{"product_id":"brush-with-the-real-figurative-painting-today","title":"Brush with the Real: Figurative Painting Today","description":"\u003cbody\u003e\n\u003cb\u003eTitle: \u003c\/b\u003eBrush with the Real: Figurative Painting Today\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor: \u003c\/b\u003eMargherita Dessanay\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN: \u003c\/b\u003e9781780672830\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher: \u003c\/b\u003eLaurence King Publishing\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished: \u003c\/b\u003e2014\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding: \u003c\/b\u003eHardcover\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage: \u003c\/b\u003eEnglish\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNumber of Pages: \u003c\/b\u003e320\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition Note: \u003c\/b\u003eClean, unmarked copy with some edge wear. Good binding. Dust jacket included if issued with one. We ship in recyclable American-made mailers. 100% money-back guarantee on all orders.\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher Description: \u003c\/b\u003eWhy painting today? In the digital age, with its powers of instant recall and infinite reproduction, why are we witnessing an unprecedented revival of figurative painting? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ci\u003eA Brush with the Real\u003c\/i\u003e presents a survey of key contemporary artists who have each embraced painting and are working within a realist tradition. Through individual interviews the book peers into the life and work of each of these artists, discussing their methods, motives, and sources, from art history to the internet and the language of film. The book celebrates the work of 51 artists who are each taking the medium in a new direction: from those who work with appropriation and found images, to those trying to get as close as possible to contemporary reality and first-hand experience, to artists who are simply using painting as a door to parallel or imaginary worlds. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eThe book makes the argument that, since perhaps the early Renaissance, the role fulfilled by painting has never been so vital or timely: in our image-saturated culture, digital technology has given painting and its slow, full-resolution images a new lease of life.\u003c\/body\u003e","brand":"Laurence King Publishing","offers":[{"title":"Brush with the Real: Figurative Painting Today | Margherita Dessanay | Hardcover | 9781780672830 | Used: Very Good | Art Collections 1766930","offer_id":49380860100760,"sku":"1766930","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0492\/1609\/4360\/files\/81kIOlXoo8L.jpg?v=1783105531","url":"https:\/\/roundaboutbookstore.com\/products\/brush-with-the-real-figurative-painting-today","provider":"Roundabout Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}