He Ringatoi o nga Tupuna : Isaac Coates and his Maori portraits by Hilary and John Mitchell
80.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art
Isaac Coates was an Englishman who lived in Wellington and Nelson between 1841 and 1845. During that time he painted watercolour portraits of 58 Maori from Nelson, Marlborough, Wellington, Waikanae and Kapiti. Some of these portraits have been well-known for nearly 180 years, although their creator was ...Show more
New Zealand Tattoo: In the Home of the Tattooist's Art by Chris Hoult & Steve Forbes
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art
We have tattooing in the blood in New Zealand, and styles worn with pride here in Aotearoa are appreciated worldwide by admirers of beautiful design. And in the early 2010s, tattooing is going through a renaissance. Chris Hoult immersed himself in the Kiwi tattoo scene from 2011 and 2012, and brought wr ...Show more
Banksy - Wall and Piece by Banksy
45.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: very good
Artistic genius, political activist, painter and decorator, mythic legend or notorious graffiti artist? The work of Banksy is unmistakable, except maybe when it's squatting in the Tate or New York's Metropolitan Museum. Banksy is responsible for decorating the streets, walls, bridges and zoos of towns a ...Show more
Leonardo Da Vinci and Giacomo Caproti Called Salai: The Enigma of a Painting by Maurizio Zecchini
70.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Salai is the name that Leonardo da Vinci liked to use, as is documented in his writings from 1494 onward, for the boy whom he had taken into his home four years earlier, when he was just ten years old, and who lived with him for almost a quarter of a century: first as a shop boy and then as his assistan ...Show more
Chatsworth, Arcadia, Now - Seven Scenes from the Life of a House by The Duke of Devonshire; The Duchess of Devonshire; John-Paul Stonard
100.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
A strikingly modern portrait of Chatsworth, the grandest of English country housesNo house embodies the spirit of one dynasty better than Chatsworth. Set in an unspoilt Derbyshire valley, surrounded by wild moorland, and home to the Cavendish family for sixteen generations, this treasure house is filled ...Show more
Heraldry and Stained Glass at Apothecaries' Hall by William Shand; Andrew Wallington-Smith
110.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
The first comprehensive study of heraldry and stained glass in one of the oldest surviving Livery Halls of the City of London, dating from 1672. This comprehensive book describes the history of the Society's armorial bearings, the Royal connections with the Society which also provides a source of heral ...Show more
Artists: Their Lives and Works by DK
55.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
A stunning exploration of over 80 famous artists and their fascinating lives, from Giotto to the present day.Artists- Their Lives and Works tells the inspiring stories behind the world's most famous masterpieces and their creators, including their influences, development, friendships, loves, and rivalri ...Show more
A Dog a Day by MUIR, SALLY
30.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
A lovingly curated collection of 365 charming portraits of our favorite four-legged companions, with anecdotes celebrating dogs' endearing and irresistible quirks, based on Sally Muir's popular "Dog a Day" Facebook page.Sally Muir's debuted her "Dog a Day" project on Facebook in 2013: "My name is Sally ...Show more
The Mirror and the Palette - Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience: 500 Years of Women's Self-Portraits by Jennifer Higgie
30.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: very good
Until the twentieth century, art history was, in the main, written by white men who tended to write about other white men. The idea that women in the West have always made art was rarely cited as a possibility. Yet they have - and, of course, continue to do so - often against tremendous odds, from laws ...Show more
The Other Side: A Journey into Women, Art and the Spirit World by Jennifer Higgie
40.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
It's not so long ago that a woman's expressed interest in other realms would have ruined her reputation, or even killed her. And yet spiritualism, in various incarnations, has influenced numerous men - including lauded modernist artists such as Wassily Kandinsky, Piet Mondrian, Kazimir Malevich and Paul ...Show more
Llew Summers: Body and Soul by John Newton
65.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: near fine
Llew Summers (1947-2019) was a rarity in the art world - a figurative artist in a scene dominated by abstract practices. Llew Summers: Body and Soul depicts the work and life of one of New Zealand's most recognisable sculptors, a man of great warmth and astonishing vitality, whose works are daring, sens ...Show more
Gothic: An Illustrated History by Roger Luckhurst
55.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Over the centuries the Gothic has been revived and rewritten to reflect the anxieties of each era. It encompasses the weird, the feared and the uncanny; haunted places and people; and monsters that act as mirrors to ourselves and society. In this lavishly illustrated volume Roger Luckhurst explores how ...Show more