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Item Number: 129213
Title: Catching Sight : The World of the British Sporting Print
Author: Merling, Mitchell
Price: Not Available
ISBN: 9781934351031
Description: Charlottesville: University of Virginia Press, 2013. 31 x 24cm., pbk., 124pp. illus. Exhibition held at Virginia Museum of Fine Arts, Richmond. Summary: This exhibition sheds new light on a common, but often overlooked aspect of British art: the British Sporting Print. Highly sought after during the 18th and 19th centuries, these prints endure as symbols of English culture. Featuring more than 100 prints, Catching Sight demonstrates the aesthetic sophistication and accomplishments of the genre. The exhibition takes an innovative approach to the subject, examining these works of art from an art historical perspective rather than simply as documents of the history of sport and rural culture. By focusing on the visual language of Sporting Prints, Catching Sight demonstrates the qualities of directness, vividness, and even wit for which the genre was prized by both the larger public and artists such as Degas and Géricault, who borrowed extensively from its artistic vocabulary.
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