Star Wars Art: A Poster Collection: Featuring 20 Removable, Frameable Prints by Lucasfilm Ltd. Staff
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History
In the same format as Adventure Time: A Totally Math Poster Collection, this sturdy paperback houses 20 removable, frameable prints of the very best artwork from across the entire George Lucas-curated Star Wars Art series. Sixteen selections from Visions, Comics, Illustration, Concept, and Posters--incl ...Show more
Rock Paintings of Aboriginal A by Malnic J ; Godden E
$32.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Mysterious, dramatic, enlightening. Aboriginal rock paintings of Australia are extraordinary glimpses into a culture older than European civilisations, yet still immensely vibrant today.
The Art of Understanding Art: A New Perspective by Hugh Moss
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Have we completely missed the point of the modern western revolution in the arts? Hugh Moss thinks so, and here he presents a refreshingly original and thought-provoking new approach to understanding art. It not only makes sense of western art over the past century or more, but applies equally to the ar ...Show more
Skull Sourcebook: Over 500 Skulls in Art Culture by Adele Nozedar
$34.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Reading Level: General Adult
Delve deep into the ancient secrets of the skull and how the lasting icon affects the world today. You see them in your dreams, representing death, mortality, or consciousness, Capuchin monks decorated with thousands, Shakespeare's Hamlet held one, and Alexander McQueen made it a fashion statement. Skul ...Show more
The Dealer is the Devil : An Insider's History of the Aboriginal art trade by Adrian Newstead
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art History
Adrian Newstead's explosive memoir lifts the lid on what Robert Hughes once described as "the last great art movement of the 20th century." After thirty years sitting round campfires with Aboriginal artists all over Australia, Newstead has produced the definitive expose of "the first great art movement ...Show more
World Atlas of Tattoo by Anna Felicity Friedman
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art History
Lively and informative, The World Atlas of Tattoo is a superbly illustrated and compelling reference book that, through examining the meeting point between tattoo artists and their personal understanding of their environment, presents a well-informed and nuanced account of what has become a widespread a ...Show more
Japan Style by Gian Carlo Calza
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art History
An authoritative and wide-ranging visual essay on the aesthetics of Japan, now in a beautiful paperback edition. Japan Style, written by one of the world's most respected scholars of Japanese art and culture, defines what 'Japan style' is. It explores specific achievements in Japanese art and architect ...Show more
The Art of Forgery by Noah Charney
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art History
The Art of Forgery: The Minds, Motives and Methods of the Master Forgers explores the stories, dramas and human intrigues surrounding the world's most famous forgeries - investigating the motivations of the artists and criminals who have faked great works of art, and in doing so conned the public and th ...Show more
Colour by Marion Deuchars
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art History
What makes a colour work? What do colours mean to artists or cultures? Why does grey make a colour stand out? What colour are the oceans? Why is the yellow of lemons something to treasure? Award-winning illustrator Marion Deuchars takes us on a journey through colour, showing how its language is at the ...Show more
Inked : The World's Most Impressive, Unique and Innovative Tattoos by Lola Mars
$27.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Inked brings you a stunning collection of the most intricate, unique and exquisite tattoos, from the subtle and delicate to one-of-a-kind whole-body pieces. Showcasing a range of innovative new styles as well as traditional designs, and packing a punch of colour and charisma, every one of the tattoos in ...Show more
Making Comics : Storytelling Secrets of Comics, Manga and Graphic Novels by Scott McCLOUD
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art History
"Magnificent! The best how-to manual ever published." -- Kevin Kelly, Cool Tools Scott McCloud tore down the wall between high and low culture in 1993 with Understanding Comics, a massive comic book about comics, linking the medium to such diverse fields as media theory, movie criticism, and web design. ...Show more
Thornton Walker by Thornton Walker
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art History
This is a beautifully produced art book by a highly acclaimed Australian artist. Thornton Walker is a mid career Melbourne based artist whose work is represented in collections in the British Museum and Aichi Prefectural Museum of Art, Nagoya, Japan and throughout Australia including the National Galler ...Show more