The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art - Hardcover

$35.00

The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art - Hardcover

Name: The Story of Drawing: An Alternative History of Art - Hardcover
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SKU: 9780300260472
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by Susan Owens

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Book Overview

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 process.

While painting and sculpture have been shaped heavily by money and influence, drawing has always offered extraordinary creative latitude. Here we see the artist at his or her most unguarded. Susan Owens offers a glimpse over artists' shoulders--from Michelangelo, Rembrandt, and Hokusai to Van Gogh, Käthe Kollwitz, and Yayoi Kusama--as they work, think, and innovate, as they scrutinise the world around them or escape into imagination.

The Story of Drawing loops around the established history of art, sometimes staying close, at other times diving into exhilarating and altogether less familiar territory.

ISBN	9780300260472
Author	Susan Owens
Publisher	Yale University Press
Genre	History and Arts
Format	Hardcover
Published	October 2024
Language	ENG- English
Pages	256
Weight	1.0 lb
Target Audience	Adults
Print Size	Standard Print

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