Collection: Reference

More than 160 works from the Queensland Art Gallery's Australian Art collection from the period 1850-1965

Celebrates the late modern and contemporary Australian collections of the Queensland Art Gallery, released as part of the opening program for the Gallery of Modern Art (GoMA)

Examines every aspect of Bruno Leti's work as a painter and printmaker and advances a claim for his leading role in the development of the monotype and of the artists book in this country.

The world's oldest painting medium, watercolour has remained a significant source of inspiration and expression for many artists, as it was for J.M.W. Turner, Thomas Girtin, Alexander Cozens, John Constable, Eugene Delacroix, Paul Cezanne and Picasso, among other luminaries in the history of art....

This text explores the spread of Buddhism and shrine-building throughout Asia. It features architectural plans, elevations and diagrams covering a range of places from the Potala to Thuparama Dagaba.

Nomads of the great plains, the ways of family and clan, a bounty from the wild beast, the timeless cycle of ceremony. Examines the history and culture of the Great Plains Indians, describes their handicraft, and looks at the ceremonies and traditions that continue today. Lavishly illustrated wit...

Charts innovations in engineering and building construction from Egypt and Classical Greece and Rome through the building booms of the Gothic era and the Renaissance, and from the Industrial Revolution to the present era of digital modeling.

This book explores the Sydney Opera House's gestation, development and completion. It looks at the individuals whose careers were made or broken, the workers who built it, the politicians, architects and members of the public who championed it.

Beginning with Aboriginal dwellings, the evolution of urban and rural housing is traced, from 1788 to 1980s.