Tate Britain Companion to British Art: The Handbook - Softcover

Richard Humphreys

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1854373692 ISBN 13: 9781854373694

Publisher: Tate Publishing, 2007

Synopsis

Tate Britain Companion to British Art draws on Tate Britain's unrivalled collection to provide a lively and informative introduction to the story of art in Britain over the last five hundred years.

About this title

Synopsis:

This handbook celebrates the relaunch of Tate Britain in October 2001. It illustrates over 200 works from the collection including paintings by Hilliard, Van Dyck, Hogarth, Constable, Turner and Rosetti and also contains 20th-century works by Gwen John, Barbara Hepworth, Francis Bacon among other contemporary artists, in an attempt to bring the story up to the present day and testify to the diversity of British art.

About the Author:

Richard Humphreys is Head of Education and Interpretation at Tate Britain. He is the author of Futurism in Tate Publishing's series Movements in Modern Art.

About this edition

• Publisher: Tate Publishing
• Publication date: 2007
• ISBN 10: 1854373692
• ISBN 13: 9781854373694
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 248