Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2014
ISBN 10: 1849761612 ISBN 13: 9781849761611
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Carvalho, Bernardo Ilustrador. Just look at the Arctic tern, every year this little bird crosses the globe in search of warmer lands. As far as we know, terns don't have engines, (just a tiny heart) and yet, in just one year, they can travel 50,000 miles! Humans aren't the only ones on earth who travel long distances. Many birds, fish and mammals migrate hundreds of miles in search of food, warmer climates or places to raise their young. But it's not just the incredible distances these creatures travel, it's the way they do it that makes us slow down and think .By comparing how humans travel and transport things across the surface of the earth with the discreet and graceful journeys of animals such as the arctic tern and the grey whale, Coming and Going challenges us to think about the way we live. and move around. Filled with incredible facts and beautifully designed illustrations, this book is a thought-provoking way to promote environmental awareness. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 1849763100 ISBN 13: 9781849763103
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. * Perfect introduction to drawing as a means of expression and imagination * Encourages creative play through drawing * Bright, bold illustrations and an adventure storyline Tiz and Ott are drawing themselves a house. With the scritch scratch of her crayon, Tiz busily plants some seeds for the garden. Meanwhile Ott lies back lazily and makes a huge splodge for the sun. Then Tiz has a big idea. With a zig, a zag and a crash, she jolts Ott awake with a huge bolt of lightning! Together Tiz and Ott whip up a storm but as they soon find out, a storm isn't just lines on a page - Get carried away with Tiz and Ott as they use their imaginations to brush and doodle and scribble and scrawl and splatter their way out of trouble and safely back home. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 1998
ISBN 10: 1854371835 ISBN 13: 9781854371836
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Many people have difficulty in appreciating Carl Andre's "Equivalent VIII", consisting of 120 bricks, as a work of art. This publication shows not only how "the bricks" are indeed sculpture, but that minimalist works such as this present some of the most interesting and imaginative work of the 1960s. Minimalism emerged and developed as a reaction against the emotiveness of abstract expressionism. Although most of the artists involved did not regard themselves as part of a group, there are certain key factors which define minimalist work: it is abstract, three-dimensional, modular, serial, geometric, preconceived in design and industrial in execution. This introduction examines the implications of these characteristics, looking in particular at the work of key artists: Carl Andre, Dan Flavin, Donald Judd and Sol LeWitt. It also focuses on the different emphases in each artist's work. The book also looks at the varied types of criticism and interpretation to which minimalism has been subject over the years. It ends by discussing how minimalism, which has influenced almost every subsequent art movement, has continuing relevance for artists today. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 1995
ISBN 10: 0295970391 ISBN 13: 9780295970394
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. This record of the collections of one of the world's great art museums has more than 300 colour reproductions, accompanied by a detailed commentary. Each of the 37 sections is introduced by a brief illustrated essay, followed by individual discussion of up to five major works. The text covers five centuries of British and international art. It treats the present as continuous with the past, giving equal attention to the work of the historic old masters, that of the established masters of the modern era, and the more controversial achievements of the most recent generations of artists. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2018
ISBN 10: 1849765901 ISBN 13: 9781849765909
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Mr Finch leads a quiet life with his best friend, a small red bird. Nothing very exciting ever happens to them and that suits Mr Finch very well. Until one day, when his one and only friend disappears! Terribly worried Mr Finch heads off in search of the bird into the heart of a jungle that has recently invaded the city . . . Suddenly, Mr Finch finds himself on an extraordinary journey that teaches him far more than he realised about himself. Will this journey allow the two friends to take flight and finally find true happiness? A tender and magical picture book that shows happiness is sometimes very close at hand just waiting to be found! The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2008
ISBN 10: 1854378236 ISBN 13: 9781854378231
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Ever since Dick Bruna first created Miffy in 1955, she has endeared herself to generations of young children. She is now one of the best-loved children's characters of all time. In this charming new addition to her story, Miffy takes inspiration from a visit to an art gallery and decides to become an artist herself. Looking at the colour and shapes of the world around her she discovers what fun it can be to make pictures of the things she sees. By bedtime, her walls are full of all her wonderful artworks. The perfect gift for a budding artist, this is a charming book from one of the master illustrators of our time. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2004
