Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction, Vol. I 1919-1959 by Peter Simpson
75.00 NZD
Category: NZ - Art | Reading Level: near fine
Colin McCahon (1919–1987) was New Zealand’s greatest twentieth-century artist. Through landscapes, biblical paintings and abstraction, the introduction of words and Māori motifs, McCahon’s work came to define a distinctly New Zealand modernist idiom. Collected and exhibited extensively in Australasia an ...Show more
Mitchell & Mitchell: A Father & Son Arts Legacy by Peter Alsop; Anna Reed; Richard Wolfe
80.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: near fine
Leonard C. Mitchell and Leonard V. Mitchell ¿ father and son ¿ are two forgotten artistic heroes. Now, critically studied for the first time, their highlight reel runs long. No other family can likely claim such a diverse contribution to New Zealand art. This beautifully designed and illustrated title b ...Show more
Great Women Artists by Phaidon Editors
120.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
Five centuries of fascinating female creativity presented in more than 400 compelling artworks and one comprehensive volume. The most extensive fully illustrated book of women artists ever published, Great Women Artists reflects an era where art made by women is more prominent than ever. In museums, ga ...Show more
Degas: Masters of Art by ALEXANDER ADAMS
30.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Get a glimpse into the life and work of painter, sculptor, and printmaker Edgar Degas, who is regarded as one of the founders of Impressionism. Best known for his depictions of young dancers on the stage and in the studio, Degas was an accomplished draughtsman and portraitist of superb emotional dep ...Show more
Turner: Masters of Art by Gabriele Crepaldi
30.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Series: Masters of Art Ser.
Perhaps the best-loved English romantic painter, Turner became known as the painter of light.A" The use of brilliant watercolour characterizes his numerous landscapes. Travelling throughout Europe, Turner captured the vitality of urban and pastoral scenes. As he developed his technique, his paintings to ...Show more
The Story of Art without Men by Katy Hessel
65.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
The story of art for our times - one with women at its heart, brought together for the first time by the creator of @thegreatwomenartists How many women artists do you know? Who makes art history? Did women even work as artists before the twentieth century? And what is the Baroque anyway? Discover the ...Show more
Warhol After Warhol: Power and Money in the Modern Art World by Richard Dorment
40.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
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.
Rita Angus: An Artists Life by Jill Trevelyan
60.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: near fine
Jill Trevelyan won the Non Fiction Award at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards in 2009 for this magnificent biography of one of New Zealands leading 20th century artists. Now back in print, this revised edition brings the book up to date with new assessments of Angus and in the context of the big Royal ...Show more
Art Monsters: Unruly Bodies in Feminist Art by Lauren Elkin
65.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
A landmark feminist intervention- a dazzlingly original reassessment of women's stories, bodies and art - and how we think about them. For decades, feminist artists have confronted the problem of how to tell the truth about their experiences as bodies. Queer bodies, sick bodies, racialised bodies, fema ...Show more
Twelve Caesars: Images of Power from the Ancient World to the Modern by Mary Beard
45.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: The\A. W. Mellon Lectures in the Fine Arts Ser.
What does the face of power look like? Who gets commemorated in art and why? And how do we react to statues of politicians we deplore? In this book — against a background of today’s 'sculpture wars' — Mary Beard tells the story of how for more than two millennia portraits of the rich, powerful, and fam ...Show more
Artists' Letters - Leonardo Da Vinci to David Hockney by Michael Bird
45.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography
A treasure trove of noteworthy letters, arranged thematically to provide an insight into the lives and work of great artists.
McCahon Country by Justin Paton
75.00 NZD
Category: Art - History and biography | Reading Level: near fine
'My painting tells you where I am at any given time, where I am living and the direction I am pointing in.' - Colin McCahon. McCahon (1919-1987) is widely recognised as an outstanding figure in twentieth century art whose ground-breaking work over four decades changed the way we see this country, while ...Show more