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Books > Arts & Architecture > Art forms, treatments & subjects > Art treatments & subjects > Iconography, subjects depicted in art > Nature in art, still life, landscapes & seascapes

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.

Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner - A clear and easy guide to drawing landscapes and nature (Paperback): Mark And Mary... Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner - A clear and easy guide to drawing landscapes and nature (Paperback)
Mark And Mary Willenbrink
R550 Discovery Miles 5 500 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

"Have you ever experienced the peace of walking through the woods or the excitement of a storm gathering on a beach? Artwork provides the ability for us to capture those moments and share them with others."

"Drawing Nature for the Absolute Beginner" offers a great beginner's course on drawing nature. In their fun and friendly teaching style, Mark and Mary Willenbrink show you how to realistically capture the world around you.

All you need to get started are some simple supplies, basic techniques, and inspiration. From field to forest, beach or mountain, begin with a structural sketch, apply values and textures, and, before you know it, you'll be drawing everything you see. You'll even learn how to render favorite wildlife such as chipmunks, deer and eagles

  • Follow along with easy step-by-step demonstrations to draw rocks, seashells, butterflies and even more developed nature scenes.
  • Gain a working understanding of key concepts such as perspective, value and composition.
  • Discover simple tools and tips you can use right away to improve your art.
Your artistic journey can be as pleasant as your final destination with drawing instruction meant for everyone.
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
R350 Discovery Miles 3 500 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.

Legacy of Love - Gifts I Received on the Path of Life (Hardcover, 2nd ed.): Nan Johnson Legacy of Love - Gifts I Received on the Path of Life (Hardcover, 2nd ed.)
Nan Johnson; Photographs by Connie Villa
R1,301 R1,086 Discovery Miles 10 860 Save R215 (17%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nature Notebook: Puffin (Notebook / blank book): Jane Smith Nature Notebook: Puffin (Notebook / blank book)
Jane Smith
R242 Discovery Miles 2 420 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This notebook features a beautiful cover illustration by acclaimed nature artist Jane Smith. It contains 192 pages of lined paper, head-and-tail bans, a ribbon marker and band to keep it securely fastened.

The beauty of art - Art Book (Hardcover): Steven Stone The beauty of art - Art Book (Hardcover)
Steven Stone
R1,439 R1,175 Discovery Miles 11 750 Save R264 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Art Dog - Clever Canines of the Art World (Hardcover): Smith Street Books Art Dog - Clever Canines of the Art World (Hardcover)
Smith Street Books
R401 R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Save R29 (7%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

From millennia-old cave art to world-famous internet sensations, dogs have inspired artists to strive to capture their loyal personalities and antics for as long as they've been our furry friends. This joyous collection celebrates dogs in art, spanning eras, styles and continents, from the brushes of masters such as Manet, Toulouse-Lautrec, Sargent, Gauguin, Klee, Picasso and more.

Turner & the Sea (Hardcover): Christine Riding, Richard Johns Turner & the Sea (Hardcover)
Christine Riding, Richard Johns 1
R1,149 Discovery Miles 11 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

This book, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the National Maritime Museum, explores and celebrates Turner's lifelong fascination with the sea. It also sets his work within the context of marine painting in the 19th century. Each chapter has an introductory text followed by discussion of specific paintings. Four of the chapters conclude with a feature essay on a specific topic.

Mist and Fog in British and European Painting - Fuseli, Friedrich, Turner, Monet and their Contemporaries (Hardcover): Evan R... Mist and Fog in British and European Painting - Fuseli, Friedrich, Turner, Monet and their Contemporaries (Hardcover)
Evan R Firestone
R1,656 Discovery Miles 16 560 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Mist and fog engender fascination and mystery, enticing with their wispy veils and vapourous moods, and they are the stuff of dreams and visions. 'The mists of time' and 'in a fog' are common expressions that substantiate the long association of mist and fog with the passage of time, the vagaries of memory and feelings of uncertainty. Mist and fog obscure, conceal and when they dissipate, reveal. Vapourous atmosphere in art and life masks evil and can elicit presentiments of death. It also has been used in art to convey the splendours of the spiritual world and the terrors of the supernatural. The metaphorical meanings that have accrued to mist and fog, encouraged by their indeterminate and transitory nature, and the emotions to which they give rise, are variously evident in the work of major artists and their contemporaries. This book focusses on mist and fog from the late eighteenth to the early twentieth centuries in the places they most proliferated. Examples of literature that employ mist and fog as metaphor and in allegory from antiquity to Joseph Conrad serve to amplify many of the paintings discussed.

