Picture This! The Kids' Guide to the National Gallery by Paul Thurlby
23.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Series: National Gallery
Come on a fascinating tour of one of the world's most-visited museums and discover more about masterpieces and the stories behind them. This wonderful introduction to the National Gallery brings paintings to life and is both a perfect companion for visiting the museum and a fantastic platform for childr ...Show more
Trick of the Eye (PB) by Silke Vry
25.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists
Now available in a new edition, this colorful, lively, and endlessly entertaining book for children looks at artistic illusion, showing that art history is rife with tricksters. If seeing is believing, then artists might be the biggest liars of all. Painters, sculptors and photographers often try to con ...Show more
Behind the Canvas: An Insider's Guide to the New Zealand Art Market by Warwick Henderson
45.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists
An accessible handbook that demystifies the aura surrounding the New Zealand art market. Written by an experienced and accomplished art dealer and gallery owner, it traces the history of art in this country, and the emergence of the art boom in the 1970s and 80s. The market for art has continued to grow ...Show more
Paul Dibble: The Large Works by Paul Dibble
125.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists
Sculptor Paul Dibble often works on a big scale and this book features those works, both private and public, that make an imposing statement. Covering works for the public domain, commissions for schools and pieces for private clients, this book takes the reader through the fascinating process of not on ...Show more
The Heroes of Tolkien by David Day
28.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Series: Tolkien
A compendium of the greatest heroes of Middle-earth, all in one volume. J. R. R. Tolkien's fictional world of Middle-earth is filled with great heroes who rose in the face of crisis to shape the course of that world's history. This volume examines the complexities surrounding Tolkien's portrayal of good ...Show more
A History of Fashion by Laura Cowan
23.00 NZD
Category: History | Series: Sticker Dolly Dressing
An illustrated journey through over 5,000 years of fashion, beginning with ancient clothing worn by Stone Age people, then onto the extravagant fashions of medieval and 16th-century nobility. Bright young things in 1920s flapper dresses bring us to the 21st century, with youthful mini dresses, flares an ...Show more
Banksy Graffitied Walls and Wasn't Sorry by Fausto Gilberti
28.00 NZD
Category: Biography & Autobiography
A clever, quirky biography of a leading contemporary artist, for children. Banksy is a world-famous graffiti artist who secretly spray paints pictures on streets and walls while no one is watching! His works are often about politics, war, and other important things, but he also likes to paint rats. Rat ...Show more
Built: The Hidden Stories Behind our Structures by Roma Agrawal
30.00 NZD
Category: Design & Architecture
The wonders of engineering revealed--by the inspirational female engineer behind The Shard, Western Europe 's tallest building. While our cities are full of incredible engineering feats, most of us live with little idea of what goes into creating the built environment, let alone how a new building goes ...Show more
A is for Art by Paul Thurlby
35.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Series: National Gallery Paul Thurlby
A beautiful and informative alphabet book created in association with the National Galley - perfect for children and adults alike. See the sights of the National Gallery as never before - through the eyes of award-winning illustrator Paul Thurlby. From Da Vinci to Monet, from medieval masters to the Fr ...Show more
Pacific Art in Detail by Jennifer Newell
35.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists
Across the great breadth of the Pacific, artists have always employed a wide variety of materials and techniques to create objects for specific purposes, from the domestic to the sacred, from the elegantly simple to the sumptuously ornate, and from the historic to the contemporary. In this book, the aut ...Show more
Vincent van Gogh (Portrait of an Artist) by Jennifer Veall
23.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists | Series: Portrait of an Artist
Vincent Van Gogh was born in the Netherlands and today is one of the world's best-loved painters. But during his lifetime, Van Gogh struggled to find fame and fortune through his art, making very little money from his paintings, which now sell for millions of dollars. This book tells the story of Van Go ...Show more
Born To Dance by Jordan Matter
40.00 NZD
Category: Art & Artists
"In Jordan Matter's photos, dancers make all the world their stage." --New York TimesFrom Jordan Matter, YouTube star and New York Times-bestselling author of Dancers Among Us, a celebration of what it means to be young and full of possibility, featuring gorgeous photographs of well-known dancers (inclu ...Show more