Fish in Art

by Christine E. Jackson

From the Dutch artist Jacob Gillig's many still lifes to Renoir's The Fish Monger and Manet's Fishing, fish have inspired artists for thousands of years. They appear in the work of the old Dutch and Flemish masters as well as in the creations of French, English, and American painters. Yet the social and cultural significance of fishes' representation in art has been overlooked. Christine E. Jackson remedies this deficiency in Fish...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1861898991
• ISBN13: 9781861898999
• Release Date: June 2012
• Publisher: Reaktion Books
• Length: 248 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.9" x 7.8" x 9.9"