Illustrating the Antipodes: George French Angas in Australia and New Zealand 1844-1845 by Philip Jones
$69.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
George French Angas (1822–1886) was one of the nineteenth century’s outstanding colonial artists. As a young man in the 1840s he journeyed to Australia and New Zealand, where he excelled at capturing the minute detail of plants and people, objects and landscapes. The bush was his studio — he captured th ...Show more
Mr Guilfoyle's Shakespearian Botany by Edmée Cudmore; Diana Hill
$50.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
'What's in a name? That which we call a RoseBy any other name would smell as sweet.'William ShakespeareThe great William Guilfoyle, credited as the architect of Melbourne's Royal Botanic gardens, was an eminent landscape designer, botanist and writer. Here are his collected writings on the dozens of pla ...Show more
250 Years Of New Zealand Painting by Gill Docking; Michael Dunn; Edward Hanfling
$99.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Reading Level: near fine
This landmark book on New Zealand artists and their work was first written by Gil Docking, published in 1971, extended to 1990 by art historian Michael Dunn, and again to 2020 by art historian, writer and lecturer Edward Hanfling. New design, with additional text by Edward Hanfling, including an introd ...Show more
The Upside-Down World: Meetings with the Dutch Masters by Benjamin Moser
$85.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
A charming and highly personal introduction to the artists of the Dutch Golden Age Twenty years ago, Benjamin Moser followed a love affair to an ancient Dutch town. In order to make sense of the place where he had ended up, Moser threw himself into the world of the painters of the Dutch Golden Age, Rem ...Show more
Me, According to the History of Art by Dick Frizzell
$65.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Reading Level: very good
Throughout his long career, New Zealand painter Dick Frizzell has often gone way out on a limb to see where it would take him. From his early Pop art influenced approach to his experiments with landscape and the contested area of appropriation, he's always been brave. Now, he takes on the history of art ...Show more
The Artist's Journey: The travels that inspired the artistic greats by Travis Elborough
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Series: Journeys of Note Ser.
In the Artist's Journey, follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters, and the journeys which inspired some of their greatest works. Follow in the footsteps of some of the world's most famous painters in this fascinating work from the Journeys of Note series. Some truly remarkab ...Show more
A is For Art by Sarah Pepperle
$29.90 NZD
Category: Art & Design
A joyful alphabet of art from Aotearoa and around the world, curated especially for children! Before children can read, they engage with the language of pictures. The experience of art brings joy and delight to young children, connecting them with moments of beauty and wonder in the world around them. C ...Show more
Cats in Spring Rain: A Celebration of Feline Charm in Japanese Art and Haiku by Aya Kusch
$27.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
No one captures the graces and idiosyncrasies of cats quite like the painters, printmakers, and haiku masters of Japan. From the Edo to the Showa period, many artists turned their gaze toward an unlikely subject: their small feline companions. Closely observed portraits in words and ink elevate the ever ...Show more
How to Draw Cute Kawaii in Simple Steps by Yishan Li
$32.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design | Series: How to Draw Ser.
Draw 100 amazingly cute kawaii-style projects in just 8 easy stages from scratch Anything can be drawn in kawaii style, from animals, people, food and flowers to vehicles and everyday items. Yishan Li shows you how in just a few simple steps. Expert comic book and manga artist Yishan Li shows you h ...Show more
Banksy - Wall and Piece by Banksy
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design | 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
Art in Time - A World History of Styles and Movements by The Editors of Phaidon Press
$100.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
An up-to-date and comprehensive guide to 150 of the most significant styles and movements that have shaped art history through time. All art is of its time, and this book is the first survey that explicitly embeds styles, schools and movements within the politics and culture in which they arose, by mean ...Show more