Penguin Books Australia

Across the globe there are scores of beautiful and unusual works of art that are largely unseen or fail to receive the critical acclaim they deserve. The Best Art You've Never Seen is your essential companion to this hidden world of artistic treasures.

Bring a gallery of more than 2,500 of the world's most influential paintings and sculptures ever created into your home and learn everything you need to know about art history.

Starting with materials and basic techniques, Acrylics Workshop moves on to inspiring and achievable...

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 20th Century Art Book was hailed upon its release as an exciting celebration of the myriad forms assumed by art over the last century. Complementing the phenomenally successful landmark, Art Book , and most recently The American Art Book , it presents a new and original way of bringing art alive. The new mini edition has all the visual energy and compelling insights of the original but in a lightweight...

This book is a rare and fascinating picture of contemporary New Zealand artists in their studios. It provides an array of fresh insights into the practical aspects of artists embarking on their creative processes.

'If artists betray the social conscience and the basic principles of being human, where does art stand then?'

HENRI MATISSE , one of the greatest innovators of twentieth-century painting, was an intensely private person.It was not until half a century after his death that Hilary Spurling's two-part biography cleared away the fog of inaccurate guesswork and gossip that obscured both the man and at times his work. Matisse: The Life contains the pith of those two volumes, universally acclaimed for their...

A LIFE OF HENRI MATISSE: VOLUME ONE, 1869-1908

'Spurling's account of Matisse's first forty years is gripping, full of shocks and colour, judicious and informative' A.S. Byatt, Guardian

'A terrific achievement' Michael Holroyd

In this opening volume of the first biography devoted to the artist, Hilary Spurling uncovers the dramatic and sometimes shocking story – almost entirely unknown until...

New edition of this essential handbook for all artists, covering everything from pencil drawing to digital printing

Whether you're interested in the traditional art methods of drawing, painting and printmaking or modern art techniques such as digital photography, digital printing and digital image manipulation, this guide is for you.