PIETER ZAADSTRAS AUSTRALIAN KELPIE ART by PIETER ZAADSTRA

$19.95 AUD

Category: Art

The Hangman' Garden by Simon Mroczkowski (Illustrator)

$45.00 AUD

Category: Art

A-Z illustrated book of characters that meet their demise

Jimmi Buscombe's Trick of the Eye Colouring Workbook by Jimmi Buscombe (Created by, Drawings by, Curated by, Artist, Illustrator, Designed by, Concept by, Cover Design by, Arranged by); Sheridan Buscombe (Created by, Concept by, Text by, Produced by, Photographer, Intro and Notes by, Assisted by, Curated by, Arranged by)

$21.99 AUD

Category: Art

Hello from Warrnambool - a small city by the wild Southern Ocean, off the Southwest coast of Victoria, Australia. As a full-time visual artist, my time is divided between working alone in my studio and working in public spaces such as schools, aged care facilities, zoos, laneways and even water towers. In these outdoor spaces, the walls and paths become my canvas. I love to paint images that are very life-like, but also very playful and eye catching; a wombat bursting through a hole in a wall, kookaburras sitting on a drinking fountain, a daddy emu watching over his nest of eggs that eventually crack and then hatch!My family and I came up with this colouring workbook at our kitchen table in Warrnambool. We worked out that the "tricks" I use to create my 3D trompe l'oeil (trick of the eye) public art pieces can also be used on a smaller scale, in the format of a colouring book! All you need is some pencils, scissors and the special worksheets I have designed. Once finished, use a camera on your phone or device to find the perfect viewing spot and turn your artwork into a 3D optical illusion, then take some photos and share them with your friends!This workbook is for everyone, everywhere, but smaller children may need help from a grown-up. We hope that what we created at our kitchen table in Warrnambool will bring you many happy hours at your kitchen table too.From our family to your family, wherever you are in the world, we wish you much health, creativity and fun.The world is always brighter with art!?Jimmi Buscombe's Trick of the Eye Colouring Workbook includes a folio with 18 trick of the eye colouring worksheets, simple instructions, example photos and a message from Jimmi. ...Show more

Colour in Australia by Agnieszka & Pych Sierzputowska

$24.95 AUD

Category: Art

Use your creativity to explore Australia with these 30 enchanting drawings… Take your coloured pencils on a journey from desert to ocean, finding exotic animals, wildflowers and spectacular Australian landmarks on the way. A perfect souvenir for travellers to Australia or gift for creative dreame rs everywhere. Use your creativity to explore Australia with these 30 enchanting drawings… Take your coloured pencils on a journey from desert to ocean, finding exotic animals, wildflowers and spectacular Australian landmarks on the way. A perfect souvenir for travellers to Australia or gift for creative dreamers everywhere. ...Show more

Patterns in Art - A Closer Look at the Old Masters by Francesca Leoneschi; Giovanna Ferraris (Illustrator); Silvia Lazzaris

$65.00 AUD

Category: Art

A visual delight, and a designer's dream-the decorative details of great European paintings transformed into beautiful two-dimensional patterns Richly embroidered robes. Intricate lace collars. Elaborately laid floor tiles. Delicately carved and modeled cornices and capitals. These are among the detail s of decorative art that the Old Masters lovingly rendered in their paintings, to establish a setting, convey a portrait subject's social status, or sometimes just enliven a scene. Together these details-so easy to overlook in the imposing harmony of draftsmanship, color, and composition that makes up a great painting-form a veritable history of ornament. This inventive book plucks these decorative motifs from the background of paintings by masters like Rubens, Memling, and Filippo Lippi, and transforms them into vibrant two-dimensional patterns. Seeing these patterns side-by-side with the original paintings deepens our appreciation of both. Patterns in Art will be a resource for graphic designers, and a revelation for all art lovers. ...Show more

Gauguin to Picasso, Masterworks from Switzerland: The Staechelin & Im Obersteg Collections by Dorothy M Kosinski

$69.99 AUD

Category: Art

This is a unique chance to see works from two remarkable private Swiss collections. It pays tribute to two pioneering supporters of modernism, Rudolf Staechelin (1881 1946) and Karl Im Obersteg (1883 1969), industrialists and businessmen, close friends, and enthusiastic champions of impressionist, post- impressionist, and school of Paris artists."Gauguin to Picasso," "Masterworks from Switzerland "features over sixty celebrated paintings from their collections, created during the mid-nineteenth and early twentieth century by twenty-two world-famous artists. Masterpieces include Paul Gauguin's "Nafea faa ipoipo "("When will you Marry?") (1892), the most expensive work of art ever sold, Vincent van Gogh's "Daubigny's Garden "(1890), Pablo Picasso's double-sided canvas "Femme dans la loge / Buveuse d'absinthe "(1901), and Marc Chagall's three monumental Rabbi portraits. There are extraordinary paintings by artists of international statureincluding Swiss master Ferdinand Hodler, Russian expressionist painter Alexej Jawlensky, works by Edouard Manet, Pierre-Auguste Renoir, Paul Cezanne, Claude Monet, Amedeo Modigliani, Georges Rouault, and Wassily Kandinsky.The volume also studies how Staechlin and Im Obersteg developed friendships with and influenced the work of artists, and how they came to create two of the most significant collections of modern art in Europe.Dorothy Kosinski is the director of The Phillips Collection, Washington, DC.Hans-Joachim Muller is an art critic at the German weekly paper "Die Zeit "and the culture editor at "Basler Zeitung"Henriette Mentha is the Curator of the Im Obersteg Collection at the Kunstmuseum Basel.Renee Maurer is assistant curator, The Phillips Collection." ...Show more

