jades from around the world, featuring over 600 stunning photographs. It...
Rubens: The Antwerp Altarpieces
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Author: John Rupert MartinBinding: HardbackPublished: Thames & Hudson Ltd, 1969Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis Norton Critical Studies edition of 'Rubens: The Antwerp Altarpieces' is a valuable...
The Rest is Silence: Zahoor ul Akhlaq - Art and Society in Pakistan
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Introduction to Italian Sculpture, Volume III: Italian High Renaissance and Baroque Sculpture
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This is a Book for People Who Love Tattoos
Journey from ink to skin with This Is a Book for People Who Love Tattoos, a glorious full-colour celebration of the history and craft of tattooing.From the earliest known origins...
All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art:
'One of the hottest memoirs of 2024' Sunday Times StyleA Guardian 'Books to look out for in 2024' pick * A Financial Times 'What to Read in 2024' pick'An art...
Total Expansion of the Letter: Avant-Garde Art and Language After
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...
Ancient Egyptian Statues: Their Many Lives and Deaths
A fascinating, richly illustrated study of the role and significance of ancient statues in Egyptian history and beliefWhy do ancient Egyptian statues so often have their noses, hands, or genitals...
Ferdinand Columbus: Renaissance Collector
Ferdinand Columbus, son of Christopher Columbus and author of the first published account of a voyage to the New World, was also the owner of one of the largest private...
Modern Art in Egypt: Identity and Independence, 1850-1936
Following a spectacular surge in interest for Egyptian masters, Modern Art in Egypt fills the void in Egyptian art history, chronicling the lives and legacies of six pioneering artists working...
Persia Reframed: Iranian Visions of Modern and Contemporary Art
The modern and contemporary art of Iran has often been understood, and positioned by commercial institutions, as decorative or ethnic - hence the focus on calligraphy and veiled women. At...
All That Glitters: A Story of Friendship, Fraud and Fine Art: [...]
'One of the hottest memoirs of 2024' Sunday Times StyleA Guardian 'Books to look out for in 2024' pick * A Financial Times 'What to Read in 2024' pick'An art...
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...
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...
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...
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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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...