ISBN 10: 1854375520 ISBN 13: 9781854375520
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. In the garden is a delightful book to capture the mind and fire the imagination. Full of fun and humour, it is packed with nearly two hundred full-colour paintings, photographs and collages, each designed to startle and inspire. Every page opens up a new and undiscovered world. From the sleepy memories of hazy summer days to the adventure of finding a nest of baby birds, from the beauty of the water lily to the maze of worm tunnels underground, it's a book to engage every passion. Ideal for children with a zest for the imaginary, it will appeal to anyone with a mind open to the charm and beauty hidden in the everyday. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1849760489 ISBN 13: 9781849760485
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. "Exploring Art and Visual Culture: A Reader" brings together essential primary texts by artists, critics and art historians ranging from the medieval period right through to our own times. There is no other reader available that covers such an extensive period. Selected by leading academics in their field, and published in conjunction with the Open University, the reader will be an essential sourcebook for every student of art history as well as all those seeking a greater understanding of art and of the cultural and historical context in which it is made. "The Reader" is organised in three parts. The first section, Medieval to Renaissance, 1000 - 1600, includes extracts from the writings of the Venerable Bede, Vasari, Bernard of Clairvaux, Aristotle, Erwin Panofsky, Nikolaus Pevsner, Erasmus and Walter Pater, among others, and sections on sacred art, Gothic architecture, the art of the crusades and the Renaissance. The second part Patronage to the Public Sphere, 1600 - 1850 includes texts by W.J.T. Mitchell, Sir Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Crowe, Richard Shiff and Caspar David Freidrich and examines the city and the country, the golden age of Dutch painting, London and Paris, landscape design, exploration, neoclassicism and the birth of Romanticism. The section on Exploring Art from Modernity to Globalisation, 1850 - 2010 includes writings by Marinetti, Gauguin, John Ruskin, William Morris, John Berger, Clement Greenberg, Lucy Lippard and Miwon Kwon examining modernism, the rise of abstraction, conceptual art and globalisation. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 1998
ISBN 10: 1854372408 ISBN 13: 9781854372406
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. The Oppe collection is a group of watercolours, drawings, oil sketches and prints which were acquired by the Tate Gallery in 1996. The collection of around 3000 works dating from 1600 to the 1850s was assembled by the scholar and collector Paul Oppe during the first half of this century and was one of the most significant collections of British art to have remained in private hands. Amongst the finest works in the collection are a group of late 18th-century landscape views of Italy and Switzerland produced in the era of Grand Tour by Richard Wilson, Francis Towne, J.R. Cozens and William Pars - leading artists of the "Golden Age" of British watercolours from 1750 to 1850. This text accompanies an exhibition of 100 of the finest works from the collection which will open in August 1997 at the Tate Gallery, London and will then tour four centres in the UK. With each work catalogued and illustrated, this title acts both as a brief survey of the period as well as a celebration of the breadth of Paul Oppe's achievement. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2016
ISBN 10: 1849764298 ISBN 13: 9781849764292
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Matoso, Madalena Ilustrador. From award-winning Portuguese duo, Isabel Minhos Martins and Madalena Matoso, comes another truly inventive picture book that takes readers on a sensory adventure in the pursuit of friendship. Rendered in Matoso's distinctive, eye-catching style,What's That Noise? invites young children to investigate who exactly is calling them from inside the book. Readers will delight in following the clues by 'tip-toeing' with their fingers through an empty forest, braving a terrible storm of their own making, holding their ear up to the book to discern where to turn next and creating a shelter for their new friend when danger looms. A story that can only be told using fingers, eyes, ears and noses, What's That Noise? engages readers on all levels, and shows that to build a friendship takes time, patience and an adventurous spirit. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2020
ISBN 10: 1849767351 ISBN 13: 9781849767354
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. In the hotly anticipated follow-up to Jill & Dragon, feisty Jill and her loyal companion Dog are back and ready for another adventure. Reading a new picture book, Jill is horrified to discover a magnificent lion forced to join the circus and drive a toy car around in endless circles. Lion is so demoralised, his tears have started to blur the words of the story. Jill bravely decides to jump into the book and rescue Lion, landing in the middle of a particularly dangerous chapter. But with Dog at her side, nothing is too difficult for Jill to conquer, and she sets out to return Lion to his rightful place as king of the jungle. A charming celebration of friendship and bravery, Jill & Lion shows it isn't crowns that make us important - it's what's on the inside that counts. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 1849762422 ISBN 13: 9781849762427
