Description
| Product ID: | 9780711254534 |
| Product Form: | Hardback |
| Country of Manufacture: | CN |
| Series: | Inspired Traveller's Guides |
| Title: | Artistic Places |
| Authors: | Author: Susie Hodge, Amy Grimes |
| Page Count: | 144 |
| Subjects: | History of art, History of art / art & design styles, The Arts: treatments and subjects, Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Classic travel writing, Art treatments & subjects, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, Classic travel writing |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating Take an artistic pilgrimage to some of the world's most inspirational places for aesthetes and creatives with Artistic Places. Explore the landscapes and places that inspired great art: find peace in Monet’s lily-filled garden oasis, climb Mount Fuji on a printmaker’s pilgrimage, sail with Gauguin to the South Pacific to stretch your imagination, or contemplate light and the changing seasons on Chelsea Embankment. Artistic Places is a stunningly hand-illustrated, visionary guide for seekers of beauty, rare tales and cultural riches. Find yourself instantly transported to the places where great artists have sought refuge, found their inspiration and changed the course of art history forever. Susie Hodge, bestselling author and art historian, presents 25 famous and forgotten artistic destinations around the world, and connects these to the artists they inspired. In keeping with the Inspired Traveller’s Guide series design, each entry is accompanied by specially commissioned illustrations from Amy Grimes which perfectly evoke the wonders that first attracted the masters, while Hodge delves into each location's curious history with insightful stories both in and beyond the canon. So take a leaf out of your favourite artist’s sketchbook and discover the places they loved best. Artists and locations include:
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| Imprint Name: | White Lion Publishing |
| Publisher Name: | Quarto Publishing PLC |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2021-03-16 |
