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Scottish Art and Artists in Historical and Contemporary Context

Author : Bill Hare
Publisher : Luath Press Ltd
ISBN 13 : 1804251526
Total Pages : 408 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (42 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Art and Artists in Historical and Contemporary Context written by Bill Hare and published by Luath Press Ltd. This book was released on 2024-03-31 with total page 408 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In comparison with many who write about contemporary art, Hare is never self indulgent or wilfully obscure – there is no bogus theorising to be found here. From the Foreword by ALEXANDER MOFFAT Alan Davie • Eduardo Paolozzi • William Turnbull • Janet Boulton • Ian Hamilton Finlay • Joan Eardley • Anthony Hatwell • Colquhoun and MacBryde • Boyle Family • Jack Knox • Barbara Rae • Lys Hansen • Joyce Cairns • Doug Cocker • John Kirkwood • Steven Campbell • Ken Currie • Peter Howson • Henry Kondracki • Paul Reid • Iain Robertson • Douglas Gordon This book is a wide-ranging exploration of Scottish art and artists by one of Scotland's leading art historians. Navigating the intricacies of aesthetic debate with attitude and aplomb, Bill Hare examines the historical forces that have shaped Scottish art. His elegant, approachable writings are a treasure-house of informed discourse. Illuminating and perennially relevant, these essays offer stimulating perspectives and nuanced insights into the confluence of passion, mystery and myth that lies at the heart of the best of Scottish art.

Ages of Wonder

Author : Tom Normand
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9780905783383
Total Pages : 248 pages
Book Rating : 4.7/5 (833 download)

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Download or read book Ages of Wonder written by Tom Normand and published by . This book was released on 2017 with total page 248 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Scottish Art (Second) (World of Art)

Author : Murdo MacDonald
Publisher : Thames & Hudson
ISBN 13 : 0500776040
Total Pages : 404 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (7 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Art (Second) (World of Art) written by Murdo MacDonald and published by Thames & Hudson. This book was released on 2021-04-13 with total page 404 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Accessible, extensively researched, and beautifully illustrated, this updated volume by renowned scholar and author Murdo Macdonald sheds light on the history and cultural significance of Scottish art. At a time when issues of Scottish identity are the subject of fierce debate, Murdo Macdonald illuminates Scotland’s artistic past and present in this classic text in the World of Art series. Ranging from Neolithic standing stones and the art of the Picts and Gaels to Reformation and Enlightenment art and major figures in the contemporary art scene, Scottish Art explores the distinctive characteristics of Scottish art through the centuries. It examines the cultural heritage and intricate patterns of Celtic design, the importance of Highland and coastal landscapes, long-standing connections between French and Scottish artists, and how each of these factors influenced the development of art in Scotland. This new edition includes more than 200 full-color images of Scottish art from prehistoric times to the present. With masterpieces from artists such as Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Joan Eardley, this book is a thorough, authoritative, and accessible introduction to Scottish art.

The Dictionary of Scottish Painters, 1600 to the Present

Author : Julian Halsby
Publisher : Canongate Books
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 262 pages
Book Rating : 4.F/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Dictionary of Scottish Painters, 1600 to the Present written by Julian Halsby and published by Canongate Books. This book was released on 1998 with total page 262 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Containing entries on over 2000 major and minor painters who have worked in Scotland, this edition gives them a historical context and lists relevant works, relationship to other artists and exhibition dates. In addition, generic movements and institutions are included.

Scottish Art Since 1960

Author : Craig Richardson
Publisher : Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.
ISBN 13 : 9780754661245
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (612 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Art Since 1960 written by Craig Richardson and published by Ashgate Publishing, Ltd.. This book was released on 2011 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Providing an analysis and including discussion (interviewing artists, curators and critics and accessing non-catalogued personal archives) towards a new chronology, Richardson here examines and proposes a sequence of precisely denoted 'exemplary' works which outlines a self-conscious definition of the interrogative term 'Scottish art.' Richardson addresses key areas of cultural politics and identity to illuminate the development of Scottish art, enhancing our understanding of the dynamics of art practice today.

