Monet. the Triumph of Impressionism by Daniel Wildenstein
$110.00 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
No other artist, apart from J. M. W. Turner, tried as hard as Claude Monet (1840-1926) to capture light itself on canvas. Of all the Impressionists, it was the man Cézanne called "only an eye, but my God what an eye!" who stayed true to the principle of absolute fidelity to the visual sensation, paintin ...Show more
The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
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
Pencil by Carol Beggy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A cylinder of baked graphite and clay in a wood case, the pencil creates as it is being destroyed. To love a pencil is to use it, to sharpen it, and to essentially destroy it. Pencils were used to ...Show more
Characters Cultural Stories Revealed Through Typography by Stephen Banham
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Type and signage surround us. They are part of our daily lives and the history of whichever city we happen to live in. Whether old or new, each sign has a story to tell. In "Characters", Stephen Banham has meticulously researched the signage and typography of a city to present an exuberant collection of ...Show more
Universal Principles of Typography - 100 Key Concepts for Choosing and Using Type by Elliot Jay Stocks; Ellen Lupton (Foreword by)
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements | Series: Rockport Universal Ser.
Explore 100 key concepts, theories, and guidelines that are critical for choosing and using type. We communicate with text every single day, but what does it mean to really understand type--to use it with clear intent and purpose? The art and science of typography combines subtle tweaks to line lengths ...Show more
Hockney / Van Gogh by Hans Den Hartog Jager; Anon
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Hockney/Van Gogh: The Joy of Nature presents unique insights into the influences of two world-renowned artists. Nature has been a substantial theme for both David Hockney and Vincent van Gogh, one that draws their work together--Hockney's Yorkshire landscapes are especially reminiscent of Vincent van G ...Show more
1000 Symbols: What shapes mean in art and myth by Rowena Shepherd
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Symbols are often seen as constituting an international language and to some extent they do, but that language is far from universal - context means everything in this complicated but engrossing form of communication. Take, for example, a cross, a crane, or a swastika: each one has a different and disti ...Show more
Impressionism by Ralph Skea
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements | Series: Art Essentials Ser.
It is often forgotten just how provocative and unsettling impressionist canvases seemed when they were first exhibited in 1874. Critics, professional artists, and gallery visitors alike were shocked to encounter the unorthodox paintings on display, with their seemingly unfinished surfaces and lack of an ...Show more
Tom Roberts and the Art of Portraiture by Julie Cotter
$110.00 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Dr Julie Cotter of Monash University has provided a richly detailed account of the career of Heidelberg School artist Tom Roberts that focuses on his enormous range of portrait studies. Identities portrayed include famous figures in the society and politics of the late 19th century as well as very early ...Show more
The Last Leonardo: The Making of a Masterpiece by Ben Lewis
$32.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
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
A Little Feminist History of Art by Charlotte Mullins
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Emerging in the late 1960s as women artists struggled to 'de-gender' their work to compete in a male dominated arena, the feminist art movement has played a leading role in the art world over the last five decades. Using the 'female gaze' to articulate socially relevant issues after an era of aesthetic ...Show more
Art Brut - Third Edition by Lucienne Peiry; James Frank
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
In the early 20th-century, European avant-garde artists began to look beyond the accepted canons of Western art in a search for new sources of inspiration. "Primitive" art, drawings by children, the art of the insane, and graffiti all opened up new avenues for experimentation and artistic creation. At t ...Show more