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9780733623530

A Matter of Taste

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Author: Fulvio Bonavia & Peta Mathias

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This season's fashions are good enough to eat; in fact they are entirely edible. In A Matter of Taste Fulvio Bonavia fuses haute couture with cuisine with results that are guaranteed to tantalize fashionistas and foodies alike. Step out in style in a pair of corn espadrilles. A tagliatelle belt makes for a delicious main course, but should always be worn al dente. Later, for dessert, you can dine on fruit-paste bangles and a cheese necklace, then dance the night away in a pair of aubergine slippers. Accompanying Fulvio's images is a delightful culinary text by New Zealand's 'queen of food', writer Peta Mathias, ensuring that each item is worn with delectable style. May you never go hungry, or naked, again...

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9780473157395

Aotearoa New Zealand : A Land To Love

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Author: Timo Rannali

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Covering towns, cities and famous sites the full length of New Zealand, this delightful book is a treasure for both locals and tourists alike. Artist Timo Rannali's unique and lively paintings and candid descriptions of each location capture life in New Zealand in a way not seen in other souvenir pictorials.

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9781877385384

Art At Te Papa

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Author: William McAloon (ed.)

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Finalist in the Illustrated Non-Fiction category.

Art at Te Papa reveals and illuminates New Zealand's vast national art collection. Reproductions of more than 400 individual artworks, personally selected by curators, are accompanied by brief essays giving expert and engaging commentary on each work. This book spans the entire collection, from the cream of its early European prints holdings to its most exciting contemporary acquisitions. Here are international artworks by Rembrandt van Rijn, Albrechet Durer, Marcel Duchamp, Barbara Hepworth, Natalie Gontchorova and Robert Mapplethorpe, alongside masterpieces from some of New Zealand's most significant and best-loved artists - Charles Goldie, Rita Angus, Ralph Hotere, Colin McCahon, Frances Hodgkins, Bill Hammond, Shane Cotton and Yvonne Todd - as well as little-known artworks that will surprise and inform readers. From the iconic to the unknown, from printmaking to ... more

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9780714835129

Claude Debussy (20th Century Composers series)

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Author: Paul Roberts

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Born near Paris in 1862, Claude Debussy was one of the most influential composers of his age, affecting profoundly the works of later generations of composers, both in his native France and elsewhere. He was trained at the Paris Conservatoire, and decided there on a career as a composer rather than as a pianist, his original intention. His highly characteristic musical language, thoroughly French in inspiration, extended the contemporary limits of harmony and form, with a remarkably delicate command of nuance, whether in composition for the piano or in the handling of a relatively large orchestra. Considered by many to be the most important composer of piano music since Chopin, Debussy also produced a single opera, "Pelleas et Melisande", which brought an entirely new tone to the genre. This, however, was his only completed opera and instead his work predominantly comprises orchestral pieces, piano sets and songs. The orchestral works ... more

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9780847827374

Clive Barker : Visions of Heaven and Hell

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Author: Clive Barker

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What would you see if you could peek inside the mind of Clive Barker, creator of such classics as Weaveworld, Hellraiser, and Candyman? Would you dare look? Crack open Visions of Heaven and Hell, and you have unlocked a Pandora's box of images that are certain to stay inside your head. For more than twenty-five years, Barker has awed fans and critics alike with his groundbreaking works of fiction, but what few know is that the heart of his fantastic worlds lies in pictures. Now, for the first time, this book brings out from the dark depths more than 300 of Barker's most stunning drawings and oil paintings. Illuminated with new writings by Barker, this artwork renders with expressionist fervor some of our most primal passions-good, evil, and all that's between. From the graphically terrifying to the ecstatically sensual, Visions of Heaven and Hell takes the reader on a journey through unexplored and forbidden realms. ... more

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9780847827305

Degas

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Author: Franco Russoli

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9781869621742

Dick Frizzell - the Painter

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Author: Dick Frizzell

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Dick Frizzell's images populate our world - you find them on T-shirts, on TV ads, in shop windows, on wine bottles, on cushions and T-towels and in art shows. People appropriate (or borrow) his images in much the same way that he too appropriated many of the images he has painted over the years. He's reached iconic status in NZ - we love him, he's one of our own. This book contains all of his major paintings, the story of his life in his own thoughtful and highly articulate words, and an essay by Hamish Keith on Dick's work and its place in the New Zealand art world.

