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Book Cover:  Brush With Gondwana: The Botanical Artists Group Western Australia
By Janda Gooding
Seven leading botanical artists are brought together for the first time in this beautifully illustrated book. Author Janda Gooding shares the stories behind each artist's illustrations and reveals a rich and diverse record of Western Australia's unique flora, fauna and fungi.
Seven leading botanical artists are brought together for the first time in this beautifully illustrated book. Author Janda Gooding shares the stories behind each artist's illustrations and reveals a rich...
Published: 28/10/2008
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921361265
RRP: $60.00
Book Cover:  How To Look at a Painting
By Justin Paton

This book needs no introduction. Out of stock for several months, it now returns by popular demand – with an eye-catching new cover by Awa Press Young Designer of the Year Keely O'Shannessy and expanded illustration section – and still at the same RRP !

Justin Paton's brilliant TV series has had repeated screenings during 2011 and 2012 on TV One and TVNZ7, and won a whole new audience for...

This book needs no introduction. Out of stock for several months, it now returns by popular demand – with an eye-catching new cover by Awa Press Young Designer of the Year Keely O'Shannessy and expanded...

Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781877551291
RRP: $32.00
Book Cover:  London, You're Beautiful: An Artist's Year
By David Gentleman

David Gentleman has been drawing London all his adult life. But can you look afresh at the place where you live? Over the past year he has immersed himself in his home city to try to find out. His days have been spent drawing and painting it: the surprising expanse of its changeable skies and the crushed closeness of the tube, as well as the hidden places and unique people from Rainham Marshes to Hampstead...

David Gentleman has been drawing London all his adult life. But can you look afresh at the place where you live? Over the past year he has immersed himself in his home city to try to find out. His days...

Published: 25/07/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781846144738
RRP: $29.99
Book Cover:  Great Paintings
By Dorling Kindersley

The world's greatest masterpieces explored and explained

Great Paintings takes you on your own personal gallery tour of over 60 of the world's best-loved paintings. From works by Botticelli and Raphael to Salvador Dali and Frida Kahlo, the book covers the paintings that have shaken the art world across centuries and across continents.



The world's greatest masterpieces explored and explained

Great Paintings takes you on your own personal gallery tour of over 60 of the world's best-loved paintings. From works by Botticelli and Raphael...

Published: 28/11/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781405363303
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover: The Music of Painting: Music, Modernism and the Visual Arts from the Romantics to John Cage
By Peter Vergo

The Music of Painting explores the connections between music and the visual arts in the period covering the emergence and flowering of Modernism, c .1849–1950. Peter Vergo in this volume examines the changes in the analogies between the two disciplines, using in his analysis critical and philosophical sources as well as evidence of artistic and musical practice.

The Music of Painting explores the connections between music and the visual arts in the period covering the emergence and flowering of Modernism, c .1849–1950. Peter Vergo in this volume examines...

Published: 19/10/2010
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714857626
RRP: $79.95
Book Cover:  Luc Tuymans: Is it Safe?
By Luc Tuymans

Beginning with 'Gilles de Binche' (Antwerp, 2005) and concluding with 'Against the Day' (Brussels, Moscow and Malmö, 2009-10), acclaimed painter Luc Tuymans produced a landmark suite of seven thematically linked bodies of work. Their meta-narrative, which traces the philosophical and psychic roots of contemporary civilization, weaves together a range of photographic source images, from St Peter's...

Beginning with 'Gilles de Binche' (Antwerp, 2005) and concluding with 'Against the Day' (Brussels, Moscow and Malmö, 2009-10), acclaimed painter Luc Tuymans produced a landmark suite of seven thematically...

Published: 19/10/2010
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714856032
RRP: $79.95
Book Cover:  Painting Today
By Tony Godfrey

Photo-realism, abstraction, portraiture, installation painting, neo-expressionism and the Leipzig School are just some of the areas of this thriving medium explored in Painting Today . This comprehensive survey of contemporary painting presents the broad range of styles, materials and methods that comprise the artform, extending the tradition of Phaidon's trail-blazing Art Today .

Photo-realism, abstraction, portraiture, installation painting, neo-expressionism and the Leipzig School are just some of the areas of this thriving medium explored in Painting Today . This comprehensive...

Published: 29/10/2009
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714846316
RRP: $99.95
Book Cover:  Peter Doig
By Adrian Searle

An exploration of the influential artist's mysterious painted worlds.

An exploration of the influential artist's mysterious painted worlds.

Published: 01/02/2007
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714845043
RRP: $55.00
Book Cover:  Vitamin P: New Perspectives in Painting
By Barry Schwabsky

Vitamin P is an image-heavy book offering an overview of the state of painting today, and documents the most recent concerns and ideas among contemporary painters. In the wake of new media such as installation, video, performance and digital art, the traditional medium of painting has enjoyed a renaissance among a recent generation of artists.

Vitamin P is an image-heavy book offering an overview of the state of painting today, and documents the most recent concerns and ideas among contemporary painters. In the wake of new media such as installation...

