Collection: Reference

This book opens the way to a number of possible readings of his art and for the first time presents an extensive corpus of his work in many mediums tracing its development over the past half century.

The genesis of his pictures, the process through which each of them passed from primordial sketch to final touch. Leonardo achieved perfection only by dint of infinite labour. Penetrates into the inner life of Leonardo.

Recounts the story of Australia's nationhood as the story of Australian Liberalism. This is the first book put together by the Liberal Party of Australia for many years.

Ambitious and wide-ranging, this is the first single volume to tell the story of the library as a distinct building type, all around the world and from the beginnings of writing to the present day. In its highest form the library is a total work of art, combining painting, sculpture, furniture an...

This book traces the career of this unusual and remarkably gifted man, discussing both the sources of his inspiration and the scope of his achievement.