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Lust, Lies and Monarchy - The Secrets Behind Britain's Royal Portraits (Paperback, None ed.): Stephen Millar Lust, Lies and Monarchy - The Secrets Behind Britain's Royal Portraits (Paperback, None ed.)
Stephen Millar 1
R511 Discovery Miles 5 110 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Wind From Heaven - John Paul II-The Poet Who Became Pope (Hardcover): Monika Jablonska Wind From Heaven - John Paul II-The Poet Who Became Pope (Hardcover)
Monika Jablonska; Foreword by Cardinal Stanislaw Dziwisz; Epilogue by Krzysztof Dybciak
R716 Discovery Miles 7 160 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Intimate Rembrandt (Hardcover): Christopher White The Intimate Rembrandt (Hardcover)
Christopher White
R929 Discovery Miles 9 290 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Christopher White explains why he chose this title for his new book: 'The often intimate, reflective and personal side to Rembrandt's work in treating subjects from history or the Bible reveals an increasingly more introspective interpretation than his contemporaries.' Rembrandt's sharp eye draws inspiration from the domestic scene, the local street and wherever he went. His subjects include: children, beggars, musicians, dogs, pigs, horses; even elephants and lions. White studies Rembrandt's technique from an aesthetic rather than a scientific point of view; his willingness to experiment whether drawing, painting or etching is a notable feature of his work, and by discussing examples of the three different media side by side, the author demonstrates their interdependence.

The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics - An Anthology of 8 C. S. Lewis Titles: Mere Christianity, the Screwtape Letters, Miracles,... The C. S. Lewis Signature Classics - An Anthology of 8 C. S. Lewis Titles: Mere Christianity, the Screwtape Letters, Miracles, the Great Divorce, the Problem of Pain, a Grief Observed, the Abolition of Man, and the Four Loves (Paperback)
C. S. Lewis
R1,185 R962 Discovery Miles 9 620 Save R223 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Colour for Botanical Artists and Illustrators (Paperback): Leigh Ann Gale Colour for Botanical Artists and Illustrators (Paperback)
Leigh Ann Gale
R669 R588 Discovery Miles 5 880 Save R81 (12%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This beautiful book explores the world of colour in the plant kingdom and introduces the artist to effective practical methods of using colour in botanical painting. It focusses on the relevance of making accurate observations of colour in botanical specimens and recognizing the value and importance of using colour theory to achieve successful results. With over 500 images, this elaborately-illustrated guide uses the author's finished artwork, diagrams, and step-by-step tutorials to explain the important role of colour in this compelling genre. This book is a must for all aspiring botanical artists, illustrators and students.

The new art book - Artist's Way (Hardcover): Steven Stone The new art book - Artist's Way (Hardcover)
Steven Stone
R1,439 R1,175 Discovery Miles 11 750 Save R264 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Lost Words: Spell Songs (Hardcover): Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, Kris... The Lost Words: Spell Songs (Hardcover)
Robert Macfarlane, Jackie Morris, Karine Polwart, Julie Fowlis, Seckou Keita, … 1
R620 R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Save R54 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Spell Songs is a musical companion piece to The Lost Words: A Spell Book by author Robert Macfarlane and artist Jackie Morris. This mixed media CD is accompanied by sumptuous illustrations from Jackie Morris, new 'spells' by Robert Macfarlane, enlightening thoughts by Robert, Jackie and Spell Singer Karine Polwart and stunning photography by Elly Lucas. In 2018 Folk by the Oak Festival commissioned Spell Songs because of their love of The Lost Words book. Spell Songs comprises eight remarkable musicians whose music engages deeply with landscape and nature; musicians who are perfectly placed to respond to the creatures, art and language of The Lost Words. They spent a week in Herefordshire bringing this music together in the company of Jackie Morris. Art inspired music and music inspired art. Jackie Morris immersed herself in the musical residency where she generously created new iconesque artwork of each musician and their instruments portrayed in an unexpected and enchanting way. These stunning new artworks accompany the CD. Spell Songs allowed these acclaimed and diverse musicians to weave together elements of British folk music, Senegalese folk traditions, and experimental and classical music to create an inspiring new body of work. Here are 14 songs which capture the essence of The Lost Words book. Spoken voice, whispers, accents, dialects, native languages, proverbs, sayings, birdsong, river chatter and insect hum all increase the intimacy of the musical world conjured by the songs. Inspired by the words, art and ethos of The Lost Words book, each musician brings new imaginings, embellishments and diversions which are rooted in personal experience, a deep respect for the natural world, protest at the loss of nature and its language and an appreciation for wildness and beauty. In February 2019 Spell Songs enjoyed standing ovations at sell-out performances in major venues across the UK culminating at The Queen Elizabeth Hall at the Southbank Centre, London. Spell Songs was a highlight of The Hay International Literary Festival 2019 and in August 2019 they were invited to perform at the BBC's Lost Words Prom in the Royal Albert Hall. They will continue to tour each year. "There are songs here that would live with me for the rest of my years, even if I'd had no part in their making". Robert Macfarlane