Scottish Art & Artists

Author : Bill Hare
Publisher : Scottish Art & Artists
ISBN 13 : 9781804251126
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (511 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Art & Artists written by Bill Hare and published by Scottish Art & Artists. This book was released on 2023-11 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Hand, Heart and Soul

Author : Elizabeth Cumming
Publisher : Birlinn Publishers
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.X/5 (3 download)

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Download or read book Hand, Heart and Soul written by Elizabeth Cumming and published by Birlinn Publishers. This book was released on 2007 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Arts and Crafts artist-designers changed the lives of Scots. Through the furnishing of public buildings, exhibitions, church craft and home design, they aimed to restore beauty to everyday experience. They worked in diverse fields such as furniture, textiles, jewellery and metalwork, glass, ceramics, mural decoration and architectural design and crafts. Theirs is a narrative of close networks of families and friends, men and women, designers and industrialists dedicated to the rights of the individual and to the proper place of art within modern society. It is a remarkable and often inspiring story of ideals, commitment - and imagination. Scottish Arts and Crafts brought together British design practice with the romance of tradition. This book for the first time provides a national context for the work of Margaret Macdonald and Charles Rennie Mackintosh, Robert Lorimer, Phoebe Anna Traquair, and many new names that emerge from the shadows.

Scottish Art since 1960

Author : Craig Richardson
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351549790
Total Pages : 230 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Art since 1960 written by Craig Richardson and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 230 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Craig Richardson here addresses key areas of cultural politics and identity in a way that not only illuminates the development of Scottish art, but teases out another strand of the plurality of developments which led to the success of artists throughout the UK in the 1990s. It is of the highest relevance whether one's perspective is that of the development of the Scottish art, British art or European art of this period. The book adds significantly to our knowledge of the art of this period in a way that will aid not only our historical understanding but our understanding of the dynamics of art practice today. Providing an analysis and including discussion (interviewing artists, curators and critics and accessing non-catalogued personal archives) towards a new chronology, Richardson here examines and proposes a sequence of precisely denoted 'exemplary' works which outlines a self-conscious definition of the interrogative term 'Scottish art.' Among the artists whose work is discussed are John Latham, Simon Starling, Alan Johnston, Roderick Buchanan, Glen Onwin, Christine Borland, William Johnstone, Joan Eardley, Alexander Moffat, Douglas Gordon, Alan Smith, Graeme Fagen, Ross Sinclair and many others. The discussion culminates in a critically original demonstration of the scope for further research and practice within the subject, facilitating national cultural debate on the character of Scottish-national visual art.

Across the Margins

Author : Glenda Norquay
Publisher : Manchester University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780719057496
Total Pages : 234 pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (574 download)

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Download or read book Across the Margins written by Glenda Norquay and published by Manchester University Press. This book was released on 2002 with total page 234 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Contributors to this text discuss what it is to be British or Irish, and how people come to describe themselves as such. The study offers a interdisciplinary comparative analysis of the cultural formation of the Atlantic Archipelago.

The Oxford Art Book

Author : Emma Bennett
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1906860866
Total Pages : 180 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (68 download)

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Download or read book The Oxford Art Book written by Emma Bennett and published by Bloomsbury Publishing. This book was released on 2018-09-12 with total page 180 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A colourful showcase of one of the most beautiful cities in the world. Inspired by Oxford's unique architecture and historic university, over 50 artists have produced a unique collection of contemporary images illustrating all aspects of the city and surrounding area. Oxford is both a thriving city and a byword for one of the world's best universities. Its ancient buildings are the wonder of the world, still used and inhabited by an energetic and passionate student community. From tightly-packed Cornmarket street catering for the shoppers of the busy city to Oxford's lush riverside walks that provide an asylum from the bustle of everyday life, to traditional St Giles's Fair and May Day that attract visitors from across Oxfordshire and beyond, this book represents them all, including: - Quirky hidden gems such as The Eagle and Child (the pub frequented by J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis) and the many cafes of the Covered Market - Innovative representations of classic tourist sites: the Bodleian Library, the Radcliffe Camera, the Sheldonian Theatre, Christ Church College, Magdalen College and many more... - The Mini Car Plant and Cowley Road transformed into artworks There is so much to wonder at in this lovely book. Its enthusiasm reveals a passion for both contemporary art and the lovely city of Oxford. It will renew memories and inspire visits and revisits to all its haunts.

