Ultimate Art Bible: A Complete Reference with Step-by-step Techniques by Sarah Hoggett
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art reference
The latest volume in Collins & Brown's bestselling Ultimate series reveals all the techniques of the masters in an easy-to-understand format. This comprehensive new reference book contains everything you need to know about drawing and painting. The Tools and Materials chapter lists all the essential ...Show more
Masters: Leonardo Da Vinci by Peter Hohenstatt
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art history
The volumes in this series provide unique portraits of European art history. Authoritative texts illuminate the decisive stages in the artists' lives and the development of their styles, explaining their impact against the background of their social context as well as their significance for following ge ...Show more
Piranesi's Grandest Tour: From Europe to Australia by Colin Holden
$32.72 AUD
$59.99 (45% off)
Category: Art
The majestic works of eighteenth-century Italian printmaker Giovanni Battista Piranesi have never ceased to inspire artists, printmakers and architects. Piranesi is famous for his etchings of real and imaginary buildings - Roman ruins, baroque cityscapes and fantastical prisons. Here, his life and art i ...Show more
Art 101: From Vincent Van Gogh to Andy Warhol, Key People, Ideas, and Moments in the History of Art by Eric Grzymkowski
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art history
Explore the beautiful and complex world of art! Too often, textbooks obscure the beauty and wonder of fine art with tedious discourse that even Leonardo da Vinci would oppose. Art 101 cuts out the boring details and lengthy explanations, and instead, gives you a lesson in artistic expression that keeps ...Show more
Michelangelo: A Life in Six Masterpieces by Miles J. Unger
$36.99 AUD
Category: Famous artists
Among the immortals-Leonardo, Rembrandt, Picasso-Michelangelo stands alone as a master of painting, sculpture, and architecture. He was not only the greatest artist in an age of giants, but a man who reinvented the practice of art itself. Throughout his long career he clashed with patrons by insisting t ...Show more
100 Moments of Australian Painting from the Art Gallery of New South Wales by Barry Pearce
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art galleries/museums, collections
What makes a painting endure and resonate through time? What makes a masterpiece? Highly respected art curator Barry Pearce provides a personal tour of 100 of his favourite Australian paintings from the walls and vaults of the Art Gallery of New South Wales. Pearce profiles works from the most famous na ...Show more
Rembrandt's Universe: His Art - His Life - His World by Gary Schwartz
$70.00 AUD
Category: Famous artists
Published to coincide with the major exhibition at the National Gallery this autumn, here is the ultimate book on Rembrandt's art and life his work as an artist, his family, friends and patrons, his place in European culture by one of the worlds best-known writers on Dutch art. Designed to be the Rembra ...Show more
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
Strange Country
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art history
'Painting matters to Australia and Australians as it does in few other countries. It has formed our consciousness, our sense of where we come from, and who we are. It cries out for wider recognition and acknowledgement.' - Patrick McCaughey Why has Australia, an island continent with a small population, ...Show more
Draw People in 15 Minutes: Create a Length Portrait With Only Pencil & Paper by Jake Spicer
$19.99 AUD
Category: Colouring/Drawing | Series: Draw in 15 Minutes
Yes, you can draw! And this book will show you how. By the time you finish reading, you'll have all the skills you need to sketch a convincing clothed figure in 15 minutes. Artist, life drawing expert, and best-selling author Jake Spicer takes you through a series of carefully crafted tutorials, from ho ...Show more
Margaret Olley by Barry Pearce
$120.00 AUD
Category: Famous artists
Margaret Hannah Olley AC (24 June 1923 -- 26 July 2011) was an Australian painter. She was the subject of more than 90 solo exhibitions. Margaret Olley was born in Lismore, New South Wales. She attended Somerville House in Brisbane during her high school years. She was so focused on art that she dropped ...Show more
Watercolor - Making Your Mark: Explore 46 Step-By-Step Painting Techniques by Karlyn Holman
$39.99 AUD
Category: Painting