Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin
$55.00 AUD
Category: art history & collections
A landmark feminist intervention- a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, fema ...Show more
The World Atlas of Street Art by Rafael Schacter, Lachlan MacDowall
$49.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
This truly global and visually stunning compendium showcases some of the most breath-taking pieces of street art and graffiti from around the world. Since its genesis on the East Coast of the United States in the late 1960s, street art has travelled to nearly every corner of the globe, morphing into hi ...Show more
Pictures of the Floating World: An Introduction to Japanese Prints by SARAH E. THOMPSON
$89.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections | Series: G - Reference,Information and Interdisciplinary Subjects Ser.
A new staple volume on Japanese art, in an eminently giftable format. In Edo Japan, woodblock prints known as ukiyo-e ("pictures of the Floating World") captured the entertainment culture of the urban elite and eventually many other subjects as well. These beautiful prints were the result of a meticulou ...Show more
Chromorama: How Colour Changed Our Way of Seeing by Riccardo Falcinelli
$49.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
The Italian colour bible- a gorgeously illustrated exploration of colour and the modern gaze, from an award-winning designerHave you ever wondered why so many pencils are yellow? Why black is the colour of mourning? Or why carrots are orange?In Chromorama, acclaimed graphic designer Riccardo Falcinelli ...Show more
Art Cat: Fine Felines of the Art World by Smith Street Smith Street Books
$24.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
From the time of the pharaohs to world-famous internet sensations, cats have inspired artists to strive to capture their lithe movements and cryptic personalities for as long as they've been our furry companions. This joyous collection celebrates cats in art, spanning eras, styles and continents, from t ...Show more
The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel
$55.00 AUD
Category: art history & collections
The story of art for our times - one with women at its heart, brought together for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Discover the ...Show more
Creature: Paintings, Drawings and Reflections (HB) by Shaun Tan
$64.95 AUD
Category: art history & collections
A collection of Shaun Tan’s artwork from the past 25 years.The drawings and paintings in the book come from his work in picture books and other works including films and graphic novels. Others were created for no specific purpose beyond the desire to see what something looks like, or just to follow a sk ...Show more
Great Women Painters by Alison M Gingeras
$100.00 AUD
Category: art history & collections
A sumptuous survey of over 300 women painters and their work spanning almost five centuries Great Women Painters is a groundbreaking book that reveals a richer and more varied telling of the story of painting. Featuring more than 300 artists from around the world, it includes both well-known women paint ...Show more
How Art Can Change Your Life by Susie Hodge
$29.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
Brimming with upbeat guidance, this accessible handbook shows how anyone can use art to enlighten, uplift, calm and ease stress and anxieties. Visual art is enlightening, challenging, informative and arresting; but it can also be therapeutic, reducing anxiety and stress levels, and offering perspective ...Show more
A New Way of Seeing: The History of Art in 57 Works by Kelly Grovier
$39.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
A new way of appreciating art that puts the artwork front and centre, brought to us by one of the freshest and most exciting voices in cultural criticism. What makes great art great? Why do some works pulse in the imagination, generation after generation, century after century? From Botticelli's Birth o ...Show more
Scenes of New York City: The Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection by ROBERTA J. M. OLSON
$115.00 AUD
Category: art history & collections
Scenes of New York City celebrates the promised gift of 130 works from the Elie and Sarah Hirschfeld Collection to the New York Historical Society. The Hirschfeld promised gift is at once a collection of individual works by talented artists from the nineteenth and twentieth centuries, a series of vivid ...Show more
The British Surrealists by Desmond Morris
$49.99 AUD
Category: art history & collections
The lives, loves and works of key British Surrealists revealed by one of the last surviving members of this movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris. Fêted for their idiosyncratic and imaginative works, the surrealists marked a pivotal moment in the history of modern art in Britain. Many ...Show more