Kurt Schwitters by John Elderfield; Kurt Schwitters

$85.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

356 illustrations, 32 in colour. This book is a thorough study of Kurt Schwitter's work. It examines the full range of his art and places it in the context of avant-garde art between the two World Wars and of modern art in general.

Book Typography - A Designers Manual by Mitchell & Wightman

$85.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

Covers typography, book design, and typesetting.

Cooper & Gorfer - I Know Not These My Hands by Sarah Cooper; Nina Gorfer

$200.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: near fine

This book is about the ubiquitous traces a troubled history leaves on the human mind. Based on a comprehensive research travel to northwestern Argentina, Cooper and Gorfer investigate questions of identity and displacement through interviews and photographic meetings with people from different levels wi thin the Argentinian society and adjacent lands. Reflections on colonial wounds, forced migration, and more recent political turmoil surface throughout the book's notes and dialogs, manifesting in the narrative and poetic imagery so indicative of Cooper and Gorfer's work. ...Show more

100 Contemporary Wood Buildings by Philip Jodidio

$90.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

Not so very long ago, some might have considered wood a material of the past, long since replaced by more modern components such as concrete and steel. The truth is radically different. Bolstered by new manufacturing techniques and ecological benefits, wood has seen a fabulous resurgence in contemporary construction.This Bibliotheca Universalis edition explores how architects around the world have created and invented with this elementary material. Featuring follies, very large buildings, and ambitious urban renewal schemes, it celebrates the diverse deployment of wood by architects around the world. We see how wood can at once transform urban spaces, as in the Metropol Parasol in Seville by J rgen Mayer H., and allow for sensitive interventions in natural environments, such as at the Termas Geom tricas Hot Springs Complex in Puc n, Chile, by Germ n del Sol.True to all TASCHEN architecture titles, the book pays tribute to many emerging international talents as well as to such renowned figures as Tadao Ando and Renzo Piano. It celebrates each architect's vision and innovation, as well as investigating the techniques, trends, and principles that have informed their work with wood. It examines the computer-guided milling that has allowed for novel new forms, the responsible harvesting that allows wood to align with our environmental concerns, and, above all, wood's enduring appeal to our senses and psyche, comforting hectic modern lives with a sense of Arcadian simplicity.About the seriesBibliotheca Universalis -- Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe ...Show more

Gustav Stickley by David Cathers

$35.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

Gustav Stickley (1858-1942) founded his own design company, Craftsman Workshops, with his brother in upstate New York in 1898. The company was highly successful through the 1920s and eventually became a national enterprise with retail stores in New York, Boston, and Washington, DC. Although influenced b y the British Arts and Crafts movement and Continental Art Nouveau, Stickley advocated the creation of a distinctive American style that would integrate furnishings, architecture, handicrafts, and principles of harmonious living; he believed that well-designed furnishings could help 'make life better and truer by its perfect simplicity.' This book is a critical study of Stickley's life and enterprise. . One of the central aims of this book is to identify the creative individuals - artists, craftsmen, architects, writers, editors, and illustrators - who worked with Stickley and to give them the recognition they deserve; biographies of 17 collaborators are collected in an appendix. The book also includes a chronology of Stickley's life and career, a visual chronology of the evolution of the fall-front desk, and a complete bibliography. ...Show more

The Age of Watteau, Chardin, and Fragonard - Masterpieces of French Genre Painting by Colin Bailey (Editor); Philip Conisbee; Thomas W. Gaehtgens

$55.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

A comprehensive survey of French genre painting of the 18th century, from Watteau's fetes galantes to Boilly's paintings of modern Parisian life. Showcasing 113 works, the volume illustrates the variety and the vitality of genre painting throughout the period. Leading English, German, French and America n scholars shed light on the development of genre painting, its interpretation, its collectors and its enormous appeal. ...Show more

Regency Redux - High Style Interiors - Napoleonic, Classical Moderne and Holly wood Regency by Emily Evans Eerdmans

$120.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: near fine

The classical elegance of the Regency period in England is considered one of the most sophisticated and refined moments in design history. Throughout the twentieth century, designers took elements of the Regency vocabulary and restyled them to meld with the reigning design aesthetic of the day to extrao rdinary effect. The book opens with an introduction to the original Regency period, which built its sophisticated aesthetic on the example of the Neoclassical style of Napoleon's time. It then picks up with the Art Deco designs of Emile-Jacques Ruhlmann and Sue et Mare in France. By the 1930s, the Vogue Regency returned home to England where Sibyl Colefax and Syrie Maugham created stylized classical interiors. In America, the Regency revival took hold in Hollywood on the lavish film sets of the 1930s and '40s. Designers and architects to the stars such as Billy Haines and T.H. Robsjohn-Gibbings made a mark with their work for the Hollywood elite. The book concludes with Regency fashions of the 1930s and '40s, when Dorothy Draper and Elsie de Wolfe cut a stylish swath with their Regency-infused designs from coast to coast. Rounding out the vintage interiors are designs by acclaimed contemporary designers. Each chapter is illustrated with a rich selection of images of interiors, film sets, and furniture. ...Show more

Calatrava - Santiago Calavatrava Complete Works 1979-2009 by Philip Jodidio

$60.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: near fine

Santiago Calatrava is master of form. This book features Calatrava's exquisite fusion of architecture, art and engineering. Santiago Calatrava is not only one of the world's most prominent architects, but also an engineer and an artist. With recent projects such as the stadiums for the 2004 Olympic Game s in Athens or the new railway station in Liege, Belgium, he has reached a level of undeniable notoriety in Europe and continues to move further ahead. The only architect ever to have his work exhibited at both the Museum of Modern Art and the Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York, he recently completed the main transportation hub for Ground Zero in Manhattan as well as the tallest building in the United States: the 160-story Chicago Spire Tower. Winner of the 2005 American Institute of Architects Gold Medal as well as numerous other prestigious awards, Calatrava is one of the greatest and most innovative architects alive. He collaborated extensively with Philip Jodidio in the preparation of this monograph that retraces his career thus far and places his architecture in the context of his art, where nature meets engineering. ...Show more

The Complete Works of Aristotle - The Revised Oxford Translation by Aristotle; Jonathan Barnes (Editor)

$145.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Series: Bollingen Ser. | Reading Level: very good

The Oxford Translation of Aristotle was originally published in 12 volumes between 1912 and 1954. It is universally recognized as the standard English version of Aristotle. This revised edition contains the substance of the original Translation, slightly emended in light of recent scholarship; three of the original versions have been replaced by new translations; and a new and enlarged selection of Fragments has been added. The aim of the translation remains the same: to make the surviving works of Aristotle readily accessible to English speaking readers. ...Show more

Charles Rennie Mackintosh by Charles Rennie Mackintosh; Wendy Kaplan (ed.)

$45.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: very good

Leaves of Iron - Glenn Murcutt : Pioneer of an Australian Architectural Form by Philip Drew

$85.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: good-very good

Gimcracks, Greenstone & Gold - Collecting and Imagining the New Zealand International Exhibition Christchurch 1906-07 by Barry Hancox

$160.00 NZD

Category: Maud’s Picks | Reading Level: near fine