Te Kupenga
Te Kupenga

Author: Michael Keith

Publisher: Massey University

Published: 2021-11-11

Total Pages: 280

ISBN-13: 9780995143173

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Published to mark 100 years since the establishment of the famous Alexander Turnbull Library, one of New Zealand's great storehouses, this energetic, comprehensive book approaches the history of Aotearoa New Zealand through 101 remarkable objects. Each tells a story, be it of discovery, courage, dispossession, conflict, invention, creation, or conservation. The objects range from letters and paintings to journals, photographs, posters, banners, and books. The place each has in the patchwork of the narrative creates a vivid overall view of the people of this place and the unique histories they have made together. An invaluable resource for schools and the home, and a great way to dive into our history, Te Kupenga takes us deep inside the remarkable Turnbull collection and sheds light on who we are.

New Zealand Painting
New Zealand Painting

Author: Michael Dunn

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 1869402979

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Completely revised and updated. Chapters have been rewritten. Also added in a substantial new chapter on contemporary Maori and Pacific Island painting, as well as an acknowledgement of the coming wave of Asian artists.

The Turnbull
The Turnbull

Author: Rachel Barrowman

Publisher: Auckland University Press

Published: 1995

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13: 9781869401375

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"... A history of the Alexander Turnbull Library"--P. vi.

Rita Angus
Rita Angus

Author: Jill Trevelyan

Publisher:

Published: 2022-08-04

Total Pages: 448

ISBN-13: 9780995133822

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Jill Trevelyan won the Non Fiction Award at the Montana New Zealand Book Awards in 2009 for this magnificent biography of one of New Zealand's leading 20th century artists. Now back in print, this revised edition brings the book up to date with new assessments of Angus and in the context of the Rita Angus exhibition to be held at Te Papa late in 2021. Rita Angus was a pioneer of modern painting during the 1930s and 1940s. More than 100 years after her birth, works such as Rutu (1951), Central Otago (1940), and Portrait of Betty Curnow (1941-1942) are national icons. While Angus is perhaps New Zealand's best-loved painter, the story of her life remained little known and poorly understood before this acclaimed and revelatory book. Jill Trevelyan traces Angus's life, from her childhood in Napier and Palmerston North to her death in Wellington in 1970. Drawing on a wealth of archives and letters, she brings to life Rita Angus the person: highly articulate and full of zest, intellectually curious and forthright in her attitudes and emotions, powerfully committed to her pacifist and feminist beliefs and dedicated, above all, to life as an artist. Rita Angus: An Artist's Life is generousl

Louise Henderson
Louise Henderson

Author: Felicity Milburn

Publisher:

Published: 2019-11-15

Total Pages: 0

ISBN-13: 9780864633255

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In the story of New Zealand art, there's no one quite like Louise Henderson. A painter trained in embroidery and design. A French woman who found freedom to be herself in New Zealand. A modernist who looked to European tradition for inspiration. And a pioneer of abstraction who remained engaged with the world around her. The first substantial book on Henderson - and the only publication to illustrate artwork and archival material from across her seven-decade career - Louise Henderson: From Life connects this extraordinary artist with an international discussion about women modernists and confirms her importance in New Zealand's visual culture.

Book & Print in New Zealand
Book & Print in New Zealand

Author: Douglas Ross Harvey

Publisher: Victoria University Press

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 356

ISBN-13: 9780864733313

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A guide to print culture in Aotearoa, the impact of the book and other forms of print on New Zealand. This collection of essays by many contributors looks at the effect of print on Maori and their oral traditions, printing, publishing, bookselling, libraries, buying and collecting, readers and reading, awards, and the print culture of many other language groups in New Zealand.

1,000 Artists' Books
1,000 Artists' Books

Author: Sandra Salamony

Publisher: Quarry Books

Published: 2012-06-01

Total Pages: 320

ISBN-13: 1610599470

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The book is a timeless art form, one that is as alive today as ever before, and artists continue to explore and explode the boundaries of what a book is and can be. In this beautiful collection, you will experience close-up various aspects of hand-crafted books: covers, bindings, scrolls, folded and origami structures and books made from found objects. You will find richly illustrated and calligraphed pages as well as books created from a variety of printed processes. Ingenuity and creativity abounds in this carefully curated collection of both historically important and modern works.