Velazquez: Life & Works in 500 Images by Susie Hodge
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment
This is a comprehensive reference book on the life and works of Diego Velazquez, the most important painter in the Spanish Habsburg court of King Philip IV. It offers a fascinating study of this individualistic artist's education, family life and influences, and all his outstanding works. It explores Ve ...Show more
Thinking the Plant: The Watercolour Drawings of Rebecca John by Rebecca John
$74.95 AUD
Category: Art
Rebecca John was born into a family of painters, the most famous among them being her grandfather, Augustus John, and her great-aunt, Gwen John. And the last thing she wanted was to become a painter herself. So how did this happen? In Thinking the Plant she traces the path that led to her beautiful bota ...Show more
Langlands & Bell: Degrees of Truth by Nikki Ben & Bell Langlands
$59.95 AUD
Category: Art
This full-colour book presents an array of work by Langlands Bell ranging from their Traces of Living (first made in 1986) to a major new work conceived for Soane's iconic Library-Dining Room that explores the temporal and cultural relations emanating from the idea of the 18th-century Grand Tour. In a ...Show more
One Year Drawn by Pete Bossely
$59.95 AUD
Category: Architecture | Reading Level: near fine
A Year spent travelling as a young architect tuaght Pete Bossley how to 'read' a building and instilled in him a life-long love of drawing. In One Year Drawn he shares this voyage of discovery - and the places and people he encounters along the way. Now one of New Zealand's most respected architects, Pe ...Show more
Ko Aotearoa Tatou / We Are New Zealand - an anthology by Michelle Elvy; Paula Morris; James Norcliffe
$43.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment | Reading Level: near fine
In the aftermath of the Christchurch terrorist attacks of 15 March 2019, Prime Minister Jacinda Ardern declared: 'We are all New Zealanders.' These words resonated, an instant meme that asserted our national diversity and inclusiveness and, at the same time, issued a rebuke to hatred and divisiveness. K ...Show more
Best Loved Irish Ballads by Eoin Emma & O'Brien Byrne
$29.95 AUD
Category: Music
A collection of Ireland's greatest and best-loved ballads, including the lyrics, music and chords, along with an introductory piece on each song. Illustrated with photographs and woodcuts. A beautiful guide to the cream of the Irish ballad tradition. Songs of love, yearning, revolution, celebration, emi ...Show more
Dublin: The Story of a City by Peter Stephen & Harbison Conlin
$59.95 AUD
Category: Architecture
A spectacular tour of the evolution of Dublin! Stephen Conlon's meticulous drawings chart the development of Dublin's buildings, history and lifestyle for over 1,000 years. The illustrations reconstruct Dublin through the centuries while new drawings capture contemporary Dublin's key places and building ...Show more
Observations of a Rural Nurse by Sara Mcintyre
$59.95 AUD
Category: Art | Reading Level: near fine
Sara McIntyre, the daughter of the artist Peter McIntyre, was nine years old when her family first came to Kākahi, in the King Country, in 1960. The family has been linked to Kākahi ever since. On the family car trips of her childhood, McIntyre got used to her fathers frequent stops for subject matter f ...Show more
A Practical Guide to Cartooning by Ivan Hissey
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
This instructional guide begins with essential techniques - from the effects of varied pencils on different papers to the subtle differences between pen strokes and patterns. The many styles of sketching are also demonstrated in clear and concise exercises. Having outlined the necessary basic techniques ...Show more
How to Paint & Draw by Hazel Harrison
$39.95 AUD
Category: Art
This comprehensive book offers a guide to all the materials, techniques and approaches an artist needs to start painting and drawing with confidence. As well as step-by-step instruction for beginners, it offers expert tips, advice and ideas to offer inspiration to more advanced practitioners. Throughout ...Show more
Palaces & Stately Homes Castles by Charles Phillips
$44.95 AUD
Category: Art & Entertainment
This sumptuously illustrated history presents, in an updated new edition, an in-depth account of Britain's most important buildings, from castles, royal palaces and stately homes to fortified manors and the great country houses, and provides a wealth of stories and information on this glorious architect ...Show more
Encyclopedia of Music, The by Max Matthews-Wade
$59.95 AUD
Category: Music
This beautifully illustrated reference is a guide to the history of music, instruments of the orchestra and the most influential classical composers. All sections of the orchestra are covered: strings, woodwind and brass, percussion, keyboards and the voice, as well as historical, rare and non-Western i ...Show more