Books – Biographies and Media
Mao’s Last Dancer by Cunxin Li (Author) The extraordinary memoir of a peasant boy raised in rural Maoist China who was plucked from his village to study ballet and went on to become one of …
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Illustrated Manuscripts from Cambridge, Australia and New Zealand This lavish book forms showcases an incredible exhibition at the State Library of Victoria (Melbourne), of more than 40 spectacular and precious Cambridge manuscripts dated from the …
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Love and Devotion: from Persia and Beyond BOOK (Editor: Susan Scollay) + DVD offer Tales of earthly and spiritual love were recounted and reinterpreted by Persian poets from the 11th century onwards. Stories of lovers …
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Film, Video/ Photographic
REFLECTIONS: Twenty-One Cinematographers at Work This Benjamin Bergery book examines the practice and art of cinematography. It is divided into 7 sections: cinematography basics, the key light, portraits, day interiors, night interiors, lab techniques, and …
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+ The Oxford Encyclopedia of The Islamic World
This oustanding large book (44 x 32 cm) by Émille Prisse D’Avennes, is a dazzling Compendia of Islamic Art, People and Architecture. “(1807–1879), a French Orientalist, author and artist, was one of the greatest pre-20th …
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Dance: Rosas danst Rosas (57 min – 1997) Since its creation in 1983, Rosas danst Rosas has remained a benchmark piece in the Rosas repertoire. In his film shot in Leuven in the former technical …
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Photographs (1979-84)
A great collectable hard-cover photographic book (published by Pan Books, 1988) on the early work of Australian photographer Bill Henson. The first section is a sequence of crowd scenes, and the second consists of images …
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CAPA in COLOR This beautiful book looks at Robert Capa’s color photography, a little-known but important aspect of the great photographer’s work, and includes many never-before-published images. Famed photojournalist and founder of Magnum Photos, Robert …
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TIVOLI (hardback book with music CD and mystery DVD) In 1966 the Tivoli ceased production, ending an era in Australia’s performing arts history. In this 240 pages book, lavishly illustrated with many photographs and posters, …
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(exhibitions, opera and music)
Creative Australia and the Ballet Russes (21 x 26 cm – 32 pages) Published in conjunction with the 2009 exhibition of the same name at the Arts Centre, Melbourne, a superb programme with rich essays, …
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A Retrospective
‘GAUGUIN A Retrospective’ (Large heavy Hardcover edited by Marla Prather and Charles F. Stuckey, published in 1987 by Hugh Lauter Levin, New York). This lavish book covers the vast scope of Gauguin’s art in a …
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The West and the Map of the World
A Reappraisal of the Past (Matthew Richardson – Miegunyah Press, Melbourne University Pub., 2010 – 277 pages) Combining stunning images with compelling ancient and medieval writings, this reference reasons that European history was determined by …
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