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A Companion to British Art: 1600 to the Present
Contributor(s): Arnold, Dana (Editor), Peters Corbett, David (Editor)

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 ISBN: 1405136294     ISBN-13: 9781405136297
Publisher: Wiley-Blackwell
OUR PRICE: $211.38  

Binding Type: Hardcover - See All Available Formats & Editions
Published: April 2013
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Additional Information
BISAC Categories:
- Art | History - General
Dewey: 709.41
LCCN: 2012033131
Series: Blackwell Companions to Art History
Physical Information: 1.2" H x 7" W x 9.7" L (2.50 lbs) 592 pages
Features: Bibliography, Dust Cover, Illustrated, Index, Maps, Table of Contents
Review Citations: Choice 11/01/2013
 
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Publisher Description:
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
 
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