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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

Vibrant Creations - Coloring Book (Paperback): Austin J Van Allen Vibrant Creations - Coloring Book (Paperback)
Austin J Van Allen
R496 R404 Discovery Miles 4 040 Save R92 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Up Close (Paperback): Geoff Francis Up Close (Paperback)
Geoff Francis; Photographs by Paul Windridge; Designed by Paul Windridge
R299 R258 Discovery Miles 2 580 Save R41 (14%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
The Family of Hummingbirds - The Complete Prints of John Gould (Hardcover): Joel Oppenheimer The Family of Hummingbirds - The Complete Prints of John Gould (Hardcover)
Joel Oppenheimer
R1,603 R1,267 Discovery Miles 12 670 Save R336 (21%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

The sublime collection of 418 superbly detailed paintings of hummingbirds by the great artist John Gould, the 19th-century naturalist painter often referred to as the British Audubon, represents all the known species on the planet at the time and is the most complete ever produced. Like Audubon, Gould depicted the birds as they are in life, in their native habitats, which was still a revolutionary approach at the time. Yet Unlike Audubon, Gould travelled widely across the globe and the exquisite hummingbirds he painted so beautifully represent all the known species at the time and haled from the most remote and exotic ecosystems on the planet. In their essay for the book, co-writers Joel and Laura Oppenheimer tell the story of Gould s colourful life and place his work in the context of the times, when exploration of science and the world s natural wonders was at an all-time high. The Family of Hummingbirds will delight birdwatching hobbyists, fans of naturalist historical prints, and especially lovers of the avian Tinker Bell.

Beginner's Guide to Botanical Flower Painting (Paperback): Michael Lakin Beginner's Guide to Botanical Flower Painting (Paperback)
Michael Lakin 1
R423 R352 Discovery Miles 3 520 Save R71 (17%) Ships in 9 - 15 working days

This complete guide to the crisp, precise finish of botanical painting marries traditional technique with contemporary style and includes sections on colour, drawing, continuous tone, composition and dissection. Michael Lakin makes botanical art approachable with simple exercises and a variety of step-by-step instructional approaches, making this a fantastic guide for aspirational beginners.

Trilogy Drawing Art Crazy Horses - The Art of Drawing; Portraits of Beautiful Horses Reproduced in Series for Framing... Trilogy Drawing Art Crazy Horses - The Art of Drawing; Portraits of Beautiful Horses Reproduced in Series for Framing (Paperback)
Donald P Russo
R622 R507 Discovery Miles 5 070 Save R115 (18%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Nocturne - Night in American Art, 1890-1917 (Hardcover): Helene Valance Nocturne - Night in American Art, 1890-1917 (Hardcover)
Helene Valance; Translated by Jane Marie Todd
R1,184 Discovery Miles 11 840 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

A beautifully illustrated look at the vogue for night landscapes amid the social, political, and technological changes of modern America The turn of the 20th century witnessed a surge in the creation and popularity of nocturnes and night landscapes in American art. In this original and thought-provoking book, Helene Valance investigates why artists and viewers of the era were so captivated by the night. Nocturne examines works by artists such as James McNeill Whistler, Childe Hassam, Winslow Homer, Frederic Remington, Edward Steichen, and Henry Ossawa Tanner through the lens of the scientific developments and social issues that dominated the period. Valance argues that the success of the genre is connected to the resonance between the night and the many forces that affected the era, including technological advances that expanded the realm of the visible, such as electric lighting and photography; Jim Crow-era race relations; America's closing frontier and imperialism abroad; and growing anxiety about identity and social values amid rapid urbanization. This absorbing study features 150 illustrations encompassing paintings, photographs, prints, scientific illustration, advertising, and popular media to explore the predilection for night imagery as a sign of the times.

Bouquets of Art - A Flower Dictionary from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Hardcover): Lauren Palmor Bouquets of Art - A Flower Dictionary from the Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco (Hardcover)
Lauren Palmor; Produced by Fine Arts Museums of San Francisco.
R538 Discovery Miles 5 380 Ships in 12 - 17 working days
Hokusai - Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Hardcover): Amelie Balcou Hokusai - Thirty-Six Views of Mount Fuji (Hardcover)
Amelie Balcou 1
R1,020 R705 Discovery Miles 7 050 Save R315 (31%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Hokusai's series depicting Mount Fuji is widely considered to be the pinnacle of his career. This beautiful boxed accordion- fold edition comprises the full set of forty-six prints (the original thirty-six and ten more that were completed later) and features a luxurious silken binding along with a separate explanatory booklet. The book and booklet are packaged in an elegant slipcase. Devoted entirely to landscapes, Hokusai's series shows Mount Fuji from various viewpoints, framed in different ways. An indefatigable traveler who was passionate about nature, Hokusai explored every vantage point and season at the volcano. He presented it both as a solitary and majestic snow-capped peak and as a smaller object on a distant horizon. Hokusai also portrayed the mountain as an element in Japanese daily life and as an imposing force of nature that can be peaceful and beneficent, or ferocious and unforgiving. These impeccably reproduced prints invite readers to examine Hokusai's virtuosic use of color and composition, his talent for contrasting perspectives, and his interest in the dueling roles of man and nature. An exquisite objet d'art, this volume is the perfect vehicle for appreciating Hokusai's crowning achievement in all its lasting and subtle beauty.

