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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

The Wild Treasury of Nature - A Portrait of Little St. Simons Island (Hardcover): Philip Juras The Wild Treasury of Nature - A Portrait of Little St. Simons Island (Hardcover)
Philip Juras; Commentary by Kevin Grogan, Dorinda G. Dallmeyer
R919 Discovery Miles 9 190 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The fifty-two paintings gathered here reveal as never before the wild beauty of Little St. Simons, an undeveloped barrier island on the Georgia coast. In showing us the island's marshes and tidal creeks, shrub lands and forests, and dunes and beaches, artist Philip Juras helps us understand the natural and historical forces continually at work on this unique place. The Wild Treasury of Nature continues Juras's exploration of the presettlement wilderness of the American South as the earliest naturalists would have encountered it. Strikingly composed and executed, Juras's island paintings are based on extensive research and many hours spent at the sites he documents. From the contours of a pristine landscape down to the shape and colour of its smallest plant, each scene is a historically and ecologically credible rendering of a place that has remained miraculously unspoiled. The writings that accompany Juras's paintings describe the natural history and unique cultural past of Little St. Simons in particular and the southern barrier islands in general, place the artwork within the American landscape painting tradition, and underscore the importance of vigilant stewardship for the island and the few remaining American places like it.

New Hampshire: A Keepsake (Hardcover): Ken Paulsen New Hampshire: A Keepsake (Hardcover)
Ken Paulsen
R312 R257 Discovery Miles 2 570 Save R55 (18%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Whether planning a vacation, moving, or a resident of the Granite State, this book provides a compact view of lush landscapes, annual events, and outdoor activities across all seasons. From sea level to some of the state's highest points, enjoy village scenes, covered bridges, mountain views, and more. Journey through time as New Hampshire's rich heritage is displayed in preserved barns, restored churches, and examples of past road, water, and rail forms of transportation. Move from summer's sand sculpting competitions to winter's ski slopes, spring's purple lilac blooms to autumn's deep reds and golds. Eighty full-page color photos from all corners of New Hampshire highlight why it has one of the top Quality of Life ratings in the country. This book serves as a thoughtful gift, a striking souvenir, or simply as an ode to New Hampshire's many treasures.

Kurt Jackson's Sea (Hardcover): Kurt Jackson Kurt Jackson's Sea (Hardcover)
Kurt Jackson; Foreword by Julian Spalding
R1,156 Discovery Miles 11 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

For Kurt Jackson (b.1961), 'Painting the sea could become an obsession, an entire oeuvre in its own right, an endless life absorbing task.' And, as this book attests, Jackson's dedication to capturing its constant shape shifting - stillness to thundering force, shallows to mysterious depths - have brought forth paintings that communicate the sea's ebb and flow, its magic and elusiveness. Kurt Jackson's Sea captures the beauty of the artist's constantly evolving relationship with one of nature's most challenging subjects. Two hundred colour images complement Jackson's reflections on his interactions with inspirational coastal landscapes - largely experienced in his native Cornwall, but stretching way beyond the county too.

Puppy Life - The First Eight Weeks of Bonding, Playing, and Growing (Hardcover): Traer Scott Puppy Life - The First Eight Weeks of Bonding, Playing, and Growing (Hardcover)
Traer Scott
R372 Discovery Miles 3 720 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Award-winning animal photographer Traer Scott traces the stages of puppy development of five litters of puppies across breeds from birth through eight weeks through full-color photographs and text. In Traer Scott's newest book, she photographs five litters of puppies from birth to approximately three months, providing a visual diary of how dogs mature and grow as well as information about each of the different stages a puppy goes through before going to it's forever home. Each of the litters will represent a different breed/size/group of dog. Intro texts to each litter explain the breed and its characteristics and where the puppies were born. The book includes five different dog breeds: *English Setters *Great Pyrenees *Cavalier King Charles Spaniels *Labradors *and mixed breed

