The Art of Looking Up by Catherine McCormack
$85.00 NZD
Category: General | Reading Level: 6 Craft/Fashion/Art
The Art of Looking Up surveys 40 spectacular ceilings around the globe that have been graced by the brushes of artists including Michelangelo, Marc Chagall and Cy Twombly. From the floating women and lotus flowers of the Senso-ji Temple in Japan, first painted in the year 645, through to the religious i ...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 Story of Pop Art by Andy Stewart MacKay
$45.00 NZD
Category: General | Series: The\Story Of ... Ser.
Discover the colorful history of the 20th century's most important art movement.In this age of insta-stardom and selfies, Pop Art still defines the world we live in. Emerging in the 1950s, Pop Art arrived in an explosion of color, offering bold representations and plenty of humor. All of the celebri ...Show more
They Drew as They Pleased: The Hidden Art of Disney's Musical Years (the 1940s - Part One) by Didier Ghez
$50.00 NZD
Category: General | Series: They Drew as They Pleased
The 1940s ushered in an era of musical experimentation and innovation at the Walt Disney Studios. Artists from all over the world flocked to California to be part of the magic, and their groundbreaking styles influenced such classics as Dumbo and Bambi as well as shaped the masterpieces that followed su ...Show more
Threads of Life: A History of the World Through the Eye of a Needle by Clare Hunter
$28.00 NZD
Category: General
**SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK** 'An astonishing feat' Christina Patterson, Sunday Times 'An inspiring and moving sideways look at history' Eithne Farry, Sunday Express An eloquent blend of history and memoir, Threads of Life is an evocative and moving book about the need we all ...Show more
Truth Bomb: Inspiration from the mouths and minds of female artists by Abigail Crompton
$55.00 NZD
Category: General
If anyone can teach us how to pursue the life and work of an artist, it is the artists in Truth Bomb. This compilation of pioneering and established women artists from around the world will motivate and empower you, challenge you to find solace in the shared human experiences of birth, death, love, ange ...Show more
Vogue Living : Country, City, Coast by Hamish Bowles; Chloe Malle (Editor)
$175.00 NZD
Category: General
A stunning new collection of beautiful houses and gardens that have appeared in the pages of Vogue over the last decade, with more than 400 full-color photographs. Lavishly illustrated, Vogue Living: Country, City, Coast is an irresistible look at some of the most spectacular houses and gardens whose ...Show more
Wabi Sabi: Japanese Wisdom for a Perfectly Imperfect Life by KEMPTON, BETH
$19.99 NZD
Category: General | Series: Japanese Concept
'A truly transformative read' Sunday Times STYLE 'More than ever, we need books like this' Jessica Seaton, Co-Founder of Toast and author of Gather, Cook, Feast A whole new way of looking at the world - and your life - inspired by centuries-old Japanese wisdom. Wabi sabi ("wah-bi sah-bi") is a captiv ...Show more
Wabi Sabi - The Wisdom in Imperfection by Nobuo Suzuki; Hector Garcia (Foreword by); Russell Calvert (Translator)
$29.99 NZD
Category: General
Be the best imperfect person you can be!Wabi Sabi is the Japanese Zen philosophy that all things are imperfect, unfinished and impermanent. It is a fresh way of seeing and moving through the world when our lives, literally and figuratively, feel cluttered. This book shows us how to apply this concept in ...Show more
Warhol: A Life As Art by Blake Gopnik
$65.00 NZD
Category: General
Andy Warhol presented himself as being as shallow as critics accused his famous Campbell's Soup can paintings of being. His public persona was droll; he claimed that he silkscreened because it was easier than painting, and that everyone would have fifteen minutes of fame in the future. But who was Andy ...Show more
Wonderlands: The Illustration Art of Robert Ingpen by Robert Ingpen
$40.00 NZD
Category: General
Step into Robert Ingpen's magical world with this book of wonderful images that have made Robert a worldwide household name for children's illustration. Here you will find his own autobiographical tales, illustrator's notes, original sketches and illustrations from his award-winning publications. Robert ...Show more
Yield - The Journal of an Artist by Anne Truitt; Rachel Kushner (Foreword by)
$48.00 NZD
Category: General
Celebrating Anne Truitt's centenary, this posthumously published work serves as the fourth and final volume in her remarkable series of journalsIn the spring of 1974, the artist Anne Truitt (1921-2004) committed herself to keeping a journal for a year. She would continue the practice, sometimes intermit ...Show more