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9781869621766

Drawing the Waitakere Coast

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Author: Don Binney

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In 2008 the famous painter Don Binney completed a suite of 24 absolutely charming coloured pencil drawings of Auckland's West Coast, from Huia to Te Henga (Bethells). They are evocative of the coast so many New Zealanders love and they are magnificent works in themselves. They are accompanied by text that takes the reader on an imaginary journey from Huia to Te Henga, commenting on the landmarks shown in each of the drawings. They also draw on Binney's extensive contact with this coast and with the Waitakeres in general: in early adulthood he tramped and camped throughout the area, he was a founder member of the Waitakere Ranges Protection Society and he has often used his art to underpin his conservation-activist work. The book is a beautiful keepsake - small and perfectly formed, as the drawings are. Deliberately inexpensive, it is accessible to all. Lovers of the west will find it completely enchanting.

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9781877517020

East

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NZ$ 120.00 each

Hardback

Author: Stanley Palmer (essay Gregory O'Brien)

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A collection of more than 140 of Stanly Palmer's works ranging across four decades. From early woodcuts through Palmer's unique bamboo editioned prints, to his delicate monoprints and evocative paintings, this extensive collection celebrates the work of one of our most-loved and prolific artists and also our own edge of the Pacific.

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9781877338557

E. Mervyn Taylor

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Author: Bryan James

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Mervyn Taylor (1906-64) is the greatest exponent of the art of wood engraving New Zealand has known. His images have enduring power and a beauty which has been matched
by no other artist. This is the story of his life and work.

First published July 2006.

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9780714848303

Fra Angelico

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Author: Diane Elyse Cole

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Fra Giovanni da Fiesole (c. 1390/95-1455), known as Fra Angelico, was possibly the most celebrated religious painter of the Italian Early Renaisance. Adhering to the austere life of a Dominican monastery despite his huge success, Fra Angelico's contemporary biographer Giorgio Vasari said of him 'it is impossible to bestow too much praise on this holy father, who was so humble and modest in all that he did and said and whose pictures were painted with such facility and piety.' Originally trained as an illuminator, Fra Angelico went on to paint altarpieces that even early on in his career showed great skill in the rendering of the figures, composition and use of colour. Perhaps his most famous works however are the astonishing frescos that decorate the cells, corridors and Chapter House of San Marco Monastery in Florence, to where Fra Angelico moved in 1436 along with many of the monks from the Fiesole monastery in which they had been ... more

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9780714847726

George Gershwin (20th Century Composers Series)

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Author: Rodney Greenberg

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A colourful biography of George Gershwin, arguably the 20th-century's greatest songwriter.

George Gershwin (1898-1937) is arguably the century's greatest songwriter, admired and loved for hit songs such as 'The Man I Love' and 'S Wonderful'. He achieved early acclaim and riches from the song 'Swanee' (1919) and was one of the first composers to realize the exciting potential of combining elements of jazz and popular song with the forms and instrumentation of symphonic music. In the wake of his successful concert pieces that followed the famous Rhapsody in Blue (1924), he was lauded by such classical luminaries as Schoenberg and Ravel. But critics quickly seized on the technical deficiencies of these larger-scale works, wounding the egocentric Gershwin, who was ever defensive about his lack of formal training. The enduring popularity of the concert pieces (among them An American in Paris) is nevertheless testimony to the ... more

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9780714847757

Giacomo Puccini (20th Century Composers Series)

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Author: Conrad Wilson

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The life of Giacomo Puccini, composer of many well-loved operas.

Giacomo Puccini (1858-1924) is perhaps the world's most popular composer of operas and said to represent Verdi's only true successor. A superb dramatist and gifted melodist, he had a wholly original style and sense of psychological atmosphere. Works such as 'La Boheme' and 'Madame Butterfly' have a universal appeal and are an essential part of the repertoire of every major opera house. With 'Turandot', completed after his death, Puccini composed the last Italian work in the genre to hold a firm place in the international world of opera. Although he composed a handful of non-operatic works, his fame rests entirely on his operas, beginning with the gothic 'Le Villi' (1884) and reaching a peak of success with 'La Boheme', 'Tosca' and 'Madame Butterfly'. He is renowned above all for his gift as a melodist, but he was also a new force in musical drama, and ... more

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9781869506964

Ian Brodie's New Zealand

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Author: Ian Brodie

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A pictorial journey through the landscapes, both physical and cultural, which make up the author’s perception of his native land. In all his books to date, Ian Brodie’s wonderful photographs have garnered high praise. We have therefore decided to bring the man, his camera and his love for his native country together in a book to showcase the physical beauty and diversity of the New Zealand landscape, and at the same time personalise it with aspects of Kiwi culture and experience that reflect the various passions of New Zealand’s ultimate fan.

