Collection: Reference

An extensive range of suburban images are examined, from Arthur Streeton and Frederick McCubbin, to the modernist suburban reveries of Clarice Beckett in the 1930s and the surreal wartime streetscapes of Albert Tucker, to contemporary artists

This book presents the entire span of world art, accompanied by explanatory charts and diagrams. Each chapter begins with a summary if the most important events, trends, and development 'at a glance'.

An accessible, informative and fun A - Z guide to artists from medieval times to the present day. Each artist is represented on a full page with a definitive work and explanatory and illuminating information on each image and its creator

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.