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A.A. PHILLIPS ON THE CULTURAL by PHILLIPS, A.A.
$14.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: MUP Masterworks Ser.
The Australian writer, critic and teacher A.A. Phillips coined the term 'the cultural cringe' in 1950 to describe an Australian tendency to identify our literature and art as inferior to work produced overseas, particularly in Britain and the United States. The term has resonated in debates about Austra ...Show more
Always Coming Home: SF Masterworks by Ursula K. Le Guin
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction and Fantasy | Series: S.F. Masterworks
A long, long time from now, in the valleys of what will no longer be called Northern California, might be going to have lived a people called the Kesh. But Always Coming Home is not the story of the Kesh. Rather it is the stories of the Kesh - stories, poems, songs, recipes - Always Coming Home is no le ...Show more
Art Nouveau Masterworks: Posters, Illustration and Fine Art from the Glamorous Fin de Siècle by Michael Robinson; Rosalind Ormiston
$65.00 AUD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Masterworks Ser.
Art Nouveau is still popular today, notable for the sinewy, organic stylings which adorn the new edition of this long term bestseller.The rise of the Art Nouveau style across Continental Europe and the US in all forms of art was remarkable and is explored in this beautifully illustrated book. Discussing ...Show more
Art Nouveau: Posters, Illustration & Fine Art from the Glamorous Fin de Siecle by ROSALIND ORMISTON
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Masterworks Ser.
This beautifully illustrated book is a celebration of Art Deco's expression through the graphic arts and illustration. Divided into three sections - the movement, its fashion and advertising - the reader gains great insight into the artists and innovators that helped popularize the Art Deco movement, su ...Show more
Bauhaus Masterworks: New World View by Flame Tree
$45.00 AUD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Masterworks
Bauhaus inherited the mantle of beauty and craftsmanship from the Arts and Crafts movement of the late 19th Century but was founded on geometric principles, associated with Art Deco and firmly rooted in the challenge of modern production methods. Kandinsky, Klee, Franz Marc and Laszlo Moholy-Nagy taught ...Show more
Body Snatchers by Jack Finney
$23.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction and Fantasy | Series: S.F. Masterworks
Originally published in 1955 Jack Finney's sinister SF tale has outgrown the initial debate about whether it satirized Communism or the conformity of US society at the time, to become a classic of paranoia; an examination of our fear of 'the other'. Most people know the story from seeing THE INVASION OF ...Show more
Claude Monet - Waterlilies and the Garden of Giverny by Flame Flame Tree (Created by); Julian Beecroft
$44.99 AUD
Category: No Category | Series: Masterworks Ser.
A gorgeous new edition with the cover printed on silver. Towards the end of his life and much inspired by Japanese water gardens, Monet spent a great deal of time in his beloved Giverny. Adorned with poppies, blue sage, dahlias and irises, the waters were disturbed only by bamboos and water lilies. His ...Show more
Do Androids Dream Of Electric Sheep? by Philip K Dick
$22.99 AUD
Category: Classics | Series: S. F. Masterworks Ser.
By 2021, the World War had killed millions, driving entire species into extinction and sending mankind off-planet. Those who remained coveted any living creature, and for people who couldn't afford one, companies built incredibly realistic simulacrae: horses, birds, cats, sheep. . . They even built hum ...Show more
Erte: Art Deco Master of Graphic Art & Illustration by James Peacock; Rosalind Ormiston; Ray Perman (Foreword by)
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Masterworks Ser.
Perhaps no individual is more associated with the 20th century art deco revival than Russian-born French artist and designer, Ert . Although his talent spanned many creative fields, Erte is perhaps best-known for his theatre and fashion designs, which were often later translated into beautiful silkscree ...Show more
Gustav Klimt: Art Nouveau and the Vienna Secessionists by Michael Kerrigan
$29.99 AUD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Masterworks
Gustav Klimt is renowned as a quintessential artist of the art nouveau movement, but he was one of a number of Viennese artists who strove to break free of the constraints of the late 19th Century academic art establishment. The Secessionists were united, not in the style of their work, but their desire ...Show more
History of Art by Anon
$24.99 AUD
Category: Art and Photography | Series: Masterworks
From the Renaissance to the Baroque, from the Impressionists to the Surrealists, this gorgeous, visually stunning new book covers the entire range of popular Western art from the early medieval period to the present day. It is a perfect gift for the art lover.
Hyperion by Dan Simmons
$22.99 AUD
Category: Science Fiction and Fantasy | Series: S. F. Masterworks Ser.
A stunning tour de force filled with transcendent awe and wonder, Hyperion is a masterwork of science fiction that resonates with excitement and invention, the first volume in a remarkable epic by the multiple-award-winning author of The Hollow Man. On the world called Hyperion, beyond the reach of ga ...Show more