Out of One Eye by Kit Williams

$25.00 AUD

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The Court of Flora - Les Fleurs Animees - The Engraved Illustrations of J J Grandville by J. J. Grandville; Peter A. Wick (Introduction by)

$40.00 AUD

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War Paint by Lindy Woodhead

$22.99 AUD

Category: ART

War Paint is the story of two extraordinary women, Miss Elizabeth Arden and Madame Helena Rubinstein, and the legacy they left: a story of feminine vanity and marketing genius. Behind the gloss and glamour lay obsession with business and rivalry with each other. Despite working for over six decades in t he same business, these two geniuses never met face to face - until now. 'The definitive biography of women and their relationships to their faces in the twentieth century' Linda Grant, Guardian 'I have seldom enjoyed a book so much . . . the research is staggering . . . a wonderful read' Lulu Guinness ...Show more

ANDREW WYETH by FREDERICK A SWEET (ed)

$30.00 AUD

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Promises to Pay - The First Three Hundred Years of Bank of England Notes by Derrick Byatt

$35.00 AUD

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Pugin - A Gothic Passion by Paul Atterbury (Editor); Clive Wainwright (Editor)

$30.00 AUD

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By the early 19th century the Gothic Revival was well on the way to becoming the most important style in Britain and was influencing public taste all over the world. With its particular concerns for pattern, ornament, and anti-classical principles of design and structure, the style remained popular unti l the 1920s and continues to be well known today. Less familiar, however, is the man who invented the Gothic Revival, Augustus Welby Northmore Pugin, the most influential designer in 19th-century Britain. This book is the first to offer a complete appraisal of Pugin's life and achievements. ...Show more

Tiaras: Past and Present by Geoffrey Munn

$10.00 AUD

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Originally published to accompany the popular exhibition at the V&A, and now available for the first time in paperback, "Tiaras" is a sparkling celebration of these beautiful jewels. Featuring diadems, wreaths and head-dresses and ranging from delicate antique pieces to contemporary designs, this je wel of a book is a delight for anyone interested in fashion and precious gems. Geoffrey Munn traces the history of the tiara, illustrated with striking examples by famous designers such as Faberge, Cartier, Westwood and Versace. Originally worn by royal and aristocratic ladies as symbols of status and by brides as symbols of love, tiaras are now enjoying a revival as a fashion statement. ...Show more

Australian Pottery of the 19th and Early 20th Century by Marjorie Graham

$60.00 AUD

Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE

Signwritten Art by A. J. Lewery

$90.00 AUD

Category: RARE AND COLLECTIBLE

Antique Furniture in Australia by Anthony Hill

$15.00 AUD

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Warhol: A Life As Art by Blake Gopnik

$69.99 AUD

Category: ART

Andy Warhol presented himself as being as shallow as critics accused his famous Campbell's Soup can paintings of being. His public persona was droll; he claimed that he silkscreened because it was easier than painting, and that everyone would have fifteen minutes of fame in the future. But who was Andy Warhol really, and how did he come to revolutionise our visual world forever? From his impoverished childhood as the son of Slovak immigrants in 1930s Pittsburgh, to finding commercial success as an advertising illustrator, to his painstaking pivot into fine art to becoming one of the first people to bring a queer aesthetic out into the open; Warhol shows us how deliberately Andy Warhol reflected the changing winds of commercialism, capitalism and celebrity in the 1960s that still underpin our world today. Behind the glamourous Factory setting of superstars, drag queens, musicians and high-society drop-outs, there was a complex man who lived with his mother until the day he died; whose asexual persona obscured a man who was openly gay during a time of great prejudice; who rubbed shoulders with Jean-Michel Basquiat, Lou Reed and Susan Sontag but grappled with crippling lifelong insecurity. Blake Gopnik has spent six years researching Warhol's life and art and reveals a life of contrasts and deliberate artifice hiding great depths. Filled with new insights into the development and impact of Warhol's art and his personality, Warhol asks- was he a joke or a genius, a radical or a social climber? As Warhol would have answered- Yes. ...Show more

The Encyclopedia of Australian Art by Alan McCulloch; Sue McCulloch

$50.00 AUD

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Widely referred to as the 'Bible' of Australian art, The Encyclopedia of Australian Art is the major reference work on Australian art 1770-1994.