Baule Monkeys (Hardcover): Bruno Claessens, Jean-Louis Danis Baule Monkeys (Hardcover)
Bruno Claessens, Jean-Louis Danis; Foreword by Susan Vogel
R1,580 Discovery Miles 15 800 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

The Baule people of the Ivory Coast are renowned for their refined sculptural work of masks and figures. This book is the first to focus exclusively on an antithetic aspect of Baule culture-rough zoomorphic sculptures representing monkeys. These awe-inspiring bowl-bearing figures evoke invisible powers and serve their communities through the mediation of diviners. Investigating the creation, forms, and usage of the sculptures, the authors shed light on the cultural and ritual contexts in which they operated. Beautifully illustrated with over 55 full-page color images of works in public and private collections, this important publication also includes many unpublished field photographs. Distributed for Mercatorfonds

Llama Llama Red Pajama (Board book): Anna Dewdney Llama Llama Red Pajama (Board book)
Anna Dewdney; Illustrated by Anna Dewdney
R288 Discovery Miles 2 880 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Illustrated Owl: Barn, Barred & Great Horned - The Ultimate Reference Guide for Bird Lovers, Artists, & Woodcarvers... Illustrated Owl: Barn, Barred & Great Horned - The Ultimate Reference Guide for Bird Lovers, Artists, & Woodcarvers (Paperback)
Denny Rogers
R870 R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Save R83 (10%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

Featuring 200 meticulous and anatomically accurate drawings that capture each magnificent owl in multiple poses and from every angle, this reference provides wildlife artists with the tools to draw, paint, sculpt, carve, and study these majestic birds. The comprehensive drawings and color graphs capture the essence of the owls' watchful and predatory nature, and scaled charts allow carvers to create their desired dimensions without sacrificing proportion. With the combination of in-flight and still photographs, everyone from wildlife artists and bird watchers to nature enthusiasts can create these formidable nighttime hunters in minute detail--down to the stripes, speckles, and streaks of their feathers.

A Little Florida Farm - A Simple Life...Photos and Observations (Hardcover): S. Lewis A Little Florida Farm - A Simple Life...Photos and Observations (Hardcover)
S. Lewis
R649 Discovery Miles 6 490 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
Botanical Illustration (Paperback): Valerie Oxley Botanical Illustration (Paperback)
Valerie Oxley
R747 R703 Discovery Miles 7 030 Save R44 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Botanical Illustration is an introduction to the marrying of art and science in the aesthetic and accurate portrayal of plant material. This book builds on the work of illustrators of the past, ranging from Elizabeth Blackwell, whose drawings helped to release her husband from debtors' prison, through to the exceptional scientific drawings of Beatrix Potter. It deals with the practical art and the related botany of the subject. Topics covered include an introduction to basic botany; preparation of plant material for drawing; use of pencil, watercolour, coloured pencil and pen and ink; suggested topics for further study and, finally, correcting mistakes and finishing touches.

Botaniphoria: A Cabinet of Botanical Curiosities (Paperback): Asuka Hishiki Botaniphoria: A Cabinet of Botanical Curiosities (Paperback)
Asuka Hishiki
R543 R489 Discovery Miles 4 890 Save R54 (10%) Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Take a fresh look at the world through the lens of a self-confessed nature-obsessed artist. Asuka Hishiki possesses not only a sense of profound awe and wonder at the intricacies of the natural world, but also the talent to communicate it through her paintings. Recalling the Wunderkammer (literally, 'wonder rooms') of 16th and 17th century European collectors, Asuka Hishiki's Botaniphoria: A Cabinet of Botanical Curiosities encompasses subjects as diverse as rotting vegetables, endangered species, mundane weeds and backyard insects - all treasures to her and transformed into objects of intense and fragile beauty through her skill with watercolour. Her work is held in prestigious collections such as The Huntington Library, Art Museum and Botanical Gardens, California, the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew and the Hunt Institute for Botanical Documentation, Pennsylvania. One of the first people to appreciate her work said about it, 'your work is not to hang upon a wall in a bright living room, but to put in a drawer in the study. Then, alone in the middle of the night, to take out and ponder upon.' In the best traditions of Wunderkammer, this book is an artfully arranged collection intended to be pondered upon. From the interactions of the objects within the paintings, to the quirky choice of subjects and the realism with which they are portrayed, they will bear revisiting again and again. As Asuka admits, painting is her language. She is an extremely adept communicator in it.