Oil Painting Every Day - A Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide to Painting the World Around You - Develop a Successful Daily... Oil Painting Every Day - A Step-by-Step Beginner's Guide to Painting the World Around You - Develop a Successful Daily Creative Habit (Paperback)
Robin Sealark
R442 Discovery Miles 4 420 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Discover a new approach to oil painting that takes the stuffiness out and puts the fun back in. Learn how to paint vibrant florals, landscapes, seascapes, portraits, and more, and see your skills improve. Oil Painting Every Day shows you how to translate what you see into captivating paintings. Begin with a solid understanding of oil paint and essential supplies, then try easy exercises that will train your eye to see the world like an artist. From there, you'll learn how to capture beautiful details in landscapes and still lifes and create shadows and depth to make your work come alive. Refine those details to paint waves, clouds, and floral scenes, and get all the tips, tricks, and techniques you need for a doable portrait to get you started in figurative work. Get great ideas for creating engaging compositions while capturing the world around you, and discover how a variety of simple brushstrokes add energy and life to a piece. In this book you'll find: How drawings and underpaintings can give your paintings a boost How to care for your tools and materials Tips and techniques for working in sketchbooks and on canvas The benefits of maintaining a consistent art practice How to paint from life and photographs Ways to build cohesive compositions that tell a story Oil Painting Every Day is your all-access pass to oil painting.

Songs of Place and Time - Birdsong and the Dawn Chorus in Natural History and the Arts (Hardcover): Mike Collier, Bennett Hogg,... Songs of Place and Time - Birdsong and the Dawn Chorus in Natural History and the Arts (Hardcover)
Mike Collier, Bennett Hogg, John Strachan
R914 Discovery Miles 9 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Wall Art Made Easy - Ready to Frame Vintage Botanical Prints Vol 6: 30 Beautiful Illustrations to Transform Your Home... Wall Art Made Easy - Ready to Frame Vintage Botanical Prints Vol 6: 30 Beautiful Illustrations to Transform Your Home (Paperback)
Barbara Ann Kirby
R418 Discovery Miles 4 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Kingfisher with Lotus Flower - Birds of Japan by Hokusai, Hiroshige and Other Masters of the Woodblock Print (Hardcover): Anne... Kingfisher with Lotus Flower - Birds of Japan by Hokusai, Hiroshige and Other Masters of the Woodblock Print (Hardcover)
Anne Sefrioui
R444 Discovery Miles 4 440 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Chickadees amid cherry blossoms, peacocks nestled in wisteria branches, sleeping owls against a moonlit night sky and majestic cranes diving in the ocean waves-these are some of the transcendent pleasures offered in this exquisite collection of plates bound in an accordion style format that honors the Japanese bookbinding tradition. Every major artist of this genre is included-from Keisai, Keibun and Hokusai to Hiroshige and Koson-as the history of Japanese printmaking unfolds in stunning detail. An introductory booklet explores the centuries long role that nature has played in Japanese art, from Chinese influenced works of the Kano school, which depicted the bird as a Buddhist symbol, through to the ukiyo-e, when artists strove to capture fleeting moments of pure joy. Fans of Japanese art, lovers of birds, and anyone who enjoys beautiful depictions of the natural world will cherish this sumptuous, satisfying volume of earthly delights.

Saving Foxes - Portraits of Rescued Foxes and Their Stories (Paperback): Lauren Williamson Saving Foxes - Portraits of Rescued Foxes and Their Stories (Paperback)
Lauren Williamson; Edited by Mikayla Raines
R532 Discovery Miles 5 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dot-to-dot Book for Adults - Connect the Dots and Relax. Dot to Dot Puzzles with over 300 dots. Animal Theme. (Paperback): Emma... Dot-to-dot Book for Adults - Connect the Dots and Relax. Dot to Dot Puzzles with over 300 dots. Animal Theme. (Paperback)
Emma Flor
R247 Discovery Miles 2 470 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
A Sparrow's Life's as Sweet as Ours - In Praise of Birds and Seasons (Hardcover): Carry Akroyd, John McEwen A Sparrow's Life's as Sweet as Ours - In Praise of Birds and Seasons (Hardcover)
Carry Akroyd, John McEwen 1
R633 R522 Discovery Miles 5 220 Save R111 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

A Sparrow's Life's as Sweet as Ours is a collection based on the Bird of the Month column in The Oldie, which is written by an instigator of the magazine, John McEwen and illustrated by renowned wildlife artist Carry Akroyd. In this beautiful new book, painter and printmaker Carry Akroyd presents a sequence of her small screenprints, full of variety and colour, that illustrate British birds in all four seasons of the year. These stunning prints give full rein to her extensive knowledge of the British landscape, and what shines out of these dynamic designs is Carry's deft capturing of each bird's characteristics set beautifully in relation to its habitat. Her consideration of each species combines accuracy with elegant simplicity. John McEwen's accompanying text is written with charm and concision, and his original columns have been updated for this new collection. John's light, eclectic approach connects snippets of ornithology, history, etymology and cookery, all expressed with wit and knowledge. His writing is spiced with poetry - from Chaucer to the present - as well as facts and stories, while personal and other anecdotes are included to inform and, above all, entertain.

