Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour by David Coles
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art history | Series: Illustrated History of Colour
Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic color and used it to create the famous blue crown of Queen Nefertiti? Or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? In the Roman Empire, hundreds of thousands of snails had to be sacrificed to produce a single ounce of dye. Throu ...Show more
Alex Katz: Looking at Art by Alex Katz; Amanda Renshaw
$29.99 AUD
Category: Famous artists
Have you ever dreamt of having your own private museum tour with one of the world's most-celebrated artists? Take a walk through art history in the company of one of the pre-eminent American painters of our time, Alex Katz. Describing his personal encounters with the work of over 90 key artists, Katz's ...Show more
Destination Art: 500 Artworks Worth the Trip by Phaidon Editors
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art reference
A global guide to the 500 works of permanently installed modern and contemporary art worth traveling to experience Enjoy a world tour from the comfort of your reading chair or plan a detailed and engaging art itinerary for your next trip with Destination Art, the essential guide to 500 must-see example ...Show more
Polixeni Papapetrou by Polixeni Papapetrou, Natalie King
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art | Series: Mini Monographs
A new series of monographs on Australian female artists, selected with series editor Natalie King, curator and Enterprise Professor at the Victorian College of the Arts. These books are compact yet perfectly formed. They comprise 96 pages of the artist's favourite works - designed for optimum visual imp ...Show more
Drawing Masterclass: Creative Techniques of 100 Great Artists by Guy Nobel
$39.99 AUD
Category: Colouring/Drawing
Drawing Masterclass explores the act of vision of the world's great artists, describing how the images were created to allow you to weave some of this magic into your own drawings. The book is organized into seven chapters covering important genres: nudes, figures, landscapes, still life and studies, he ...Show more
Abstract City by Christoph Niemann
$33.95 AUD
Category: Art
In July 2008, illustrator and designer Christopher Niemann began Abstract City, a visual blog for the New York Times. His posts were inspired by the desire to recreate for his readers simple and relatable observations and stories from his own life. In Niemann's hands everyday experiences such as trying ...Show more
Arboretum by David Byrne
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
For over thirty years, besides making music, David Byrne has focused his unique genius upon forms as diverse as the archaeology of music as we know it, architectural photography and the uses of PowerPoint. Now he presents his most personal work to date, a collection of drawings exploring the form of the ...Show more
Painting Nature's Details by Rosie Martin; Meriel Thurstan
$27.99 AUD
Category: Painting
Paint the most beautiful natural things on earth, from fossils and shells through feathers and fish, with the help of two artists from the world-renowned Eden Project. With expert instruction from two award-winning artists who specialize in capturing the essence of the natural world, anyone can create u ...Show more
Basquiat by Himself by Dieter Buchhart
$80.00 AUD
Category: Famous artists
An American artist of Haitian and Puerto Rican descent, Jean-Michel Basquiat (1960-88) first made a name for himself as part of a graffiti duo who wrote enigmatic epigrams on the Manhattan's Lower East Side during the 1970s, a place and time that saw the coalescence of hip hop, punk, and street art cult ...Show more
Writing the Modern - Selected Texts on Art and Art History in Singapore, Malaysia and Southeast Asia, 1973-2015 by T. K. Sabapathy; Ahmad Mashadi; Susie Lingham; Peter Schoppert; Joyce Toh; Singapore Art Museum Staff (Contribution by)
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art history
Published by the Singapore Art Museum T. K. Sabapathy has been writing on the art of Southeast Asia for more than four decades, as a critic, curator, and art historian. He is a penetrating critic and ardent advocate for the art and artists of Singapore and Malaysia. His art historical methods, critical ...Show more
Circle of Life by Meni Chatzipanagiotou
$24.99 AUD
Category: Colouring/Drawing
In the sky, meet birdlife ranging from tiny dancing hummingbirds to powerful soaring eagles. Venture beneath the waves to encounter intricate seashells, delicate seahorses and mighty whales. Visit rugged wild landscapes populated by squirrels, foxes, wolves and countless other fascinating creatures. In ...Show more