The Cutting Edge of Modernity
Subtitle: Linocuts from the Grosvenor School
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers
Published: August 2002
Language: eng
Format: Paperback
Number of pages: 72
ISBN-13: 9780853318668
Subjects: History of art & design styles: from c 1900 -; Relief processes (eg woodcut, lino); Students; Grosvenor School of Modern Art; Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General; Art; Art & Art Instruction; Printmaking; British Isles; Influence; Techniques - Printmaking; European; Futurism (Art); Linoleum block-printing, Briti; Linoleum block-printing, British
Description: "The Cutting Edge of Modernity offers an insightful overview of the principle artists of the linocutting movement and discusses how they varied in their treatment of subject matter and technical approach. The process of linocutting is examined, including the various papers and inks that were employed. The comprehensive notes for collectors, which include a list of the prints made by the artists, will be invaluable for collectors and print enthusiasts alike. Illustrated in colour throughout with over fifty illustrations of these remarkable prints, The Cutting Edge of Modernity is a book for all those with an interest in printmaking and twentieth-century British art."--Jacket.