One-A-Week Animal Mandalas - Coloring Book with Inspirational Quotes (Paperback): Bibi LeBlanc, Beate Kumar One-A-Week Animal Mandalas - Coloring Book with Inspirational Quotes (Paperback)
Bibi LeBlanc, Beate Kumar
R244 Discovery Miles 2 440 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Artist's Guide to Drawing Animals, The (Paperback): J Amberlyn Artist's Guide to Drawing Animals, The (Paperback)
J Amberlyn
R692 R471 Discovery Miles 4 710 Save R221 (32%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

The "Art of Drawing Animals" focuses on how to draw domesticated animals - the tamed creatures that share our lives. Written by bestselling author J.C. Amberlyn, the book features everyone's favourite animals, ranging from the most popular breeds of dogs and cats to horses and other hoofed mammals, rodents, birds and reptiles. The focus is on realistic appraoch to drawing with an emphasis on anatomy/structure; the physical details of each species; and the action, facial and body expressions that give life to drawing. The book shows each type of animal in general and then goes into the various traits that make each breed distinctive.

Coast - Where The Land Meets The Sea (Hardcover): David Ross Coast - Where The Land Meets The Sea (Hardcover)
David Ross
R689 R540 Discovery Miles 5 400 Save R149 (22%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Beaches, marshes, mangroves; cliffs, deserts, forests; bays, deltas, estuaries - coastlines take many different forms and are put to very different uses. From deserted beaches to busy ports, from pretty fishing villages to a surfers' paradise, a salt marsh to a ship-breakers' yard, Coasts celebrates where the land meets the sea. From beautiful coastal paths to the shipwrecks left high and dry in the Aral Sea, from world famous locations such as Copacabana Beach in Brazil and Big Sur in California to the little explored coastlines of Yemen and Oman, from Algeria to Antarctica, the Amalfi Coast to the Dead Sea, the book celebrates a huge range in coastlines from all around the world. Including nature reserves and tourist resorts, rugged landscapes and desert island tranquility, fjords and fossils, eroding cliffs to whole towns lost to the waters, the book explores coastlines in all climates and conditions around the globe. Presented in a landscape format and with captions explaining the story behind each entry, Coasts is a stunning collection of images and stories.

Praying with Pictures - Paths to Creative Contemplation (Hardcover): Nancy I Penton Praying with Pictures - Paths to Creative Contemplation (Hardcover)
Nancy I Penton; Photographs by G Allen Penton
R1,073 Discovery Miles 10 730 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Adult Coloring Book Animal Designs. - 50 BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL DESIGNS This adult coloring book from By creative thinking has 50... Adult Coloring Book Animal Designs. - 50 BEAUTIFUL ANIMAL DESIGNS This adult coloring book from By creative thinking has 50 beautiful animal designs including a huge variety of small and big creatures from a broad range of habitats including forests, (Paperback)
Creative Thinking
R220 Discovery Miles 2 200 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Blue and green colored heath - On the road with expired films (Paperback): Rainer Strzolka Blue and green colored heath - On the road with expired films (Paperback)
Rainer Strzolka; Edited by Martina Hellmich; Rainer Strzolka
R318 Discovery Miles 3 180 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Octopus, Seahorse, Jellyfish (Hardcover): David Littschwager Octopus, Seahorse, Jellyfish (Hardcover)
David Littschwager
R822 R709 Discovery Miles 7 090 Save R113 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

In this mesmerizing book of photography, acclaimed photographer David Liittschwager reveals the unnerving beauty of three notoriously mysterious sea creatures--the jellyfish, octopus, and seahorse--and how they perceive the world. The jellyfish, the octopus, and the seahorse are among the most wondrous species on Earth--as well as some of the most difficult to document using traditional photography methods. Enter celebrated photographer David Liittschwager, who has spent decades developing specialized portraiture techniques to capture these creatures' pulsating bioluminescence, translucent bodies, and ethereal movements. This luminous collection showcases 200 of Liittschwager's most revealing photographs, paired with penetrating essays that explain how a creature without a brain or without bones perceives the world. Bestselling science writers Elizabeth Kolbert, Jennifer Holland, and Olivia Judson explain the biology and advanced cognitive abilities of these spineless denizens of the deep, exquisitely evoking their unnerving yet undeniable charisma. In these pages, you'll glimpse a seahorse only half an inch tall, a moon jelly spinning off a snowflake-shaped clone, and the blinking comb jelly, which may be the most ancient living animal on Earth. Both enlightening and profound, this enchanting book documents the expanding frontiers of marine science, creating a powerful testament to the value and beauty of these little-seen--and endangered--species.

