Peter Lanyon : at the edge of landscape / Chris Stephens.
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TextPublication details: London : 21 Publishing, c2000.Description: 192 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cmISBN: - 1901785041
- At the edge of landscape
- 759.2 LAY
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Standard Loan | LSAD Library Main Collection | 759.2 LAY (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | 1 | Available | 39002000190885 |
Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:
Peter Lanyon was one of the most exciting and original landscape painters of the 20th Century. The only native-born Cornishman of the St Ives artists, Lanyon's representation of the land he grew up in was complex and passionate: for him it was part social history, part myth, part aesthetic. This book -- the first major assessment of Lanyon's work -- explores how the artist's words and paintings interrogate the very notion of how landscape is perceived and conceived. It tells of Lanyon's singular place within the 20th century's major art movements -- abstraction and the post-war British figurative tradition -- alongside his strong belief in employing landscape and place to explore questions of personal identity. Book jacket.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
Table of contents provided by Syndetics
- Introduction (p. 9)
- 1 An overview of themes (p. 15)
- 2 Beginnings (p. 27)
- 3 Generation and reconstruction (p. 47)
- 4 Landscapes of experience (p. 61)
- 5 Lanyon and Stlves (p. 81)
- 6 A Penwith pilgrimage (p. 97)
- 7 Filth, sex and death (p. 115)
- 8 Lanyon's doubt (p. 131)
- 9 The threatened body and the new sublime (p. 145)
- 10 Widening horizons (p. 161)
- Notes (p. 182)
- Index (p. 190)