Way of Suffering - Readings for an Enlightened Life (Paperback): Michael Leach, James T Keane, Doris Goodnough Way of Suffering - Readings for an Enlightened Life (Paperback)
Michael Leach, James T Keane, Doris Goodnough
R476 R440 Discovery Miles 4 400 Save R36 (8%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Thing about Religion - An Introduction to the Material Study of Religions (Paperback): David Morgan The Thing about Religion - An Introduction to the Material Study of Religions (Paperback)
David Morgan
R866 R667 Discovery Miles 6 670 Save R199 (23%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Common views of religion typically focus on the beliefs and meanings derived from revealed scriptures, ideas, and doctrines. David Morgan has led the way in radically broadening that framework to encompass the understanding that religions are fundamentally embodied, material forms of practice. This concise primer shows readers how to study what has come to be termed material religion-the ways religious meaning is enacted in the material world. Material religion includes the things people wear, eat, sing, touch, look at, create, and avoid. It also encompasses the places where religion and the social realities of everyday life, including gender, class, and race, intersect in physical ways. This interdisciplinary approach brings religious studies into conversation with art history, anthropology, and other fields. In the book, Morgan lays out a range of theories, terms, and concepts and shows how they work together to center materiality in the study of religion. Integrating carefully curated visual evidence, Morgan then applies these ideas and methods to case studies across a variety of religious traditions, modeling step-by-step analysis and emphasizing the importance of historical context. The Thing about Religion will be an essential tool for experts and students alike.

Killing Men & Dying Women - Imagining Difference in 1950s New York Painting (Paperback): Griselda Pollock Killing Men & Dying Women - Imagining Difference in 1950s New York Painting (Paperback)
Griselda Pollock
R778 Discovery Miles 7 780 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

What did it mean for painter Lee Krasner to be an artist and a woman if, in the culture of 1950s New York, to be an artist was to be Jackson Pollock and to be a woman was to be Marilyn Monroe? With this question, Griselda Pollock begins a transdisciplinary journey across the gendered aesthetics and the politics of difference in New York abstract, gestural painting. Revisiting recent exhibitions of Abstract Expressionism that either marginalised the artist-women in the movement or focused solely on the excluded women, as well as exhibitions of women in abstraction, Pollock reveals how theories of embodiment, the gesture, hysteria and subjectivity can deepen our understanding of this moment in the history of painting co-created by women and men. Providing close readings of key paintings by Lee Krasner and re-thinking her own historic examination of images of Jackson Pollock and Helen Frankenthaler at work, Pollock builds a cultural bridge between the New York artist-women and their other, Marilyn Monroe, a creative actor whose physically anguished but sexually appropriated star body is presented as pathos formula of life energy. Monroe emerges as a haunting presence within this moment of New York modernism, eroding the policed boundaries between high and popular culture and explaining what we gain by re-thinking art with the richness of feminist thought. -- .

