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ABC OF ART by HILLYEAR Dianne
$14.95 AUD
Category: Children's & YA | Series: Children's Art Ser. from the National Gallery of Victoria Ser.
Using examples of art from the National Gallery of Victoria's collection of international art, this book is an aid for children learning the alphabet.
Aboriginal Art by Wally Caruana
$19.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
A superlative introduction to the diversity of Aboriginal art, this concise survey introduces the work of Australia's indigenous artists from all parts of the continent. For some 50,000 years, Aboriginal artists have built on traditions and worked in a variety of contexts, from the sacred and secret rea ...Show more
Abstract Art by Anna Moszynska
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
Since the early years of the twentieth century, Western abstract art has fascinated, outraged, and bewildered audiences. Its path to acceptance within the artistic mainstream was slow. This revised edition traces the origins and evolution of abstract art, placing it in broad cultural context.Well-respec ...Show more
Art in Australia: From Colonization to Postmodernism by Christopher Allen
$19.95 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Does Australian art have a history or is it just a series of belated footnotes to European and American artistic development in the last two centuries? Does it always express some essential "Australian sensibility"? Christopher Allen's book argues that Australian art does have a history of its own from ...Show more
Art of Instruction Vintage educational charts from the 19th and 20th centuries by Katrien Van der Schueren
$44.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art of Instruction Ser.
A collection of 150 vintage educational charts that celebrates the art of education. Complete with a brief introduction surveying the history of educational charts and their production, it offers both a visual wonder and a glimpse into a design heritage that is still of significance today.
Ballet and Modern Dance by Susan Au; James Rutter
$19.95 AUD
Category: Plays, Theatre & Dance | Series: World of Art Ser.
Dance's extraordinary range extends from classical ballet and baroque court spectacles to avant-garde modern dance, tap, and ethnic dancing. This comprehensive history covers the entire spectrum, vividly describing the great performers and performances of the past as well as exploring in detail the cont ...Show more
Collective Movements: First Nations Collectives, Collaborations and Creative Practices from across Victoria by ten Buuren, Kate
$40.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: Monash University Museum of Modern Art Ser.
Collective Movements is a wide-ranging project focusing on the work of historic and contemporary First Nations creative practitioners and community groups in south-eastern Australia that recognises collectivity as integral to Indigenous knowledges and ways of being. This project and publication begins f ...Show more
Contemporary African Art by Sidney Littlefield Kasfir
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
Contemporary African art has grown out of the diverse histories and cultural heritage of the African continent and its diaspora. It is not characterized by one particular style, technique, or theme, but by a bricolage-like attitude toward art making, incorporating and building upon the structures from w ...Show more
Costume and Fashion by James Laver
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art and Design | Series: World of Art Ser.
From the momentous invention of the needle some 40,000 years ago to the development of blue denim, from Neolithic weavers to the biggest names in the fashion industry today, this classic guide covers the landmarks of costume history. Costume and Fashion explores the forms and materials used in fashion t ...Show more
Hawksmoor by Downes
$0.00 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: World of Art Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Nicholas Hawksmoor was the architect of some of London's most prominent landmarks - St Mary Woolnoth in the City; St George's, Bloomsbury; Christchurch, Spitalfields; and part of Greenwich Hospital - and of other notable English buildings, such as All Souls, Oxford, and the Mausoleum at Castle Howard. ...Show more
Hideaways: The Art of Iraville by Ira Sluyterman van Langeweyde (AKA Iraville)
$72.00 AUD
Category: Special Orders | Series: Art Of Ser.
Escape to peaceful, cozy hideaways in this second art book from Iraville, with new galleries, tutorials, and insight on her processes. Iraville is a Munich-based illustrator with a passion for watercolors, autumn, nature, birds and cozy things. This book, Hideaways, is the follow-up to the artist's fi ...Show more
Hope by Stan van Hooft
$24.95 AUD
Category: Philosophy, Politics & Current Affairs | Series: The Art of Living Series
From the now iconic Barack Obama 'Hope' poster of the 2008 presidential campaign to the pit-head 'Camp Hope' of the families of the trapped Chilean miners, the language of hope can be hugely powerful as it draws on resources that are uniquely human and universal. We are beings who hope. But what does th ...Show more