Tattoo. 1730s-1970s. Henk Schiffmacher's Private Collection. 40th Ed by Henk Schiffmacher
$55.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
One part history book, one part art book, and one part fascinating memoir, this book is an overview of more than two centuries of tattoo history intermixed with an intimate look at the lives of tattoo artists, and the personal struggles and triumphs, occupational hazards, and artistic courage that have ...Show more
Te Motunui Epa by Rachel Buchanan
$49.99 NZD
Category: Maori History, Society & Culture | Reading Level: near fine
‘This is a story about the power of art to help us find a way through the darkness. It is about how art can bring out the best in us, and the worst. The artworks in question are five wooden panels carved in the late 1700s by relatives in Taranaki.’ This stunning book examines how five interconnected car ...Show more
Te Papa to Berlin: The Making of Two Museums by Ken Gorbey
$39.95 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Reading Level: near fine
Ken Gorbey is a remarkable man who for 15 years was involved with developing and realising the revolutionary cultural concept that became Te Papa Tongarewa Museum of New Zealand. Then in 1999 he was headhunted by W. Michael Blumenthal to salvage the Jewish Museum Berlin, which was failing and fast becom ...Show more
Te Toi Whakairo: The Art Of Maori Carving by Hirini Moko Mead
$49.99 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
Te Toi Whakairo is an essential guide to Maori wood carving by distinguished carver and academic Sir Sidney (Hirini) Moko Mead. The book presents all the elements of carving in different regions of New Zealand, with practical advice on techniques and styles, and is abundantly illustrated with photos, di ...Show more
The Alps by W. A. Poucher
$17.50 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography | Series: Photography Ser.
Photography from the Alps by Walter Poucher
The Art of Illuminating as practiced in Europe from the Earliest Times
$125.00 NZD
Category: Antiquarian
The Art of Neil Gaiman and Charles Vess's Stardust by Charles Vess; Neil Gaiman
$80.00 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
From Charles Vess's personal archive, a breathtaking collection of his illustrations, from sketches to stunning paintings, for the acclaimed masterwork written by Neil Gaiman An elegant and lavish coffee table book revealing the origins, processes, and brilliant final paintings produced for the awar ...Show more
The Art of Rivalry by Sebastian Smee
$18.50 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
"Genius, friend, rival: this is the story of four pairs of artists whose intense relationships spurred and shaped their art. Matisse and Picasso. Manet and Degas. Bacon and Freud. De Kooning and Pollock. Eight of the most significant modern artists; four pairs linked by friendship and a shared spirit of ...Show more
The Art of Tonga Ko e Ngaahi 'aait' o tonga by Keith St Cartmail
$40.00 NZD
Category: Captain Cook & Pacific Exploration
The Big Little Beach Book by Craig Levers
$34.99 NZD
Category: Art, Design & Photography
The two Beached As books, rated highly by the critics, have sold out. But there was always drive to do better. Craft better images, explore more, and make a better beach book. More pages, more Kiwi beaches, make it easier to read, to gift, to travel with, to share. Small is stature but packing a punch. ...Show more