Five Hundred Years of British Art

Five Hundred Years of British Art

by Kirsteen McSwein (Editor)
Five Hundred Years of British Art

Five Hundred Years of British Art

by Kirsteen McSwein (Editor)

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Overview

A lavishly illustrated, beautiful collection of highlights from the Tate collection over the past 500 years

Tate Britain is the home of British art from 1500 to the present day. This guide to the collection provides an essential introduction to the extraordinary development of British art over the centuries.
British art is notable for genres unique to itself: group portraits, known as “conversation pieces,” focusing on social relations between friends, family, and allies; themes from British literature, particularly Shakespeare, Milton, and Tennyson; and topical subjects in the late 18th and early 19th centuries reflecting the wars with France and the scientific innovations of the Industrial Revolution.
The art from Britain in Tate’s collection is rich with imaginative invention and reinvention, and this panoramic book celebrates this aesthetic ingenuity as an ongoing story, revealing how 500 years of art can act as a fascinating lens through which to deepen our understanding of ourselves and society, past and present, in both Britain and in the rest of the world.

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781849767057
Publisher: Tate Publishing & Enterprises, L.L.C.
Publication date: 12/15/2020
Pages: 128
Product dimensions: 11.00(w) x 10.00(h) x 1.25(d)

About the Author

Kirsteen McSwein is assistant curator for interpretation at Tate Britain and is author of Tate Britain: Highlights, Autumn, and Winter, also published by Tate.
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