Godefridus Schalcken - A Late 17th-century Dutch Painter in Pursuit of Fame and Fortune (Hardcover): Wayne Franits Godefridus Schalcken - A Late 17th-century Dutch Painter in Pursuit of Fame and Fortune (Hardcover)
Wayne Franits
R1,783 Discovery Miles 17 830 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Godefridus Schalcken: A Late 17th-century Dutch Painter in Pursuit of Fame and Fortune is the first book in English dedicated to the entire artistic output of seventeenth-century Dutch artist Godefridus Schalcken (1643-1706). It examines the artist's paintings and career trajectory against the background of his ceaseless pursuit of fame and fortune. Combining a comprehensive analysis of Schalcken's artistic development and style with our increasing biographical knowledge, it provides an authoritative overview of Schalcken's ample production as an artist. It also integrates his art into the circumstances of his life in relation to his ambitious career aspirations, exploring how economic conditions, a concomitantly oversaturated art market, talent and ambition, demographics, and even sheer luck all played a role in Schalcken's great professional success. Since Schalcken's art, like that of all Dutch painters, provides a plethora of information about seventeenth-century culture-its predilections, its prejudices, indeed, its very mind-set-the book inevitably links his work to the broader socio-cultural contexts in which it was created.

Creating the Countryside - The Rural Idyll (Paperback): Verity Elson Creating the Countryside - The Rural Idyll (Paperback)
Verity Elson; Edited by Rosemary Shirley
R762 R681 Discovery Miles 6 810 Save R81 (11%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The rural idyll is a powerful force in the British national imagination. This highly original and vibrant study will examine how key moments in art history have shaped the concept of the idyll and how contemporary artists continue to access and often challenge this concept. From High Art to propaganda, garden centres to air fresheners, contemporary art to computer games - a constellation of powerful images and ideas contribute to our understandings of the rural. This publication offers new ways of thinking about the rural idyll and the countryside more broadly, through the innovative integration of a wide range of art and visual cultures. These include classic landscapes by artists such as Blake, Claude, Constable and Turner, works of modern British art, and contemporary works by artists who present new perspectives on the rural idyll. Crucially, this volume will enter these familiar and unfamiliar art works into a productive dialogue with an extensive range of visual cultures which populate everyday life now and in the past, for instance Frank Newbould's iconic wartime recruitment posters of 1942-44 and rural-themed video games. In the contemporary art world the rural is seriously under-represented as an arena of critical inquiry and artistic production. This publication will make a significant contribution towards redressing this situation. In addition to the new scholarship on the rural idyll - by academic experts from a wide range of disciplines, encompassing the spheres of art history, contemporary art, poetry, literature, rural history, agriculture, and everyday life - it will include interviews with ten key contemporary artists who are working with the rural in innovative ways. It will also contain newly commissioned material from leading artists and writers which articulate the themes of the publication in ways that differ from the traditional catalogue essay. It will include a specially commissioned visual essay by Jeremy Deller. Deller will select a series of images from the exhibition and elsewhere and combine them with short pieces of text that develop the questions and themes discussed throughout the book in creative and open-ended visual dialogue. There will also be a new commission from the Scottish poet and writer Kathleen Jamie, whose moving observations on the relationships between nature and everyday life, articulate the embeddedness of the rural idyll into the mundane and the quotidian.

The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century (Hardcover): Tricia Cusack The Reading Figure in Irish Art in the Long Nineteenth Century (Hardcover)
Tricia Cusack
R2,346 Discovery Miles 23 460 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
The Sinister Side - How left-right symbolism shaped Western art (Hardcover): James Hall The Sinister Side - How left-right symbolism shaped Western art (Hardcover)
James Hall
R566 Discovery Miles 5 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Why does the Mona Lisa have an uneven smile? Was Picasso's Demoiselles d'Avignon an exploration of Satanism? Why did Michelangelo depict so many left-handed archers? Why did the British Queen look so different when Annie Liebowitz lit her from her left side in a recent official portrait? The answer to all these questions lies in a hidden symbolic language in the visual arts: that of the perceived differences between the left and right sides of the body. It is a symbolism that has been interpreted by artists through the centuries, and that can be uncovered in many of our greatest masterpieces, but that has been long forgotten about or misunderstood by those concerned with the history of art and the human body. The Sinister Side reveals the key, and sheds new light on some of the greatest art from before the Renaissance to the present day. Traditionally, in almost every culture and religion, the left side has been regarded as inferior - evil, weak, worldly, feminine - while the right is good, strong, spiritual and male. But starting in the Renaissance, this hierarchy was questioned and visualised as never before. The left side, in part because of the presence of the heart, became the side that represented authentic human feelings, especially love. By the late nineteenth century, with the rise of interest in the occult and in spiritualism, the left side had become associated with the taboo and with the unconscious. Exploring how works of art reflect our changing cultural ideas about the natural world, human nature, and the mind, James Halls'Sinister Side is the first book to detail the richness and subtlety of left-right symbolism in art, and to show how it was a catalyst for some of the greatest works of visual art from Botticelli and Van Eyck to Vermeer and Dali.

