Playing to the Gallery Helping Contemporary Art in its Struggle to be Understood by Grayson Perry
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art reference
'It's easy to feel insecure around art and its appreciation, as though we cannot enjoy certain artworks if we don't have a lot of academic and historical knowledge. But if there's one message that I want you to take away it's that anybody can enjoy art and anybody can have a life in the arts - even me! ...Show more
A-Z Great Modern Artists by Andy Tuohy
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art reference | Series: A-Z Great Modern Series
A striking, design-led reference book, A-Z Great Modern Artists features Andy Tuohy's portraits of 52 key modern artists, rendered in each artist's own characteristic style - including Aleksandr Rodchenko in trademark green and red, Andy Warhol as a classic repeated print, and Marc Quinn as a frozen blo ...Show more
The Thames & Hudson Introduction to Art by Debra-J DeWitte
$80.00 AUD
Category: Art reference
This is a bestselling and comprehensive introductory textbook that uses a four-part structure to cover all aspects of the visual arts, including: how art is designed - the visual language of art; how art is made - the media and processes, covering everything from painting and sculpture to graphic design ...Show more
The Story of Painting by Anna-Carola Krausse
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art reference
From the Renaissance to the Present Artistic currents, artists, and techniques in Western art from the Early Renaissance to Anselm Kiefer. Enjoy the development of Western painting in all its diversity on the basis of chosen works accompanied by focused interpretations. Explanations of styles and histor ...Show more
100 Years, 100 Artworks - A History of Modern and Contemporary Art by Agnes Berecz
$62.99 AUD
Category: Art reference
This dazzling book showcases the history of modern and contemporary art using one hundred of the most significant art works--one per year--of the past 100 years. Starting with Marcel Duchamp's 1919 whimsical, brilliant L.H.O.O.Q., this compendium offers a year-by-year tour of iconic paintings, photogra ...Show more
Tender Buttons by Gertrude Stein
$24.95 AUD
Category: Art reference
First published in 1914, Gertrude Stein's revolutionary poetic work Tender Buttons is a must-read for every serious lover of literature. Delighting in the rhythm of words, its first section, "Objects," runs playful linguistic circles around teacups, ribbons, umbrellas, and other quotidian artifacts. Pre ...Show more