The Real Art Roadshow by Fiona Campbell
$80.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: Very Good
The Real Art Roadshow is an eclectic yet cohesive collection of contemporary artworks by a cross-section of New Zealand artists, both reknowned and emerging. It hangs together as a fascinating and insightful snapshot of post-1945 New Zealand visual art. The Real Art Roadshow brings the art to the studen ...Show more
The Renaissance Complete by Margaret Aston
$65.00 NZD
Category: General | Series: 60th Anniversary Edition
No period has been more discussed, dissected and argued over than the Renaissance, and every age has reconstructed it in its own image. Today's emphasis is on its complexity the way ideas, politics, religion, society, art and science depended upon and affected one another. "The Renaissance Complete" doe ...Show more
The Republic by Seamus Murphy
$65.00 NZD
Category: photography
An award-winning photojournalist returns to his home country to capture in images the spirit of Irish life in the centenary of Easter 1916. One hundred years after Ireland's 1916 Rising, the revolt that ultimately lead to independence, who are the Irish and what has become of the republic they made? Pho ...Show more
The Sagrada Familia: Gaudi's Heaven on Earth by Gijs van Hensbergen
$33.00 NZD
Category: architecture
A definitive and illuminating biography of one of the most famous - and most famously unfinished - buildings in the world, the Sagrada Familia of Barcelona. Its scaffolding-cloaked spires reach up to the heavens, dominating the Barcelona skyline and drawing in millions of visitors every year. What seduc ...Show more
The Scandinavian Home: A Style Sourcebook by Lars Bolander
$50.00 NZD
Category: Design
"The Scandinavian Home" is the first book devoted to the signature features of Scandinavian design past and present. Over 350 colour photographs cover every aspect of the Scandinavian design aesthetic, organised by type of space: exteriors, front halls and staircases, living rooms, dining rooms and kitc ...Show more
The Scribble Book by Hervé Tullet
$26.00 NZD
Category: General
A humorous, enchanting book that draws out children’s inner artists Feed scribbles to a hungry monster. Scribble water to put out a fire. Scribble flames bursting from a volcano. Scribble spaghetti for lunch! The Scribble Book does away with the traditional rules of preschool coloring books, encouragin ...Show more
The Secret Language of Churches & Cathedrals: Decoding the Sacred Symbolism of Christianity's Holy Buildings by Richard Stemp
$70.00 NZD
Category: General
Who is depicted in that stained glass window? What is the significance of those geometric figures? Why are there fierce-looking beasts carved amidst all that beauty? Is there a deeper purpose behind the play of light and space in the nave? Why is there a pelican on the lectern and ornate foliage on the ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Buildings: From the Parthenon to the Vegas Strip in Thirteen Stories by Edward Hollis
$33.00 NZD
Category: architecture
The plans are drawn up, a site is chosen, foundations are dug: a building comes into being with the expectation that it will stay put and stay for ever. But a building is a capricious thing: it is inhabited and changed, and its existence is a tale of constant and curious transformation. In this radical ...Show more
The Secret Lives of Colour by Kassia St Clair
$30.00 NZD
Category: General
'A mind-expanding tour of the world without leaving your paintbox. Every colour has a story, and here are some of the most alluring, alarming, and thought-provoking. Very hard painting the hallway magnolia after this inspiring primer.'Simon GarfieldThe Secret Lives of Colour tells the unusual stories of ...Show more
The Selby is in Your Place by Todd Selby
$71.00 NZD
Category: photography | Reading Level: very good
"The Selby Is in Your Place" was conceived when Todd Selby began taking portraits of dynamic and creative people - authors, musicians, artists, designers and other cultural tastemakers - in their home environments and posting them on his blog. Nosy by nature, he was interested in seeing how someone's pe ...Show more