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The Invention of British Art
  • ISBN: 9781783968091
  • Pages: 384
  • Illustrations: Colour
  • Publisher: Elliott & Thompson
  • Binding: Hardback

The Invention of British Art

Bendor Grosvenor
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In The Invention of British Art, Bendor Grosvenor embarks on a journey of discovery through an incredible array of artworks and artists from 10,000 BCE to the nineteenth century, revealing how the art from these isles was created, what made it distinctive, and why it took so long to emerge.

From folk art to the role of female artists, from the influences of invaders to the colonised territories of the British Empire, the book embraces previously overlooked contributions to the story of British art and explores the cultural, political and economic factors that helped to shape it.

Beautifully illustrated throughout, The Invention of British Art is a provocative and captivating survey of the glories of British art.

‘Inventive, profound, fabulously quirky, Bendor Grosvenor’s journey to the heart of British art takes him in directions that have never previously been trodden . . . A triumph.’ Waldemar Januszczak



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