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Keeping an Eye Open: Essays on Art by Julian Barnes
$50.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
The updated edition of Julian Barnes' best-loved writing on art, with seven new exquisite illustrated essays 'Flaubert believed that it was impossible to explain one art form in terms of another, and that great paintings required no words of explanation. Braque thought the ideal state would be reached ...Show more
Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour by David Coles
$40.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
This is the paperback edition of the highly successful Chromatopia. Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artists' pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dun ...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
Frances Hodgkins European Journeys by Catherine Hammond & Mary Kisler
$75.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: near fine
A vivid and revealing book published alongside a landmark exhibition focused on one of New Zealand’s most internationally recognised artists, Frances Hodgkins. Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth New Zealand-born Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) arrived in London in 1901 and, by the 1920s, h ...Show more
Mitchell & Mitchell: A Father & Son Arts Legacy by Peter Alsop; Anna Reed; Richard Wolfe
$80.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: near fine
Leonard C. Mitchell and Leonard V. Mitchell ¿ father and son ¿ are two forgotten artistic heroes. Now, critically studied for the first time, their highlight reel runs long. No other family can likely claim such a diverse contribution to New Zealand art. This beautifully designed and illustrated title b ...Show more
Leonardo Da Vinci and Giacomo Caproti Called Salai: The Enigma of a Painting by Maurizio Zecchini
$69.99 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
Pop Art: A Colourful History by Alastair Sooke
$24.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Pop Art by the BBC's Alastair Sooke - an essential but snappy new guide to our favourite art movementPop Art is the most important 20th-century art movement. It brought Modernism to the masses, making art sexy and fun with coke cans and comics. Today, in our age of selfies and social networking, we are ...Show more
Rembrandt Van Rijn Masterpieces of Art by SUSAN GRANGE
$40.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
Rembrandt Harmenszoon van Rijn was the leading painter and graphic artist of the 'Golden Age of Dutch Art'. He excelled in imbuing his art with the 'deepest and most lifelike emotion', with rich detail and stunning lighting. This richly enjoyable book gives the reader an illuminating overview of the lif ...Show more
Me, According to the History of Art by Dick Frizzell
$65.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
A FAST-PACED ROMP THROUGH THE HISTORY OF WESTERN PAINTING WITH ONE OF NEW ZEALAND'S BEST-KNOWN PAINTERS. Throughout his long career, New Zealand painter Dick Frizzell has often goneway out on a limb to see where it would take him. From his early Pop art influenced approach to his experiments with landsc ...Show more
Art Nouveau Masterpieces of Art by Flame Tree Studio (Created by); Julian Beecroft
$40.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Series: Masterpieces of Art Ser.
Founded in the 1880s as a response to the art world's elitist obsession with painted and sculptural arts, 'New Art' quickly found ethusiastic support. Art Nouveau combined a desire for the complete reflection of art through craft and design, with the flowing lines of nature and Japonisme. It remains hug ...Show more
Portraits Unmasked - The Stories Behind the Faces by Michele Robecchi; Francesca Bonazzoli
$75.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
The world's most famous portraits and the hidden stories behind their subjects are explored in this fascinating and highly entertaining book. Portraiture is one of the oldest and most studied genres of art. While most scholars will look at a painting's composition, style, and themes, often questions rem ...Show more
Dragon Art: Inspiration, Impact and Technique in Fantasy Art by Graeme Aymer
$60.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Dragon Art is a stunning survey of amazing contemporary fantasy artwork, specifically of dragons - that most popular of fantasy creatures. The inspirational foreword is by fantasy legend and Lord of the Rings film concept artist John Howe. The 'Masters of Dragon Art' section includes such favourites as ...Show more