The Last Leonardo: The Making of a Masterpiece by Ben Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Art
500 years after the death of Leonardo Da Vinci, Ben Lewis considers the unrivalled legacy of his art through an original biography of the ‘Salvator Mundi' (Saviour of the World) – the lost Da Vinci painting. In 2017, Leonardo Da Vinci's small oil painting, the Salvator Mundi entered global popular consc ...Show more
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald
$36.99 AUD
Category: Art
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd is both a tale of remarkable success and a window into a brilliant creative mind.Finlay Macdonald's beautifully told, visually gorgeous biography of Dame Lynley Dodd and her creation, the rascally dog Hairy Maclary. 'A visual delight' NZ Listener's 100 Best Books of 2013' ...Show more
The Listening Path: The Creative Art of Attention - A Six Week Artist's Way Programme by Julia Cameron
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art
A groundbreaking new book about listening to ourselves, to others and to the world from the internationally bestselling 'queen of change', Julia Cameron. From the bestselling author of The Artist's Way comes a new, transformative guide to deeper, more profound listening and creativity. Over six weeks, ...Show more
The Little Book of Vargas by Dian Hanson
$19.95 AUD
Category: Art
Alberto Vargas took over Esquire magazine's monthly pin-up post in late 1940. By 1942, when the U.S. joined the war, he had more than a million ardent fans who carried his pin-ups in backpacks and duffel bags as reminders of the American girls they'd left behind. When Esquire was charged with obscenity ...Show more
The Mandala Book - Patterns of the Universe by Lori Bailey Cunningham
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art
Stunning images of mandalas as they appear in our universe illustrate the story of unity, making this book an uplifting visual treat that reveals our connection to the world and to one another. The mandala is an archetypal symbol of wholeness that is replicated on a cosmic scale, not only in art, ar ...Show more
The Masterworks of Charles M. Russell - A Retrospective of Paintings and Sculpture by Joan Carpenter Troccoli (Editor); Denver Art Museum Staff (Contribution by); Thomas Gilcrease Institute of American History and Art Staff (Contribution by); Museum of Fine Arts, Houston Staff (Contribution by); Duane H. King (Foreword by); Lewis I. Sharp (Foreword by)
$84.95 AUD
Category: Art | Series: The\Charles M. Russell Center Series on Art and Photography of the American West Ser.
In the decades bracketing the turn of the twentieth century, Charles M. Russell depicted the American West in a fresh, personal, and deeply moving way. To this day, Russell is celebrated for his paintings and sculptures of cowboys at work and play, his sensitive portrayals of American Indians, and his s ...Show more
The Medium of Leonora Carrington - A Feminist Haunting in the Contemporary Arts by Catriona McAra
$44.99 AUD
Category: Art
Before her death, the artist and writer Leonora Carrington (1917-2011) had already garnered a cult following, with numerous creative people making the pilgrimage to meet her at her home in Mexico City. Since then, her fame has only increased. Thinking across contemporary art media, this book demonstrate ...Show more
The Militant Muse - Love, War and the Women of Surrealism by Whitney Chadwick
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
The Militant Muse documents what it meant to be young, ambitious and female in the context of an avant-garde movement defined by celebrated men whose educational, philosophical and literary backgrounds were often quite different from those of their younger lovers and companions. Focusing on the 1930s, 1 ...Show more
The Mirror and the Palette: Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits by Jennifer Higgie
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
Her story weaves in and out of time and place. She's Frida Kahlo, Loïs Mailou Jones and Amrita Sher-Gil en route to Mexico City, Paris or Bombay. She's Suzanne Valadon and Gwen John, craving city lights, the sea and solitude; she's Artemisia Gentileschi striding through the streets of Naples and Paula M ...Show more
The Mirror and the Palette - Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits by Jennifer Higgie
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Until the twentieth century, art history was, in the main, written by white men who tended to write about other white men. The idea that women in the West have always made art was rarely cited as a possibility. Yet they have - and, of course, continue to do so - often against tremendous odds, from laws ...Show more
The New Oil Painting - Your Essential Guide to Materials and Safe Practices by Kimberly Brooks
$32.99 AUD
Category: Art
Here is everything you need to know about getting into oil painting--and maintaining a safe, solvent-free oil painting practice--in a slim, sophisticated guide. Oil painting is an exciting and adventurous medium, but aspiring artists can feel daunted by complex setups and the thought of using harsh chem ...Show more
The Paper Florist by Suzi Mclaughlin
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art
Paper flowers are not only beautiful, but also incredibly versatile. They can be used to create everything from unique centrepieces to decorative one-off bouquets, and be made from the most basic and inexpensive of materials. Suzi McLaughlin's step-by-step tutorials cover all you need to know, including ...Show more