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Football murals : a celebration of soccer's greatest street art
- Title
- Football murals : a celebration of soccer's greatest street art / Andy Brassell.
- Author
- Brassell, Andy
- Publication
- London : Bloomsbury Sport, 2022.
- ©2022
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Available - Can be used on site. Please visit New York Public Library - Schwarzman Building to submit a request in person. | Text | Use in library | JQF 23-67 | Schwarzman Building - Art & Architecture Room 300 |
Details
- Description
- 175 pages : illustrations (colour); 26 cm
- Summary
- "On high-rise buildings, street corners and stadium walls in countries around the world, eye-catching murals pay tribute to footballing greats. From Messi and Ronaldo to Rapinoe and Cruyff, these striking displays are remarkable testaments to the awe and affection fans feel for these football legends and cult heroes. Join renowned football writer and broadcaster Andy Brassell as he explores this fascinating phenomenon. Offering a fresh, highly visual perspective on the global game, Football Murals is the first book to celebrate these towering works of art. Beckenbauer and Cruyff, Rooney and Ronaldinho, Totti and Salah, Zlatan and Zidane - being honoured with a mural cements a player's place in a club's heritage and links them to the heart of the community. This richly illustrated book showcases the most impressive examples, explores their inspirational qualities and examines what they say about these icons and their sport. Written and curated by respected football writer Andy Brassell, this ground-breaking book features more than 100 murals from around the world, capturing the scale, grandeur and wit of this powerful and popular art form. Through a series of short essays and extended captions, Andy shares the players' stories, discusses the cultural politics and explains just why these men and women have been immortalised in mural form. Covering such diverse topics as Home Town Glory, Football Fame and The Cult of the Coach, Football Murals addresses the issues important to fans worldwide. It spans Marcus Rashford's inspirational mural in a Manchester suburb, the George Best tribute on the East Belfast estate where he was born, the 15-foot depiction of Megan Rapinoe in St Paul, Minnesota, and the Naples 'shrine' to Diego Maradona." -- Amazon
- Subject
- Bibliography (note)
- Includes bibliographical references (page 175).
- Call Number
- JQF 23-67
- ISBN
- 1399402803
- 9781399402804
- OCLC
- 1289247021
- Author
- Brassell, Andy, author.
- Title
- Football murals : a celebration of soccer's greatest street art / Andy Brassell.
- Publisher
- London : Bloomsbury Sport, 2022.
- Copyright Date
- ©2022
- Type of Content
- textstill image
- Type of Medium
- unmediated
- Type of Carrier
- volume
- Bibliography
- Includes bibliographical references (page 175).
- Other Form:
- ebook version : 9781399402798
- Research Call Number
- JQF 23-67