The artist's studio : a cultural history / James Hall.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Hall, James, 1963- author.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Artists' studios--History.

Artists' studios.

Artists--History.

Artists.

Physical Description:

288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color) ; 25 cm

Place of Publication:

London ; New York, New York : Thames & Hudson, 2022.

Summary:

An exciting narrative and visual history of the artist's studio, examining the myth and reality of the creative space from early times to today.0 The artist's workplace has always been an imaginary as well as an actual location, an idealized utopia as well as the domain of dirty, back-breaking work. Written descriptions, paintings, prints and even photographs of the artist's atelier distort as much as they document. This pioneering cultural history charts the myth and reality of the creative space from Ancient Greece to the present day.0 Tracing a history that extends far beyond the bohemian, romantic and renaissance cults of the artist, each chapter focuses on key developments of the studio space as seen in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar images. Mythical and divine makers, and some amateurs, are included, and so too are craftspeople - workers in metal and wood, potters, illuminators, weavers, embroiderers and architects to name a few. Each carefully chosen example is placed within a cultural and political context, with the aim of correcting the historical imbalance that has long overlooked the many artisans who collaborated with artists. Leading authority James Hall also extends the discussion to the artist's museum and the artist's house, as well plein air painting and the development of portable studios.

Contents:

Machine generated contents note: ch. 1 Luxury and Lameness

The Shield of Achilles

ch. 2 Wisdom's Workshop

Simon the Shoemaker

ch. 3 Struggles in the Scriptorium

Waging War on Dead Skin

ch. 4 Pure Gold

Doing God's (or the Devil's) Work

ch. 5 The Velvet Revolution

Cennini's Studietto

ch. 6 Piety and Pretentiousness

Saint Luke Paints the Virgin

ch. 7 `Always Keeping Paper in his Hand'

A School for Art and Scandal

ch. 8 In and Out of the Comfort Zone

Leonardo versus Michelangelo

ch. 9 Creatures of the Night

`Only the Dark Serves to Plant Man'

ch. 10 Making a Spectacle

The Systematic Studio

ch. 11 Mirroring the Process

Velazquez to Reynolds

ch. 12 Women in the Studio

Inspiration, Destitution, Cleaning, Crimes of Passion

ch. 13 Chaste Space

Friedrich to Mondrian

ch. 14 Eliminating Easels

Workshop and Factory

ch. 15 Inside/Outside

Studios for Nomads.

Notes:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 270-280) and index.

ISBN:

0500021716

9780500021712

OCLC:

1349257788