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. This delightful series of picture books expresses the humour, frustrations and profundities of the parent/child relationship through two endearing insects, Poka and Mia. Despite their multiple limbs and cellophane wings, children and adults alike will immediately identify with Poka and Mia and the situations they find themselves in, making these books ideal for children learning to read. Illustrated in the inimitable style of Kitty Crowther, which is at once both dark and sweet, these charming creatures will ingratiate themselves to even the most hardened cynic. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2013
ISBN 10: 1849762155 ISBN 13: 9781849762151
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. The School is a fun, rhyming introduction to the school day, perfect preparation for young children about to enter nursery or day school. Out of print since 1968, The School has been published to coincide with the 60th anniversary edition of The Apple, Dick Bruna's first book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1849766568 ISBN 13: 9781849766562
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. An introduction to the feminist art movement: one of the most ambitious, influential and enduring artistic movements of the twentieth century. Emerging in the late 1960s as women artists struggled to `de-gender' their work to compete in a male-dominated arena, the feminist art movement has played a leading role in the art world over the last five decades. Using the `female gaze' to articulate socially relevant issues after an era of aesthetic `formalism', women artists, working in a variety of media, have called to attention ideas around gender, identity and form, criticising the cultural expectations and stereotyping of women, women's struggle for equality, and the treatment of the female body as a commodity. This little book is a short and pithy introduction to some of the most important artworks born out of this movement. Fifty outstanding works from the late 1960s to the presentreflect women's lives and experience, as well as the changing position of women artists, and reveal the impact of feminist ideals and politics on visual culture. Exploring themes such as gender inequality, sexuality, domestic life, personal experiences and the female body, A Little Feminist History of Art is a celebration of one of the most ambitious, influential and enduring artistic movements to emerge from the twentieth century. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2000
ISBN 10: 1854373218 ISBN 13: 9781854373212
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Published for the year 2000 opening of Tate Britain on Millbank, this book presents 100 selected images from the mid-16th century to the present day. The 500 years of British art represented in the Tate Gallery collection ranges from Hilliard to Rossetti, Constable to Hockney, Van Dyck to Ofili. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London
ISBN 10: 0900874384 ISBN 13: 9780900874383
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2007
ISBN 10: 1854376802 ISBN 13: 9781854376800
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. "Colour" is the second children's book to be created for Tate Publishing by leading designer Ella Doran and graphic design duo Silence, following the highly acclaimed "A is for Artist". Sumptuous and tactile colour-saturated spreads are scattered with practical tips and fascinating facts about the history, traditions and science of colour. A visual feast for both parent and child, this book will be an inspiration for budding artists whatever their age. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 184976025X ISBN 13: 9781849760256
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. In the years between 1930 and 1980, some of the best-known photographers from around the world came to London and made its streets, buildings and communities their subject. For some, the British capital was to become home; for others it remained a foreign city, as enigmatic perhaps as any they had visited. Each brought their own distinctive perspective,subverting or perpetuating national stereotypes, seeking out the typical or the exotic, attempting to penetrate the fabled British reserve with their lens. Together their work creates a portrait of a great world city, changing and mutating, a restless and fascinating muse. This remarkable book, accompanying a major exhibition at Tate Britain in London's Olympic year, demonstrates the breadth and variety of the responses London provoked from visiting photographers during the period, from portraits to reportage, from social realism to whimsy and humour, the changes in their technique and attitude demonstrating developments in photography itself. Essays by selected critics will address both the photographers' contributions and the history of London. Artists represented feature some of the greatest names in twentieth century photography, including Eve Arnold, Dorothy Bohm, Bill Brandt, Henri-Cartier Bresson, Bruce Davidson, Elliot Erwitt, Robert Frank, Leonard Freed, Emil Hoppe,Inge Morath, Dora Maar, Irving Penn, Willy Ronis and Al Vandenberg. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2017
ISBN 10: 1849765286 ISBN 13: 9781849765282