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9780473139568

John Drawbridge

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NZ$ 165.00 each

Hardback

Author: Damian Skinner with Robert McDonald & Tony Drawbridge (photography Helena Fierlinger)

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This book illustrates Drawbridge’s brilliance in oil and watercolour painting, large public murals, printmaking and stained glass (including the Beehive, the New Zealand House (London) now in Archives (NZ) and the National Library (NZ) murals. Also featured are John’s stained glass works at the Home of Compassion Chapel, Wellington.

First published November 2008, Auckland, NZ
264pp
hardcover
305mmx305mm

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9783836513555

Leonardo Big Art

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Author: Frank Zollner

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This title is a Taschen 25 - Special edition! It covers Leonardo: from art and anatomy to helicopters and submarines. One of the most accomplished human beings who ever lived, Leonardo remains the quintessential Renaissance genius. Creator of the world's most famous painting, this scientist, artist, philosopher, inventor, builder, and mechanic epitomized the great flowering of human consciousness that marks his era. And yet, so wide-ranging and prolific were his interests that he brought hardly any major undertaking to a final end. If Leonardo seems so modern, it is perhaps because of his non-speciality, his magpie mind and curiosity, and his thousands of notes and sketches. In these pages, he would anticipate some of the great discoveries and inventions that would follow him, from key points in anatomy - such as the principles behind blood circulation - through to plans for armoured military vehicles, planes, helicopters and ... more

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9781857595024

Leonardo Da Vinci

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Author: Philip Cottrell

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9780061689161

Making Mischief

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Author: Gregory Maguire

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Published in 1963 to great critical acclaim, Maurice Sendak's Caldecott Award-winning "Where the Wild Things Are" has sold millions of copies worldwide, garnered countless awards, and been translated into twenty-one languages. In this beautifully designed, inspired book, Gregory Maguire, himself a master of literary invention, pays tribute to Sendak and his work as both an illustrator and author. In "Making Mischief" Maguire reconsiders Sendak's oeuvre with the same adroit and idiosyncratic scrutiny that allowed him to see a heroine in the Wicked Witch of the West (Wicked) and a backstory to the "Little Match Girl" (this season's Matchless). An accomplished critic, with signal reviews published in the "New York Times" Book Review and lectures on art delivered at the Isabella Stewart Gardner Museum, Boston, and other places, Maguire examines Sendak's aesthetic influences from William Blake to Walt Disney. He intuits the 'conversations' ... more

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9780789318879

Michelangelo

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Hardback

Author: William E. Wallace

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9783836521178

Michelangelo: Golden Books

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Hardback

Author: Frank Zollner

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"Il divino" is a glorious exploration of Michelangelo's complete works. Before reaching the tender age of thirty, Michelangelo Buonarroti (1475-1564) had already sculpted David and Pieta, two of the most famous sculptures in the entire history of art. Like fellow Florentine Leonardo da Vinci, Michelangelo was a shining star of the Renaissance and a genius of consummate virtuosity. His achievements as a sculptor, painter, draughtsman, and architect are unique - no artist before or after him has ever produced such a vast, multi-faceted, and wide-ranging oeuvre. Only a handful of other painters and sculptors have attained a comparable social status and enjoyed a similar artistic freedom. This is demonstrated not only by the frescoes of the Sistine Chapel but also by Michelangelo's monumental sculptures and his unconventional architectural designs, whose forms went far beyond the accepted vocabulary of his day. Such was his talent that ... more

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9781869404376

Mrkusich : The Art of Transformation

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Author: Alan Wright & Edward Hanfling

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Finalist in the Illustrated Non-Fiction category.

The story of twentieth-century art is dominated by a major shift from representation to abstraction, from Cezanne's paintings of hills and houses to Pollock's pictures of nothing. Yet in New Zealand we know a lot about Rita Angus and Colin McCahon but little about the post-representational art that now dominates the art world. This book is the first account of the work of New Zealand's leading abstract painter, Milan Mrkusich. Trained as an architect and working for the innovative design firm Brenner Associates in the 1940s, Mrkusich quickly established a new mode of painterly abstraction. Drawing on ideas from alchemy, phenomenology, and modernist thinkers, Mrkusich soaked up the work of international artists to establish his own New Zealand modernism. This book traces Mrkusich's work from the early emblem paintings, through the triumphant corner works of the 1960s, and on to the ... more

