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
Artists: Their Lives and Works by DK
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art History
A stunning exploration of over 80 famous artists and their fascinating lives, from Giotto to the present day.Artists- Their Lives and Works tells the inspiring stories behind the world's most famous masterpieces and their creators, including their influences, development, friendships, loves, and rivalri ...Show more
Art of Painting Sea Life in Watercolor: Master Techniques for Painting Spectacular Sea Animals in Watercolor
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Series: Collector's Ser.
With helpful tips and easy-to-follow lessons, The Art of Painting Sea Life in Watercolor will teach readers everything they need to know to create beautiful works of art in watercolor.The Art of Painting Sea Life in Watercolor opens with a guide to essential information on the necessary tools and materi ...Show more
Just Add Watercolour: Inspiration & Painting Techniques from Contemporary Artists by Helen Birch
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art History
Just Add Watercolour is an innovative and accessible guide to this most dynamic of artforms, packed with bite-sized creative painting tips and advice, offering aspiring artists the freedom to dip in and out for practical information or flick through for fresh inspiration and ideas. Showcasing nearly 100 ...Show more
Daily Rituals by Mason Currey
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art History
'Utterly fascinating' Daisy Goodwin, Sunday Times Anthony Trollope wrote three thousand words every morning before heading off to his job at the Post Office. Toulouse-Lautrec did his best work at night, sometimes even setting up his easel in brothels, and George Gershwin composed at the piano in pyjamas ...Show more
The Life and Art of Lynley Dodd by Finlay Macdonald
$42.99 AUD
Category: Art History | Reading Level: very good
Dame Lynley Dodd is New Zealand's best known author and illustrator of children's books. Her career was launched in 1973 with the publication of My Cat Likes to Hide in Boxes, which she collaborated on with cousin Eve Sutton. Other picture books soon followed and in 1983 the world famous Hairy Maclary f ...Show more
Street Artists: The Complete Guide by Glenn Arango
$29.95 AUD
Category: Art History
Comprehensive, compact, and international, this guide to the best street artists gathers more than 250 images from the top creative talents of a vibrant and multi-layered art scene. Details on each artist include a biography, a summary of their style, and a look at how their work has evolved. Ultimately ...Show more
Matisse - Cut-Outs by Neret Gilles
$100.00 AUD
Category: Art History
A perfect synthesis of colour and line The trailblazing paper cut-outs of Henri Matisse When Henri Matisse (1869 1954) was forced to give up painting completely in the mid-1940s due to a serious illness, he began to work with painted paper and a pair of scissors, cutting out forms at will. These works, ...Show more
Vatican: All the Paintings: The Complete Collection of Old Masters, Plus More Than 300 Sculptures, Maps, Tapestries, and Other Artifacts by Anje Grebe
$79.99 AUD
Category: Art History
In the same style, manner, and format as The Louvre: All the Paintings (Black Dog Leventhal, 2011), every Old Master painting on display in the Vatican, as well as hundreds of additional masterpieces and treasures in the papal collection, is included in this deluxe slipcased volume with companion DVD.Th ...Show more
Sylvia Plath Drawings by Frieda Hughes
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art History
In 1956 Sylvia Plath wrote to her mother, Aurelia Plath: 'I feel I'm developing a kind of primitive style of my own which I am very fond of. Wait til you see. The Cambridge sketch was nothing compared to these.' Sylvia Plath cited art as her deepest source of inspiration but, while her poetry is celebra ...Show more
Artist's Drawing Techniques (HB) by Dorling Kindersley
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art History
Learn how to draw with charcoal, pen, and pastel with step-by-step workshops from professional artists.Artist's Drawing Techniques is your guide to every aspect of drawing for pleasure, from choosing a subject to mounting your finished masterpiece. Turn your hand to over 80 artist's techniques including ...Show more