Heath Robinson Masterpieces of Art

Susan Grange (Autor)

Buch | Hardcover

128 Seiten

2017 | New edition
Flame Tree Publishing (Verlag)
9781786645418 (ISBN)

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Illustrator and cartoonist W. Heath Robinson is renowned for his ingenious, haphazard contraptions. His work is steeped in the humour of calamity and his name became synonymous for absurd and makeshift devices. This delightful new book is packed with madcap designs, and the delicate watercolour illustrations which continue to delight us all today.

Illustrator and cartoonist W. Heath Robinson is renowned for his ingenious and haphazard contraptions. His witty drawings of complicated machines, are ironically designed to simplify everyday life, but always manage to make everything appear more complicated! His work is steeped in the humour of calamity and his name soon became synonymous for absurd and makeshift devices. This delightful new book is packed with his madcap designs and the delicate watercolour illustrations which continue to delight us all today.

Susan Grange is a writer, musician and art historian with a wide range of interests. She holds an MA in Art History and is the author of Giovanni Bellini: Music, Art and Venice. She teaches privately and in secondary education and has taught in higher education. She also reviews exhibitions and art books for the art journal Cassone. She lives with her husband in Nottingham.

Erscheinungsdatum	28.09.2017
Reihe/Serie	Masterpieces of Art
Zusatzinfo	84 Illustrations, color
Verlagsort	London
Sprache	englisch
Maße	203 x 231 mm
Gewicht	750 g
Themenwelt	Literatur ► Comic / Humor / Manga
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Design / Innenarchitektur / Mode
	Kunst / Musik / Theater ► Kunstgeschichte / Kunststile
ISBN-13	9781786645418 / 9781786645418
Zustand	Neuware