New Worlds from Old by Andrew Sayers et al
$25.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Australia and the United States were the last two great landmasses to be explored and settled by Europeans. The encounter between man and nature, and the portrayal of new, expanding frontiers, inspired artists of exceptional ability in both nations. Ranging from Thomas Cole to Winslow Homer in America, ...Show more
Art in the Hellenistic Age by Jerome Jordan Pollitt
$25.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
'The best reason to study Hellenistic art is for its own sake' writes Professor Pollitt in the Preface to Art in the Hellenistic Age. 'But', he continues, 'I would suggest that there is an additional quality that should make the art of the Hellenistic age of particular interest to modern audiences: the ...Show more
Portraits in the Mauritshuis, 1430-1790 by Pieter Biesboer (Editor); Ben Broos
$45.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
An Anthology of Writings from 1483 to 1999. Firmly I Believe and Truly celebrates the depth and breadth of the spiritual, literary, and intellectual heritage of the Post-Reformation English Roman Catholic tradition in an anthology of writings that span a five hundred year period between William Caxton a ...Show more
European Masters of the Städel Museum - 19th - 20th Century by F. Kramer; M. Hollein
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Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Dutch Paintings of the Seventeenth Century by Arthur K. Wheelock Jr.
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
From the hardships of a long and arduous war with Spain, the seventeenth-century Dutch seem to have drawn strength and expressed pride in their unique social and cultural heritage, especially in their art. Arthur K. Wheelock Jr., the Gallery's curator of northern Baroque painting, has carefully studied ...Show more
The Art of Bird Illustration by Maureen Lambourne
$25.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Artists of the Renaissance - A Selection from Lives of the Artists by Giorgio Vasari translated by George A. Bull
$16.00 NZD
Category: Art | Reading Level: very good
Recollections of a Picture Dealer by Ambroise Vollard
$20.00 NZD
Category: History & Theory | Reading Level: very good
Celebrity, art merchant, socialite, publisher, and writer, Ambroise Vollard (1867-1939) was one of the most extraordinary figures in 20th-century art. He possessed an uncanny ability to recognize genius in painters -- dozens of important artists received valuable commissions and gallery space with his h ...Show more