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A Nation In The Making: Australia at the Dawn of the Modern Era

Alasdair McGregor

Photography & photographs; History; Regional & national history; Modern history to 20th century: c 1700 to c 1900

Hardback

The output of the two largest photographic studio's in Australia in the late 19th century were bought & placed in storage.... [more]

Modigliani: A Life

Meryle Secrest

History of Art & Design Styles; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography; Biography: general; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

Secrest, respected biographer of art world personalities (Being Bernard Berenson), musicians such as Leonard Bernstein, and... [more]

The Complete Record Cover Collection

Robert Crumb

The Arts: General & Reference; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Decorative arts; Music; Society & Social Sciences

Hardback

A landmark work that pays splendid homage to a forgotten era of seminal American music. [more]

Art Nouveau

Norbert Wolf

Art & Architecture; History of Art & Design Styles; Art & design styles: Art Nouveau

Hardback

This sumptuous volume explores key aspects of Art Nouveau-decorative arts, architecture, fashion, dance, advertising, and... [more]

The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture

Julie Willis, Philip Goad

Art & Architecture; Architecture

Hardback

With over 1000 entries from 200 contributors, The Encyclopedia of Australian Architecture provides an unparalleled compendium... [more]

Van Gogh

Gregory White Smith, Steven Naifeh

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Impressionism & Post-Impressionism; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography: general

Hardback

Vincent van Gogh created some of the best loved - and most expensive - works of art ever made, from the early The Potato... [more]

Trees of the World

Thomas Micek

Photography & photographs; Gardening; Trees, wildflowers & plants

Hardback

Trees of the World presents almost 250 photographs of the world's most gorgeous trees from Europe, Africa, the Amerikas and... [more]

Girl in a Green Gown: The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait...

Carola Hicks

Art & Architecture; History of Art & Design Styles; History of art & design styles: c 1400 to c 1600; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; History

Hardback

The Arnolfini portrait, painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434, is one of the world's most famous paintings. It intrigues all who... [more]

The Hare With Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

Edmund De Waal

Carvings: artworks; Biography; Biography: general

Hardback

Presents photographs of the celebrated netsuke collection - 264 Japanese wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than... [more]

The Cambridge Companion to Australian Art

Jaynie Anderson

Art & Architecture; The Arts: General & Reference; History of Art & Design Styles; Art styles not defined by date; Art of indigenous peoples

Paperback

The Cambridge Companion to Australian Art explores the artistic identity of past and present Australia and includes over 200... [more]

Notebooks

Betty Churcher

Art & Architecture; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

Hardback

In this gorgeously illustrated book, join Betty Churcher on a personal tour of her most beloved works, including masterpieces... [more]

Government House Sydney

Historic House Trust

Public buildings: civic, commercial, industrial; History

Hardback

Lavishly illustrated with over 240 images, including new photography of the splendid State Rooms and gracious gardens, this... [more]

70/80/90 Iconic Australian Houses: Three Decades of Domestic Architecture...

Karen McCartney

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Houses, apartments, flats, units

Hardback

Compiling a selection of examples of Australian houses of the 1970s, 80s and 90s. This title provides an introduction, that... [more]

Australias Wild Weather

Mark Tredinnick

Photography & photographs; Mathematics & Sciences; Weather

Hardback

Weather is the oldest story in the worldone we want to keep on telling each other when we meet, as though it were part of... [more]

Soul of the Desert

Philippa Nikulinsky

Art & Architecture; Botanical art

Paperback

The perfect book for anyone interested in botanical art, natural history or fauna and wildflowers. [more]

Sistine Chapel

Art & Architecture; Renaissance art; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections

Hardback

The Sistine Chapel is the geographical and spiritual centre of the Vatican City, but it is also one of the most internationally... [more]

Building Sydney's History

Derek Parker, Julia Parker

History of architecture; History; Local history

Paperback

Building Sydney's History takes fifty of Sydney's most notable buildings and structures and tells the stories of how, when... [more]

May Gibbs: More Than a Fairy Tale

Jane Brummitt, Robert Holden

Illustration; Biography; Biography: general; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

May Gibbs is one of Australia's best-known illustrators and her gum-nut babies have been adored by generations of children.... [more]

The Art Museum

Phaidon Editors

Art & Architecture; History of Art & Design Styles

Hardback

The Art Museum is a revolutionary and unprecedented virtual art museum in a book, featuring 1,000 oversized pages of over... [more]

Heysen to Heysen: Selected Letters of Hans Heysen and Nora Heysen

Catherine Speck

History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Biography; Diaries, letters & journals; History

Paperback

Heysen to Heysen is a showcase of letters between Nora and Hans Heysen from the collection of the National Library of Australia.... [more]

Spotters Guide to Urban Engineering

Claire Barratt, Ian Whitelaw

Architecture; Impact of science & technology on society; Engineering: general; Civil engineering, surveying & building

Paperback

The Spotter's Guide to Urban Engineering is an exciting guide to the technology that underpins modern life. Richly illustrated,... [more]

Iconic Australian Houses: 50/60/70 - Three Decades of Domestic Architecture...

Karen McCartney

Art & Architecture; Houses, apartments, flats, units; Professional interior design; History: specific events & topics

Hardback

From the 1950s to the 1970s, the work of Lloyd Wright, Gropius and van der Rohe influenced a generation of young Australian... [more]

Rural Australian Homes

Leta Keens

Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Architectural structure & design; Houses, apartments, flats, units

Hardback

<div><strong>ABBEY'S BOOKSELLER PICK</strong> ----- I&rsquo;m the first to admit my idea of interior decoration is a wall... [more]

Hanging Man: The Arrest of Ai Weiwei

Barnaby Martin

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment; Human rights

Paperback

The gripping story of post-Mao China and the harrowing fate of the artist and activist Ai Weiwei -- [more]

Passion Purpose Meaning: Arts Activism in Western Sydney

Katherine Knight

Art & Architecture

Paperback

A story of how passionate individuals generated critical change by creating opportunities for others in arts and cultural... [more]