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9780199299027

Notebooks

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Author: Leonardo da Vinci

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'Study me reader, if you find delight in me...Come, O men, to see the miracles that such studies will disclose in nature.' Most of what we know about Leonardo da Vinci, we know because of his notebooks. Some 6,000 sheets of notes and drawings survive, which represent perhaps one-fifth of what he actually produced. In them he recorded everything that interested him in the world around him, and his study of how things work. With an artist's eye and a scientist's curiosity he studied the movement of water and the formation of rocks, the nature of flight and optics, anatomy, architecture, sculpture, and painting. He jotted down fables and letters and developed his belief in the sublime unity of nature and man. Through his notebooks we can get an insight into Leonardo's thoughts, and his approach to work and life. This selection offers a cross-section of his writings, organized around coherent themes. Fully updated, this new edition ... more

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9783836510127

Paul Cezanne

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Author: Hajo Duchting

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This is TASCHEN's 25th anniversary-special edition!

This title presents a revolutionary approach to spatial and visual values.
Perhaps best known for his exceptional apples and pears, Paul Cezanne (1839-1906) was one of the founding fathers of modern art. Though he was underappreciated and highly criticized during his life, as time passed Cezanne's work came to be considered of inestimable importance. His method of experimentation with abstraction and perspective was an important precursor to modern painting, particularly cubism.

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9781877385353

Rita Angus : Life & Vision

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Author: William McAloon & Jill Trevelyan (eds)

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Published to celebrate the centenary of Rita Angus's birth marked by a major new exhibition of her work at Te Papa. This catalogue will be the first to acknowledge Angus's status as an artist, with full-page colour reproductions of every work included in the show. Drawing on public and private collections, it will present a range of Angus' work never seen before, from iconic paintings like Rutu (1951), Cass (1936) and Flight (1969) to Angus's celebrated and intriguing self-portraits, and previously undocumented works in a surprising range of media and styles. A substantial introduction places Rita Angus as a pioneer of modern painting in New Zealand and examines her legacy. Fourteen writers and critics present all-new criticism on every period of the artist's work, revealing what makes Rita Angus so significant - her vision, her virtuosity and above all her commitment.

First published July 2008.

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9783822838228

Salvador Dali, The Paintings (Two books in slipcase)

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Author: Robert Descharnes

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Picasso called Dali "an outboard motor that's always running." Dali thought himself a genius with a right to indulge in whatever lunacy popped into his head. Painter, sculptor, writer, and filmmaker, Salvador Dali (1904-1989) was one of the century's greatest exhibitionists and eccentrics - and was rewarded with fierce controversy wherever he went. He was one of the first to apply the insights of Sigmund Freud and psychoanalysis to the art of painting, approaching the subconscious with extraordinary sensitivity and imagination. This lively monograph presents the infamous Surrealist in full color and in his own words. His provocative imagery is all here, from the soft watches to the notorious burning giraffe. A friend of the artist for over thirty years, privy to the reality behind Dali's public image, author Robert Descharnes is uniquely qualified to analyze Dali - both the man and the myth.

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9781877448720

Telling Stories

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Author: Janice Gill

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Janice Gill’s first solo exhibition (Auckland, 1974) sold out in a week. Since then she has developed a unusual niche for herself as a documentary painter, telling graphic stories of old — and contemporary — New Zealand.
Janice’s work is represented in public and private collections. It often focuses on people on the margins of society. She has been a Labour Party activist for three decades and now lives and paints in Nelson.
This full-colour book displays 152 of Janice's works, with notes on each by the artist, and has an introduction by Brian Easton.

First published 2009.

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9780714836256

The Art Book

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Author: Phaidon Press

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Winner of the Illustrated Book of the Year award in 1994, The Art Book has been an outstanding success and has become a well-known landmark in the art book world. Now published in over twenty different languages and in a miniature edition, it has received rave reviews from numerous newspapers and magazines and has made many appearances on the bestseller lists. Complemented by The 20th Century Art Book and The American Art Book, its unique approach brings art alive.

An A to Z guide to 500 great painters and sculptors from medieval to modern times, it debunks art-historical classifications by throwing together brilliant examples of all periods, schools, visions and techniques. Each artist is represented by a full-page colour plate of a definitive work, accompanied by explanatory and illuminating information on the image and its creator. Glossaries of artistic movements and technical terms are included, making this ... more

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9780811866262

The Art of Dale Chihuly

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NZ$ 55.00 each

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Author: Dale Chihuly

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The Art of Dale Chihuly -- Dale Chihuly is the most famous and influential artist working in glass today. For more than four decades, he has been the leading figure in this unique art form, fusing traditional craft with fine art, fabrication with the natural environment. Now, in his first major San Francisco exhibition, Chihuly displays a vast array of artworks from many of his signature series (including the Baskets, Seaforms, Persians, Venetians, and more) at both the de Young and Legion of Honor museums. A career-spanning biographical essay by curator Timothy Anglin Burgard and stunning color photography of the works will captivate Chihuly's myriad fans—both new and old.

