British figurative art : painting the human figure. art one, Painting / Martin Gayford.
By: Gayford, Martin.
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BookPublisher: London : Momentum, 1997Description: 71p : col. ill. ; 27cm + pbk.ISBN: 1873362641.Subject(s): Figurative art
| Figurative art -- Great Britain | Figurative painting | Genre painting | Human beings in art | Art, British -- 20th centuryDDC classification: 757
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| General Lending | MTU Crawford College of Art and Design Library Lending | 757 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 00072559 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
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. especially strong here - requires an explanation. It is simply a post 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?