The Art of the Collection: State Library of Victoria Pictures Collection [HB] Available
State Library of Victoria with Richard Aitken, Leigh Astbury, Ashley Crawford, Graeme Davison and Brenda Niall
Foreword by the State Library of Victoria
The State Library of Victoria's Pictures Collection documents the history of Victoria and its people from the early years of the colony to the present day.
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The Art of War [PB] Available
Betty Churcher
Awards: Script for the SBS series (which the book is based on) won the NSW Premier's Literary Award for best screenplay 2005
The Art of War focuses on the wars that have been an unrelenting feature of the past hundred years, showing how war changed art in the twentieth century and how art has changed attitudes to war.
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The Art of War [PB with Flaps] Available
Betty Churcher
The Art of War focuses on the wars that have been an unrelenting feature of the past hundred years, showing how war changed art in the twentieth century and how art has changed attitudes to war.
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Bert & Ned: The Correspondence of Albert Tucker and Sidney Nolan [HB] Available
Patrick McCaughey
Albert Tucker and Sidney Nolan were friends and rivals but never antagonists for the whole of their working lives as artists.
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Canvas Documentaries: Panoramic Entertainments in Nineteenth-century Australia and New Zealand [HB] Available
Mimi Colligan
Long before cinema was invented, people went to picture shows. Canvas Documentaries captures the artistic, civic and social preoccupations of popular culture in nineteenth-century Australia.
Charles Conder: The Last Bohemian [PB] Available
Ann Galbally
Awards: The Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year 2003
A fascinating biography of one of the youngest, most original and most talented members of the Heidelberg School of impressionist painters. Beautifully illustrated.
Colin Colahan: A Portrait [HB] Available
Garry Kinnane
First biography of the outstanding and charming Australian painter, Colin Colahan, his rich personal life and work.
The Cowen Gallery Catalogue, cards and calendar [PB] Available
Michael D Galimany
The State Library of Victoria is the state's premier reference and research library, the hub of a statewide information and communications network, and a gateway to the world's information.
Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence: The Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art [HB] Available
Professor Jaynie Anderson (ed.)
A compliation of the conference papers from the 32nd International Congress in the History of Art organised by the International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA).
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Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence: The Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art [POD] Available
Professor Jaynie Anderson (ed.)
A compliation of the conference papers from the 32nd International Congress in the History of Art organised by the International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA).
GENERAL
Crossing Cultures: Conflict, Migration and Convergence: The Proceedings of the 32nd International Congress of the History of Art [e-book] Available
Professor Jaynie Anderson (ed.)
A compliation of the conference papers from the 32nd International Congress in the History of Art organised by the International Committee of the History of Art (CIHA).
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Degenerates and Perverts: The 1939 Herald Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art [HB] Available
Eileen Chanin and Steven Miller with Judith Pugh
The 1939 Herald Exhibition of French and British Contemporary Art was the most momentous art exhibition ever held in Australia.
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An Eye for Photography: The Camera in Australia [HB] Available
Alan Davies
Tracing the development of photography in Australia from daguerreotypes to digital imagery; both a reflection and an intriguing record of technological, social and artistic change over 150 years.
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Faces of the Living Dead: The Belief in Spirit Photography [HB] Available
Martyn Jolly
Photographic portraits with ghost figures, spirit writing and ectoplasm crowding the living subjects were all part of the spirit photography craze that swept the world from the 1870s to the 1930s.
Great Philanthropists on Trial: The Art of the Bequest [HB] Available
Edited by Andrew Grimwade and Gerard Vaughan
Gerard Vaughan is the director and CEO of the National Gallery of Victoria. Andrew Grimwade is Chairman of the Felton Bequest.
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The Griffins in Australia and India: The Complete Works and Projects of Walter Burley Griffin and Marion Mahony Griffin [HB] Available
Edited by Jeff Turnbull and Peter Y. Navaretti
The first comprehensive study of the work of these two pioneer architects of the early twentieth century in Australia.
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Harold Desbrowe-Annear: A Life in Architecture [HB] Available
Harriet Edquist
A beautifully illustrated biography of Harold Desbrowe-Annear, exploring both the multifaceted architecture and unconventional life of this intriguing man.
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Hilda Rix Nicholas: Her Life and Art [HB] Available
John Pigot
Hilda Rix Nicholas was an accomplished artist who set out to carve a place for herself alongside the most important male painters in Australia between the wars.