Scotland, CEMA and the Arts Council, 1919-1967

Author : Euan McArthur
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1317058755
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (17 download)

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Download or read book Scotland, CEMA and the Arts Council, 1919-1967 written by Euan McArthur and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2016-04-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A case study of the relationship between arts and cultural policy and nationalism, Scotland, CEMA and the Arts Council, 1919-1967: Background, Politics and Visual Art Policy examines the overlooked significance of Scotland in the development of British arts policy and institutions. This study is broadly relevant in an era of political devolution, which continues to pose questions for the constituent nations of Britain and their sense of self- and collective identities. Euan McArthur provides a clear account of the background to and evolution of the Council for the Encouragement of Music and the Arts (CEMA) and the Arts Council of Great Britain (ACGB) in Scotland up to the formation of the Scottish Arts Council (SAC) in 1967. He also presents a study of Scottish visual art policy and activities between 1940 and 1967, assessing the successes and failures of visual art policy in Scotland, including the degree to which it evolved differently from England. This development, leading to the re-naming of the Scottish Committee of the ACGB as the SAC, prepared the way for the expansion of activities that marked the 1970s and after. Based on extensive archival research, this book brings to light previously unavailable material, not covered in existing accounts of CEMA/ACGB.

Scottish Portraiture 1644-1714

Author : CARLA. VAN DE PUTTELAAR
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9782503597270
Total Pages : 754 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (972 download)

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Download or read book Scottish Portraiture 1644-1714 written by CARLA. VAN DE PUTTELAAR and published by . This book was released on 2021-09-09 with total page 754 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book is the first comprehensive publication on Scottish portraiture from the period 1644 to 1714, with an emphasis on the painters David Scougall (1625-1685), and his son John Scougall (1657-1737). It is based on in-depth art historical and archival research. As such, it is an important academic contribution to this thus far little-researched field. Virtually nothing was known about the Scougall portraitists, who also include the somewhat obscure George Scougall (active c. 1690-1737). Thorough archival research has provided substantial biographical information. It has yielded life dates and data on family relations and, also, it has become clear that David Scougall had two parallel careers, as a portrait painter and as a writer (solicitor). The legal community in which the Scougalls were embedded has been defined, as well as an extended group of sitters and their social, economic, and family networks. The book includes a catalogue raisonne of the oeuvre of David Scougall. The most important contemporaries of the Scougalls were the portraitist L. Schuneman (active c. 1655/60-1667 or slightly later), his successor James Carrudus (active c. 1668-1683 or later), whose work is identified for the first time in this book, David Paton (c. 1650-in or after 1708), Jacob Jacobsz. de Wet (1641/42-1697) and Sir John Baptist Medina (1659-1710). Their lives and work are discussed. An extensive survey of Scottish portraits, with an emphasis on the work of the Scougall painters, is presented for the period 1644 to 1714. Numerous attributions to various artists and sitter identifications have been established or revised. An overview of the next generation is provided, in which the oeuvres and biographical details are highlighted of the principal portrait painters, such as William Aikman (1682-1731), Richard Waitt (1684-1733) and John Alexander (1686-1767). Countless paintings have been photographed anew or for the first time, and have been compared in detail, which had hardly been done before, while information is also included on technical aspects and (original) frames. The resulting data have been complemented by analysing the social and (art-) historical context in which the portraits were made. The works of the portrait painters in Scotland from this period, as this book shows, now form a solid bridge between the portraits painted prior to George Jamesone's death in 1644, and those by the renowned Scottish painters of the eighteenth century.

The Road to Parnassus: Artist Strategies in Contemporary Art

Author : Diego Mantoan
Publisher : Vernon Press
ISBN 13 : 1648890024
Total Pages : 449 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (488 download)

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Download or read book The Road to Parnassus: Artist Strategies in Contemporary Art written by Diego Mantoan and published by Vernon Press. This book was released on 2020-10-06 with total page 449 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: How can one become a successful artist? Where should one start a career in the art world? What are useful strategies to achieve recognition in the art system? Such questions hoard in students' minds ever since entering art school and they probably chase every kind of art professional who is at an early career stage. “The Road to Parnassus” tries to understand what makes a good start in today's art world, who are influential players in the field and which strategies might apply. The swift career ascension of Glasgow artist Douglas Gordon – one of today's leading visual artists – and of the broader YBA generation that rose into worldwide prominence in the 1990s – Damien Hirst and Sarah Lucas among the best known – serves as a convenient case to analyse contemporary artist strategies. This book takes a multidisciplinary approach – spanning from traditional art history, to sociology and economics – pursuing the reconstruction of the field of forces in art as intended by French sociologist Pierre Bourdieu. Compared to previous publications on art system dynamics, such as Thompson's “The $12 Million Stuffed Shark”, this book offers an enhanced understanding of the factors that allow a young artist to enter the arena of contemporary art. The present research should help uncover the art system logic – which appears enigmatic to non-experts – revealing that artists are aware they need to consider global trends, beat competitors and meet the demands of dealers, collectors, curators and museums. This book furthers existing contributions on the YBAs (for example Stallabrass' “High Art Lite”), offering innovative conclusions on recent British art, such as on the duality between London and Glasgow, the gender opposition among emerging artists and the predominance of resourceful authors.

