Miro Basic Art by Janis Mink

$34.99 NZD

Category: Art + Design | Series: Taschen Basic Art Series

Assassinator of painting. The artist who upset the establishment. Joan Miro (1893-1983) is one of the most significant Spanish painters of the twentieth century. His early work clearly shows the influence of Fauvism and Cubism. The Catalan landscape also shapes the themes and treatment of these initial works. In his travels, Miro encountered the intellectual avant-garde of his time; his friends included Francis Picabia, Tristan Tzara, Andre Masson, Jean Arp and Pablo Picasso. From the mid-twenties onward, Miro strove to leave direct objective references behind and developed the pictograms that typify his style. The pictures of this period, which include perhaps the most beautiful and significant ones of his whole oeuvre, dispense with spatiality and an unambiguous reference to objects. From then on, the surfaces were defined by numerals, writing, abstract emblems, and playful figures and creatures. The year 1944 saw the beginning of his extensive graphic oeuvre, ceramics, monumental mural works, and sculptures. In these works, too, the Catalan artist sought the solid foundation of a figurative, symbolic art with orientation as regards content: faces, stars, moons, rudimentary animal forms, letters. Joan Miro developed in several stages his characteristic flowing calligraphic style and his world of forms resembling shorthand symbols; from Fauvism to Surrealism by way of his original childlike style, Miro sought to shake up the establishment and made a name for himself in doing so. Every book in TASCHEN's "Basic Art Series" features: a detailed chronological summary of the artist's life and work, covering the cultural and historical importance of the artist; approximately 100 color illustrations with explanatory captions; and a concise biography. ...Show more

Hiroshige Basic Art Series by Adele Schlombs

$28.00 NZD

Category: Art + Design

Master of Japanese ukiyo-e woodblock printsUtagawa Hiroshige (1797-1858) was one of the last great artists in the ukiyo-e tradition. Literally meaning "pictures of the floating world," ukiyo-e refers to the famous Japanese woodblock print genre that originated in the 17th century and is practically syno nymous with the Western world's visual characterization of Japan. Though Hiroshige captured a variety of subjects, his greatest talent was in creating landscapes of his native Edo (modern-day Tokyo) and his most famous work was a series known as "100 Famous Views of Edo" (1856-1858). This book provides an introduction to his work and an overview of his career.About the Series: Each book in TASCHEN's Basic Art series features: a detailed chronological summary of the life and oeuvre of the artist, covering his or her cultural and historical importance a concise biography approximately 100 illustrations with explanatory captions ...Show more

Colin McCahon: Signed Limited Edition Slipcase by Peter Simpson

$175.00 NZD

Category: Art + Design

With each volume signed by author Peter Simpson and combined in a slipcase edition limited to 100 copies, this set is an extraordinary work chronicling forty-five years of painting by our most important artist, Colin McCahon. Colin McCahon (1919¿1987) was New Zealand¿s greatest twentieth-c entury artist. Through landscapes, biblical paintings and abstraction, the introduction of words and Maori motifs, McCahon¿s work came to define a distinctly New Zealand modernist idiom. Collected and exhibited extensively in Australasia and Europe, McCahon¿s work has not been assessed as a whole for thirty-five years. In this richly illustrated two-volume work, written in an accessible style and published to coincide with the centenary of Colin McCahon¿s birth, leading McCahon scholar, writer and curator Peter Simpson chronicles the evolution of McCahon¿s work over the artist¿s entire forty-five-year career. Simpson has enjoyed unprecedented access to McCahon¿s extensive correspondence with friends, family, dealers, patrons and others. This material enables us to begin to understand McCahon¿s work as the artist himself conceived it. Each volume includes over three hundred illustrations in colour, with a generous selection of reproductions of McCahon¿s work (many never previously published), plus photographs, catalogue covers, facsimiles and other illustrative material. This set combines Colin McCahon: There is Only One Direction. Vol 1. 1919¿1959 and Colin McCahon: Is This the Promised Land? Vol 2 1960 1987 in a single slipcase set and will be the definitive work on New Zealand¿s leading artist for many years to come. ...Show more

Koons by Taschen

$30.00 NZD

Category: Art + Design

From basketball tanks to flower puppies, the creations of Jeff Koons (born 1955) have become part of our popular culture, blurring the borders between high and low art. This new 96-page publication offers an updated, accessibly priced edition of TASCHEN's 2007 monograph, the most extended survey of Koon s art ever made and the definitive reference on his practice. The book offers the complete Koons at a glance, from his early work with inflatable flowers through today. We find his trademark sculptures of stainless steel rabbits or shining balloon figures in mirror-polished steel, colorful paintings of party accessories, and cut-up comic figures interwoven with statements by the artists. Chapter texts by Kathy Siege] have been abridged to form quick introductions to each work series, and Eckhard Schneider's essay has been condensed into a succinct introduction into this unique visual universe of pleasure, pop, and play. ...Show more

