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Fighting history / edited by M.G. Sullivan ; contributions from Clare Barlow, Mark Salber Phillips and Dexter Dalwood.

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Publisher: London : Tate Publishing, 2015Description: 64 pages : illustrations (colour) ; 20 cmContent type:

text
still image

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unmediated

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volume

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9781849763585 (hbk.) :
1849763585

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Summary: 'Fighting History' engages with the story of British history painting and its survival into contemporary practice today. Illustrated with works from the Tate collection, as well as a number of paintings from other institutions and from practicing artists, the book traces the tradition of history painting from the baroque allegory of the 17th-century court to contemporary works by Dexter Dalwood, Jeremy Deller, Michael Fullerton, and others.

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Item type	Home library	Class number	Status	Date due	Barcode
2 week loan	Hockney Library Main Floor	704.9499/FIG (Browse shelf(Opens below))	Available		7412087750

Published to accompany the exhibition held at Tate Britain, 9th June-13th September 2015.

'Fighting History' engages with the story of British history painting and its survival into contemporary practice today. Illustrated with works from the Tate collection, as well as a number of paintings from other institutions and from practicing artists, the book traces the tradition of history painting from the baroque allegory of the 17th-century court to contemporary works by Dexter Dalwood, Jeremy Deller, Michael Fullerton, and others.

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Fighting history / edited by M.G. Sullivan ; contributions from Clare Barlow, Mark Salber Phillips and Dexter Dalwood.

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