Aesop's Kiwi Fables by Aesop; Ray Ching
$49.99 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
In this collection, newly painted for this book, Ray Ching's drawing and painting skills, familiar to New Zealanders through his widely seen paintings of birds, are imaginatively engaged in an altogether new expression of Aesop's Fables. The stories have left their origins in Greece and ancient Europe a ...Show more
An Exquisite Legacy - The Work and Art of New Zealand Naturalist G.V. Hudson by George Gibbs
$59.99 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
The biography of one of New Zealand's greatest naturalist-artists, G. V.Hudson. George Hudson, 1867-1946, was one of New Zealand's pioneer naturalists, who devoted his life to collecting and describing the New Zealand insect fauna. He amassed what is probably the largest collection of New Zealand insect ...Show more
An Introduction to Watercolour by Ray Smith
$19.99 NZD
$25.00 (20% off)
Category: Art
An introduction to the essential techniques of painting with watercolours in a full range of media. It provides fully annotated, photographic sequences to guide the reader from the first strokes to the final composition, and full-size reproductions allow closer inspections of great masterworks.
An Italian Sojourn: Watercolours, Diaries and Letters of W.A. Sutton by Pat Unger (editor)
$49.95 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: Very Good
This is a record of Bill Sutton’s Italian sojourn . He went to Italy on sabbatical in 1973-4 and during his time there, documented his impressions through a series of water colour sketches – works that show how he advanced the water colouring technique to a high level. Explanatory notes and diary entrie ...Show more
Anatomy Drawing School: Human Anatomy: Volume 1 by Andras Szunyoghy
$39.99 NZD
Category: Art
The Anatomical Drawing School recognises the prominent role of the anatomy for the fine arts. The impressively detailed illustrations of the Hungarian master Andras Szunyoghy have accompanied artists as well as anatomists all over the world for more than a decade. The current two-volume edition is inten ...Show more
Anatomy for Fantasy Artists (for Action Figures and Fantastical Forms, PB) by GLENN FABRY
$49.99 NZD
Category: Art
An indispensable guide for anyone interested in improving and developing their fantasy art figures. Fantasy artists are unlikely to use models to draw from life but, to be successful, their creations must have a grounding in reality. This book by successful comic and fantasy artist Glenn Fabry, teaches ...Show more
Angels by Philippe de Baeck
$29.99 NZD
Category: Art
What is the difference between the Virgin of Guadeloupe and the Madonna of Divine Love? As a journey through different regional cultures, this book gathers together more than 400 photographs of sculptures of angels and the virgin Mary that are scattered across the most remote corners of the earth. A pho ...Show more
Angels and Aristocrats - Early European Art in New Zealand Public Collections by Mary Kisler
$75.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
It is entirely possible to immerse oneself in the glories of European art without having to travel to the Louvre, the Uffizzi, the Tate or the Frick. That's because New Zealand's public art galleries are richly studded with works collected by benefactors over the last 150 years and generously gifted to ...Show more
Another 100 of the World's Best Houses by Antique Collectors' Club
$39.99 NZD
$69.99 (42% off)
Category: Art
Designed by some the world's leading architects, the homes featured in this visually spectacular title are works of art, as beautiful as they are innovative and practical. Built in some of the most inspiring and challenging locations in the world, these houses boast an astonishing variety of styles refl ...Show more
Answering Hark - McCahon/Caselberg Painter/Poet by Peter Simpson
$29.99 NZD
$49.99 (40% off)
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
This book records the friendship and artistic collaboration between New Zealand's pre-eminent painter Colin McCahon and the poet John Caselberg. Drawing mainly on the rich archival resources of the Hocken Library in Dunedin, the book fully documents this moving friendship with letters, manuscripts, poem ...Show more