Kid A Mnesia: A Book of Radiohead Artwork by Yorke Thom Donwood Stanley
$69.99 NZD
Category: General
A celebration of the process and artwork created for the Radiohead albums Kid A and Amnesiac. Whilst these records were being conceived, rehearsed, recorded and produced, Thom Yorke and Stanley Donwood made hundreds of images. These ranged from obsessive, insomniac scrawls in biro to six-foot-square pai ...Show more
Marti Friedlander: Portraits of the Artists by Leonard Bell
$75.00 NZD
Category: artists biographies
For fifty years, Marti Friedlander (1928-2016) was one of New Zealand's most important photographers, her work singled out for praise and recognition here and around the world. Friedlander's powerful pictures chronicled the country's social and cultural life from the 1960s into the twenty-first century. ...Show more
Plant - Exploring the Botanical World by Rosie Pickles (ed.)
$95.00 NZD
Category: Art, Photography and Design | Reading Level: very good
The ultimate gift for gardeners and art-lovers, featuring 300 of the most beautiful and pioneering botanical images ever Following in the footsteps of the international bestseller Map: Exploring the World, this fresh and visually stunning survey celebrates the extraordinary beauty and diversity of plant ...Show more
Small Holiday Houses: Designer Hideaways Across New Zealand by Catherine Foster
$55.00 NZD
Category: architecture
Thoughtfully designed holiday homes in a variety of beautiful locations around New Zealand, from coast to bush to mountain top - with fabulous images taken by top photographers. The text examines how the designers responded to the needs of their clients and the opportunities offered by the locations. Pl ...Show more
Through Shaded Glass - Women and Photography in Aotearoa New Zealand 1860 -1960 by Lissa Mitchell
$75.00 NZD
Category: photography
The contribution of women to the first century of photography has been overlooked across the world, including in New Zealand. With few exceptions, photographic histories have tended to focus on the male maker. This important book tilts the balance, unearthing a large and hitherto unknown number of women ...Show more
Warhol After Warhol: Power and Money in the Modern Art World by Richard Dorment
$39.99 NZD
Category: General
By the long-time art critic of The Daily Telegraph, Warhol After Warhol tells the David-and-Goliath story of collector Joe Simon and his struggles with the [Andy] Warhol Authentication Board, a tale of power, corruption and lies, a Bad Blood for the art world.
Your Brain on Art: How the Arts Transform Us by Susan Magsamen, Ivy Ross
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art, Photography and Design
A life-altering journey through the science of neuroaesthetics, which offers proof for how our brains and bodies transform when we participate in the arts - and how this knowledge can improve our health, enable us to flourish, and build stronger communities. Many of us think of the arts as entertainmen ...Show more
101 Works of Art by Sarah Pepperle; Christchurch Art Gallery Staff (Contribution by)
$80.00 NZD
Category: General
In this large, beautifully presented book, Christchurch Art Gallery showcases 101 treasures from its collection – paintings, drawings, sculpture, film and photographs that stand out in a line-up of New Zealand's most significant collected works. Enjoy thoughtful, conversational texts by Lara Strongman, ...Show more
50 Art Ideas You Really Need to Know by Susie Hodge
$28.00 NZD
Category: Art, Photography and Design | Series: 50 Ideas You Really Need to Know Ser.
In a series of 50 accessible essays, Susie Hodge introduces and explains the central concepts that underpin Western art and design. From Romanesque to Realism, Pop Art to Pluralism, 50 Art Ideas is a complete introduction to the most important art concepts in history.
A History of Pictures : From the Cave to the Computer Screen by David Hockney
$70.00 NZD
Category: General
The making of pictures has a history going back perhaps 100,000 years to an African shell used as a paint palette. Two-thirds of it is irrevocably lost, since the earliest images known to us are from about 40,000 years ago. But what a 40,000 years, explored here by David Hockney and Martin Gayford in a ...Show more
A Room of Her Own: Inside the Homes and Lives of Creative Women by Robyn Lea
$79.99 NZD
Category: Design
A Room of Her Own features the dazzling homes of twenty extraordinary women around the globe. Across sitting rooms and studios, salon-style hangs and table settings, this is a book of daring inspiration. In this new Renaissance period - a time of artistic, cultural and intellectual rebirth - these wome ...Show more