{"product_id":"the-art-of-reading-an-illustrated-history-of-books-in-paint-hardcover","title":"The Art of Reading: An Illustrated History of Books in Paint - Hardcover","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eJamie Camplin\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMaria Ranauro\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\"Why do artists love books?\" This volume takes this tantalizingly simple question as a starting point to reveal centuries of symbiosis between the visual and literary arts. First looking at the development of printed books and the simultaneous emergence of the modern figure of the artist, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e appraises works by the many great masters who took inspiration from the printed word. Bringing together more than one hundred paintings that include books as part of their subject matter, this lively and companionable survey examines how the book became the single most ubiquitous feature of our cultural lives and, in large measure, of everyday existence. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Authors Jamie Camplin and Maria Ranauro weave together an engaging cultural history that probes the ways in which books and paintings represent a key to understanding ourselves and the past. Paintings contain a world of information about religion, class, gender, and power, but they also reveal details of everyday life often lost in history texts--and all the more so when books are depicted. Such artworks show us not only how books have been used and valued over time but also how the significance and practice of reading have evolved in Western society. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e Featuring work by artists from across Europe and the United States and all painting genres, \u003ci\u003eThe Art of Reading\u003c\/i\u003e explores the two-thousand-year story of the great painters and the preeminent information-providing, knowledge-endowing, solace-giving, belief-supporting, leisure-enriching, pleasure-delivering medium of all time: the book. \u003cbr\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eJamie Camplin is a Cambridge-educated historian who retired in 2013 from a distinguished career as Thames \u0026amp; Hudson's editorial and then managing director. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eThe Rise of the Plutocrats: Wealth and Power in Edwardian England\u003c\/i\u003e and the historical novel \u003ci\u003e1914 The King Must Die\u003c\/i\u003e. Maria Ranauro studied art history at the Courtauld Institute of Art before joining the publishing department at the National Gallery, London, where she was responsible for the visual content of a number of seminal exhibition catalogues. She is now a senior picture researcher at Thames \u0026amp; Hudson. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 256\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.4 x 9.4 x 6.8 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 02, 2018\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51770835403040,"sku":"9781606065860","price":34.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/3aa3ac43ee7afd8a1795dbf351c12e69.webp?v=1780379119","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/the-art-of-reading-an-illustrated-history-of-books-in-paint-hardcover","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}