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The true story of how seventeenth-century Europe's most famous painter doubled as a secret agent and negotiated a peace between superpowers.Peter Paul Rubens is best remembered as the Old Master...

The book titled How to Run a Successful Multi-disciplinary Design Company: The Story by the author Marcello Minale. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

Before any sound critical framework could be evolved around the phenomenal artist Jangarh Singh Shyam as the originator of an extraordinary individualistic idiom of painting, ruthless market forces regrettably came...

Working principally in drawing and print media on paper, Emma Stibbon RA (b. 1962) depicts landscapes and environments that are undergoing dynamic transformation, among them the polar regions, volcanic areas,...

Renaissance art history is traditionally identified with Italian centers of production, and Florence in particular. Instead, this book explores the dynamic interchange between European artistic centers and artists and the...

Author: Anne BaldassariBinding: PaperbackPublished: Flammarion, 2006Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling art history volume, Picasso: Love And War 1935-1945 Life With...

Large, bold and colourful, Indigenous Australian art has impressed itself on the contemporary imagination. But it is controversial, dividing the stakeholders from those who smell a scam. Whether the artists...

Author: Sgarbi Vittorio et alBinding: PaperbackPublished: ArtificioSkira/National Gallery of Australia Flore, 2002Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageTitian To Tiepolo: Three Centuries Of...

Evidence: Brook Andrew is an immersive installation and publication that draws on the rich and varied Museum of Applied Arts and Sciences collection to explore the theme of evidence. Brook...

Author: Dianne WaiteBinding: PaperbackPublished: National Gallery of Victoria., 2010Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis compelling volume presents a comprehensive examination of self-portraiture...

The book titled Duccio by the author Andrear Weber. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

This overview of the artist's life and work examines more than fifty years of painting and drawing.

Centring on the painted decoration of provincial France, Deborah Kneen combines the history of folk and decorative painting with an illustrated analysis of regional folk art motifs. A projects section...

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...

Professor White's historical study of the rediscovery of pictorial space during the Renaissance and of its origins in antiquity was acclaimed when it first appeared. It opened up important new...

While the literary output of members of the Bloomsbury Group has been thoroughly scrutinized, another aspect of their activity has been largely overlooked, that is, their designs for the decorative...

Author: Musée d'OrsayBinding: PaperbackPublished: San Francisco, CA Munich; New York [Paris, France]: Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco; DelMonico Books/Prestel Publishing; Musée d'Orsay, 2005Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No...

With the ease of a seasoned journalist, Peter Ross guides the reader through the disputations and sometimes rocky history of Australia's most famous art prize. H/B ISBN 0731389662.

Gathers selections from letters, critical reviews, and reminiscences by the impressionist artists and their contemporaries.

Nearly all the greatest modern painters have favored oils for their rich hues and expressive texture, but you don't have to be Van Gogh or Monet to make oils work...

Paul Gauguin achieved a high public profile during his lifetime, and was one of the first artists of his generation to achieve international recognition. But his prominence has always had...

As Kylie Jenner put it, "Check out this inspiring photograph from...@vladamua! ??????" From opulent to optical illusion, Vlada's art is a blend of make-up and magic that transform her lips...

This deftly crafted biography explores the event-filled life of Paul Durand-Ruel (1831 - 1922), the dealer who 'made' the professional careers of Renoir, Monet, Sisley, Puvis de Chavannes and other...

The achievements of the Roman world have profoundly affected European and world civilization. The original Legacy of Rome, edited by Cyril Bailey, was published in 1923 and has been widely...

Discover Egypt's rich history, monument and artwork with this beautiful volume. Its detailed texts and superb historical and artistic illustrations and maps provide an overview of the fascinating masterpieces of...

This completely revised edition of the handbook highlights the collections at the new J. Paul Getty Museum at the Getty Center, including the newest acquisitions. Three hundred works are reproduced,...

Co-Mix is a comprehensive career overview of the output of the legendary Pulitzer Prize-winning cartoonist Art Spiegelman. Gorgeous full-page reproductions ofhis artwork, including covers for R. Crumb's Short Order Comix...

In What Not to Wear we established the rules for dressing to suit your body shape. While you now know which skirt to avoid and which dress length to wear,...

The title gives an impressive overview of the developments during the 19th and 20th centuries, from classical modern art, impressionism and symbolism to expressionism and abstract art. The book contains...

Seascapes can be extremely challenging to recreate on canvas. For tunately, this guide simplifies the sea into singular aspects artists can achieve one piece at a time. The first section...

Stefan Sagmeister's newest project encourages long-term thinking and reminds us that many things in the world are improving. Initially conceived in 2020 as the world entered pandemic lockdown, Stefan Sagmeister...

Toulouse-Lautrec and the fin-de-siecle offers a fascinating and refreshing look at the artist s life and art in close unison to reveal the true Lautrec, one suprisingly linked to the...

Through his intense vision Van Gogh was able to create paintings that speak directly to us all, and today this disturbed and rejected misfit is the most universally loved of...

*** REDUCED TO $49.99 WHILST STOCKS LAST *** 'Nomad Two Worlds' traces the remarkable creative journey of internationally renowned Australian photographer Russell James through his fine art project, 'Nomad Two...

Author: Wilfrid BluntBinding: HardbackPublished: Hamish Hamilton, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slight sun fading to spine and purple foxing to fore-edge with some slight...

Five hundred years ago the legendary Renaissance genius, Michelangelo (1475-1564), put the first brushstroke to his most ambitious creation. As he started work on his vast fresco cycle for the...

Learn all the basics of drawing and tips to develop your drawings into imaginative artwork of a highly polished standard. This book features step-by-step sequences showing you how to: Draw...

'Current: Contemporary Art from Australia and New Zealand' is the first comprehensive survey of all that is cutting edge in Australian and New Zealand contemporary practice. In a landmark publication,...

Frank Stella (*1936) situates his oeuvre not only in the present. Abstraction or representation, simulacrum, sign, and ornament, as well as questions of surface and space have fascinated him anew...

November 19, 1479: a dynastic alliance, two noble scions, a regal wedding, short-lived and with an unhappy ending. These pages reconstruct the story of the magnificent bas relief in the...