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. A lively and accessible introduction to the life and work of Amedeo Modigliani. Amedeo Modigliani (1884-1920) produced some of the most memorable art of the early twentieth century. Born in Livorno, Italy and working in Paris from 1906, he was unappreciated in his lifetime but has come to be regarded as one of the most influential figures of early modernism. In a tragically short career, experimentation and innovation were consistent priorities. Part of the Tate Introduction series, this book offers a concise and engaging account of Modigliani's. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2015
ISBN 10: 1849763666 ISBN 13: 9781849763660
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Published to coincide with a major retrospective of Alexander Calder's work, Meet Alexander Calder is a fun-filled introduction to the work of one of the twentieth century's most important modern artists. Edward Cheverton takes readers beyond the page and introduces them to ways of creating art that takes up space and moves round and about. Taking inspiration from Alexander Calder's toys and mobiles, Cheverton invites readers to reinvent simple forms and experiment with combinations of found objects to create their own new pieces of sculpture. Children will enjoy discovering that art is not only something to observe but something to play and interact with, and to have fun making. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 1854373560 ISBN 13: 9781854373564
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. The Tate owns the largest collection of J.M.W. Turner's work, its Clore Gallery houses the Turner Bequest - the paintings, watercolours, drawings, sketchbooks acquired from the artist's estate in 1856. Focusing on 120 works, this volume provides a survey of all the aspects of the Tate Turner collections, introducing not only familiar masterpieces but many other works - such as sheets from sketchbooks or prints. These are included to highlight Turner's achievements and the many themes in his work such as landscape, ideal and naturalistic, British and European, ancient and modern history, marine subjects, literary illustration and images of modern life. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2005
ISBN 10: 1854375865 ISBN 13: 9781854375865
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Frida Kahlo is regarded as one of the most significant artists of the twentieth century. Her tragic personal life has been the subject of numerous biographies and a major film starring Salma Hayek. In recent times, public interest in Kahlo's life has threatened to eclipse serious consideration of her artistic achievement. This beautifully produced publication presents an enlightening retrospective of her work, refocusing on the artistic qualities that have made her paintings some of the most iconic images of the last hundred years. Presenting major works alongside the lesser known, and incorporating paintings, drawings and photographs, the volume offers a thoroughly researched, accessible overview of her life's work. At the heart of the book, lavishly illustrated thematic sections illuminate the genres and themes which motivated her art, offering an ideal introductory survey, while also enabling those readers more familiar with her work to encounter some of her most famous pieces afresh. In addition to essays by leading critics on aspects of Kahlo's life and works, a chronology charts the dramatic events of her personal, artistic and political life is combined with an extensive, illustrated glossary explaining the symbolic background to certain key elements that recur in her paintings, making this an essential purchase for anyone with an interest in this most public and yet enigmatic of artists. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2001
ISBN 10: 1854373323 ISBN 13: 9781854373328
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. The "British Artists" series provides accessible introductions to the work of major British artists and includes illustrations of important works worldwide. This fresh perspective of William Hogarth presents him as a figure who reinvented the whole idea of what it was to be an artist. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 1983
ISBN 10: 090500549X ISBN 13: 9780905005492
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
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Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2006
ISBN 10: 1854376322 ISBN 13: 9781854376329
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. In the summer of 1811, Turner travelled round the west coast of England, from Dorset to Somerset, recording what he saw. This fascinating but little-known area of Turner's oeuvre is explored in this stunning book. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2019
ISBN 10: 1849766517 ISBN 13: 9781849766517
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Eight creative activities-each with up to four simple steps-teach children to create a pop-up card, a mix-and-match card game, an accordion, and many other 100% paper creations. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2010
ISBN 10: 185437902X ISBN 13: 9781854379023
