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Andy Goldsworthy
Fifty Years
Häftad, 2025
323 kr
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Andy Goldsworthy tells the story of his career in his own words - from school art classrooms to the ambitious retrospective exhibition this book accompanies. In a wide-ranging and personal conversation, Goldsworthy recalls the triumphs and tribulations that have shaped his journey to become an …
Charles Rennie Mackintosh in France
Av P. Robertson
Häftad, 2019
259 kr
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A fascinating exploration into the landscape painting career of one of Scotland’s best-loved designers and architects: Charles Rennie Mackintosh.Known worldwide for his architecture and interior designs, Charles Rennie Mackintosh (1868-1928) was also an extremely gifted painter. Towards the end of …
William Bell Scott's Screen
A Pre-Raphaelite Romance
Häftad, 2023
200 kr
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“an excellent short book, which focusses in detail on a single work, a newly restored screen by William Bell Scott” — Journal of the Scottish Society for Art History, Volume 29, 2024-2025, p.128William Bell Scott’s screen, The King’s Quair, was commissioned by James Leathart, an important collector …
Arthur Melville
Av Kenneth McConkey, Charlotte Topsfield
Häftad, 2015
278 kr
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Arthur Melville was arguably the most innovative and modernist Scottish artist of his generation and one of the finest British watercolourists of the nineteenth century, yet he avoided categorisation. In 1943 the Scottish Colourist John Duncan Fergusson confessed that although they never met, "his …
Phoebe Anna Traquair
Häftad, 2022
259 kr
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"The richness of the illustrations in this larger format enables us to better appreciate the intricacy of her illuminated manuscripts, the tonal subtleties of Traquair's tooled leather book bindings and the processional scale of her muraled interiors." — Journal of the Scottish Society for Art …
Shepherd's Life: Paintings of Jenny Armstrong by Victoria Crowe
Inbunden, 2018
171 kr
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A Shepherd's Life centres on Jenny Armstrong, born in 1903 at the farm of Fairliehope, who spent her life working as a shepherdess in the Pentland Hills. In a series of remarkable paintings made over twenty years and based on close observation, Victoria Crowe, one of Scotland's foremost painters, …
Calum Colvin: Ossian-fragments of Ancient Poetry
Av Tom Normand
Häftad, 2003
190 kr
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Calum Colvin is one of Scotland's most innovative and exciting contemporary photographers. In his work he creates a kaleidoscope of figures, symbols and ideas, which are blended into the most vibrant and stimulating images. With this project, Colvin has explored the mysterious world of Ossian. …
Portrait Miniatures from Scottish Private Collections
Inbunden, 2006
133 kr
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This book reveals the wealth of British and European miniatures preserved in Scottish private collections, most of which are not normally on show to the public. Some of these intimate and private works are new discoveries, published here for the first time. These works are drawn from some of the …
Force: a Contemporary Portrait of Scotland's Police
Av Jane Brettle
Häftad, 2007
107 kr
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Jane Brettle captures the diversity of Scotland's Police forces in this group of work by highlighting the differences in geography, population density and community across the country and the challenges that these bring. This group of photographs clearly shows the extent of the Scottish Police's …
100 Masterpieces
National Galleries of Scotland
Häftad, 2015
327 kr
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The National Galleries of Scotland comprises three galleries: the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Gallery. Together these galleries house one of the finest collections of art to be found anywhere in the world, ranging from the …
Benjamin West and the Death of a Stag
Av Duncan Thomson, Duncan Thomson
Häftad, 2009
133 kr
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Benjamin West's The Death of a Stag, a tour de force of pictorial theatre and his own unique Scottish masterpiece, has been the focus of high drama for over two centuries. Painted for the Clan Mackenzie in 1786, the gigantic canvas, measuring twelve by seventeen feet, is still the largest in the …
Face of Scotland, The: the Scottish National Portrait Gallery at Kirkcudbright
Häftad, 2008
70 kr
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Scotland has produced an astonishingly high number of men and women whose lives have inspired and changed the world. This book, illustrating just over forty portraits, represents only a few of them, but with Robert Burns and Walter Scott, Eric Liddell and Alex Ferguson, Bonnie Prince Charlie and …
Companion Guide to Photography in the National Galleries of Scotland
Av Sara Stevenson, Duncan Forbes
Häftad, 2009
133 kr
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Since the practical invention of photography in the 1840s, Scotland has been at the centre of the history and development of the medium. The Scottish National Portrait Gallery - which houses the Scottish National Photography Collection - and the Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art, hold …
Picasso's 'Toys for Adults' Cubism as Surrealism: Watson Gordon Lecture 2008
Av Neil Cox
Inbunden, 2010
107 kr
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Established following the 125th anniversary of the foundation of the Chair of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh and named after the painter Sir John Watson Gordon, the Watson Gordon Lectures typify the long-standing and positive collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and the …
Hardest Kind of Archetype: Reflections on Roy Lichetenstein
Av Hal Foster
Inbunden, 2011
107 kr
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Established following the 125th anniversary of the Chair of Fine Art at the University of Edinburgh and named after the painter Sir John Watson Gordon, the Watson Gordon Lectures Typify the long-standing positive collaboration between the University of Edinburgh and the National Galleries of …
F.C.B. Cadell
Av Alice Strang
Häftad, 2017
221 kr
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It is Cadell's zest for life and the diversity of his subjects that makes him unique in the group of artists popularly known as the Scottish Colourists. Influenced by direct contact with the European avant-garde movements taking place at the turn of the century and with early knowledge of the work …
J.D. Fergusson
Av Alice Strang, Elizabeth Cumming m. fl.
