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A Companion to Australian Art by Christopher Allen (Editor); Dana Arnold (Series edited by)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History Ser.
A Companion to Australian Art A Companion to Australian Art is a thorough introduction to the art produced in Australia from the arrival of the First Fleet in 1788 to the early 21st century. Beginning with the colonial art made by Australia?s first European settlers, this volume presents a collection of ...Show more
A Companion to Digital Art by Dana Arnold (Series edited by); Christiane Paul (Editor)
Category: Art | Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History Ser.
Reflecting the dynamic creativity of its subject, this definitive guide spans the evolution, aesthetics, and practice of today's digital art, combining fresh, emerging perspectives with the nuanced insights of leading theorists. Showcases the critical and theoretical approaches in this fast-moving di ...Show more
A Treatise on Painting by Leonardo Da Vinci; John Francis Rigaud (Translator)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
The much overused word genius aptly describes only a few people in the history of civilization. Leonardo da Vinci (1452-1519) unquestionably belongs in this elite group. Anyone who has looked in amazement at the Mona Lisa, The Last Supper, or the many drawings that sprang from his fertile imagination ma ...Show more
Antipodean Perspective - Selected Writings of Bernard Smith by Rex Butler (Editor); Sheridan Palmer (Editor); Bernard Smith (Editor)
Category: Art and Design | Series: Art History Ser.
Bernard Smith (1916-2011) was unquestionably one of Australia's greatest humanist scholars and its finest art historian. His European Vision and the South Pacific, 1768-1850 (1960) was a foundational text of post-colonialism, and in Australian Painting (1962) he set out the definitive history of Austral ...Show more
Art Nouveau Graphic Masterpieces - 100 Plates by Henry Guedy
Category: Art and Design | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
Published in Paris before World War I, these decorative Art Nouveau graphics originally appeared in a now-rare periodical, La Decoration Artistique. This compilation presents 100 full-color plates in a beautiful assortment of naturalistic motifs and period designs that will prove essential to collectors ...Show more
Arthur Rackham's Book of Pictures by Arthur Rackham; Arthur Quiller-Couch (As told to)
Category: Art | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
With his distinctive blend of humor and romance, English illustrator Arthur Rackham (1867-1939) recaptured scenes from a thrilling fairy tale world -- a realm shadowed by danger, yet suffused with a sense of sweetness and light. His images enjoyed both popular and critical success, conveying a mood of j ...Show more
Comfort and Judgement: Nineteenth Century Advice Manuals and the Scripting of Australian Identity by Gene Bawden
Category: Australian History | Series: Art History Ser.
My journey to this book is the culmination of a long-held fascination with the history and currency of Australias domestic interior. Having been born in a remote, desert-bound Queensland town, I have felt its power as a solace; a retreat from the extremities of the Australian environment. The interior p ...Show more
Concerning the Spiritual in Art by WASSILY KANDINSKY
Category: Art and Design | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
A pioneering work in the movement to free art from its traditional bonds to material reality, this book is one of the most important documents in the history of modern art. Written by the famous nonobjective painter Wassily Kandinsky (1866-1944), it explains Kandinsky's own theory of painting and crysta ...Show more
Dore's Illustrations For Paradise Lost by Gustave Doré; John Milton (Contribution by)
Category: Other Gift | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
Gustave Dor 's Romantic style of illustration, supremely imaginative and richly detailed, was ideally suited to literary subjects. His wood-engraved illustrations for John Milton's monumental epic poem Paradise Lost, recounting mankind's fall from the grace of God through the work of Satan, were among ...Show more
Fadeaway - The Remarkable Imagery of Coles Phillips by Coles Phillips; Scott Fischer (Introduction by); Jeff A. Menges (Editor)
Category: Art | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
Coles Phillips (1880-1927) was among the most in-demand illustrators in his field during the 1910s and 20s. A dynamic and highly skilled watercolor artist and draftsman, Phillips created dozens of covers for mainstream American magazines, including Good Housekeeping, Life, and The Saturday Evening Post ...Show more
Fantastic Ornament: French Color Design by Dover
Category: Home Interiors | Series: Dover Fine Art, History of Art Ser.
Derived from a one-of-a-kind, hand-painted studio sourcebook of the early 1900s, the patterns in this stunning collection combine to form a treasury of bold, colorful designs. These images have never before appeared in print, and this compilation affords users a unique selection of remarkably brilliant ...Show more
Global Art and the Cold War by Jay Curley
Category: Art Books | Series: Global Perspectives Art History Ser.
In this readable and highly original book, John J. Curley presents the first synthetic account of global art during the Cold War. Through a careful examination of artworks drawn from America, Europe, Russia and Asia, he demonstrates the inextricable nature of art and politics in this contentious period. ...Show more