Tate Modern: The Handbook - Softcover

Blazwick, I.

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854373129 ISBN 13: 9781854373120

Publisher: Tate Publishing, 2000

Synopsis

Paperback edition very good condition slightly bumped to botton rt corner . This book celebrates the opening of the TATE MODERN, Britains new national gallery of modern & Contemporary art, & sets out the radical new approach to displaying art adopted by the gallery at the dawn of the 21st century. Illustrated in full colour with 200 key works from the TATE Collection, the book , like the gallery presents the 20thC though four classic themes The NUDE, LANDSCAPE , STILL-LIFE,& HISTORY PAINTING, tracing thier continuation & transformation through the century. Their re-emegence in modern art as the body , the enviroment, real life & society, is discussed in four introductory texts.The 2nd Half of the book is a A-Zof 100 key artist within the collection. Total 244 pages

About this title

Product Description:

Celebrating the opening of the new Tate at Bankside, London, this book introduces readers to the building, the collection and the new approach to modern and contemporary art. The gallery presents 20th-century art through four classic themes: the nude, landscape, still life and history painting.

Review:

"A handsome, informative and provocative book."--"Memphis Commercial Appeal

About this edition

• Publisher: Tate Publishing
• Publication date: 2000
• ISBN 10: 1854373129
• ISBN 13: 9781854373120
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 1
• Number of pages: 256