Cats & Quotes & Other Furry Friends (Hardcover): Melanie Cairns Cats & Quotes & Other Furry Friends (Hardcover)
Melanie Cairns
R521 Discovery Miles 5 210 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
This Land - An American Portrait (Hardcover): Jack Spencer This Land - An American Portrait (Hardcover)
Jack Spencer
R1,599 Discovery Miles 15 990 Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Jarred by the 9/11 attacks, photographer Jack Spencer set out in 2003 "in hopes of making a few 'sketches' of America in order to gain some clarity on what it meant to be living in this nation at this moment in time." Across thirteen years, forty-eight states, and eighty thousand miles of driving, Spencer created a vast, encompassing portrait of the American landscape that is both contemporary and timeless. This Land presents some one hundred and forty photographs that span the nation, from Key West to Death Valley and Texas to Montana. From the monochromatic and distressed black-and-white images that began the series to the oversaturated color of more recent years, these photographs present a startlingly fresh perspective on America. The breadth of imagery in This Land brings to mind the works of such American masters as Edward Hopper, Grant Wood, Mark Rothko, and Albert Bierstadt, while also evoking the sense of the open roads traveled by Woody Guthrie and Jack Kerouac. Spencer's pictorialist vision embraces the sweeping variety of American landscapes-coasts, deltas, forests, deserts, mountain ranges, and prairies-and iconic places such as Mount Rushmore and Wounded Knee. Jon Meacham writes in the foreword that Spencer's "most surprising images are of a country that I suspect many of us believed had disappeared. The fading churches, the roaming bison, the running horses: Spencer has found a mythical world, except it is real, and it is now, and it is ours."

Color And Learn Animals Part 1 - Fun Coloring for Kids 4 years to 6 Years and Learn About Animals (Paperback): Power In Me... Color And Learn Animals Part 1 - Fun Coloring for Kids 4 years to 6 Years and Learn About Animals (Paperback)
Power In Me Foundation
R204 Discovery Miles 2 040 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Animal Times Magazine - Features Over 30 Illustrations Designs of Amazing Wildlife Nature Animals (Issue #1) (Paperback):... Animal Times Magazine - Features Over 30 Illustrations Designs of Amazing Wildlife Nature Animals (Issue #1) (Paperback)
Rodney Harrison
R755 Discovery Miles 7 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Waterfalls - The Beauty and the Power (Paperback): B T Robb Waterfalls - The Beauty and the Power (Paperback)
B T Robb
R255 Discovery Miles 2 550 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
King of the Animals - Wilhelm Kuhnert and the Image of Africa (Hardcover): Philipp Demandt, Ilka Voermann King of the Animals - Wilhelm Kuhnert and the Image of Africa (Hardcover)
Philipp Demandt, Ilka Voermann
R1,225 R949 Discovery Miles 9 490 Save R276 (23%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days

Wilhelm Kuhnert was a pioneer. He was one of the first European artists to travel to the largely unexplored savannahs and jungles of the German colonies in North and East Africa. Under hazardous conditi ons he documented at close quarters the fascinating animal and plant world and then created in his Berlin studio monumental paintings which were much sought - after on the art market. Like no other artist of his time Wilhelm Kuhnert (1865 - 1926) has moulded our image of Africa. In his seductively realistic drawings, watercolours and paintings he recorded with almost scientific accuracy the characteristics of the animals and their habitat. It is not surprising, therefore, that his pictures illustrated on the o ne hand legendary reference works like Brehms Tierleben and adorned on the other the popular collector cards of the chocolate manufacturer Stollwerck. The volume shows a comprehensive, exciting portrait of Kuhnert's unusual life and works and takes into account at the same time the current debate on attitudes to Germany's colonial past.

Botanical Illustration: The Essential Reference (Paperback): Carol Belanger Grafton Botanical Illustration: The Essential Reference (Paperback)
Carol Belanger Grafton
R561 R483 Discovery Miles 4 830 Save R78 (14%) Ships in 12 - 17 working days
All I See Is Your Glinting - 90 Days in the Pandemic (Paperback): Gianna Russo All I See Is Your Glinting - 90 Days in the Pandemic (Paperback)
Gianna Russo; Photographs by Jenny Carey
R531 Discovery Miles 5 310 Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Dog Training - MY DOG BECAME AN ANGEL - How To Speak So Your Dog Will Listen For All Dog Breeds (Dog Training Basics For... Dog Training - MY DOG BECAME AN ANGEL - How To Speak So Your Dog Will Listen For All Dog Breeds (Dog Training Basics For Beginners) (Paperback)
Angel Meadows
R444 R360 Discovery Miles 3 600 Save R84 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
Legacy of Love - Gifts I Received on the Path of Life (Paperback, 2nd ed.): Nan Johnson Legacy of Love - Gifts I Received on the Path of Life (Paperback, 2nd ed.)
Nan Johnson; Photographs by Connie Villa
R1,012 R815 Discovery Miles 8 150 Save R197 (19%) Ships in 10 - 15 working days
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