Art Forms titles - 14,343 results

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

Carola Hicks

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

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

This is the definitive illustrated edition of the international bestseller with gorgeous new photography of the celebrated... [more]

Sistine Chapel

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

Hardback

The chapel's outstanding beauty lies above all in its vast cycle of paintings covering the entire vault, featuring stories... [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]

Modigliani: A Life

Meryle Secrest

Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

Hardback

Amedeo ('Beloved of God') Modigliani was considered to be the quintessential bohemian artist, his legend almost as infamous... [more]

The Hare with Amber Eyes: A Hidden Inheritance

Edmund De Waal

Carvings: artworks; Biography; Biography: general

Paperback

THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER. WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD. 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them... [more]

R Crumb: The Complete Record Cover Collection

Robert Crumb

Art & design styles: from c 1960; Decorative arts; Music; Society & Social Sciences

Hardback

Robert Crumb first began drawing record covers in 1968 when Janis Joplin asked him to provide a cover for her album Cheap... [more]

Brush with Birds / Women of Flowers: National Library Pack

National Library of Australia

Art & Architecture; Painting & paintings; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Animals & nature in art (still life, landscapes & seascapes); Botanical art

Paperback

Pack of two National Library books - very limited edition for 2011: A Brush with Birds The paintings of Australian birds... [more]

Waiting at the Gate

Jason Foster, Robyn Caughlan

Textile artworks; Memoirs; History

Paperback

At the age of five, after years of abuse, and just months after the death of her father, Robyn was sent on a holiday and was... [more]

Lucian Freud:Painting People

National Portrait Gallery

Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

Paperback

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Fashion Design Drawing Course: Principles, Practice and Techniques: The...

Jemi Armstrong, Wynn Armstrong

Drawing & drawings; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Fashion design & theory

Paperback

This is a newly revised and updated edition of the bestselling guide for aspiring fashion designers. Selling nearly 40,000... [more]

Fashion Drawing For Dummies

Lisa Arnold, Marianne Egan

Drawing & drawings; Art techniques & principles; Industrial: Commercial Art & Design; Fashion design & theory

Paperback

The fast and easy way to learn the art of fashion drawing This fun guide gives you dozens of step-by-step diagrams that walk... [more]

Margaret Olley: Far from a Still Life

Meg Stewart

Painting & paintings; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

Margaret Olley is arguably Australia's most loved artist. She's also one of the country's most generous benefactors to public... [more]

The Crown Jewels: The Official Illustrated History

Anna Keay

Precious metal & precious stones: artworks & design; History

Paperback

The Tower of London has over two million visitors a year, with the Crown Jewels as its centrepiece. This paperback edition... [more]

Mr JW Lewin, Painter and Naturalist

Richard Neville

Painting & paintings; Human figures depicted in art; Biography: arts & entertainment; Mathematics & Sciences

Paperback

Author, illustrator, printmaker and natural historian, John William Lewin created the first illustrated book ever published... [more]

Man With a Blue Scarf: On Sitting for a Portrait by Lucian Freud

Martin Gayford

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: from c 1960; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

Paperback

A beautifully produced paperback edition of the literary art book hailed as one of the best and most continually fascinating... [more]

Amber and the Ancient World

Faya Causey

Precious metal & precious stones: artworks & design; History

Paperback

This title offers a fascinating look at the one of the ancient world's most prized substances. Amber has fascinated mankind... [more]

100 Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces

Gordon Kerr, Stephanie Cotela Tanner

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Pre-Raphaelite art; Painting & paintings

Paperback

Part of a new series of beautiful gift art books, 100 Pre-Raphaelite Masterpieces brings together the best of Rossetti, Burne-Jones,... [more]

Pre-Raphaelite Drawing

Colin Cruise

Art & Architecture; Art & design styles: Pre-Raphaelite art; Drawing & drawings

Paperback

The paintings of the Pre-Raphaelite Brotherhood are widely known and loved, but this book newly available in paperback presents... [more]

Leonardo

Martin Kemp

Renaissance art; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography

Paperback

This fascinating exploration of Leonardo da Vinci's life and work identifies what it was that made him so unique, and explains... [more]

A Closer Look: Techniques of Painting

Jo Kirby

Art & Architecture; Painting & paintings; Exhibition catalogues & specific collections; Art techniques & principles

Paperback

Materials and working practices influence a painter just as much as contemporary intellectual and cultural developments. Techniques... [more]

Temple Decoration and Cultural Identity in the Archaic Greek World: The...

Clemente Marconi

History of art: ancient & classical art; Sculpture; History

Paperback

In this book, Clemente Marconi provides a new interpretation for the use of figural decoration in Greek temples of the archaic... [more]

Hockney: The Biography

Christopher Simon Sykes

Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs; Biography; Biography: arts & entertainment

Paperback

In this astounding first volume, Christopher Sykes explores the fascinating world of the most popular living artist in the... [more]

The Eternal Army: The Terracotta Soldiers of the First Emperor

Araldo De Luca

Oriental art; History of art: ancient & classical art; Sculpture; History

Paperback

A vast army of over 7000 terracotta statues of soldiers surrounds the tomb of the first emperor of the Qin dynasty in the... [more]

Turner: Masters of Art

Gabriele Crepaldi

Art & Architecture; History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900; Painting & paintings; Individual artists, art monographs

Paperback

Perhaps the best-loved English romantic painter, Turner became known as the painter of light.A The use of brilliant watercolour... [more]