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The horse : 30,000 years of the horse in art / Tamsin Pickeral.
Fine Arts Library N7668.H6 P53 2006
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Pickeral, Tamsin.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Horses in art.
- Physical Description:
- 287 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 30 cm
- Place of Publication:
- London ; New York : Merrell, 2006.
- Summary:
- This stunningly illustrated history of the horse in art documents the creative journey from prehistoric cave painting to the war horses of Uccello, the thoroughbred portraits of Stubbs, the enigmatic prints of Elisabeth Frink and beyond. It explores the role of the horse in Eastern imagery and as the subject of myth and legend; as a symbol of power and an ally in war; as the subject of anatomical scrutiny and the Romantic embodiment of human feeling; and as the emblem of sporting pleasures and prowess. The book sheds particular light on man's relationship with the horse, and on the story of equine evolution from the stocky primitive to today's thoroughbred.
- Notes:
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 278-279) and index.
- ISBN:
- 1858943272
- OCLC:
- 69022646
- Publisher Number:
- 9781858943275
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