Stained Glass Coloring Book - An Amazing Flower Designs Adult Coloring Book for Stress Relief and Relaxation (Paperback): Bold... Stained Glass Coloring Book - An Amazing Flower Designs Adult Coloring Book for Stress Relief and Relaxation (Paperback)
Bold Coloring Books
R196 Discovery Miles 1 960 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Flowers Coloring Book - Coloring Book for Adults: Beautiful Designs for Stress Relief, Creativity, and Relaxation (Paperback):... Flowers Coloring Book - Coloring Book for Adults: Beautiful Designs for Stress Relief, Creativity, and Relaxation (Paperback)
Mantra
R270 Discovery Miles 2 700 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Art of the Bird - The History of Ornithological Art Through Forty Artists (Hardcover): Roger J. Lederer The Art of the Bird - The History of Ornithological Art Through Forty Artists (Hardcover)
Roger J. Lederer
R1,101 R936 Discovery Miles 9 360 Save R165 (15%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days

The human history of depicting birds dates to as many as 40,000 years ago, when Paleolithic artists took to cave walls to capture winged and other beasts. But the art form has reached its peak in the last four hundred years. In The Art of the Bird, devout birder and ornithologist Roger J. Lederer celebrates this heyday of avian illustration in forty artists' profiles, beginning with the work of Flemish painter Frans Snyders in the early 1600s and continuing through to contemporary artists like Elizabeth Butterworth, famed for her portraits of macaws. Stretching its wings across time, taxa, geography, and artistic style--from the celebrated realism of American conservation icon John James Audubon, to Elizabeth Gould's nineteenth-century renderings of museum specimens from the Himalayas, to Swedish artist and ornithologist Lars Jonsson's ethereal watercolors--this book is feathered with art and artists as diverse and beautiful as their subjects. A soaring exploration of our fascination with the avian form, The Art of the Bird is a testament to the ways in which the intense observation inherent in both art and science reveals the mysteries of the natural world.

Vintage Prints - Ferns: Vol. 9 (Paperback): E. Lawrence Vintage Prints - Ferns: Vol. 9 (Paperback)
E. Lawrence
R332 Discovery Miles 3 320 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Jan Hendrix: Paradise Lost (Hardcover): Jan Hendrix Jan Hendrix: Paradise Lost (Hardcover)
Jan Hendrix; Foreword by Richard Deverell
R1,235 R978 Discovery Miles 9 780 Save R257 (21%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

Jan Hendrix is a Dutch-born, Mexico-based contemporary artist. His work is all about observation and analysis; nature and its diff erent ways of representing and telling extended stories, often in a non- linear narrative. Based on an exhibition at Kew Gardens, this book is a visual report of Hendrix's multiple visits to the Kamay Botany Bay Area of New South Wales, Australia, made over a 20-year period. Beautiful and thought-provoking works convey his response to the fragile, changing landscape, under constant threat of fi re and destruction. His work also draws on first collections of plants at Kamay Botany Bay documented by botanists Joseph Banks, Daniel Solander and Sydney Parkinson as part of the HMS Endeavour expedition in 1770. Supporting texts by Art Historian Dawn Ades, CEO of the Bundanon Trust Deborah Ely, and filmmaker Michael Leggett contextualise the work of the artist. With a foreword by Kew Director Richard Deverell.

