Browse by category
Cats in Art by Desmond Morris
$59.99 AUD
Category: Art
The cat--that most graceful, stubborn, and agile of animals--has long been a favorite subject of artists the world over from prehistory to the modern day. A spectacular 7,000-year-old engraving in Libya depicts a catfight. Figures modelled by the Babylonians remind us of their belief that the souls of p ...Show more
Lives of the Surrealists by Desmond Morris
$50.00 AUD
Category: Art
Surrealism did not begin as an art movement but as a philosophical strategy, a way of life, and a rebellion against the establishment that gave rise to the First World War. In Lives of the Surrealists, Desmond Morris concentrates on the artists as people--as remarkable individuals. What were their perso ...Show more
Postures - Body Language in Art by Desmond Morris
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
Examining the body language displayed in works of art is a whole new way of looking at art. The gestures portrayed can reflect the mores of a particular period in history, the customs of a certain culture or a fashion in artistic styles. Exploring these with masterful subtlety, celebrated artist and ant ...Show more
The Artistic Ape: Three Million Years of Art by Desmond Morris
$19.98 AUD
Category: Art
Desmond Morris, bestselling author and internationally renowned anthropologist, offers a unique appeciation of art - from the most ancient artefact to contemporary event art.
The British Surrealists by Desmond Morris
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art
The lives, loves and works of key British Surrealists revealed by one of the last surviving members of this movement, bestselling author and artist Desmond Morris. Fêted for their idiosyncratic and imaginative works, the surrealists marked a pivotal moment in the history of modern art in Britain. Many ...Show more
The Human Zoo by Desmond Morris
$22.99 AUD
Category: Reference
This study concerns the city dweller. Morris finds remarkable similarities with captive zoo animals and looks closely at the aggressive, sexual and parental behaviour of the human species under the stresses and pressures of urban living. First published 1969.
The Lives of the Surrealists by Desmond Morris
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art
No other art movement in history has contained two artists as different as Magritte and Miró. This is because Surrealism was not in origin an art movement, but a philosophical strategy. It was a way of life - a rebellion against the establishment that had given the world the hideous slaughter of the Fir ...Show more
0 - 6 of 7