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British Figurative Art: Part 1: Painting: The Human Figure

Categorie	Schilderkunst
Boeknummer	#416249-WD33
Titel	British Figurative Art: Part 1: Painting: The Human Figure
Auteur	Gayford, Martin
Boektype	Paperback
Uitgeverij	London : Momentum
Jaar van uitgave	1997
ISBN10	1873362641
ISBN13	9781873362648
Taal	Engels
Beschrijving	Paperback, numerous illustrations in colour, unpaged, 4to.
Samenvatting	In this age of photography, video and installation art, there are those who decry the emphatic persistence of figurative painting. What can the painted image express that other more 'modern' media cannot? Martin Gayford's authoritative text seeks to answer this and other fundamental questions by examining the wealth of approaches currently employed by British artists painting the human figure. His comprehensive survey ranges from the elder statesmen of the genre such as Craigie Aitchison, Lucian Freud, David Hockney, Frank Auerbach and John Bellany through to rising stars like Alison Watt, Jenny Saville, Ishbel Myerscough and Tai-Shan Schierenberg. EXERPT: The strange persistence of figurative art - not just in Britain, but especially strong here - requires an explanation. It is simply a p... (Lees verder)ost mortem effect, a folkloric continuance of old technology after its primary function has gone? Do people continue to paint pictures with paint and brush rather as a few crafty eccentrics carry on with the spinning-wheel, the handloom, and the scythe?
Pagina's	76
Conditie	Goed
Prijs	€ 15,00

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