Significant Other (Hardcover): Fedya Ili Significant Other (Hardcover)
Fedya Ili
R1,449 R1,207 Discovery Miles 12 070 Save R242 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Wild Life - The Life and Work of Charley Harper (Hardcover): Gestalten, Charley Harper Art Studio, Margaret Rhodes The Wild Life - The Life and Work of Charley Harper (Hardcover)
Gestalten, Charley Harper Art Studio, Margaret Rhodes
R1,495 Discovery Miles 14 950 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Maternal Bodies in the Visual Arts (Paperback): Rosemary Betterton Maternal Bodies in the Visual Arts (Paperback)
Rosemary Betterton
R950 Discovery Miles 9 500 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Maternal bodies in the visual arts brings images of the maternal and pregnant body into the centre of art-historical enquiry. By exploring religious, secular and scientific traditions as well as contemporary art practices, it shows the power of visual imagery in framing our understanding of maternal bodies and affirming or contesting prevailing maternal ideals. The book reassesses historical models and, in drawing on original case studies, shows how visual practices by artists may offer the means of reconfiguring the maternal. It will appeal to students, academics and researchers in art history, gender studies and cultural studies, as well as to general readers interested in the maternal and visual culture. -- .

Costa Rica - Travel Book on Costa Rica (Hardcover, Travel ed.): Elyse Booth Costa Rica - Travel Book on Costa Rica (Hardcover, Travel ed.)
Elyse Booth
R691 R653 Discovery Miles 6 530 Save R38 (5%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Elders Speak (Hardcover): Bob Jacobson The Elders Speak (Hardcover)
Bob Jacobson; Photographs by Robert Jacobson
R1,087 Discovery Miles 10 870 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Secrets Of A Devon Wood - My Nature Journal (Hardcover): Jo Brown Secrets Of A Devon Wood - My Nature Journal (Hardcover)
Jo Brown
R462 R421 Discovery Miles 4 210 Save R41 (9%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

"Things of such magnitude deserve respect and understanding. They deserve to be remembered..."

Artist and illustrator Jo Brown started keeping her nature diary in a bid to document the small wonders of the wood behind her home in Devon. This book is an exact replica of her original black Moleskin journal, a rich illustrated memory of Jo's discoveries in the order in which she found them. In enchanting, minute detail she zooms in on a bog beacon mushroom, a buff-tailed bumble-bee, or a native bluebell. And she notes facts about their physiology and life history.

Secrets Of A Devon Wood is a treat for the senses, a hymn to the intricate beauty of the natural world and a quiet call to arms for all of us to acknowledge and preserve it. It is a book that will stay with you long after you finally put it down.