501 Dot-to-Dot Cities by Francesca Protopapa

$14.99 AUD

Category: Art

Take a puzzling journey round the world's most exciting cities with this new collection of fun dot-to-dot puzzles. 40 locations include Rio de Janeiro, Chicago, Moscow and Tokyo, all presented as you've never seen them before! From the team who brought you the million-selling 1000 Dot-to-Dot books, 501 Dot-to-Dots is the new, accessible format with puzzles from talented line artist Francesca Protopapa. Each puzzle takes 20-30 minutes to complete and provides you with revealing, relaxing fun for all ages ...Show more

100 Posters That Changed the World by Colin Salter

$32.99 AUD

Category: Art

Classic posters from the last 300 years and the stories behind them. Posters have always been designed to seek an immediate response. From the time when paper was first affordable, the poster has been used to provoke a direct reaction, whether a public appeal, a legal threat, a call to arms, or the offe r of entertainment. Newspapers might have the advantage of ubiquity in spreading the word, but a poster could be tightly targeted by its location. Organized chronologically, 100 Posters That Changed the World charts the history of poster design from their earliest forms as a means of information communication to the more subtle visual communication of the 21st century. As printing became cheaper, posters were used for more than just promoting the capture of local villains or announcing government decrees. Advertisements took over, citing up-and-coming events, auctions, public meetings, political rallies, sports games, lectures and theatrical performances. The technological leaps from engraving to aquatints to lithography, chromolithography and the offset press, all had their impact on what could be advertised by poster, and the art form took off spectacularly in the late 19th century with the influence of Lautrec and the Paris nightclubs. From then on, the poster became a sophisticated means of visual communication. In the West it was used to sell products - in the East it was used to sell regimes and control behaviour. Along with historic moments in poster evolution, 100 Posters That Changed the World charts the most impactful designs of the last 300 years - images that communicate a message whether commercial or political, images that sell a film, a musical, a cause or used for decoration, inspiration, motivation and affirmation. The affirmation for teenagers in the 1970s that Farah Fawcett was looking at you. ...Show more

Vincent Van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook by Christian Lacroix

$115.00 AUD

Category: Art

"The most revolutionary discovery in the entire history of Van Gogh's oeuvre. Not one drawing; not ten, not fifty, but sixty-five drawings." Ronald Pickvance, from the ForewordLate in life, during his time living in Provence, Vincent van Gogh kept a sketchbook within a humble account ledger given to him by Joseph and Marie Ginoux, the owners of the Cafe de la Gare in Arles. This artifact of incalculable historical and aesthetic value remained hidden for more than one hundred and twenty years. It reappears today as a revelation and an extraordinary treasure.Published in this volume for the first time, Van Gogh's lost sketchbook tells a riveting story. Over two tumultuous years in the artist's life, he drew sixty-five sketches, including landscapes, still lifes, portraits, and a self-portrait, within the ledger. These priceless drawings provide insight into the last years of Van Gogh's life, just before his fatal stay in Auvers-sur-Oise, and a new understanding of his most famous paintings, such as The Yellow House, The Night Cafe, and The Starry Night.With meticulous analysis of the sketchbook and the historical record, art historian Bogomila Welsh-Ovcharov discusses each drawing in terms of Van Gogh's career as a whole, and in particular during his time in Arles and Saint-Remy-de-Provence between February 1888 and May 1890. This groundbreaking book includes facsimile reproductions of all the sketches and is richly illustrated with dozens of drawings, photographs, and paintings that situate the sketchbook in the context of Van Gogh's life's work and the history of art. The result of a remarkable discovery, Vincent van Gogh: The Lost Arles Sketchbook offers fresh insight into the life and work of one of the world's most beloved artists. ...Show more

BB : VAN GOGH & FRIENDS ART GA by Wenda B. O'Reilly

$19.99 AUD

Category: Art

Mixing learning and play, this game teaches youngsters about the artist Van Gogh, along with Cezanne, Gaugin, Seurat, Rousseau and Toulouse-Lautrec. Comes with a deck of 36 museum-quality cards and an art book, packaged in a treasure box. 90 color photos. Pkg.

Impressionist Art Game by Wendy O'Reilly

$19.99 AUD

Category: Art

Blue Boy and Company: Highlights of European Art from the Huntingdon by Catherine Hess

$64.99 AUD

Category: Art

Gainsborough's Blue Boy is just one of the masterpieces contained in the Huntington Galleries-the first public collection of Old Master art in Southern California and among the most important collections of British Grand Manner portraits anywhere. Over one hundred of the most impressive works housed at The Huntington, including paintings, sculptures, decorative arts and works on paper, are published together for the first time in this handsome catalog. Ranging widely, these works are presented in a dynamic format that juxtaposes medium, style and cultural origin. The result is a visually stunning selection of European masterpieces that will serve as both a guide to the Huntington Galleries and an enlightening compendium for anyone interested in European art. Published in association with The Huntington Library, Art Collections, and Botanical Gardens. ...Show more