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Book Cover:  River
By Brian Simmonds
Award-winning artist Brian Simmonds brings Australia's waterways to life with his oils and mixed media colour paintings and sketches.\r\nOver ninety beautiful illustrations accompany uniquely local poetry and prose from well-known writers such as John Kinsella, T A G Hungerford and Elizabeth Jolley. \r\nThe perfect contemporary souvenir book that captures the spirit of the Australian shoreline.
Award-winning artist Brian Simmonds brings Australia's waterways to life with his oils and mixed media colour paintings and sketches.\r\nOver ninety beautiful illustrations accompany uniquely local poetry and prose from well-known writers such as John Kinsella, T A G Hungerford and Elizabeth Jolley. \r\nThe perfect contemporary souvenir book that captures the spirit of the Australian shoreline.
Published: 06/12/2011
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781921888687
RRP: $35.00
Book Cover: The Best Art You've Never Seen: 100 Hidden Treasures From Around the World
By Guide Rough

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.

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...

Published: 01/10/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9781848362710
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Art The Definitive Visual Guide
By Iain Zaczek & Mary Acton
The ultimate visual guide to paintings and sculpture from around the world.

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.

The ultimate visual guide to paintings and sculpture from around the world.

Bring a gallery of more than 2,500 of the world's most influential paintings and sculptures ever created into your home and learn...

Published: 29/09/2008
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781405322430
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover:  Acrylics Workshop: Simple Steps to Success
By Dorling Kindersley
Vibrantly illustrated and full of practical information, Acrylics Workshop is for anyone who wants to find out how to paint with acrylics or improve their skills. Using simple colour palettes and easy-to-follow methods, this book shows how to create successful paintings of a wide variety of subjects.

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

Vibrantly illustrated and full of practical information, Acrylics Workshop is for anyone who wants to find out how to paint with acrylics or improve their skills. Using simple colour palettes and easy-to-follow...
Published: 30/10/2006
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781405315784
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover: The Music of Painting: Music, Modernism and the Visual Arts
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: 05/12/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714863863
RRP: $49.95
Book Cover:  Art and Feminism
By Editors Phaidon
Published: 19/03/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714863917
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Art and Photography
Published: 19/03/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714863924
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover: The Artist's Body
By Editors Phaidon
This definitive work charts the evolution of an influential movement that continues to provoke controversy today Over 250 images of performance, painting, photography, sculpture and installation bring together the largely untold story of these influential works with clear, insightful, explanatory texts A survey by Amelia Jones, a leading authority on body and performance art, illustrates the genre's...
This definitive work charts the evolution of an influential movement that continues to provoke controversy today Over 250 images of performance, painting, photography, sculpture and installation bring...
Published: 19/03/2012
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714863931
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  Spectacle
By David Rockwell
Spectacle is a dynamic visual essay that celebrates public performance worldwide.
Spectacle is a dynamic visual essay that celebrates public performance worldwide.
Published: 01/02/2005
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9780714845746
RRP: $59.95
Book Cover: The 20th Century Art Book
By Editors Phaidon

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...

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 ...

Published: 25/03/1999
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780714838502
RRP: $14.95
Book Cover:  Artists @ Work

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.

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...

Published: 27/09/2010
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780670074693
RRP: $65.00
Book Cover:  Appreciating Art: An Expert Companion
Beautiful reproductions of over 200 masterpieces from classical to contemporary An accessible text that focuses on appreciating, understanding and enjoying paintings Appreciation panels to illuminate understanding and interpretation of key themes and motifs A wealth of cross-references for easy navigation between contrasting and connected works Divded by theme and genre, then proceeding chronologically...
Beautiful reproductions of over 200 masterpieces from classical to contemporary An accessible text that focuses on appreciating, understanding and enjoying paintings Appreciation panels to illuminate...
Published: 04/08/2008
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780670072842
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Ai Weiwei Speaks with Hans Ulrich Obrist

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

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

Published: 05/08/2011
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780241957547
RRP: $12.95
Book Cover:  Matisse: The Life
By Hilary Spurling

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...

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...

Published: 15/06/2009
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780141030784
RRP: $29.95
Book Cover:  Penguin Dictionary: Art & Artists
Published: 03/09/1997
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140513004
RRP: $24.95
Book Cover:  What Is Art?
During his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. These works culminated in What is Art? , published in 1898. Impassioned and iconoclastic, this powerfully influential work both criticizes the elitist nature of art in nineteenth-century Western society, and rejects the idea that its...
During his decades of world fame as a novelist, Tolstoy also wrote prolifically in a series of essays and polemics on issues of morality, social justice and religion. These works culminated in What is...
Published: 01/09/2003
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140446425
RRP: $9.95
Book Cover:  Leonardo: The Flights of the Mind
By Charles Nicholl
Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English for several decades. Prize-winning author Charles Nicholl has immersed himself for five years in all the manuscripts, paintings and artefacts to produce an intimate portrait of Leonardo.
Leonardo is the greatest, most multi-faceted and most mysterious of all Renaissance artists, but extraordinarily, considering his enormous reputation, this is the first full-length biography in English...
Published: 05/05/2005
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140296815
RRP: $27.95
Book Cover: The Unknown Matisse: The Early Years, 1869-1908
By Hilary Spurling

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...





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'...



Published: 12/05/2000
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140176049
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Matisse the Master: A Life of Henri Matisse: The Conquest of Colour, 1909-1954
By Hilary Spurling
Hilary Spurling's fascinating exploration of Matisse's world uncovers the secret life of the artist, whose paintings shocked and infuriated his contemporaries while paving the way for modern art. In this beautifully presented second volume, Spurling tells the story of Matisse's growing artistic maturity and the relationship between his life and art from 1909 to 1954, his glory years.
Hilary Spurling's fascinating exploration of Matisse's world uncovers the secret life of the artist, whose paintings shocked and infuriated his contemporaries while paving the way for modern art. In this...
Published: 27/11/2006
Format: Paperback
ISBN: 9780140176056
RRP: $39.95
Book Cover:  Artist's Handbook
By Ray Smith

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.

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...

Published: 06/02/2012
Format: Hardback
ISBN: 9781405348775
RRP: $29.95

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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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