Collection: Reference

Historical information, collectors' tips, price guides. Over 1000 items with precise descriptions, valuation and 'closer look' features to help identify the most desirable pieces. All the popular categories from furniture and glass to jewelry and posters.

A wide range of documentary and visual materials is used in this comprehensive study of the dynamic impact of ornament and decorative arts design on Australian interior decoration, furnishings advertising, fashion, architecture and painting

Explores this artistic movement in architecture, interior decor, furniture design, silver & gold smithery, ceramics & glasswork, graphic arts & painting. The author leads readers through the diverse national variations of Art Nouveau in Europe & the US.

""The art of ancient Egypt has never lost its power to inspire fascination and awe. Over some 3,000 years the great civilisation of the Nile Valley produced some of the finest works of art the world has ever known.

""The subject of these sculptural masterpieces is the natural world: birds, frogs, gum blossoms and, most often, invertebrates such as moths and dragonflies.""

Takes us from the times of pre-history, settlement and exploration, to the end of the colonial era. McDonald reassesses the reputations of many leading artists and links their achievements with the broader patterns of social history and ideas.