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Avatar: The Last Airbender 2023 Collector's Edition Wall Calendar - 13 Watercolor Illustrations + Bonus Print (Calendar):... Avatar: The Last Airbender 2023 Collector's Edition Wall Calendar - 13 Watercolor Illustrations + Bonus Print (Calendar)
Nickelodeon Nickelodeon
R447 Discovery Miles 4 470 Out of stock
Taiwan ART AND CIVILISATION (Hardcover): Hsiu-Huei Wang Taiwan ART AND CIVILISATION (Hardcover)
Hsiu-Huei Wang
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Book Of Wonder (Hardcover): Marco Polo The Book Of Wonder (Hardcover)
Marco Polo
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Capturing The Spoor - An Exploration Of The Rock Art Of The Northernmost South Africa (Paperback): Ed Eastwood, Cathelijne... Capturing The Spoor - An Exploration Of The Rock Art Of The Northernmost South Africa (Paperback)
Ed Eastwood, Cathelijne Eastwood
R375 R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Save R23 (6%) In Stock

Capturing the Spoor describes and discusses the virtually unknown rock art of the northernmost reaches of South Africa, in the area of the Central Limpopo Basin. The title of the book comes from the belief held by some traditional Bantu-speakers that the San can ‘capture’ animal spoor and bewitch it in order to ensure hunting success. The authors use this as an analogy for understanding the behavior of people in the past through the traces they leave behind.

This book describes the work of four distinct cultural groups: the San; Khoekhoen (Khoikhoin or ‘Hottentots’), Venda and Northern Sotho, and, most recently, people of European descent. Further, it discusses the interaction and connection between the four groups. It is the first substantial body of work from South Africa to focus on an area outside the Drakensberg, which has become synonymous with ‘southern African rock art’. Although the book focuses on a specific region, it introduces anthropological information from the Cape to the greater Kalahari region. The text is interspersed with first-hand accounts of Kalahari and Okavango San beliefs and rites and discussions with traditional Bantu-speaking peoples. A distillation of 14 years of field surveying and research in the Central Limpopo Basin, it targets the general reader who would like to know more about southern Africa’s rock art traditions, but at the same time addresses many academic concerns.

A simple narrative line and copious endnotes, respectively, ensure that both ‘lay’ and academic readers will find the subject interesting. The text is abundantly illustrated with line drawings and expressed through photographs. A list of rock art sites in Limpopo that are open to the public will be included.

This is a rare publication where information that is collected is analyzed with the help of knowledge and experience accumulated by the local indigenous communities, whose have been seldom heard in this context before.

Art Of India (Hardcover): Vincent Arthur Smith Art Of India (Hardcover)
Vincent Arthur Smith
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Central Asian Art (Hardcover): Vladimir Lukonin, Anatoli Ivanov Central Asian Art (Hardcover)
Vladimir Lukonin, Anatoli Ivanov
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Chinese Art (Hardcover): Stephen W. Bushell Chinese Art (Hardcover)
Stephen W. Bushell
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Indian Art (Hardcover): Robert Weinstein Indian Art (Hardcover)
Robert Weinstein
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Naive Art (Hardcover): Nathalia Brodskaia, Viorel Rau Naive Art (Hardcover)
Nathalia Brodskaia, Viorel Rau
R545 Discovery Miles 5 450 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Art Of Champa (Hardcover): Jean-Francois Hubert The Art Of Champa (Hardcover)
Jean-Francois Hubert
R1,178 Discovery Miles 11 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Chinese Art (Hardcover): Stephen W. Bushell Chinese Art (Hardcover)
Stephen W. Bushell
R1,182 Discovery Miles 11 820 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
African Art (Hardcover): Maurice Delafosse African Art (Hardcover)
Maurice Delafosse
R1,236 Discovery Miles 12 360 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Naive Art (Hardcover): Nathalia Brodskaia Naive Art (Hardcover)
Nathalia Brodskaia
R992 Discovery Miles 9 920 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Art Of Vietnam (Hardcover): Catherine Noppe, Jean-Francois Hubert Art Of Vietnam (Hardcover)
Catherine Noppe, Jean-Francois Hubert
R1,185 Discovery Miles 11 850 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Creative Collectives - Chicana Painters Working in Community (Hardcover, New): Maria Ochoa Creative Collectives - Chicana Painters Working in Community (Hardcover, New)
Maria Ochoa; Foreword by Amalia Mesa-Bains
R959 Discovery Miles 9 590 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

