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Fighting history : 250 years of British history painting

Title
Fighting history : 250 years of British history painting / edited by Greg Sullivan ; with contributions by Dexter Dalwood and Mark Salber Phillips.
Publication
  • London Tate Publishing, [2015]
  • ©2015

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Additional Authors
  • Sullivan, M. G.
  • Philips, Mark Salber
  • Dalwood, Dexter, 1960-
  • Tate Britain (Gallery), host institution.
Description
64 pages : color illustrations; 21 cm.
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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Genre/Form
Exhibition catalogs.
Bibliography (note)
  • Includes bibliographical references.
Exhibitions (note)
  • Published on the occasion of the exhibition: Fighting History, Tate Britain, 9 June - 13 September 2015.
Contents
The story of British history painting / Greg Sullivan -- What Is the history in history painting? / Mark Salber Phillips -- Contemporary history painting / Dexter Dalwood interviewed by Greg Sullivan
ISBN
  • 9781849763585
  • 1849763585
OCLC
  • ocn914164480
  • 914164480
  • SCSB-1835106
Owning Institutions
Princeton University Library