The Story of Drawing
An Alternative History of Art
$47.99
- Hardcover
256 pages
- Release Date
16 August 2024
Summary
Winner of the Apollo Book of the Year Award 2024
Drawing is at the heart of human creativity. The most democratic form of art-making, it requires nothing more than a plain surface and a stub of pencil, a piece of chalk or an inky brush. Our prehistoric ancestors drew with natural pigments on the walls of caves, and every subsequent culture has practised drawing—whether on papyrus, parchment, or paper. Artists throughout history have used drawing as part of the creative proces…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780300260472 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0300260474 |
| Author: | Susan Owens |
| Publisher: | Yale University Press |
| Imprint: | Yale University Press |
| Format: | Hardcover |
| Number of Pages: | 256 |
| Release Date: | 16 August 2024 |
| Weight: | 730g |
| Dimensions: | 32mm x 162mm x 241mm |
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Critics Review
“Original and highly engaging.”—Martin Gayford, The Spectator
“Owens has a joyful way with a paragraph. In particular, she takes a gourmet’s pleasure in the materials of drawing and rounds off her text with a glossary that is at once punctilious and delectable. She also tells winning anecdotes, whether about Huang Xiangjian trekking in 1650s Yunnan or Berthe Morisot picnicking in 1870s Picardy.”—Julian Bell, London Review of Books
Winner of the Apollo Book of the Year award 2024
Susan Owens
Dr Susan Owens is a writer, art historian and former V&A curator. Her previous books include The Art of Drawing, Spirit of Place and Imagining England’s Past.
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