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. French painter, sculptor and printmaker Paul Gauguin was born in Paris in 1848 and died in French Polynesia in 1903. The vivid, unnaturalistic colors and bold outlines of his paintings and the strong, semi-abstract quality of his woodcuts had a profound effect on the development of twentieth-century art. But while modern art largely shunned narrative, for Gauguin it remained central. The authors reveal the importance of story and myth to Gauguin, and the inclusion of an extensive series of self-portraits demonstrates how he consciously mythologised his own image, presenting himself to the public as a suffering, Christ-like figure. Gauguin's move to Polynesia has often been represented as a quest for the other, with the artist in the role of explorer. In fact, collections of Tahitian stories and myths were already available and read by Gauguin before his arrival. His move arose from a desire to find a place where it was cheap to live, but which had a well-established trading route, enabling his paintings to reach Paris. Gauguin's travels and his sometimes-controversial relationships with the subjects of his paintings are discussed, drawing on the latest research and his own writings. Unprecedented in scope, this stunningly illustrated volume features around 50 paintings, as well as works on paper, ceramics, woodcarvings and extracts from Gauguin's beautifully illustrated letters and books. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2011
ISBN 10: 1854379135 ISBN 13: 9781854379139
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Watercolour has long been seen as a distinctive part of the British cultural heritage, with British artists widely acknowledged to be among its greatest exponents. At the same time it is a universal and much-loved medium, valued and practiced by devoted amateurs around the world as much as by professional artists. What can watercolour achieve in terms of technique and expression that no other medium can, and why is it so central to Britain's idea of itself? While most books on the subject focus on watercolour as an immediate response to nature, associated with Romanticism and Impressionism, this book traces its roots from the Middle Ages through to the present day. Featuring classic works by artists including Turner, Girtin and Samuel Palmer, it also features watercolours by modern and contemporary artists including Anish Kapoor and Terry Frost. Separate sections look at watercolour in cartography and scientific illustration; the way its portability allowed it to capture the impressions of travellers; its arrival as a subject of exhibitions; its facility as a medium of the interior vision of artists including William Blake, Richard Dadd, the Pre-Raphaelites and the Surrealists; and, its adoption as the chosen medium of war artists. Edited by a leading expert in British art, with contributions from many other acknowledged authorities, this visually stunning book casts new light on an outstanding artistic tradition. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2012
ISBN 10: 1849760071 ISBN 13: 9781849760072
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. For the past 500 years Britain, and British art, have been shaped by successive waves of migration. Elements thought of as most typically British - landscape painting, for instance - were introduced by foreign artists, attracted by the promise of lucrative commissions. European academic painters and British artists who travelled to study in Italy helped introduce a neoclassical vocabulary to British painting. In the second half of the nineteenth century American artists like James McNeill Whistler and John Singer Sargent trained and exhibited in Paris before settling in London, while French artists such as Henri Fantin-Latour and Alphonse Legros made regular visits to England. The east London Jewish diaspora produced a number of significant artists in the early twentieth century, including David Bomberg, Jacob Epstein and Mark Gertler. Refugees from the rise of Fascism in Europe in the 1930s included Naum Gabo, Oskar Kokoschka, Piet Mondrian and Kurt Schwitters. Artists who made their way to Britain from countries in the former British Empire included Frank Bowling, Rasheed Araeen and Aubrey Williams. In the 1970s the rise of conceptual art saw a generation of artists like David Medalla, David Lamelas and Gustav Metzger who were international in their attitude to their work and their own identity. The charged socio-political climate of the 1980s challenged artists like Black Audio Film Collective, Keith Piper, Sonia Boyce, Donald Rodney to explore being both 'Black' and 'British'. Finally, London's current position as an international hub, a cultural meeting point in a constant process of reinvention, sees artists like Peter Doig, Steve McQueen, Wolfgang Tillmans and Tris Vonna Michell networked globally as never before. Including artist interviews, texts by leading curators and critics, extensive illustrations and a timeline, this important book tells the previously hidden story of the vital part migration has played in the shaping of British art and culture. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.
Publicado por Tate Publishing, United Kingdom, London, 2002
ISBN 10: 1854374249 ISBN 13: 9781854374240
Librería: WorldofBooks, Goring-By-Sea, WS, Reino Unido
Paperback. Condición: USED_VERYGOOD. Marc Quinn produces a diverse range of work, using a selection of different media including painting, sculpture, drawing and photography. Much of his work is preoccupied with the changing physical states of the human body; increasingly it addresses ideas around mortality and survival in the age of genetic manipulation. This publication coincides with an exhibition at the Tate Liverpool and presents a large body of new work. Essays reflect on Quinn's diversity of practice and his working methods; his clean and controlled installed pieces are the result of an amalgam of references explored in an untidy studio. The cover depicts the artist's baby son Lucas and Quinn himself worked closely with the designers of the publication in order to include his own handwritten captions. The book has been read, but is in excellent condition. Pages are intact and not marred by notes or highlighting. The spine remains undamaged.