Girl in a Green Gown: The History and Mystery of the Arnolfini Portrait
$27.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
The "Arnolfini" portrait, painted by Jan van Eyck in 1434, is one of the world's most famous paintings. It intrigues all who see it. Scholars and the public alike have puzzled over the meaning of this haunting gem of medieval art, a subtle and beautiful double portrait of a wealthy Bruges merchant and h ...Show more
Gothic by Rolf Toman
$299.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
" After the global hit Ars Sacra, Rolf Toman and his team embark on a journey once more. The famous French cathedrals of Chartres, Reims and Laon are not the only highlights of this volume. Outstanding treasures of medieval imagery such as religious panel paintings, Madonna statues, illumination and gol ...Show more
The Art of Taxidermy by Jane Eastoe
$39.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
The Art of Taxidermy is a contemporary look at an historical and controversial subject - a sumptuous photographic led exploration of the genre's history, uses and modern applications. Taxidermy courses are enjoying a renewed surge of popularity and this book is poised to offer the new wave of enthusiast ...Show more
Leonardo's Notebooks by Leonardo da Vinci
$24.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
An all-new, jewel-like, reader-friendly format gives new life to this relaunch of an international best-seller. Leonardo da Vinci artist, inventor, and prototypical Renaissance man is a perennial source of fascination because of his astonishing intellect and boundless curiosity about the natural and man ...Show more
Edwardian Opulence: British Art at the Dawn of the Twentieth Century by Angus Trumble
$79.99 NZD
$99.99 (20% off)
Category: Art & Design | Series: Yale Center for British Art
Views of the Edwardian era have swung between seeing the period as a golden summer afternoon of imperial and elite complacency and the starkly conflicting depiction of the decade as one of intense political, economic, and artistic instability leading up to the chasm of the First World War. This magnific ...Show more
William Morris: Artist, Craftman, Pioneer by Rosalind Ormiston
$59.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Series: Masterworks | Reading Level: very good
William Morris was an outstanding character of many talents, being an architect, writer, social campaigner, artist and, with his Kelmscott Press, an important figure of the Arts and Crafts movement. Many of us probably know him best, however, from his superb furnishings and textile designs, intricately ...Show more
All the Cats in the World by HUNTER, JESSE
$19.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
A visual feast celebrating cats found throughout the world. Cute and uplifting, this book celebrates cats everywhere, with photographs taken all around the world, it is a quirky take on cats happily ensconsed in life everywhere on the planet. From Morocco to Norway, Africa to Asia.
The Artistic Ape: Three Million Years of Art by Desmond Morris
$49.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Desmond Morris, bestselling author and internationally renowned anthropologist, offers a unique appeciation of art - from the most ancient artefact to contemporary event art.
The Modern Flower Painter: A Guide to Creating Vibrant Botanical Portraits in Watercolour by Anna Mason
$39.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Anna Mason's exceptional floral artwork has won awards from the Royal Horticultural Society, International Artist magazine and seen her elected to the prestigious Society of Botanical Artists. In this book, she shares her innovative watercolour technique so that you can paint flowers in her clean, crisp ...Show more
The Art Book (Mini) by Tom Melick
$19.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
The Second Edition of The Art Book is a substantially expanded and updated version of the hugely successful original. Introducing 100 new artists selected from all periods and from across the globe, the new edition includes for the first time leading figures from the fields of photography and performanc ...Show more
Disobedient Objects by Catherine Flood
$49.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Disobedient Objects is about out-designing authority. It explores the material culture of radical change and protest - from objects familiar to many, such as banners or posters, to the more militant, cunning or technologically cutting-edge, including lock-ons, book-blocs and activist robots. Where previ ...Show more
Joy of Zentangle: Drawing Your Way to Increased Creativity, Focus, and Well-being by Suzanne McNeill
$44.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Zentangle[registered] is an easy-to-learn method of pattern drawing that reduces stress while promoting creativity. This book will introduce readers to the basic theory of Zentangle and provide instructions for drawing over 100 tangle patterns from such Certified Zentangle Teachers as Suzanne McNeill, S ...Show more