Published: 31/08/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714844466
RRP: $55.00
Book Cover:  Victorian Painting
By Lionel Lambourne
A scholarly and entertaining survey of painting during the Victorian era.
A scholarly and entertaining survey of painting during the Victorian era.
Published: 31/10/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714843599
RRP: $69.95
Book Cover:  Vija Celmins: the only comprehensive monograph on the virtuoso painter
By Lane Relyea

The only comprehensive monograph on the virtuoso painter.

The magnificent artworks of the Latvia-born, U.S.-based Vija Celmins (b.1938) all testify to her undying fascination with the world around her - whether commonplace objects in her studio, the natural landscapes of her adopted California, or the pebbles beneath her feet. Primarily a painter of still life and landscape, Celmins is associated with...

The only comprehensive monograph on the virtuoso painter.

The magnificent artworks of the Latvia-born, U.S.-based Vija Celmins (b.1938) all testify to her undying fascination with the world around her...

Published: 31/10/2004
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714842646
RRP: $55.00
Book Cover:  Van Gogh
By Judy Sund

A survey of Vincent van Gogh's brief but astonishingly eventful career.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) became, in the century following his death, an individual of undisputed universal acclaim. His brief but astoundingly eventful life has inspired the scrutiny of other painters, film-makers, psychologists and novelists, and his personal celebrity outstrips even the substantial fame of his works.

A survey of Vincent van Gogh's brief but astonishingly eventful career.

Vincent van Gogh (1853-90) became, in the century following his death, an individual of undisputed universal acclaim. His brief but...

Published: 30/11/2002
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714840840
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Bosch: a Study of one of the most Intriguing Figures of Art History
By Laurinda Dixon

Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516), one of the major artists of the Northern Renaissance, had a seemingly inexhaustible imagination. Known as the creator of disturbing demons and spectacular hellscapes, he also painted the Garden of Earthly Delights, where gleeful naked youths feast on giant strawberries. Little is known of Bosch's life and his art has remained enigmatic, variously interpreted as the hallucinations...

Hieronymus Bosch (c.1450-1516), one of the major artists of the Northern Renaissance, had a seemingly inexhaustible imagination. Known as the creator of disturbing demons and spectacular hellscapes, he...

Published: 31/07/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714839745
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Goya: a Comprehensive, Highly Absorbing Portrait of this Complex Artist
By Sarah Symmons

A comprehensive, highly absorbing portrait of this complex artist.

Sarah Symmons' fascinating account locates Goya in the context of his Spanish heritage, traces the immense influence of his work throughout Europe and considers the continued relevance of his art in the twentieth century. Drawings, oil paintings, frescos, tapestry designs and prints all convey the full range of Goya's work. Symmons...

A comprehensive, highly absorbing portrait of this complex artist.

Sarah Symmons' fascinating account locates Goya in the context of his Spanish heritage, traces the immense influence of his work throughout...

Published: 27/06/1998
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714837512
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Myth and Romance
By J W Waterhouse

A selection of paintings by J.W. Waterhouse which depicts events from legends of the Middle Ages, myths of the ancient world and scenes from literature. The paintings are accompanied by extracts from the legends and literature that inspired the artist.

A selection of paintings by J.W. Waterhouse which depicts events from legends of the Middle Ages, myths of the ancient world and scenes from literature. The paintings are accompanied by extracts from the...

Published: 27/10/1994
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714832647
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover:  Rubens: a lively, orginal study of the work of Peter Paul Rubens
By Kristin Lohse Belkin

A lively, original study of the work of Peter Paul Rubens.

A lively, original study of the work of Peter Paul Rubens.

Published: 27/07/1998
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714834122
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Victorian Watercolours
By Christopher Newall

The Victorian era gave rise to some of the most beautiful and extraordinary watercolours ever painted. With their meticulous technique and discreet purpose, they convey much about the romantic and moral temperament of the age. This volume is the first general introduction to what was a particularly popular medium in the Victorian era and was, in fact, the preferred form of expression for many artists...

The Victorian era gave rise to some of the most beautiful and extraordinary watercolours ever painted. With their meticulous technique and discreet purpose, they convey much about the romantic and moral...

Published: 31/10/1992
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714828114
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover:  Goya: an introduction to the work of Francisco Goya
By Enriqueta Harris

Goya (1746-1828) is one of Spain's most famous artists and is widely acknowledged as an outstanding painter in the European tradition, often called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns. He is appreciated as a portrait painter; a creator of menacing and melancholy images in oils; a master of enigmatic, satirical and revolutionary drawing and etching; the champion of Spanish people...

Goya (1746-1828) is one of Spain's most famous artists and is widely acknowledged as an outstanding painter in the European tradition, often called the last of the Old Masters and the first of the Moderns...

Published: 17/03/1994
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714829753
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Grand Illusions
By Caroline Cass
A thorough study of mural and trompe l'oeil painting.
A thorough study of mural and trompe l'oeil painting.
Published: 16/09/1993
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714829470
RRP: $35.00

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21 May 2012
2012 Australian Book Industry Awards (ABIAs) - winners

The Australian Book Industry Awards were held in Sydney on Friday night. It was a great night for Penguin with our books taking the top honors in four book categories including the prestigious Book of the Year. Congratulations also to Peg McColl, Kate McCormack and the rights team who won the International (Rights) Award for the second year running for Paul French's book Midnight in Peking. United Book Distributors were again named Distributor of the Year.

Illustrated Book of the Year

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