When looking at a painting of the Madonna with the Christ Child, do you know why Jesus is clutching a goldfinch? Or why a peacock often appears in paintings of the Annunciation? Can you use your knowledge of Greek and Roman mythology to interpret what is going on in Botticelli's Primavera? Are you so steeped in the Bible that you know why Lot's ......
This book is a comprehensive collection and exhibition of Chen Yujun's art, thoroughly introducing the artist's creative philosophy, origins and stylistic changes to readers in the English-speaking world. With the theme of growth, Chen's art explores the mutual influence and intertwining of individuals, society, regions and civilisations, ......
Joshua Haglers Nihil explores in an absolutely unique way the realisation and consummation of the mind, process and application of an artists life and work. Hagler defi ned for himself nine key tenets to guide his artistic vision and then utilised and inhabited nine spaces in New Mexico to articulate this vision
'It seems that making art is chasing after an elusive dream of perfection that sits somewhere in my head. It will not go away, even after fifty years of trying. After all this time the process of holding materials, rubbing, crushing, cradling or just placing them violently or tenderly, is what it's about. Every action is a stream of discovery of ......
Its over 60 years since the Beatles historic visit to Australasia, yet the tour remains deeply significant even now, not only in the memories of baby boomers, but also to today’s millennials who wish they had been there. This highly illustrated book is the definitive account of this extraordinary tour by the world’s most influential musical force.
The beautiful Anglo-Italian artist Maria Cosway was one of the most talented and dynamic women active in Regency England, but one whose achievements have been largely overlooked. Born in Florence in 1760, she was acclaimed at an early age as both a painter and a musician. She exhibited forty-one paintings at the Royal Academy summer exhibition ......
The book features dream-space photo collages created by Xu Xiaowei. By combining visual representations of objects and places with ready-made images that randomly appear and disappear in contemporary Chinese society, the artist reinvents his memories. The artwork reflects the personal turmoil experienced in the face of rapid changes in Chinese ......
John O'Connor (1913-2004), a romantic but also a realist, recorded old endangered things, high and low: churches, canals, barges, dilapidated barns and garden sheds.With a keen eye, sure hand and way with words, he drew, engraved, painted and described what he valued most around him.
June 2024 will mark the 60th anniversary of the Beatles historic – and hysterical – visit to Australasia. When We Was Fab: Inside The Beatles Australasian Tour 1964 is the definitive and highly illustrated account of this extraordinary tour.