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Homes in the Sky: Apartment Living in Australia [HB] Available
Dr Charles Pickett and Caroline Butler-Bowdon
Foreword by Frank Moorhouse. Published with the Historic Houses Trust of NSW.
Awards: Winner at the Energy Australia National Trust Heritage Awards 2008, in the Interpretation and Presentation - Corporate & Government Category.
Bates Smart State Award for Architecture in the Media
Beautifully illustrated with more than 250 photographs and architectural renderings, Homes in the Sky is a celebration of apartment living in Australia.
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John Perceval [HB] Available
Traudi Allen
First full biography of Australian painter John Perceval traces diverse influences on his work, and brings together a representative selection of his paintings, from public and private collections-many reproduced here for the first time.
Juan Davila [HB] Available
With Guy Brett and Roger Benjamin, and writings by Juan Davila
Juan Davila is an artist who firmly believes in the possibility of effecting social change through art.
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Judy Watson: Blood Language [PB] Available
Judy Watson and Louise Martin-Chew
A beautifully illustrated pictorial exploration of some of Judy Watson's seminal canvases, works on paper, sculptural projects and artist's books.
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Kings Way: The Beginnings of Australian Graffiti: Melbourne 1983-93 [HB] Available
Duro Cubrilo, Martin Harvey and Karl Stamer
Kings Way chronicles the events, spaces, materials and folklore that made up the lives of Melbourne's early graffiti writers.
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Lina Bryans: Rare Modern 1909-2000 [HB] Available
Gillian Forwood
Lina Bryans--beautiful, generous and unconventional--was a significant and influential artist of the modernist movement in Australia.
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Lionel Lindsay in Spain: An Antipodean Abroad [HB] Available
Colin Holden
This book presents a selection of the dramatic etchings and brilliant water colours of the Mediterranean countries produced by Lindsay in the 1920s and 1930s.
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Maritime Paintings of Early Australia 1788-1900 [HB] Available
Martin Terry
The first major study of an often neglected aspect of Australian painting, in a large generously-illustrated format.
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Material Thinking: The Theory and Practice of Creative Research [PB] Available
Paul Carter
Material Thinking is an intimate, first-hand account of how ideas are turned into artworks.
Melbourne's Monuments [HB] Available
Ronald T. Ridley
Informative guide to the provenance and history of Melbourne's monuments based on two walking tours around the city.
Modern Times: The Untold Story of Modernism in Australia [PB] Available
Ann Stephen, Philip Goad, Andrew McNamara (eds)
Modern Times reveals how modernism transformed all aspects of Australian culture across five tumultuous decades from 1917 to 1967.
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Modernism and Australia: Documents on Art, Design and Architecture 1917-1967 [PB] Available
Ann Stephen, Andrew McNamara, Philip Goad (eds)
Awards: Winner of the 2007 AAANZ Power Institute Prize for Best Book
This first anthology of modernist art, design and architecture in Australia reveals the raw nerves that modernism exposed.
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Mr Felton's Bequests, New edition [HB] Available
John Poynter
Awards: Winner Best Print/Publication, Victorian Community History Awards 2004
The Felton Bequest provided the National Gallery of Victoria with the means to accumulate the finest art collection in the country--one that is now insurpassable.
Mythform: The Making of Nearamnew [HB] Available
Paul Carter
Mythform is the story of how Nearamnew, the massive public artwork integrated into the fabric of Federation Square in Melbourne. was conceived, developed and installed.
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A New City: Photographs of Melbourne's Land Boom [HB] Available
Ian Morrison (ed.)
Foreword by Michael Cathcart
Awards: Commendation, Victorian Community History Awards 2004
A New City is a collection of photography by Charles B. Walker of Melbourne and its suburbs in the 1880s.
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The New McCulloch's Encyclopedia of Australian Art [HB] Available
Alan McCulloch, Susan McCulloch and Emily McCulloch Childs
Published in association with Aus Art Editions.
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On Looking at Looking: The Art and Politics of Ian Burn [HB] Available
Ann Stephen
Awards: Shorlisted for the 2007 AAANZ Power Institute Prize for Best Book
Ann Stephen traces the complex life and intellect of Ian Burn and explores the unique contribution he made to Australian art as artist, writer and curator.