A compelling blend of art history, social analysis, and personal testimony, "Creative Collectives" presents a new paradigm for understanding Chicana/o studies. By following the artistic and ideological journeys of two groups of northern California Chicana artists, MarA-a Ochoa argues that the women involved in these collectives created complex images whose powerful visual social commentary sprang from the daily experiences of their lives.

Ochoa's artistic narrative first focuses on Mujeres Muralistas, a pathbreaking San Francisco group of mural painters organized in the early 1970s at the height of the Chicana/o Movement. The story then turns its attention to Co-Madres Artistas, a group of artists who came together in the 1990s after spending decades tending their families, becoming successful in their careers, and launching key Chicana/o cultural institutions in the Sacramento Valley. Ochoa tells the stories of the individual members of these collectives to show how they combined art and activism.

Through an innovative application of oral history interviews, a fascinating compilation of individual and collective stories emerges. Creative Collectives is notable for its skillful weaving of personal recollections, representational analysis of mural and easel painting, and social movement narration.

New York in Art 2023 Mini Wall Calendar (Calendar): The Metropolitan Museum of Art New York in Art 2023 Mini Wall Calendar (Calendar)
The Metropolitan Museum of Art
R289 Discovery Miles 2 890 Out of stock

Featuring 13 iconic paintings and prints of New York City by Jacob Lawrence, Georgia O'Keeffe, Florine Stettheimer, John Marin, and others, this 12-month calendar brings Gotham to life through the eyes of artists. Explore the lush lawns of Central Park. Visit legendary landmarks such as the Brooklyn Bridge and the Statue of Liberty. And revel in the famed nightlife of Times Square and Harlem. All the works included are from the world-renowned collection of The Metropolitan Museum of Art. Features include: 7" x 7" (7" x 14" open)-a great size for small spaces Printed on FSC-certified paper with soy-based ink Planning spread for September-December 2022 Spans January-December 2023 Widely celebrated and nationally recognized holidays and observances Moon phases, based on Universal Time Information about each work of art shown

1000 Buddhas of Genius (Hardcover): T.W.Rhys Davids, Ph.D., LLD. 1000 Buddhas of Genius (Hardcover)
T.W.Rhys Davids, Ph.D., LLD.
R1,606 Discovery Miles 16 060 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Craftmanship & Art - an Anthropological Enquiry into the Conditions for Art (Hardcover): Philip K. Dark Craftmanship & Art - an Anthropological Enquiry into the Conditions for Art (Hardcover)
Philip K. Dark; Illustrated by Mavis Dark
R1,725 Discovery Miles 17 250 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Creations from the Garden - Growing Plants for the Art of Flower Arranging (Hardcover): Kaye Vosburgh Creations from the Garden - Growing Plants for the Art of Flower Arranging (Hardcover)
Kaye Vosburgh
R998 R859 Discovery Miles 8 590 Save R139 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Road Scholar's Pueblos of the Ancients Tour, September 2022 - Anita Alverio's Travel Journal (Hardcover): Anita D... Road Scholar's Pueblos of the Ancients Tour, September 2022 - Anita Alverio's Travel Journal (Hardcover)
Anita D Alverio
R720 Discovery Miles 7 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Indian Poetry (Hardcover): Edwin Arnold Indian Poetry (Hardcover)
Edwin Arnold
R835 Discovery Miles 8 350 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Edward Lucie-Smith: Uncollected Writings - Studies of Western Art (Paperback): Edward Lucie-Smith Edward Lucie-Smith: Uncollected Writings - Studies of Western Art (Paperback)
Edward Lucie-Smith
R955 R816 Discovery Miles 8 160 Save R139 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Cv/VAR series 152 publishes an anthology of essays and reviews by the eminent art historian and writer, Edward Lucie-Smith. The articles cover a broad span, from the Italian Renaissance of Giotto and Antonello da Messina, Leonardo and Michelangelo, progressing to Rubens, Velazquez and Ingres, with essays on William Hogarth, John Constable and John Everett Millais for British Art. With the experience of his landmark publications on modern art, which remain in print; the author sweeps the reader on a fabulous journey of perception, disclosing the strands that bind the continuum of classic and contemporary art.

