Square Haunting - Five Women, Freedom and London Between the Wars by Francesca Wade
28.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: very good
A NEW YORK TIMES EDITORS' CHOICE * LONGLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZE * "A beautiful and deeply moving book."--Sally Rooney, author of Normal People An engrossing group portrait of five women writers, including Virginia Woolf, who moved to London's Mecklenburgh Square in search of new freedom in t ...Show more
Mr Lear - A Life of Art and Nonsense by Jenny Uglow
35.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Acclaimed historian Jenny Uglow brings us a fascinating and beautifully illustratedbiography of Edward Lear, shortlisted for Waterstone's Book of the Year, and a Telegraph and Spectator Book of the Year.
Birds: The Art of Ornithology by Jonathan Elphick
40.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Jonathan Elphick tells the remarkable story of the development of bird art through the centuries. The book features early, skilfully executed but often fanciful images of birds, scientific illustrations produced during the ages of exploration, and modern approaches capturing the essence of these freest ...Show more
Frida Kahlo. 40th Ed. by Luis-Martín Lozano
55.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Among the women artists who have transcended art history, none had a meteoric rise quite like Mexican painter Frida Kahlo (1907-1954). Her unmistakable face, depicted in over fifty extraordinary self-portraits, has been admired by generations; along with hundreds of photographs taken by notable artists ...Show more
The Madman's Gallery: The Strangest Paintings, Sculptures and Other Curiosities From the History of Art by Edward Brooke-Hitching
55.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Enter The Madman's Gallery - the perfect gift book for any art lover. Discover an eccentric exploration through the curious history of art, to find the strangest paintings, sculptures, drawings and other artistic oddities ever made.From the author of the bestseller The Madman's Library (SundayTimes Lite ...Show more
Muse: Uncovering the hidden figures behind art history's masterpieces by Ruth Millington
37.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Uncovering the hidden figures behind art history's masterpieces. Meet the unexpected, overlooked and forgotten models of art history. Who was Picasso's 'Weeping Woman'? Why was Grace Jones covered in graffiti? How did Francis Bacon meet the burglar who became his muse? The perception of the muse is that ...Show more
Starry Night: Van Gogh at the Asylum by Martin Bailey
45.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
A fully illustrated account of Van Gogh's time at the asylum in Saint-Remy.
Secret Knowledge : Rediscovering the Lost Techniques of the Old Masters by David Hockney
75.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Rediscovering the lost techniques of the Old Masters Secret Knowledge created a sensation when it was first published. David Hockney?s enthralling story of how some of the great works of Western art were created with the help of mirrors and lenses and how the optical look came to dominate painting attra ...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
The Artist's Garden: The secret spaces that inspired great art by Jackie Bennett
65.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
The Artist's Garden will feature up to 20 gardens that have inspired and been home to some of the greatest painters of history. These gardens not only supplied the inspiration for creative works but also illuminate the professional motivation and private life of the artists themselves - from Cezanne's h ...Show more
The Art Thief: A true story of love, crime and a dangerous obsession by Michael Finkel
38.00 NZD
Category: True Crime
The true story of the world’s most prolific art thief, who accumulated a collection worth over $1.4 billion. A spellbinding portrait of obsession and flawed genius, from the bestselling author of The Stranger in the Wood. For centuries, works of art have been stolen in countless ways from all over the ...Show more
Artists' Lives by Michael Peppiatt
55.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Engaging encounters, personal anecdotes, and jargon-free critical insights into some of the liveliest creative minds in modern art, by an international art-world insider. Praised by The Art Newspaper as "the best art writer of his generation," Michael Peppiatt has encountered many European modern artis ...Show more