Taheke: An account of the Hokianga in the life of New Zealand painter Annette Isbey by Denys Trussell
$35.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Reading Level: near fine
Annette Isbey is one of our most distinguished older women artists. Still painting and exhibiting at 87, she spent her ninth to nineteenth years in the remote farming district of Punakitere, South Hokianga, Northland. This is an account of those years and their influence on her work as an artist. Art c ...Show more
Te Motunui Epa by Rachel Buchanan
$49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: near fine
‘This is a story about the power of art to help us find a way through the darkness. It is about how art can bring out the best in us, and the worst. The artworks in question are five wooden panels carved in the late 1700s by relatives in Taranaki.’ This stunning book examines how five interconnected car ...Show more
Te Papa to Berlin: The Making of Two Museums by Ken Gorbey
$39.95 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Reading Level: near fine
Ken Gorbey is a remarkable man who for 15 years was involved with developing and realising the revolutionary cultural concept that became Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. Then in 1999 he was headhunted by W. Michael Blumenthal to salvage the Jewish Museum Berlin, which was failing and fast becom ...Show more
Te Toi Whakairo: The Art Of Maori Carving by Hirini Moko Mead
$49.99 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Te Toi Whakairo is an essential guide to Maori wood carving by distinguished carver and academic Sir Sidney (Hirini) Moko Mead. The book presents all the elements of carving in different regions of New Zealand, with practical advice on techniques and styles, and is abundantly illustrated with photos, di ...Show more
The Alps by W. A. Poucher
$17.50 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Series: Photography Ser.
Photography from the Alps by Walter Poucher
The Art of Illuminating as practiced in Europe from the Earliest Times
$125.00 NZD
Category: Antiquarian
The Art of Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust by Charles Vess; Neil Gaiman
$80.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
From Charles Vess's personal archive, a breathtaking collection of his illustrations, from sketches to stunning paintings, for the acclaimed masterwork written by Neil Gaiman An elegant and lavish coffee table book revealing the origins, processes, and brilliant final paintings produced for the awar ...Show more
The Art of Rivalry by Sebastian Smee
$18.50 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
"Genius, friend, rival: this is the story of four pairs of artists whose intense relationships spurred and shaped their art. Matisse and Picasso. Manet and Degas. Bacon and Freud. De Kooning and Pollock. Eight of the most significant modern artists; four pairs linked by friendship and a shared spirit of ...Show more
The Art of Tonga Ko e Ngaahi 'aait' o tonga by Keith St Cartmail
$40.00 NZD
Category: Captain Cook & Pacific Exploration