Portfolio: Treasures from the Diploma Collection at the Royal Scottish Academy

Normand, Tom

ISBN 10: 1908373520 / ISBN 13: 9781908373526

Published by Luath Press Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland, 2013

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Hardcover with bumped leading corners. A few superficial scores on rear board. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. No dust jacket. T. Seller Inventory # 282262

Bibliographic Details

Title: Portfolio: Treasures from the Diploma ...

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Used

About this title

Synopsis:

On being elected to the Royal Scottish Academy, artists deposit a 'diploma' work: a painting, sculpture, architectural model, photograph or print that is representative of their finest art. This book presents a selection of 61 of these Diploma works, arranged by date, from Thomas Hamilton's Design for the Royal High School, Edinburgh, deposited in 1831, to Arthur Watson's Arkival (2008 -), an ongoing multi-media installation, and with detailed commentary accompanying each piece.

About the Author:

TOM NORMAND was born in Aberdour in Fife. He was educated in Dunfermline, and subsequently took a degree in Sociology and Politics at Glasgow College. His doctoral thesis, in the Sociology of Culture, was taken at Durham University. He has taught at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, and, since 1982, has lectured in the History of Art at the University of St Andrews. He has published widely in the history of British art with a special interest in developments in art and photography in Scotland. He has lectured, nationally and internationally, on Scottish art, culture and society.