Gentile Bellini's Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II - Lives and Afterlives of an Iconic Image (Hardcover): Elizabeth Rodini Gentile Bellini's Portrait of Sultan Mehmed II - Lives and Afterlives of an Iconic Image (Hardcover)
Elizabeth Rodini
R2,865 Discovery Miles 28 650 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In 1479, the Venetian painter Gentile Bellini arrived at the Ottoman court in Istanbul, where he produced his celebrated portrait of Sultan Mehmed II. An important moment of cultural diplomacy, this was the first of many intriguing episodes in the picture's history. Elizabeth Rodini traces Gentile's portrait from Mehmed's court to the Venetian lagoon, from the railway stations of war-torn Europe to the walls of London's National Gallery, exploring its life as a painting and its afterlife as a famous, often puzzling image. Rediscovered by the archaeologist Austen Henry Layard at the height of Orientalist outlooks in Britain, the picture was also the subject of a lawsuit over what defines a "portrait"; it was claimed by Italians seeking to hold onto national patrimony around 1900; and it starred in a solo exhibition in Istanbul in 1999. Rodini's focused inquiry also ranges broadly, considering the nature of historical evidence, the shifting status of authenticity and verisimilitude, and the contemporary political resonance of Old Master paintings. Told as an object biography and imagined as an exploration of art historical methodologies, this book situates Gentile's portrait in evolving dialogues between East and West, uncovering the many and varied ways that objects construct meaning.

Nina Hamnett (Hardcover): Alicia Foster Nina Hamnett (Hardcover)
Alicia Foster
R330 Discovery Miles 3 300 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner - A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Portrait Drawing (Paperback): Mark... Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner - A Clear & Easy Guide to Successful Portrait Drawing (Paperback)
Mark Willenbrink, Mary Willenbrink
R530 R462 Discovery Miles 4 620 Save R68 (13%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Open this book as an absolute beginner, and come away as a proud portrait artist

Mark and Mary Willenbrink's"Absolute Beginner" books have helped thousands of novices tap into their inner artists. In this book, Mark and Mary help the beginning artist take on portraits, showing that absolutely anyone can draw faces. Their encouraging, easy-to-follow instruction style makes learning fun--you'll be amazed by how quickly you achieve impressive results.

You may be a beginner now, but not for long "Drawing Portraits for the Absolute Beginner" covers everything from warming up with sketches, and capturing facial expressions, to framing your finished work. Page by page, you'll build the skills and confidence you need to draw lifelike portraits of your friends and family.

What's Inside:

  • A simple two-stage approach to drawing portraits: sketch a likeness, then build up values to bring it to life
  • Step-by-step instruction for drawing eyes, noses, mouths, hairstyles, hands, glasses and other tricky elements
  • 13 complete demonstrations featuring a range of ages and ethnicities
  • Tips for evoking more personality in your portraits by using props, costumes and accessories
A Song to Keep - A kinship of poems and drawings (Paperback): Olivia Findlay A Song to Keep - A kinship of poems and drawings (Paperback)
Olivia Findlay; Illustrated by Domenica De Ferranti
R273 Discovery Miles 2 730 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

These poems reflect a journey from a past delineated by racism, trauma and violence towards a present life of peace and intense natural beauty. Permeated with nostalgia and loss; songs of an immigrant community alienated in their own land, but pierced with fierce hope, faith in redemption, and a determination that we should all belong.

British Wildlife Photography Awards 9 (Hardcover, None Ed.): Maggie Gowan British Wildlife Photography Awards 9 (Hardcover, None Ed.)
Maggie Gowan 1
R834 R624 Discovery Miles 6 240 Save R210 (25%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This dazzling collection showcases the very best of the British Wildlife Photography Awards, presenting over 150 of the winning, commended and shortlisted images from the 2017 competition. Featuring a range of photography from world-leading professionals as well as inspired amateurs, it is a book that captures the magnificent diversity of the British Isles. Now in its eighth year, the annual competition has a long tradition of supporting conservation. It provides a platform for the finest examples of British nature photography, revealing its wonders to a wide audience and engaging with all ages through its evocative and powerful imagery. With a 20,000 prize from lead sponsor Canon, it is one of the most prestigious photography competitions, attracting major sponsors and culminating in an exhibition at London's Mall Gallery. British Wildlife Photography Awards 9 is divided into the competition's fifteen categories, from Animal Portraits through to the Young People's Awards. Every photograph is beautifully reproduced in a large format, with detailed technical information alongside the photographer's personal account, to appeal to both photographers and natural historians. Featuring a fresh new design, and supported by a major media campaign, this is a book that will bring every reader closer to the often unseen and always surprising world of British nature.

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