Portfolio: Treasures from the Diploma Collection at the Royal Scottish Academy

Normand, Tom

ISBN 10: 1908373520 / ISBN 13: 9781908373526

Published by Luath Press Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland, 2013

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Hardcover with bumped leading corners. A few superficial scores on rear board. Pages are clean, binding is sound, and text remains clear throughout. No dust jacket. T. Seller Inventory # 282262

Bibliographic Details

Title: Portfolio: Treasures from the Diploma ...

Publisher: Luath Press Ltd., Edinburgh, Scotland

Publication Date: 2013

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Good

Dust Jacket Condition: No Dust Jacket

Edition: First Edition.

Book Type: Used

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Synopsis:

From Thomas Hamilton to contemporary artists Tom Normand traces the 200 year history of the Royal Scottish Academy. Featuring both men and women, short summaries precede each reproduction and orient the reader to particular points of interest within each art work. The artist's history is related side by side with that of the Academy and, as such, they complement descriptions of the paintings. The book chronologically captures different periods as they influenced the style of what was produced in the Academy. Looking forward Normand states that 'the Academy, in its history, has been a vital part of that international role, freely exhibiting the newest and the best of modern art and respecting the multi-dimensional approaches of contemporary art'. It is this vitality in the Scottish art scene that will sustain its visual culture in the future and place it on the international stage.

From the Author:

Tom Normand was born in Aberdour in Fife. He was educated in Dunfermline, and subsequently took a degree in Sociology and Politics at Glasgow College. His doctoral thesis, in the Sociology of Culture, was taken at Durham University. He has taught at Duncan of Jordanstone College of Art in Dundee, and lectures in the History of Art at the University of St Andrews. He has published widely in the history of British art. He has lectured, both nationally and internationally, on Scottish art, culture and society.