The Genius of Rome, 1592-1623 - Caravaggio, Annibale, Carracci, Rubens and Their Contemporaries by Beverly Louise Brown

$40.00 NZD

Category: Art | Reading Level: very good

Showcase the achievements of the masters who gave birth to the Baroque style of painting.

A Passion for Art: Art Collectors and their Houses by Irene Gludowacz & Susanne van Hagen & Phillipe Chancel

$55.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

Here is all the inspiration you need to start gathering objects of desire for yourself. The lure of the hunt, the thrill of the chase, that moment of discovery when dream and ideal meet in a single object

The Adventures of Hamza - Painting and Storytelling in Mughal India by John William Seyller; W. M. Thackston (Contribution by); Freer Gallery of Art Staff (Contribution by); Arthur M. Sackler Gallery, Smithsonian Institution Staff (Contribution by)

$80.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

Frances Hodgkins European Journeys by Catherine Hammond & Mary Kisler

$45.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: near fine

A vivid and revealing book published alongside a landmark exhibition focused on one of New Zealand’s most internationally recognised artists, Frances Hodgkins. Marking the 150th anniversary of the artist’s birth New Zealand-born Frances Hodgkins (1869–1947) arrived in London in 1901 and, by the 1920s, had become a leading British modernist, exhibiting frequently with avant-garde artists such as Ben Nicholson, Barbara Hepworth and Henry Moore. Published to coincide with a touring exhibition of her work initiated by Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, this book explores Hodgkins as a traveller across cultures and landscapes – teaching  and discovering the cubists in Paris, absorbing the landscape and light of Ibiza and Morocco, and exhibiting with the progressive Seven & Five Society in London. Complete with a rich visual chronology of the artist’s encounters abroad, alongside over one hundred of Hodgkins’ key paintings and drawings, the book is an illuminating journey that moves us from place to place through the writings of a number of distinguished national and international art historians, curators and critics: Frances Spalding (University of Cambridge, England), Alexa Johnston (Auckland-based writer and curator), Elena Taylor (University of New South Wales, Australia), Antoni Ribas Tur (Ara newspaper, Spain), and Julia Waite, Sarah Hillary, Catherine Hammond and Mary Kisler (Auckland Art Gallery Toi o Tāmaki, New Zealand). ...Show more

With the Allied Armies in Italy by Edward Seago

$20.00 NZD

Category: Artists | Reading Level: good

Oskar Kokoschka, A Biographical Study by J. P. Hodin

$14.00 NZD

Category: Artists | Reading Level: good

Cultural Safety - Contemporary Art from New Zealand by Gregory Burke; Peter Weiermair

$35.00 NZD

Category: New Zealand | Reading Level: very good

Spanish Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum by Lisa A. Banner; Jonathan Brown (Contribution by); Pierre Rosenberg (Contribution by); Robert S. Lubar; Princeton University Art Museum Staff (Other Primary Creator)

$25.00 NZD

Category: Art | Reading Level: very good

The Princeton University Art Museum's collection of Spanish drawings includes masterworks by artists such as Jusepe de Ribera (1591-1652), Bartolom Esteban Murillo (1617-1682), Francisco Goya (1746-1828), Pablo Picasso (1881-1973), and Salvador Dal (1904-1989). Although many of the drawings in the colle ction relate to celebrated paintings, commissions, and other works by these artists, they remain largely unknown. Most have not been published previously and many are attributed here for the first time.In Spanish Drawings in the Princeton University Art Museum, preeminent scholars enrich the growing corpus of work on Spanish drawings with original research. Each of the 95 drawings is reproduced in color, often accompanied by comparative illustrations. Watermarks have been documented with beta radiography and are included in an appendix. Provenances and artist biographies round out this detailed record of one of the most important collections of its kind. ...Show more

Titian: His Lifeand The Golden Age of Venice by Sheila Hale

$20.00 NZD

Category: Artists | Reading Level: very good

The first biography since 1877 of Venice's greatest artist - a towering work which captures the genius of Titian, beautifully illustrated throughout with full colour plates. Devoted father and loyal friend, Titian was notorious for disregarding authority and was an international celebrity by his late fi fties. He was famously difficult but his stubbornness and horrendous timekeeping did nothing to deter his patrons who included the Hapsburgs, the Pope and his family and Charles V. During his career, which spanned more than seventy years, Titian painted around five or six hundred pictures of which less than half survive. His work has been studied by generations of great artists from Rubens to Manet and he is often seen as having artistically transcended his own time. Sheila Hale not only examines his life, both personal and professional, but how his art affected his contemporaries and how it influences artists today. She also examines Venice in its context of a city at the time of the Renaissance, overshadowed artistically by Rome and Florence and growing into the famous historical city it has become. Fully illustrated with four colour plate sections (including his famous works 'Reclining Venus', 'Death of Actaeon' and 'Three Ages of Man'), this is an astonishing portrait of one of the most important figures in the history of Western art and a vivid evocation of Venice in its 'Golden Age'. ...Show more

Pastel Workbook by Jackie Simmonds

$10.00 NZD

Category: Practical Art | Reading Level: very good

This is a complete pastel painting course for the beginner in ten easy-to-follow lessons, demonstrating how the newcomer to this medium can achieve superb results right from the start.

Brett Whiteley - Art & Life by Barry Pearce

$45.00 NZD

Category: Artists | Reading Level: very good

Brett Whiteley was one of the most dynamic and talented artists in the history of Australian art, an artist whose recognition had spread worldwide before his untimely death in 1992. Early in his career he established a name for himself in London, exhibiting at the Whitechapel Art Gallery and coming into contact with many British painters - Francis Bacon and David Hockney among others. His early paintings startled critics and fellow artists, but even at that point, two basic subjects were evident: the landscape and the nude, elements which became the mainstay of his oeuvre. At the root of all Whiteley's work was a draughtsmanship of stunning virtuosity, capable of capturing all the poetic arabesque of a river in a single sweeping line of brush and ink, or the erotic curves of the human body in a few searching strokes of charcoal. This volume presents an illuminating evaluation of Whiteley's achievement. Works dating from the 1950s to the last years of his life, illustrated in over 180 colour plates, allow Whiteley's career to be surveyed in its entirety. comprehensive overview of Whiteley's life and art; Bryan Robertson offers an impression of the artist's years in London; and Wendy Whiteley, the artist's wife and companion for over three decades, contributes an intimate portrait of the man behind the work. Superbly illustrated and produced, Brett Whiteley: Art & Life is a fitting tribute to one of Australia's most significant artists, a man whose outstanding work excites, amazes and impresses us no less now than it did when first created. ...Show more

Swedish Design: The Best in Swedish Design Today by Susanne Helgeson and Kent Nyberg

$35.00 NZD

Category: Design | Reading Level: very good

The author presents a survey of over 30 Swedish designers, from glass and textile designers to ceramic artists and furniture makers, which provides an insight into Scandanavian design philosophies. The work of 14 Swedish photographers illustrates the text, capturing the artists, their work and a number of key producers and contributors. An illustrated history surveys Swedish design from 1845 to the early 21st century, while a glossary and directory provide further information on this growing industry. This text should be of interest to those studying design, and the Swedish design scene in particular. ...Show more