The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel
$55.00 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
The story of art for our times - one with women at its heart, brought together for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Discover the ...Show more
Pencil (Object Lessons) by Carol Beggy
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements | Series: Object Lessons Ser.
Object Lessons is a series of short, beautifully designed books about the hidden lives of ordinary things. A cylinder of baked graphite and clay in a wood case, the pencil creates as it is being destroyed. To love a pencil is to use it, to sharpen it, and to essentially destroy it. Pencils were used to ...Show more
Characters Cultural Stories Revealed Through Typography by Stephen Banham
$49.95 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Type and signage surround us. They are part of our daily lives and the history of whichever city we happen to live in. Whether old or new, each sign has a story to tell. In "Characters", Stephen Banham has meticulously researched the signage and typography of a city to present an exuberant collection of ...Show more
One Zentangle A Day: A 6-Week Course in Creative Drawing for Relaxation, Inspiration and Fun by Beckah Krahula
$39.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements | Series: One A Day
One Zentangle A Day is a beautiful interactive book teaching the principles of Zentangles as well as offering fun, related drawing exercises. Zentangles are a new trend in the drawing and paper arts world. The concept was started by Rick Roberts and Maria Thomas as a way to practice focus and meditation ...Show more
Universal Principles of Typography - 100 Key Concepts for Choosing and Using Type by Elliot Jay Stocks; Ellen Lupton (Foreword by)
$69.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements | Series: Rockport Universal Ser.
Explore 100 key concepts, theories, and guidelines that are critical for choosing and using type. We communicate with text every single day, but what does it mean to really understand type--to use it with clear intent and purpose? The art and science of typography combines subtle tweaks to line lengths ...Show more
1000 Symbols: What shapes mean in art and myth by Rowena Shepherd
$19.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Symbols are often seen as constituting an international language and to some extent they do, but that language is far from universal - context means everything in this complicated but engrossing form of communication. Take, for example, a cross, a crane, or a swastika: each one has a different and disti ...Show more
Art Brut - Third Edition by Lucienne Peiry; James Frank
$49.99 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
In the early 20th-century, European avant-garde artists began to look beyond the accepted canons of Western art in a search for new sources of inspiration. "Primitive" art, drawings by children, the art of the insane, and graffiti all opened up new avenues for experimentation and artistic creation. At t ...Show more
Gothic Four Hundred Years Of E by Davenport-Hines Ric
$35.00 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
Show Me a Story: Why Picture Books Matter: Conversations with 21 of the World's Most Celebrated Illustrators by Leonard S. Marcus
$34.95 AUD
Category: Art Theory/Movements
In compelling interviews by the acclaimed Leonard S. Marcus, twenty-one top authors and illustrators reveal their inside stories on the art of creating picture books. Max and Mickey; Miss Nelson; Pack, Quack, and Mrs. Mallard; Pigeon; Sylvester; John Henry; and a very hungry caterpillar -- these are ...Show more