Penguin Books Australia

A new monograph exploring the life and works of Théodore Géricault (1791–1824), an artist whose life, imagination and legacy continue to enthrall audiences, artists and critics alike.

This new monograph explores the career of John Constable (1776-1837), one of the most important nineteenth-century British artists and the quintessential English landscapist. The painter who pioneered outdoor painting and elevated landscape subjects to masterpieces such as The Hay Wain , Flatford Mill and Dedham Lock – seeing his art as a natural philosophy and each work as...

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.

At the turn of the nineteenth century, Art Nouveau was both Europe and America's boldest and most fashionable style. It could be seen in the sinuous ironwork of the new Paris Metro stations, the curving asymmetry of Lalique's jewellery and Tiffany's Japanese-inspired glassware. Art Nouveau brought a new decorative language to furniture, jewellery and graphic arts, as well as architecture, sculpture...

A comprehensive study of one of the most popular art movements.

A major survey of architects of the Arts and Crafts movement.

This major survey gives an incisively critical account of the lives, theories and work of the architects of the Arts and Crafts movement, which began in England and quickly influenced Europe and North America. It highlights the complex contradictions they tried to resolve in accommodating or rejecting the developments of the new machine...

The life and work of the renowned Arts and Crafts architect.

An exploration of the Impressionists' shared passion for painting gardens.

A compelling insight into the French 19th-century painter's life and times.

Delacroix's journal - fresh and unselfconsciously spontaneous - is one of art history's most important documents.

A comprehensive volume giving a clear understanding of a complex movement.

Romanticism was a way of feeling rather than a style in art. In the period c.1775-1830 - against the background of the French Revolution and the Napoleonic Wars - European artists, poets and composers initiated their own rebellion against the dominant political, religious and social ethos of the day. Their quest was for personal...

An introduction to the masters of the Impressionist movement.

The Impressionists developed one of the most innovative movements in the history of Western art. Their revolutionary ideas about light and colour, expression, realism, the aim of painting and the role of the artist, all laid the foundations of modern art. Although ridiculed at first by the art establishment in Europe, Impressionism became...

A miniature edition of Pre-Raphaelite images accompanied by excerpts from contemporary poetry.

The Pre-Raphaelites produced some of the best known images of Victorian art. This book brings together examples of their paintings with extracts of the poetry which inspired them, including work by Shakespeare and Lord Byron.

An introduction to the great masters of the Pre-Raphaelite Movement.

A comprehensive survey of the distinctly British version of Impressionism.

Commercial artist and YouTube sensation Phil Hansen creates art out of everyday objects. Now he shares his wildly creative approach by asking, 'Who needs paint when you have a banana—or some paper clips, a cup of coffee, blades of grass, or toothpicks?' With illustrations and instructions throughout, this engaging, inspiring, and entertaining handbook/manifesto takes readers inside the mind of...