The story of Scottish art / Lachlan Goudie.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Goudie, Lachlan, 1976- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Art, Scottish--History.

Art, Scottish.

Painting, Scottish--History.

Painting, Scottish.

History.

Genre:

History.

Physical Description:

384 pages : color illustrations ; 26 cm

Place of Publication:

New York : Thames & Hudson, 2020.

Summary:

This is the story of how Scotland has defined itself through its art over the past 5000 years, from the earliest enigmatic Neolithic symbols etched onto the landscape of Kilmartin Glen to Glasgow's fame as a centre of artistic innovation today. Lachlan Goudie brings his perspective and passion as a practising artist and broadcaster to narrate the joys and struggles of artists across the millennia striving to fulfil their vision and the dramatic transformations of Scottish society reflected in their art. The Story of Scottish Art is beautifully illustrated with the diverse artworks that form Scotland's long tradition of bold creativity: Pictish carved stones and Celtic metalwork, Renaissance palaces and chapels, paintings of Scottish life and landscapes by Horatio McCulloch, David Wilkie and Joan Eardley, designs by master architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and collage and sculpture by Pop Art pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi. Lachlan tells the compelling story of how and why these and many other Scottish masterpieces were created, and the impact they have had on the world.

Contents:

Part I. c. 3000 BC- c. AD 1540. Origins ; A bigger picture ; The coming of God ; The art of war ; The painted people ; Birth of a nation ; Creative shrapnel ; The long road to a Renaissance ; The Lordship of the Isles ; A Scottish splendour ; A monarch on a mission ; Thine be the glory - Part II. C. 1540 - c. 1850. A Scottish revolution ; Uniting kingdom ; Gods and monsters ; A nation at a crossroads ; A new beginning ; The eternal city ; Rebellion and enlightenment ; All the world a stage ; Romance and reason ; The ideal and the real ; King and countries ; Big country - Part III. C 1850 - c. 1914. A man's a man for a' that ; One of the boys ; New departures ; Arabian nights ; Homeshores ; Celtic revival ; Immortal genius ; Joie de vivre ; More sun - Part IV. C 1914 - 2020. War and peace ; Modern Scots ; Aftermath ; Abstract ideas ; Brave new world ; Changing traditions ; The shock of the new ; New beginnings ; Scotland evermore.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9780500239612

0500239614

OCLC:

1143465981