Cliff Whiting: He Toi Nuku He Toi Rangi by Ian Christensen
$75.00 NZD
Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good
An artist has an obligation to the art of his or her people. It's the people's art. It doesn't belong to you. It must identify Maori to Maori if it is going to remain relevant about our tribal beliefs, values and mana in today's and tomorrow's world." Throughout a career spanning more than 50 years, thi ...Show more
The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel
$65.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
The story of art for our times - one with women at its heart, brought together for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Discover the ...Show more
Edward Hopper's New England by Carl Little
$34.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Edward Hopper, one of the most important American painters of the twentieth century, spent nearly every summer of his prolific career in New England - a region with coastal views, mansardroofed houses, and a still light that served as the inspiration of many of Hopper's greatest works. On the coast of M ...Show more
The Lost Battles: Leonardo, Michelangelo and the Artistic Duel That Defined the Renaissance by Jonathan Jones
$30.00 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Michelangelo and Leonardo lived five centuries ago, but their works still obsess our culture, with a popular and universal quality that nothing else matches. They have been equally revered and famous since their lifetimes, but our admiration for them exists mostly in isolation of each other. But in 1504 ...Show more
Indian Interiors: Intaerieurs De L'Inde by Sunil Sethi
$49.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
The sights, smells and sounds of India draw legions of travellers every year in awe of the changing terrain and countryside, but to truly experience the range and diversity of this huge country one needs to gaze into the many spectacular residences, as rich and eclectic as the landscape that surrounds t ...Show more
Ars Sacra by Rolf Toman
$299.00 NZD
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Category: Art & Design
Christianity is the most widespread religion in the world. ARS SACRA pays the due tribute to its art and architecture; a comprehensive compendium presenting just under 2000 years of Christian art, from early Christianity to the present day, with an abundance of illustrations. These include high quality ...Show more
Banksy: Locations & Tours - Volume 1: A Collection of Graffiti Locations and Photographs in London, England by Martin Bull
$39.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Updated and expanded collected works by an urban legend In three guided tours, Martin Bull documents 65 London street installations by guerilla art icon Banksy. While newspapers and magazines the world over send their critics to review the latest Damien Hirst show at the Tate Modern, Bull is out tak ...Show more
Banksy Locations & Tours - Volume 2: A Collection of Graffiti Locations and Photographs from Around the UK by Martin Bull
$39.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
The most recent material from the legendary street artist. Following the runaway success of the original edition, this unique book collects the rest of Banksys graffiti from the last five years. With more than 100 different locations highlighted and color photographs of Banksy's street art, this is ...Show more
Da Vinci's Ghost by Toby Lester
$39.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
Vitruvian Man is the world's most famous drawing, by one of the world's most famous artists. The image - named after a Roman architect and engineer, Vitruvius - has become visual shorthand for artistic genius and scientific inquiry, and yet nobody knows anything about it. In Da Vinci's Ghost, critically ...Show more
The Natural World: Profiles of Major Artists, Galleries of Inspiring Works by Martha Seilman
$44.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
This lavish collection of art quilts, all focused on the natural world, inaugurates a gorgeous new series on one of the most popular topics in needlework. Each entry celebrates one of the themes that quilters love best. Every book will feature profiles of the top artists who specialise in that subject, ...Show more
The Infinity of Lists by Umberto Eco
$59.99 NZD
Category: Art & Design
In the history of Western culture we find lists of saints, rosters of soldiers, catalogues of grotesque creatures or medicinal plants, and hordes of treasure. The poetics of lists can be found from Homer to Joyce, from the treasures of Gothic cathedrals to the fantastic landscapes of Bosch and cabinets ...Show more
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