Photo Ark Wonders - Celebrating Diversity in the Animal Kingdom (Hardcover): Joel Sartore Photo Ark Wonders - Celebrating Diversity in the Animal Kingdom (Hardcover)
Joel Sartore
R756 Discovery Miles 7 560 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A glorious new volume of Sartore's signature animal portraits, this time highlighting the fascinating shapes, patterns, and expressions of animals both familiar and little known. Joel Sartore, on a mission to photograph all the animal species in human care, now delights us with more photographs, this time selected to represent the amazing diversity of the world's animals. The book's four chapters -- Pattern, Shape, Extra, and Personality -- invite us to revel in these photographs, many cleverly paired into amusing and often surprising comparisons, like the catfish and the mouse with the same stripes down their backs, the tarantula and the poison dart frog both cobalt blue, or the tiny lizard and the weighty ox both sporting pointed horns. Each photograph gets its own page or two-page spread. Scientifically accurate captions highlight distinctive features. Throughout, Sartore recalls telling moments from his photographic adventures. With all new image selections, this book expands the best-selling Photo Ark series, sure to be a hit with those who already treasure National Geographic Photo Ark, Birds of the Photo Ark, and Photo Ark Vanishing. Animal lovers young and old will get lost in the pages of this book, delighted by the spectacular diversity among these creatures and the wit of the photographer chronicling them.

Home Fires, Volume I - The Past (Hardcover): Bruce Haley Home Fires, Volume I - The Past (Hardcover)
Bruce Haley; Contributions by Kirsten Rian
R973 Discovery Miles 9 730 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The photographs in Home Fires, Volume I: The Past were taken during the height of a crippling drought in the state of California. Bruce Haley, known for his hard-hitting war and documentary work, turns his camera homeward, to the agriculture-rich San Joaquin Valley where he spent his childhood. The resulting images, haunting and melancholy, play out against the larger framework of contentious water politics and land use issues. The writer Kirsten Rian provides the accompanying text.

1914 Vintage Botany Botanical Illustration Sizes (Paperback): C. Anders 1914 Vintage Botany Botanical Illustration Sizes (Paperback)
C. Anders
R310 Discovery Miles 3 100 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Healing Tree - A Book of Haikus to Honor One Special Tree (Hardcover): Dave Sandrick The Healing Tree - A Book of Haikus to Honor One Special Tree (Hardcover)
Dave Sandrick
R920 Discovery Miles 9 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Elementum Journal 2019, 5: Edition Five (Paperback): Jay Armstrong Elementum Journal 2019, 5: Edition Five (Paperback)
Jay Armstrong; Contributions by Jim Crumley, Helen Scales, Stephen Moss, Sara Baume; Illustrated by … 1
R567 R467 Discovery Miles 4 670 Save R100 (18%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days
What Springs of Rain - Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rainforest and Cloudforest (Hardcover): Lindsay Erin Lough What Springs of Rain - Flora and Fauna of the Amazon Rainforest and Cloudforest (Hardcover)
Lindsay Erin Lough
R767 R632 Discovery Miles 6 320 Save R135 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Colour by Numbers - Large Print Colour By Number Butterflies, Birds, and Flowers Adult Colouring Book (Paperback): Sujatha... Colour by Numbers - Large Print Colour By Number Butterflies, Birds, and Flowers Adult Colouring Book (Paperback)
Sujatha Lalgudi
R242 Discovery Miles 2 420 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Drawing from the Book of Nature (Paperback): Dennis Klocek Drawing from the Book of Nature (Paperback)
Dennis Klocek
R590 R493 Discovery Miles 4 930 Save R97 (16%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nature and its Symbols (Paperback): . Impelluso Nature and its Symbols (Paperback)
. Impelluso
R714 Discovery Miles 7 140 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

"Nature and Its Symbols is the fifth volume in the series A Guide to Imagery, reference guides whose goal is to explain the symbols used in art. This volume includes chapters on plants, flowers, fruits, and animals of the earth, air, and water, as well as fantastical creatures such as centaurs, griffons, and dragons. The vivid illustrations, which include paintings and tapestries from some of the world's premier museums, are accompanied by texts that offer careful analyses of the artists' depictions of the natural world. Each entry discusses the symbolic significance of the particular plant, fruit, or animal portrayed, its mythic or literary origins, and the episodes or individuals associated with it. These salient points are also called out in summary form within each entry, making the information easily accessible. The reader discovers, for example, that the iris can represent Jesus or the purity of the Virgin Mary as well as the kings of France or the city of Florence. The monkey, which can be symbolic of the devil, heresy, or bad temper, is also associated with the three wise men who traveled to Bethlehem to pay homage to the infant Jesus. By bringing to life the natural world as portrayed in art, this book will surely be an indispensable resource for museum visitors, art lovers, and students.

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