Pencil (Object Lessons) 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
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts - and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities. Many of us think of the arts as entertainmen ...Show more
One Zentangle A Day: A 6-Week Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration and Fun by Beckah Krahula
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements | Series: One A Day
One Zentangle A Day is a beautiful interactive book teaching the principles of Zentangles as well as offering fun, related drawing exercises. Zentangles are a new trend in the drawing and paper arts world. The concept was started by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation ...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
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
Gothic Four Hundred Years Of E by Davenport-Hines Ric
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators by Leonard S. Marcus
$34.95 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
In compelling interviews by the acclaimed Leonard S. Marcus, twenty-one top authors and illustrators reveal their inside stories on the art of creating picture books. Max and Mickey; Miss Nelson; Pack, Quack, and Mrs. Mallard; Pigeon; Sylvester; John Henry; and a very hungry caterpillar -- these are ...Show more
The World History of Animation by Stephen Cavalier
$89.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Lavishly illustrated and encyclopedic in scope, The World History of Animation tells the genre's 100-year-old story around the globe, featuring key players in Europe, North America, and Asia. From its earliest days, animation has developed multiple iterations and created myriad dynamic styles, innovativ ...Show more