The Aesthetics of Qiyun and Genius - Spirit Consonance in Chinese Landscape Painting and Some Kantian Echoes (Hardcover):... The Aesthetics of Qiyun and Genius - Spirit Consonance in Chinese Landscape Painting and Some Kantian Echoes (Hardcover)
Xiaoyan Hu
R2,866 Discovery Miles 28 660 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

In The Aesthetics of Qiyun and Genius: Spirit Consonance in Chinese Landscape Painting and Some Kantian Echoes, Xiaoyan Hu provides an interpretation of the notion of qiyun, or spirit consonance, in Chinese painting, and considers why creating a painting-especially a landscape painting-replete with qiyun is regarded as an art of genius, where genius is an innate mental talent. Through a comparison of the role of this innate mental disposition in the aesthetics of qiyun and Kant's account of artistic genius, the book addresses an important feature of the Chinese aesthetic tradition, one that evades the aesthetic universality assumed by a Kantian lens. Drawing on the views of influential sixth to fourteenth-century theorists and art historians and connoisseurs, the first part explains and discusses qiyun and its conceptual development from a notion mainly applied to figure painting to one that also plays an enduring role in the aesthetics of landscape painting. In the light of Kant's account of genius, the second part examines a range of issues regarding the role of the mind in creating a painting replete with qiyun and the impossibility of teaching qiyun. Through this comparison with Kant, Hu demystifies the uniqueness of qiyun aesthetics and also illuminates some limitations in Kant's aesthetics.

Contemporary Wildlife Art (Hardcover): Cindy Ann Coldiron Contemporary Wildlife Art (Hardcover)
Cindy Ann Coldiron
R1,227 R979 Discovery Miles 9 790 Save R248 (20%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Over 360 spectacular art pieces are accompanied by personal statements from 74 artists in this curated selection of contemporary works. The artists, who come from across the United States, and from places such as New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom, all convey their respect, enthusiasm, and personal connections to wildlife. A wide range of styles and media is covered including photography, glass, relief woodcarving, mosaics, pastels, oil, watercolor and acrylic painting, bronzes, stoneware, terracotta and porcelains, ink, graphite and colored pencil, digital illustration, felted sculpture and fabric collage, and more. Examples of wildlife presented are bears, birds, elephants, monkeys, pandas, tigers, foxes, wolves, owls, seals, and even insects. This book is a great gift for wildlife and nature enthusiasts, interior designers, museums, art collectors, art educators, and artists.

Art, Animals, and Experience - Relationships to Canines and the Natural World (Paperback): Elizabeth Sutton Art, Animals, and Experience - Relationships to Canines and the Natural World (Paperback)
Elizabeth Sutton
R1,369 Discovery Miles 13 690 Ships in 9 - 17 working days

Elizabeth Sutton, using a phenomenological approach, investigates how animals in art invite viewers to contemplate human relationships to the natural world. Using Rembrandt van Rijn's etching of The Presentation in the Temple (c. 1640), Joseph Beuys's social sculpture I Like America and America Likes Me (1974), archaic rock paintings at Horseshoe Canyon, Canyonlands National Park, and examples from contemporary art, this book demonstrates how artists across time and cultures employed animals to draw attention to the sensory experience of the composition and reflect upon the shared sensory awareness of the world.

Woodland Imagery in Northern Art, c. 1500 - 1800 - Poetry and Ecology (Hardcover): Leopoldine Van Hogendorp Prosperetti Woodland Imagery in Northern Art, c. 1500 - 1800 - Poetry and Ecology (Hardcover)
Leopoldine Van Hogendorp Prosperetti
R1,433 Discovery Miles 14 330 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Woodland Imagery in Northern Art reconnects us with the woodland scenery that abounds in Western painting, from Albrecht Durer's intense studies of verdant trees, to the works of many other Northern European artists who captured 'the truth of vegetation' in their work. These incidents of remarkable scenery in the visual arts have received little attention in the history of art, until now. Prosperetti brings together a set of essays which are devoted to the poetics of the woodlands in the work of the great masters, including Claude Lorrain, Jan van Eyck, Jacob van Ruisdael, Peter Paul Rubens, Rembrandt and Leonardo da Vinci, amongst others. Through an examination of aesthetics and eco-poetics, this book draws attention to the idea of lyrical naturalism as a conceptual bridge that unites the power of poetry with the allurement of the natural world. Engagingly written and beautifully illustrated throughout, Woodland Imagery in Northern Art strives to stimulate the return of the woodlands to the places where they belong - in people's minds and close to home.

Still Life (Paperback): Luca Pancrazzi Still Life (Paperback)
Luca Pancrazzi
R958 R787 Discovery Miles 7 870 Save R171 (18%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

LucaPancrazziisoneoftheforemostItaliancontemporary

artistsworkingtoday.Hehashadnumeroussoloexhibitons

aroundtheworld,includingamajorpresentationatthelast

MoscowBiennale.

Thisnewworkformspartofanimportantforthcoming

exhibitonatGalerieAndreaCaratsch,Zurich.

