Art, Artisans and Apprentices: Apprentice Painters & Sculptors in the Early Modern British Tradition - Hardcover

Art, Artisans and Apprentices: Apprentice Painters & Sculptors in the Early Modern British Tradition

Hardcover. Zustand: Fine. Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Fine. 1st Edition. Oxford and Philadelphia. Oxbow Books. 2014. Printed at the same time in the US and UK. No later dates shown. Hard Cover. Medium 8vo 9½" x 6  [24cm x 15cm] approx. 456 pp and detailed appendices. Heavy cloth olive green boards with gilt titles to the spine. The book is square and tight. No previous ownership inscriptions. The boards are clean and unfaded, the corners and spine ends sharp. The pages and closed page edges are clean. No remainder marks. High quality publication on heavy white stock and profusely illustrated in colour throughout. Colour frontispiece. The dust jacket is crisp and complete. The colours are bright, fresh and unfaded, corners are sharp; spine head has a mild crease which is minimal no other wear. James Ayres provides a lively account of the inter-relationship between art and trade in the late 17th to early 19th centuries, in both Britain and North America. He demonstrates with numerous, illustrated examples, the many cross-overs in the'art and mystery' of artistic training, and, to modern eyes, the sometimes incongruous relationships between the various trades that contributed to the blossoming of many artistic careers, including some of the most illustrious names of the 'long' 18th century. Central to the theme of this book is the notion that, for those who were to become either painters or sculptors, a training in a trade met their practical needs. This 'training' was of an altogether different nature to an 'education' in an art school. In the past, prospective artists were offered, by means of apprenticeships, an empirical rather than a theoretical understanding of their ultimate vocation. The dust jacket will be protected with a new inert archival Brodart sleeve which is removable. Please contact us if you would like any more information or additional images. Postage price quoted outside the UK is for a book up to 1kg using UPS or Transglobal Express. For books sent within the UK, there will be no extra charge for books up to 2kg which are sent by Royal Mail. Postage quoted in the UK is the actual cost (£3.45). All books are sent in protective packing and custom book box. If your book is intended as a gift, please let us know and we will gift wrap it free of charge with a card and any message. Artikel-Nr. 25APR08003

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