"Painting Labour in Scotland and Europe, 1850-1900 "

Author : John Morrison
Publisher : Routledge
ISBN 13 : 1351555316
Total Pages : 229 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (515 download)

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Download or read book "Painting Labour in Scotland and Europe, 1850-1900 " written by John Morrison and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-07-05 with total page 229 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Painting Labour in Scotland and Europe, 1850-1900 explores hitherto unrecognized European variations in the phenomena of rural labour imagery, particularly in Scotland. In exploring these distinctions relative to Scotland and Europe it looks to develop a new understanding of the commonalities and idiosyncrasies of rural labour imagery which have often been treated as homogenous. Lacking the detailed analysis that has been accorded other images, writing about Scottish painting has often been appended to analyses of English or French imagery. It has generally been understood as intellectually divorced from the sometimes brutal realities of evolving Scottish nineteenth-century urbanism, or simply ignored. Painting Labour in Scotland and Europe, 1850-1900 sets out systematically to discuss the Scottish rural painting in relation to its particular Scottish historical context, both sociological and aesthetic and its English and European counterparts. Alongside canonical Scottish images by major figures such as James Guthrie, the book explores many hitherto under researched and unconsidered paintings by nineteenth-century Scottish artists, and considers them in relation to major English and Continental Realist and Romantic painters. The juxtaposition of J.F. Millet with W.D. McKay, and Edwin Landseer with George Reid makes for a volume that will appeal both to an academic audience and to one interested in European art history more generally.

Van Gogh's Twin

Author : Frances Fowle
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781906270292
Total Pages : 0 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (72 download)

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Download or read book Van Gogh's Twin written by Frances Fowle and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is the first book devoted to the art dealer Alex Reid, who was a close friend of Van Gogh and Whistler and enjoyed an international reputation

Patrick Geddes's Intellectual Origins

Author : Macdonald Murdo Macdonald
Publisher : Edinburgh University Press
ISBN 13 : 1474454100
Total Pages : 329 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (744 download)

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Download or read book Patrick Geddes's Intellectual Origins written by Macdonald Murdo Macdonald and published by Edinburgh University Press. This book was released on 2020-02-03 with total page 329 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Patrick Geddes is one of Scotland's most remarkable thinkers of the late-nineteenth century. His environmental and cultural message endures today, yet the distinctively Scottish context to his thinking has not been properly acknowledged. This book situates Geddes within his own intellectual background (described by George Davie as 'the democratic intellect') and explores the relevance of that background to Geddes's substantial national and international achievements across a truly impressive range of disciplines. Key Features:Explores Patrick Geddes Scottish intellectual background in depth for the first time;Highlights Geddes's insistence on the importance of arts to sciences and vice versa, and the distinctively Scottish context of this approach;Considers the interdisciplinary achievements of Geddes in Edinburgh, Dundee, Paris, London and India;Pays particular attention to his leadership of the Celtic Revival both from a Scottish perspective and with respect to international links, in particular with Indian cultural revivalists such as Ananda Coomaraswamy.

A Companion to British Art

Author : David Peters Corbett
Publisher : John Wiley & Sons
ISBN 13 : 1119170117
Total Pages : 599 pages
Book Rating : 4.1/5 (191 download)

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Download or read book A Companion to British Art written by David Peters Corbett and published by John Wiley & Sons. This book was released on 2016-02-16 with total page 599 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This companion is a collection of newly-commissioned essays written by leading scholars in the field, providing a comprehensive introduction to British art history. A generously-illustrated collection of newly-commissioned essays which provides a comprehensive introduction to the history of British art Combines original research with a survey of existing scholarship and the state of the field Touches on the whole of the history of British art, from 800-2000, with increasing attention paid to the periods after 1500 Provides the first comprehensive introduction to British art of the eighteenth, nineteenth, and twentieth centuries, one of the most lively and innovative areas of art-historical study Presents in depth the major preoccupations that have emerged from recent scholarship, including aesthetics, gender, British art’s relationship to Modernity, nationhood and nationality, and the institutions of the British art world