Gustav Klimt Masterpieces of Art by Susie Hodge
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Masterpieces in Art
Gustav Klimt, well known for his sensual, arresting depictions of women (The Kiss, Fulfillment, The Tree of Life), was a founder of the Viennese Secession movement at the turn of the 20th century, Vienna's own Art Nouveau. His extravagant work, was an obsessive manifestation of the dazzling intellectual ...Show more
Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour by David Coles
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art History
This is the paperback edition of the highly successful Chromatopia. Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artists' pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dun ...Show more
Vincent Van Gogh by Isabel Kuhl (Editor)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art History
At once a beautiful art book and a biography, this volume brings into sharp focus the life of Vincent van Gogh as well as his mesmerizing paintings, such as The Starry Night and Bedroom in Arles. Anyone studying a Van Gogh painting with its heavily articulated brushstrokes, dazzling color, and hypno ...Show more
Renaissance Masterpieces of Art by Julia Biggs; Flame Tree Studio (Created by)
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
The Renaissance was probably the most influential and fertile period of European cultural history. We are all familiar with the giants of High Renaissance art - Michelangelo, Leonardo, Raphael - but how much do you really know about how it all started and why it was so revolutionary? This easily access ...Show more
William Morris - Artist Craftsman Pioneer by Rosalind Ormiston; N. M. Wells
$52.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Masterworks Ser.
Revised edition of the bestselling backlist title. William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of us probably know him best, however, from his s ...Show more
Leonardo Da Vinci by Flame Tree Studio (Created by)
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: The\World's Greatest Art Ser.
Exploring the life and works of the great artist, World's Greatest Art: Da Vinci considers the achievements of Italy's most well-known and influential artist. The book follows his artistic development, from early drawings and paintings while apprentice to artist Andrea del Verrocchio, to his later works ...Show more
Louis Comfort Tiffany - Masterworks by Camilla de la Bédoyère
$44.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Masterworks Ser.
A gorgeous new edition with the cover printed on silver. Tiffany was highly skilled in jewellery design, ceramics, enamels, and metalwork but he is best known for his beautiful stained-glass designs. Using opalescent glass in a variety of colours and textures, he created a stunning range of jewel-like A ...Show more
Master of Stillness: Jeffrey Smart by Barry Pearce
$75.00 AUD
Category: Art History
This title illuminates the vision of the most celebrated of Australian expatriate artists, from his beginnings in Adelaide until his last major composition painted in Italy, where he died in 2013. Smart's vision searches for stillness amid industrial change. This can be seen here with a selection of man ...Show more
Gustav Klimt: Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secessionists by Michael Kerrigan
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Masterworks
Gustav Klimt is renowned as a quintessential artist of the art nouveau movement, but he was one of a number of Viennese artists who strove to break free of the constraints of the late 19th Century academic art establishment. The Secessionists were united, not in the style of their work, but their desire ...Show more
How to Draw Dragons Made Easy by Flame Tree
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Made Easy (Art)
This brilliant new book shows you how to explore your interest in fantasy and dragons, with a series of features that guide the beginner and intermediate artist in the many different forms of imaginative illustration. Packed with step by step guides from a range of modern artists the book focuses on the ...Show more
Vampires by Russ Thorne
$26.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Gothic Dreams
The launch of Stephenie Meyer's Twilight books, followed swiftly by the blockbuster movies, brought a storm of interest in gothic art, films and fiction to the willing minds of an entire generation of young adults. The lure of the forbidden and the pale seductions of the fantastic, romantic imagination ...Show more
The Pre-Raphaelites (PB) by Yvonna (FRW) Michael; Januszewska Robinson
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: World's Greatest Art
The Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood was a group of English painters, poets and critics, founded in 1848 by John Everett Millais, Dante Gabriel Rossetti and William Holman Hunt. Their art's romanticism, attention to detail and jewel-like colours have ensured their eternal popularity. This beautifully illustra ...Show more