Susie Hodge

Artistic Places (eBook, ePUB)

Illustrator: Grimes, Amy

• Format: ePub

Produktbeschreibung

Explore the landscapes and places that inspired great art: find peace in Monet's lily-filled garden oasis, climb Mount Fuji on a printmaker's pilgrimage, sail with Gauguin to the South Pacific to stretch your imagination, or contemplate light and the changing seasons on Chelsea Embankment. Artistic Places is a stunningly hand-illustrated, visionary guide for seekers of beauty, rare tales and cultural riches. Find yourself instantly transported to the places where great artists have sought refuge, found their inspiration and changed the course of art history forever. Susie Hodge, bestselling author and art historian, presents 25 famous and forgotten artistic destinations around the world, and connects these to the artists they inspired. In keeping with the Inspired Traveller's Guide series design, each entry is accompanied by specially commissioned illustrations from Amy Grimes which perfectly evoke the wonders that first attracted the masters, while Hodge delves into each location's curious history with insightful stories both in and beyond the canon. So take a leaf out of your favourite artist's sketchbook and discover the places they loved best. Artists and locations include:

• J.A.M Whistler in London, England
• John Constable in Suffolk, England
• Barbara Hepworth in St Ives, England
• Paula Rego in Cascais and Estoril, Portugal
• Pablo Picasso and Guernica, Spain
• Salvador Dalí in Catalonia, Spain
• Claude Monet in Giverny, France
• Vincent van Gogh in Arles, France
• Rene Magritte in Brussels, Belgium
• Paul Klee in Bern, Switzerland
• Michelangelo in Florence, Italy
• Canaletto in Venice, Italy
• Johannes Vermeer in Delft, Netherlands
• Anni Albers in Dessau, Germany
• Caspar David Friedrich in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Germany
• Gustav Klimt and Lake Attersee, Austria
• Edvard Munch in Oslo, Norway
• Hilma af Klint and Lake Mälaren, Sweden
• Henri Matisse in Tangier, Morocco
• Hokusai on Mount Fuji, Japan
• Paul Gauguin in Papeete and Papeari, Tahiti
• Jean-Michel Basquiat in New York, USA
• Grant Wood in Iowa, USA
• Georgia O'Keeffe in New Mexico, USA
• Frida Kahlo in Coyoacán, Mexico

Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.

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Produktdetails

• Verlag: White Lion Publishing
• Seitenzahl: 144
• Erscheinungstermin: 16. Februar 2021
• Englisch
• ISBN-13: 9780711254541
• Artikelnr.: 60998408

Autorenporträt

Susie Hodge has written over 100 books on art, art history and artistic techniques, including I Know an Artist, Art Quest: Classic Art Counterfeit, What Makes Great Design, Modern Art Mayhem, Why Your Five Year Old Could Not Have Done That, Art in Detail and Modern Art in Detail. In addition, she hosts lectures, talks and practical workshops, and regularly appears on television and radio, as well as in documentaries. She has twice been named the No. 1 art writer by the Independent.

Amy Grimes is an illustrator based in London, UK. Drawing inspiration from nature and the natural world, Amy's work often features bright and bold illustrated motifs, floral icons and leafy landscapes. As well as working on commissioned illustrations, Amy also sells prints, textiles and stationery under the brand of Hello Grimes.

Inhaltsangabe

CONTENTS: Introduction 6 London
England
J.A.M Whistler 10 Suffolk
England
John Constable 16 St Ives
England
Barbara Hepworth 20 Cascais and Estoril
Portugal
Paula Rego 26 Guernica
Spain
Pablo Picasso 30 Catalonia
Spain
Salvador Dalí 36 Giverny
France
Claude Monet 42 Arles
France
Vincent van Gogh 48 Brussels
Belgium
Rene Magritte 54 Bern
Switzerland
Paul Klee 58 Florence
Italy
Michelangelo 64 Venice
Italy
Canaletto 70 Delft
Netherlands
Johannes Vermeer 78 Dessau
Germany
Anni Albers 82 Elbe Sandstone Mountains
Germany
Caspar David Friedrich 88 Lake Attersee
Austria
Gustav Klimt 92 Oslo
Norway
Edvard Munch 98 Lake Mälaren
Sweden
Hilma af Klint 102 Tangier
Morocco
Henri Matisse 106 Mount Fuji
Japan
Katsushika Hokusai 112 Papeete and Papeari
Tahiti
Paul Gauguin 118 New York
USA
Jean-Michel Basquiat 124 Iowa
USA
Grant Wood 128 New Mexico
USA
Georgia O’Keeffe 134 Coyoacán
Mexico
Frida Kahlo 140