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A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE- VOLUME ONE, 1869-1908 'Spurling's account of Matisse's first forty years is gripping, full of shocks and colour, judicious and informative' A.S. Byatt, Guardian 'A terrific...

Scottish-born artist Ian Fairweather (1891-1974) is a giant amongst Australian painters. He is revered by fellow artists. Shaped by European modernism - post-impressionism and cubism - Fairweather was a recluse...

After two decades as Australia's foremost abstractionist. Cress is now a committed realist, producing works of great power and presence which cover the gamut of human emotions and weaknesses: love,...

Within the historical context of twelfth-century France, a period rich in artistic transformations, this book reconstructs and evaluates two major but virtually unstudied collections of stained glass that function as...

In the city of Ferrara, a major cultural and artistic centre of Renaissance Italy, Cosme Tura (c. 1430-1495) came to prominence as painter to the Este court. This book offers...

Roy de Maistre left Australia and its lack of acceptance of his modernist style, and pursued a career in England. Although he never reached the forefront of the avant-garde, he...

As part of the year in honour of Poland, the Louvre displays, from 5 October 2004 to 10 January 2005 a number of works depicting the city of Warsaw by...

Les Kossatz's career as an exhibiting artist can be traced back to as early as 1963. This significant, richly illustrated monograph is published to coincide with a major retrospective exhibition.

The Royal Collection has one of the largest and finest collections of Venetian art from the first half of the eighteenth century. It includes paintings, prints and drawings by Canaletto...

Numerous great works have been created within the realm of Christian art, but none has received as much acclaim as Leonardo da Vinci's "Last Supper". Art lovers venerate it for...

An exhibition publication featuring curatorial essays and artwork images

Published to accompany the V&A's major spring exhibition, Botticelli Reimagined, 5 March to 3 July 2016 The Florentine painter Sandro Botticelli (1445-1510) is one of the greatest artists of all...

A towering figure in 19th-century art, Degas is best known as a painter and chronicler of the ballet. In the 1870s, during an era of enthusiasm for experimental printmaking, Degas...

A fully illustrated catalogue reproducing all the works in John Brack's first retrospective in over 20 years. It surveys the artist's complete oeuvre, now regarded as some of the most...

Giovanni Antonio Canal (1697-1768), known as Canaletto, is one of the most popular of all old master painters. His views of Venice and London are much celebrated and admired. First...

With honesty, empathy, and a dazzling knowledge of how the world of money works, the author of the bestseller 9 STEPS TO FINANCIAL FREEDOM invites us into a realm where...

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Robert Dowling (1827-1886) holds a special place in the history of Australian art as its first locally trained artist. He is known for his portraits of colonial European society, Oriental...

Ten-year-old Jan Senbergs landed with his family in Melbourne in 1950, driven by tragic and violent events in the closing months of World War II from his native Latvia. His...

Living with Leonardo is a set of highly focused memoirs, a personal journey interwoven with historical research that encapsulates the author's relationship with Leonardo da Vinci over more than half...

No one can look at the paintings of Hieronymus Bosch without amazement and bewilderment. Professor Gibson shows that what seems inexplicable to us today--the canvases full of torture, monsters, and...

Like Rembrandt, Cezanne also inserted his own image into narrative paintings, in particular a deeply revealing series from the late 1860s and 1870s. By his final years Cezanne had quelled...

This fascinating exploration of Leonardo's life and work identifies what it was that made him so unique and explains the phenomenon of one of the world's most celebrated artistic geniuses...

Through conversation, essays, photos, and drawings, this book documents and explores Francis Alys' new project Seven Walks. Over the past five years, Francis Alys has been walking the streets of...

In this comprehensive introduction, which in cludes a biography, the author discusses the place of pastel in Delacroix''s oeuvre, from his first school exercise book to his last, finely wrought...

Published to coincide with the exhibition at the National Gallery of Victoria, which rungs to April 2011.

With a contribution spanning half a century, John Perceval has earned a place in the front rank of Australia's leading painters. This book, the first major publication on Perceval's painting,...

Much has been written about Georgia O'Keeffe in recent years, but much remains to be said. In this sympathetic biography, Dr Peters aims cast a clear new light on how...

The year 2021 marks the centenary of the birth of Australian artist Jeffrey Smart, an artist with a distinctive vision whose work enables us to see the world around us...

The English romantic painter J.M.W. Turner (1775-1851) is known and admired for portraying the transcendent power and turbulence of nature in his paintings of landscapes and storms at sea. But,...

One of the Great Modern Masters series of monographs on 20th-century artists, this volume offers an introduction to Paul Klee, reproducing major works from all periods of his career. At...

This is the story of a woman who played a significant role in the avant-garde of Paris in the 1920s. A working woman, wife and mother, Sonia Delauney was married...

This huge, richly illustrated publication provides sensitive, rare and enticing insights into the lives, works and unique studio environments of 60 significant Australian artists. As artist Sonia Payes' latest publication,...

An excellent introduction to the work of two British designers Edward Bawden (1903-1989) and Eric Ravilious (1903-1942). This fascinating book illustrates every aspect of their creativity, featuring designs for wallpaper,...

The painter, Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) was also an accomplished writer, and this collection of his letters provides both a self-portrait and a picture of the contemporary cultural scene. The...

The outstanding legacy of the Russian goldsmith and jeweler Carl Faberge has captured the public's imagination for many years. During his lifetime, Faberge's extravagant jewelry and "objects d'art" brought him...

In picturesque text clouds, spatial drawings, and sound installations, Brigitte Waldach explores surprising connections from our cultural and contemporary history. In her impressive drawings she deals with Germany's past, but...

Carol Bove presents new work by "sculpture's woman of steel," as coined by Randy Kennedy in The New York Times. Her new sculptures expand on her investigations of materiality and...

One of a series of hardback, colour illustrated books on great artists of the world, illustrating their major works.

This book encapsulates the photographic career to date of Mark Kimber, whose track record as an artist has its origins in the early 1980s when, only one year after graduating...