The History of Tarot Art - Demystifying the Art and Arcana, Deck by Deck by Holly Adams Easley; Esther Joy Archer
$79.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
The History of Tarot Art offers a fresh and accessible look at the art styles, artists, and history behind more than a dozen of the world's most noteworthy tarot decks.Guided by Holly Adams Easley and Esther Joy Archer, hosts of the popular Wildly Tarot podcast, this deluxe collector's book provides a f ...Show more
Watercolor Workbook - 30-Minute Beginner Botanical Projects on Premium Watercolor Paper by Sarah Simon; Paige Tate & Co. (Produced by)
$48.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Series: Watercolor Workbook Ser.
Unique and beautiful botanical drawings fill each page and are ready for you to watercolor-no drawing or tracing required! This book teaches you all the basic watercolor techniques and provides simple, step-by-step project instructions so you can quickly and confidently start painting today. Divided int ...Show more
Muse: Uncovering the hidden figures behind art history's masterpieces by Ruth Millington
$37.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
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
Art: Explained: 100 Masterpieces and What They Mean by Susie Hodge
$39.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Why did Michelangelo paint the Sistine Chapel, or Rembrandt obsess over painting his own image? What's the secret behind the Terracotta Army, or Andy Warhol's soup cans? Art: Explained offers straightforward and satisfying answers to 100 of these fascinating questions. If you've ever looked at an art ma ...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 & Design
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
A Year Unfolding: A Printmaker's View by Angela Harding
$65.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
<font size="+1">A beautifully illustrated guide to nature through the seasons by much-loved printmaker Angela Harding.</font><font size="+1">The cover of this stunning book has an exclusive triptych printed on the reverse - a perfect collector's item</font>This stunning work, the ...Show more
The Golden Age of Botanical Art by Martyn Rix
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Series: Y Ser.
Truly global in its scope, this beautifully illustrated book moves across centuries and continents to explore the evolution and diversity of botanical art.Images produced in the study of plants have always held a fascination for all those who love nature. The Golden Age of Botanical Art brings together ...Show more
Annie Leibovitz at Work by Annie Leibovitz
$89.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Annie Leibovitz, our most celebrated living photographer, explains how her pictures are made. Leibovitz addresses young photographers and readers interested in what photographers do, but any reader interested in contemporary history will be fascinated by her account of one of the richest bodies of work ...Show more
New Zealand Art at Te Papa by Mark Stocker
$75.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Te Papa holds New Zealands national art collection, whose origins date back to 1865 and the establishment of the then Colonial Museum (later the Dominion and then the National Museum). Built up over the years by a succession of directors and curators, the collections 40,000 works track New Zealand histo ...Show more
Frances Hodgkins: European Journeys by Hammond Catherine
$75.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | 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
Maori Art: History, Architecture, Landscape & Theory by Dr Rangihiroa Panoho
$89.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Reading Level: very good
Up until now books on Maori art have described the work as either traditional (carving, weaving, painting) or contemporary, work produced post-1950s. This book presents a unique focus on Maori art by exploring the connection between the traditional and contemporary, and the place of Maori art within an ...Show more
Annie Leibovitz - Wonderland by Annie Leibovitz
$140.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Reading Level: very good
'Looking back at my work, I see that fashion has always been there', Annie Leibovitz says in the preface to her new book. 'But photography always comes first for me.' In Wonderland she presents twenty years of pure fashion work, much of it done with haute couture, alongside portraits that confirm the co ...Show more