Landscape Painting- nett by ed

$28.00 NZD

Category: Art + Design | Series: Taschen Basic Genre Series

The landscape has been, for many centuries, one of the most important genres in painting. This book examines the landscape from the late Middle Ages to modern times, comprising a synopsis of the genre and covering a selection of the most important landscapes in the history of art. From Titian to Warhol, readers will discover the evolution of this popular genre.Artists featured (in chronological order)include: Jean, Paul und Herman von Limburg, Titian, Joachim Patinir, Albrecht Altdorfer, Veronese, Pieter Brueghel, El Greco, Adam Elsheimer, Rembrandt van Rijn, Claude Gellee, gen. Lorrain, Jacob van Ruisdael, Caspar David Friedrich, John Constable, William Turner, Eugene Delacroix, Albert Bierstadt, Jean-Baptiste Camille Corot, James Abbot McNeill Whistler, Arnold Bocklin, Claude Monet, Vincent van Gogh, Edvard Munch, Paul Cezanne, Georges Braque, Paul Klee, Ernst Ludwig Kirchner, Yves Tanguy, and Andy Warhol.Each book in "Taschen's Basic Genre Series" features: a detailed introduction with approximately 35 photographs, plus a timeline of the most important events (political, cultural, scientific, etc.) that took place during the time period; and, a selection of the most important works of the epoch; each is presented on a 2-page spread with a full-page image and, on the facing page, a description/interpretation of the work and brief biography of the artist as well as additional information such as a reference work, portrait of the artist, and/or citations. ...Show more

The Artist's Way: A Course in Recovering and Discovering Your Creative Self by Julia Cameron

$40.00 NZD

Category: Wellbeing

The Artist's Way provides a twelve-week course that guides you through the process of recovering your creative self. It aims to dispel the 'I'm not talented enough' conditioning that holds many people back and helps you to unleash your own inner artist. Its step-by-step approach enables you to transfor m your life, overcome any artistic blocks you may suffer from, including limiting beliefs, fear, sabotage, jealousy and guilt, and replace them with self-confidence and productivity. The Artist's Way will demystify the creative process by making it a part of your daily life. From Alicia Keys to Elizabeth Gilbert, Patricia Cornwell to Pete Townshend, The Artist's Way has helped thousands of people around the world to discover their inner artist. Whatever your artistic leanings, this book will give you the tools you need to enable you to fulfil your dreams. ...Show more

Deposit on Book

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Category: Art + Design

Stranger Than Kindness by Nick Cave

$70.00 NZD

Category: Art + Design

Stranger Than Kindness is a journey in images and words into the creative world of musician, storyteller and cultural icon Nick Cave. This highly collectible book contains images selected by Cave from 'Stranger Than Kindness: The Nick Cave Exhibition', presented by the Royal Danish Library in partnershi p with Arts Centre Melbourne. Featuring full-colour reproductions of original artwork, handwritten lyrics, photographs and collected personal artefacts, it presents Cave's life, work and inspiration and explores his many real and imagined universes. Images are paired with commentary and meditations from Cave and celebrated writer Darcey Steinke on themes that are central to Cave's work. Stranger Than Kindness asks what shapes our lives and makes us who we are, and celebrates the curiosity and power of the creative spirit. ...Show more

Chromatopia: An Illustrated History of Colour by David Coles

$40.00 NZD

Category: Art + Design

This is the paperback edition of the highly successful Chromatopia. Did you know that the Egyptians created the first synthetic colour; or that the noblest purple comes from a predatory sea snail? Throughout history, artists' pigments have been made from deadly metals, poisonous minerals, urine, cow dun g, and even crushed insects. Chromatopia reveals the origin stories of over 50 of history's most extraordinary pigments. ...Show more

Opening Balance

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Category: Art + Design

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New Zealand A Painted Journey by Graham Young

$35.00 NZD

Category: Art + Design

Journey through the painted landscape of New Zealand seen through the eyes of artist Graham Young as he endeavors to capture the character and motifs of the various regions with his colourful paintings coupled with his own thoughts of his travels. These paintings represent snapshots of the laid back kiw i lifestyle, evoking pleasurable memories of summers gone by, growing up in these exceptional landscapes, highlighted by the ramshackle baches, old vehicles, caravans and once loved and abandoned sheds that are so familiar. This book covers a large part of the South Island as well as the North Island, particularly his journey through vast high country of Central Otago featuring iconic images of the remaining settlements from the gold mining era and later the rail road, each leaving their indelible marks on the region. ...Show more