Häftad, 2013
190 kr
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J. D. Fergusson (1874-1961) is one of the four artists known as the Scottish Colourists, the others being F. C. B. Cadell, G. L. Hunter and S. J. Peploe. Fergusson was born in Leith, and was essentially a self-taught artist. In Paris 1907 he became involved with the avant-garde scene and exhibited …
Generation: 25 years Contemporary Art in Scotland Guide
Av Moira Jeffrey, Moira Jeffrey
Häftad, 2014
133 kr
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In the last twenty-five years contemporary art in Scotland has grown from a tiny and tightly knit community to a globally recognised centre of artistic innovation and experiment. This book provides the first comprehensive and fully illustrated guide to the art of the period. Featuring the work of …
Generation: Reader and Guide
Av Moira Jeffrey, Katrina Brown
Inbunden, 2014
258 kr
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In the last twenty-five years contemporary art in Scotland has grown from a tiny and tightly knit scene to a globally recognised centre of artistic innovation and experiment. Generation Reader provides the first collection of key documents from the period including essays, interviews, critical …
Winifred Nicholson in Scotland
Av Alice Dewey
Inbunden, 2015
192 kr
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"Nicholson's Scottish paintings encapsulate her concerns with light, radiance and harmony which she expressed through flowers and the lyricism of the natural landscape." - The IndependentThroughout her long and varied career, Winifred Nicholson (1893-1981) was concerned with light, colour and …
Art Adventure around the National Galleries of Scotland
Häftad, 2015
113 kr
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This beautiful colouring and drawing book contains intricate illustrations, decorative details and a fabulous fold-out map. This is the perfect starting point for your art adventure around the National Galleries of Scotland. Colour in the buildings, draw your favourite artworks and add your friends …
Daubigny and Impressionism
Häftad, 2016
104 kr
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Known today for his atmospheric views of the river Oise, Charles François Daubigny was a pioneer of modern landscape painting and an important precursor of French Impressionism. Although commercially highly successful he was often criticised for his broad, sketch-like handling and unembellished …
From the Masterpieces to Rooms Full of Art - and Back?
Av Robert Storr
Inbunden, 2017
107 kr
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With vivid memories of his first visit to the Scottish National Gallery in the 1970s and his initial encounter with Hugo van der Goes' The Trinity Altarpiece, Rembrandt's A Woman in Bed, Velázquez's An Old Woman Cooking Eggs and Degas' Diego Martelli, Robert Storr discusses the shifting balance of …
Perfect Chemistry
Inbunden, 2017
384 kr
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Pioneering Edinburgh photographers David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Robert Adamson (1821-1848) together formed one of the most famous partnerships in the history of photography. Producing highly skilled photographs just four years after the new medium was announced to the world in 1839, their …
True to Life
British Realist Painting in the 1920s and 1930s
Av Patrick Elliott, Sacha Llewellyn
Häftad, 2019
297 kr
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British realist art of the 1920s and 1930s is visually stunning - strong, seductive and demonstrating extraordinary technical skill. Despite this, it is often overshadowed by abstract art. This book presents the very first overview of British realist painting of the period, showcasing outstanding …
J.M.W. Turner
The Vaughan Bequest
Av Christopher Baker, Charlotte Topsfield
Häftad, 2018
284 kr
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J.M.W. Turner 1775-1851 was perhaps the most prolific and innovative of all British artists. His outstanding watercolours in the Scottish National Gallery are one of the most popular features of its collection. Bequeathed to the Gallery in 1899 by the distinguished collector Henry Vaughan, they …
Perfect Chemistry: Photographs by Hill and Adamson
Häftad, 2018
258 kr
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Pioneering Edinburgh photographers David Octavius Hill (1802-1870) and Robert Adamson (1821-1848) together formed one of the most famous partnerships in the history of photography. Producing highly skilled photographs just four years after the new medium was announced to the world in 1839, their …
Nathan Coley
Häftad, 2017
133 kr
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This richly illustrated publication explores the work of contemporary artist Nathan Coley. It offers a detailed look at three of his most significant sculptural works: The Lamp of Sacrifice, 286 Places of Worship, Edinburgh 2004, 2004; Paul, 2015; and Tate Modern on Fire, 2017, which is reproduced …
New Era
Av Alice Strang
Häftad, 2017
258 kr
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Revealing an alternative story of modern Scottish art, A New Era examines the most experimental work of Scottish artists during the first half of the 20th century. It challenges the accepted view of the dominance of the Scottish Colourists and uncovers the hitherto little-known progressive Scottish …
Monarch of the Glen
Inbunden, 2017
171 kr
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The Monarch of the Glen by Sir Edwin Landseer (1802-1873) is one of the most celebrated paintings of the nineteenth century. It was acquired by the National Galleries of Scotland in 2017. In this new book, the first to focus in detail on this iconic picture, Christopher Baker explores its complex …