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9781877135316

The Art of Grahame Sydney (4th Reprint)

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Author: Grahame Sydney

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A large format superior quality art book featuring the best of 25 years of Grahame Sydney's work. New Zealand's foremost realist artist, he is best known for his vast luminous landscapes, but this book also comprises a fine selection of his figure painting, striking portraits, and lithographs.

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9781869621414

The Painted Garden in New Zealand Art

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NZ$ 75.00 each

Hardback

Author: Christopher Johnstone

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From James Busby on, European settlers made gardens from the moment they set foot on New Zealand soil, and of course Maori had extensive cultivations of kumara around their kainga. Many settler gardens were matters of survival - kitchen gardens on which families were reliant - but as individual circumstances allowed and prosperity spread, many gardens became increasingly ambitious and extensive. It is hardly surprising that artists were drawn to depicting them, as they have from the 1820s right through to the present day. This collection of 100 delightful works,tells the story of our gardening history as it intersected with our cultural and artistic development. It is a treasure trove of magnificent images, many of gardens now lost to the passage of time.

First published November 2008.

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9781444705522

The "South Bank Show": Final Cut

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NZ$ 40.00 each

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Author: Melvyn Bragg

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What drives a musician to write extraordinary songs? How do writers create their worlds? How does an actor achieve greatness? For over thirty years of The South Bank Show, Melvyn Bragg has interviewed many of the greatest cultural icons of our age. These interviews offer revelatory insights into the lives and work of writers, actors, artists and musicians. In The South Bank Show: Final Cut he has revisited some of these artists and used the interviews as the basis for fuller portraits. The range of artists is remarkable and this book is true to The South Bank Show's ethos of seeking out the highest quality whatever the art form. Melvyn Bragg's unique perspective makes this book indispensable for anyone interested in the work and lives of some of the best artists of our time.

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9781877460524

Timeless Land

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NZ$ 100.00 each

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Author: Sydney/Turner/Marshall

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Timeless Land is a unique collaboration between three of New Zealand's most steadfast and individual talents painter Grahame Sydney, poet Brian Turner and writer Owen Marshall. Much of their best and most enduring work has grown out of their deep attachment to, and familiarity with, the essence of the memorable landscapes of the Central South Island.

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9781869404529

Towards a Promised Land : On the Life and Art of Colin McCahon

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NZ$ 80.00 each

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Author: Gordon H Brown

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"Once the painter was making signs and symbols for people to live by," Colin McCahon wrote, "now he makes things to hang on walls at exhibitions." Filling his paintings with kauri and cliffs, the candle and the T, McCahon sought to develop signs and symbols for our modern world. In this book, leading McCahon scholar Gordon H. Brown presents viewers with new insight into the meanings of Colin McCahon's paintings. Tracing McCahon's life and work, from his student days at King Edward Technical College in Dunedin, through learning from Toss Woollaston, and on to his adult life working at the Auckland Art Gallery and at the Elam art school, Brown analyses key aspects of the paintings: the role of the bible, the idea of the promised land, the use of words and numbers. Brown gives us fresh insight into McCahon the man, leading us into McCahon's various studios, his involvement with the theatre, and his life at home. A trusted friend of Colin ... more

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9783833114731

Van Gogh: Art in Focus

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NZ$ 15.00 each

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Author: Dieter Beaujean

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The titles in this practical series of monographs are substantial paperbacks, exciting leisure reading, and useful reference works all in one. They are not only far more informative than any museum brochure, but also help art lovers avoid any embarrassing lapses of memory in conversation. Peppered with numerous illustrations and texts that cover contemporary history, biographical information and artistic works, these mini art guides offer a compact overview of some of the most exceptional artists in history.

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9780714838144

Van Gogh's Flowers

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NZ$ 27.00 each

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Author: Bumpus Judith

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This fully-illustrated examination of Van Gogh's preoccupation with painting flowers draws upon the artist's own letters to describe his subject matter and to show the extraordinary importance that flowers and plants had on his life and his work.

ISBN / ISSN:

9783829032735

Watteau

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NZ$ 20.00 each

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Author: Helmut Borsch-Supan

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