Description
Authors Jamie Camplin and Maria Ranauro weave together an engaging cultural history that probes the ways in which books and paintings represent a key to understanding ourselves and the past. Paintings contain a world of information about religion, class, gender, and power, but they also reveal details of everyday life often lost in history texts--and all the more so when books are depicted. Such artworks show us not only how books have been used and valued over time but also how the significance and practice of reading have evolved in Western society.
Featuring work by artists from across Europe and the United States and all painting genres, The Art of Reading explores the two-thousand-year story of the great painters and the preeminent information-providing, knowledge-endowing, solace-giving, belief-supporting, leisure-enriching, pleasure-delivering medium of all time: the book.
Product Details
| Publisher | Getty Publications |
| Publish Date | October 02, 2018 |
| Pages | 256 |
| Language | English |
| Type |  Hardback |
| EAN/UPC | 9781606065860 |
| Dimensions | 9.4 X 6.8 X 1.4 inches | 1.9 pounds |
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Reviews
-- "Tulsa Book Review"
" . . . [a] handsome, absorbing walkthrough of art history as seen through its paintings of books . . . "
-- "Chicago Tribune"
"Although there is no shortage of books about books, The Art of Reading offers a welcome new perspective on the age-old tradition of reader as artist's muse."
-- "Hyperallergic"
"Beautifully produced, impressively informative, as thoughtful and it is thought-provoking, The Art of Reading: An Illustrated History of Books in Paint is a unique and extraordinary study that is unreservedly recommended for the personal reading lists of all dedicated bibliophiles and will prove to be an enduringly popular addition to community, college, and academic library collections."
-- "Midwest Book Review"
"Bridging the gap between book and art lover perfectly, this work presents relevant information with stunning paintings to satisfy experts of both fields."-- "Library Journal"
"Charming."-- "The Art Newspaper"
"There is no shortage of writings on the subject of books and reading but this volume in color . . . combines both reading and art and is mesmerizing."
-- "The Florida Times-Union"
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