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Papunya: A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement [HB] Available
Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon
Awards: 2005 Queensland Premier's Non-Fiction Book Award
The extensive and stunning publication of Geoffrey Bardon's first-hand records of the beginnings of the Western Desert painting movement.
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Papunya: A Place Made After the Story: The Beginnings of the Western Desert Painting Movement [PB] Available
Geoffrey Bardon and James Bardon
The extensive and stunning publication of Geoffrey Bardon's first-hand records of the beginnings of the Western Desert painting movement.
Picturesque Pursuits: Colonial Women Artists and the Amateur Tradition [HB] Available
Caroline Jordan
Picturesque Pursuits explores the breadth and diversity of colonial women artists, including Mary Morton Allport, Annabella Boswell, Georgiana McCrae, Fanny Macleay, Louisa Anne Meredith and Harriet and Helena Scott
Pioneers of Modernism: The Arts and Crafts Movement in Australia [HB] Available
Harriet Edquist
Explores the work of four of Australia's most radical and innovative Arts and Crafts architects.
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Plastered: The Poster Art of Australian Popular Music [HB] Available
Murray Walding with Nick Vukovic
Introductory essay by Roger Butler
'Traffic inches forward with each cycle of the lights and eventually you're stuck beneath the underpass . . . This is commuting in suburban Australia--any year, any place--and the underpass walls are plastered with posters. They tell you who's on tonight, who's touring next month and who you just missed at last night's performance. The walls are plastered deep with acres of paper.'
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Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia [PB] Available
Jeanette Hoorn (ed.)
Reframing Darwin: Evolution and Art in Australia explores the impact of the Darwinian revolution on Australian arts and sciences.
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Remembered Gardens: Eight Women and their Visions of an Australian Landscape [HB] Available
Holly Kerr Forsyth
'There I saw the first olive tree ever planted in Australia; the Cork-tree in luxuriance; the Caper growing among rocks, the English Oak, the horse chestnut, broom, magnificent mulberry trees of thirty-five years growth, umbrageous and green, great variety of roses in hedges, also climbing roses.'
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Remembered Gardens (PB): Eight Women and their Visions of an Australian Landscape [PB] Available
Holly Kerr Forsyth
Remembered Gardens is the story of eight women whose passions for garden-making have shaped our relationship with the Australian landscape.
Robin Boyd: A Life [PB] Available
Geoffrey Serle
Awards: The Age Non-Fiction Book of the Year Award 1996
Highly-acclaimed biography of Robin Boyd, gifted architect, writer, teacher and social commentator. Beautifully designed in full colour with wrap-around paperback jacket.
The Solitary Watcher: Rick Amor and his Art [HB] Available
Gary Catalano
This book focuses on the works of Melbourne artist Rick Amor. It traces the development of Amor's art from his earliest years as an artist, to the present.
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Through Artists Eyes: Australian Suburbs and Their Cities 1919-1945 [PB with flaps] Available
John Slater
The iconic image of Australia is the outback: gums and kangaroos against red soil and piercing blue sky.
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Treasures: Highlights of the Cultural Collections of the University of Melbourne [HB] Available
Chris McAuliffe and Peter Yule (eds)
One of the most significant collections in Australia, comprising some 25,000 items and ranging over all artistic media, reflects the development of cultural taste over 150 years.
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Uncommissioned Art: An A-Z of Australian Graffiti [HB] Available
Christine Dew
Uncommissioned Art: An A-Z of Australian Graffiti, a spectacularly illustrated volume, offers new ways to look at street art and explores its cultural and aesthetic impact.
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Uncommissioned Art PB: An A-Z of Australian Graffiti [PB] Available
Christine Dew
Uncommissioned Art: An A-Z of Australian Graffiti, a spectacularly illustrated volume, offers new ways to look at street art and explores its cultural and aesthetic impact.
Venice Biennale Australia 2007 Catalogue [PB with flaps] Available
Susan Norrie, Daniel von Sturmer & Callum Morton
Established in 1895, the Venice Biennale is one of the world's most important critical forums for contemporary visual art.
Voyage and Landfall: The Art of Jan Senbergs [HB] Available
Patrick McCaughey
Ten-year-old Jan Senbergs landed with his family in Melbourne in 1950, driven by tragic and violent events in the closing months of World War II from his native Latvia.
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The World of the Book [PB] Available
Des Cowley and Clare Williamson
The World of the Book pays homage to our love of books, and demonstrates the book's long and rich traditions and its great contributions to modern life.
