Native Birds of NZ Poster
24.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art
The image used in this poster is a cromolithograph (c. 1900) by William Shaw Diedrich Schmidt. The birds in Schmidt's work were based on the artwork of J.G Keulemans in Walter Buller's A History of the Birds of New Zealand. Reproduction posters are as close as possible to the paper sizes available with ...Show more
Iwantja: An exuberant new movement in contemporary Indigenous art by IWANTJA ARTS
89.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art
Located on a small ridge at the edge of the Indulkana Ranges, approximately 575 kilometres south of Alice Springs, Iwantja Arts art centre is home to some of Australia's most exciting Indigenous art. The art centre, a studio collective where the artists meet, socialise and make art, was founded in the ...Show more
Dreaming the Land: Aboriginal Art from Remote Australia by Marie Geissler
110.00 NZD
Category: Visual Art
The artworks of Aboriginal Australian peoples are a profoundly important repository of knowledge and reflect a deep connection to Country. This visually rich survey explores the evolution of the contemporary Aboriginal art movement in remote areas of Australia across twenty-nine art centres in five stat ...Show more
The Laws Guide to Drawing Birds by Heyday Books
49.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art
John Muir Laws's guide to drawing birds is itself winged, soaring between a devotion not only to art but also to the lives, forms, and postures of the birds themselves. Here, artistic technique and the exquisite details of natural history intertwine, and drawing becomes the vehicle for seeing. As Laws w ...Show more
Design Monograph: Eames by Naomi Stungo
32.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art | Series: Design Monograph Ser.
A design monograph on Charles and Ray Eames, the golden couple of postwar American design. Contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the couple, followed by an illustrated appreciation of their work.
Design Monograph: Gaudi by Judith Carmel Arthur
32.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art | Series: Design Monograph Ser.
A design monograph on the 'Dante of architecture', Antoni Gaudi. Contains a historical-critical essay discussing the life and work of the architect and designer, followed by an illustrated appreciation of his work.
Cats in Spring Rain: A Celebration of Feline Charm in Japanese Art and Haiku by Aya Kusch
27.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art
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
One Thousand Years of Manga by Brigitte Koyama-Richard
55.00 NZD
Category: Visual Art
As contemporary as this graphic art form may appear to readers outside of Japan, manga has deep roots in Japanese culture, drawing on centuries- old artistic traditions. Traces can be found in seventh-century temple paintings, folding screens decorated with comic characters, and painted medieval emakimo ...Show more
The Anatomy of Colour: The Story of Heritage Paints and Pigments by Patrick Baty
80.00 NZD
Category: Visual Art
The Anatomy of Colour is the definitive book on the use of colour and paint in interior decoration over a 300-year period. Drawing on his huge specialist archive, historian and paint expert Patrick Baty traces the evolution of pigments and paint colours together with colour systems and standards, and ex ...Show more
Tate Master Watercolour - Painting Techniques Inspired by Influential Artists by David Chandler
39.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art | Series: Tate Ser.
Taking inspiration from iconic paintings in the Tate collection, discover the techniques of the masters and improve your own painting skills with 30 guided projects. As you work through the exercises, you'll learn how to work 'wet into wet' with Maggi Hambling, master colour temperature with John Singer ...Show more
Wilderness Watercolor Landscapes - 30 Eye-Catching Scenes Anyone Can Master by Kolbie Blume
44.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art
From striking desert sunsets to misty mountains to fields of gorgeous wildflowers, Kolbie Blume's projects help you learn basic watercolor skills and techniques with the added bonus of resulting in beautiful paintings worthy of prominent display in your home. Each chapter teaches progressively more adva ...Show more
Jean Haines' Atmospheric Watercolours: Painting with Freedom, Expression and Style by Jean Haines
49.99 NZD
Category: Visual Art
Accomplished artist Jean Haines shares her passion for watercolours in this wonderfully practical book. Known for her exciting techniques and love of colour, Jean takes you on an inspirational painting journey on which you'll encounter, amongst other things, magical watercolour flow, glorious washes, su ...Show more