Scottish Art
Murdo Macdonald
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| ‘This is an excellent introduction to Scottish art. It is clear, concise and well illustrated' | | – Journal for the Society of Scottish Art History |
What makes Scottish art Scottish?
The lasting influence of Celtic masterpieces recur throughout the centuries, not least in the work of Charles Rennie Mackintosh and Scottish Art Nouveau, but at a deeper level an idea of Scottish art emerges in depictions of its dramatic landscape, its wars and conflicts, hardships, the heroes of Scottish history, the great figures of literature and philosophy, and its connection with France, from medieval times almost to the present.
All these factors form the character of Scottish art which is rich at the same time in distinctive personalities and individual genius, from Henry Raeburn and Allan Ramsay, the two great portraitists of the Scottish enlightenment, to artists working today like pioneering pop artist Eduardo Paolozzi and novelist and illustrator Alasdair Gray.
Also of interest:
Scottish Architecture World of Art series
Irish Art: A Concise History World of Art series |
|  |  | | | | ISBN 0500203334 | | ISBN-13 978-0500203330 | | | | 21.0 x 15.0 cm | | Paperback | | 224pp | | 183 illustrations, 55 in colour | | First published 2000 | | | | £7.95 | | | |  | | | | 
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