Entitled'StillLife'theexhibitionpresentsaseriesof

monochromaticpaintings,largelyofpropsandcornersin

hisstudioandworkingenvironment,paintedusingadetailed

semi-pointillismtechniquethatfromafarrevealsthesubtle

recreationsofbrushes,skulls,jarsandworksurfaces.

LucaPancrazzi'spointofviewturnsupsidedownnormal

visions,hestimulatesourfantasyalongroutesandthoughts

aboutthepresent."Nothinginthisworldiscompletelyidentical

forthereasonthattwobodiescannottakeuponeandthesame

place.Eachbodyisidenticaltoitselfonly."Thesewordsofthe

FlorentinemathematicianCorradoBrodgicanbetakenasan

Art Journey Animals and Wildlife (Hardcover): Jamie Markle Art Journey Animals and Wildlife (Hardcover)
Jamie Markle
R1,226 R986 Discovery Miles 9 860 Save R240 (20%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Art Journey Animals is the first-ever compendium of the most soulful and inspiring animal and wildlife artworks, culled from the winners of North Light's popular competition-books series. More than 100 hand-selected drawings and paintings by a wide variety of top contemporary artists have been carefully curated to capture the wonder of nature, from the family room to the farm and the sea to the savanna. The best of the best masterworks from AcrylicWorks, Splash, Strokes of Genius and INCITE have been compiled into this gorgeous, oversized full-color book, which includes observations into the texture, innovation, style and significance of each piece. Accompanying in-depth interviews with the artists offer meaningful insights into nature, the creative process and the human condition. "I hope to bring the viewer into a more intimate view and greater connection with the animal, and through that animal, with themselves." --Heather A. Mitchell, Shepherd Pause

Florida's Uplands (Paperback): Ellie Whitney, D. Bruce Means, Anne Rudloe Florida's Uplands (Paperback)
Ellie Whitney, D. Bruce Means, Anne Rudloe
R644 Discovery Miles 6 440 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

Taken from the earlier book "Priceless Florida" (and modified for a stand-alone book), this volume discusses the well-drained areas of Florida, including high pine grasslands, flatwoods and prairies, interior scrub, hardwood hammocks, rocklands and caves, and beach dunes. Introduces readers to the trees and plants, insects, mammals, reptiles, and other species that live in Florida's unique uplands ecosystem.

Picturing America's National Parks (Hardcover): Jamie M. Allen Picturing America's National Parks (Hardcover)
Jamie M. Allen
R797 R748 Discovery Miles 7 480 Save R49 (6%) Ships in 12 - 19 working days

To celebrate the centennial of America's National Park Service, Picturing America's National Parks brings together some of the finest landscape photography in the history of the medium, from America's most magnificent and sacred environments. Photography has played an integral role in both the formation of the National Parks and in the depiction of America itself, through this natural resource. From Yosemite to the most recent 2013 addition of Pinnacles National Park in California, America's National Parks have been enjoyed through photographs for over 150 years. This book traces that his - tory and delights readers with stunning photographs of the best American landscapes. An informative essay from curator Jamie M. Allen unfolds the role of photography in promoting America's national heritage, land conservation, and wildlife preservation. Featuring the historic work of masters such as Ansel Adams, Imogen Cunningham, William Henry Jackson, Edward Weston, and Minor White, as well as contemporary greats such as Lee Friedlander, Stephen Shore, and Joel Sternfeld, this volume offers a powerful look at America's National Parks and pays homage to a practice that has defined the way we see America, particularly the American West.

Audubon Owls QuickNotes (Cards): John james Audubon Audubon Owls QuickNotes (Cards)
John james Audubon
R268 Discovery Miles 2 680 Ships in 12 - 19 working days

John James Audubon was an American ornithologist, naturalist, and painter. The Birds of America contains 435 life-size watercolours of North American birds, some of which reproduced here in our QuickNotes notecard set. 20 notecards and envelopes, 5 each of 4 images. Packaged in a sleek, sturdy flip-top box with magnetic closure. Cards printed on coated paper stock to bring out their full colour. Cards and envelopes bundled together with a paper belly band inside each box. Box measurements 143 x 120 x 34mm.

Ausdrucksstarke Digitale Malerei in Procreate - Lerne, atemberaubend schoene, ausdrucksstarke Illustrationen am iPad zu... Ausdrucksstarke Digitale Malerei in Procreate - Lerne, atemberaubend schoene, ausdrucksstarke Illustrationen am iPad zu zeichnen und malen (German, Paperback)
Shirish Deshpande
R1,184 Discovery Miles 11 840 Ships in 12 - 19 working days
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