Isbn: 9781908326300 - under the greenwood: picturing the british tree from constable to kurt jackson (5 Ergebnisse)

Paperback. Zustand: Very Good. 2013 Sansom & Co large format paperback edition. Light reading wear else very good condition. Under the Greenwood explores the importance of the tree as a subject and inspiration for British artists over the last two hundred years. Trees have become bound up with perceptions of our natural heritage and national character. The yew long bows of Agincourt, the oaks which built Nelson's navy and, more latterly, the oak leaf logo of the National Trust have become symbols of the battle to protect this green and pleasant land from threats both without and within. Contents Foreword Acknowledgements A short and selective survey of the tree in (mainly British) art history : Tim Craven Under the Greenwood: Picturing British Trees : Anne Anderson The Great Tree Dark Forest, Green Wood, Town Garden Time Passes Pastoral The British Tree in Myth and Legend : Della Hooke Nature Describing Nature : Ian Massey Contemporary artist words and images Index Dan Hays, Christiane Baumgartner, Katsutoshi Yuasa, Kurt Jackson, Michelle Dovey, David Nash, George Shaw, Ann Arnold, Graham Arnold, David Inshaw, Hannah Maybank, Mick Moon, Anthony Whishaw, and Paul Winstanley are the contemporary contributors and artists explicitly named on the back cover, alongside references to historical figures such as John Constable, Samuel Palmer, William Ratcliffe, Spencer Gore, Paul Nash, John Craxton, Michael Ayrton, Graham Sutherland, Henry Moore, Frederic Leighton, Harold Gilman, and Henry Tanner.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Good. Former library book with the usual stickers on the first page and the reverse of the rear cover. Otherwise the pages are bright, unmarked and fully bound. No creasing on the spine. Soft crease at the lower corner of the front cover. Covers protected by a removable plastic library sleeve. Mailed the same or next working day in a cardboard book box.…

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. Book is in fine condition, excellent. 200pp with colour illustrations.

Soft cover. Zustand: Fine. 2013, 8.5 x 11 inches approx, 200 pages, illus. colour | very lightly read copy - clean and bright, uncreased spine, and free of name, notes etc | carefully packaged and dispatched from UK within two working days.

Paperback. Zustand: New.