The 12 Breaking Out Animals (Hardcover): Jing Wu The 12 Breaking Out Animals (Hardcover)
Jing Wu
R820 R708 Discovery Miles 7 080 Save R112 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Calligraphy of San Francisco Chinatown (Hardcover): Richard Aston The Calligraphy of San Francisco Chinatown (Hardcover)
Richard Aston
R1,239 R1,046 Discovery Miles 10 460 Save R193 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Miss Clara and the Celebrity Beast in Art, 1500-1860 (Paperback): Charles Avery, Samuel Shaw, Robert Wenley, Helen Cowie Miss Clara and the Celebrity Beast in Art, 1500-1860 (Paperback)
Charles Avery, Samuel Shaw, Robert Wenley, Helen Cowie; Edited by Robert Wenley
R623 R570 Discovery Miles 5 700 Save R53 (9%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book tells the fascinating story of the rhinoceros Miss Clara, the most famous animal of the eighteenth century. It accompanies the fi rst ever major loan exhibition devoted to Clara and celebrity pachyderms in the UK and will off er a signifi cant contribution to scholarship on the subject. The latest in the Barber's acclaimed objectin-focus series, Miss Clara focuses on a small bronze sculpture of a rhinoceros, and also considers other celebrity beasts, the emergence of menageries and zoos, and the significance of the capture and captivity of these big beasts within wider academic discussions of colonialism and empire. 'Miss Clara' arrived in Europe from the Dutch East Indies in 1741, brought by a retired Dutch East India Company captain, Douwe Mout van der Meer, who then toured her round Europe (including England) to huge acclaim and excitement. Jungfer Clara (so christened while visiting Wu rzburg in 1748) was the fi rst rhino to be seen on mainland Europe since 1579 and the object of great wonder and aff ection. Her fame generated a massive industry in souvenirs and imagery from life-scale paintings by major masters to cheap popular prints; there were even Clara-inspired clocks and hairstyles. This book will look at the phenomenon of Clara but, unlike previous studies of the subject, will focus primarily on sculptural/3D representations of her, within the context of other celebrity pachyderms represented by artists between the 16th and 19th centuries. Miss Clara is one of the most remarkable and best-loved sculptures in the Barber and was praised by the great German art historian and museum director Wilhelm von Bode as 'the fi nest animal bronze of Renaissance' - a telling tribute to its quality, even if he misunderstood its date. The Barber's cast is one of only two known, the other being at the V&A. There are also closely related marble versions. Other celebrity beasts featured will include the elephants Hansken, Chunee and Jumbo; Du rer's and various London rhinos; and the hippo Obaysch, star of London Zoo in the 1850s, and the fi rst to be seen in Europe since the fall of the Roman Empire. The publication will consist of entries for the thirty exhibits - included extended texts by Dr Helen Cowie (York University) on images of Chunee and Obaysch - preceded by three essays. Robert Wenley, Deputy Director of the Barber Institute, and the curator of the exhibition, will relate the story of Miss Clara (and of other celebrity rhinos), and explore the sculptural representations of her, presenting new research into their attribution and dating. The eminent sculptural historian, Dr Charles Avery, formerly of the V&AMuseum and Christie's, will write a complementary essay about celebrity elephants in Europe between 1500 and 1700. Dr Sam Shaw (Open University), will discuss private menageries and public zoos between about 1760 and 1860 in the UK, and consider celebrity pachyderms as emblems of empire and colonialism.

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