Full Description
From the caves at Lascaux to the European race tracks of Degas to the American West of Frederic Remington, the horse has never ceased to inspire the human imagination. Once omnipresent--on the battlefield, in agricultural work, and in transport--horses have little by little disappeared from our immediate environment, but they remain fixtures throughout our museums, atop pedestals in our town squares, and in the landscapes of memory. Transcending genres, places, and eras, specialists on the history of the horse and its representation in art create an ideal panorama on the subject, guiding us through the rich legacy of The Horse: From Cave Paintings to Modern Art. With these scholars we cross the principal continents from east to west and from prehistory to the present day, examining an ever-surprising gallery of images that illustrate how dearly horses have been prized by all human societies fortunate enough to encounter them. The artistic styles represented in this book offer something for every taste. There are cave paintings and sculptures, medieval illuminated manuscripts and photographs, depictions of battle, and scenes of leisure.
Uccello, Rubens, Van Dyck, Velasquez, Gericault, Stubbs, David, and Picasso are among the 137 artists featured in this in-depth study. As the more than 300 images in The Horse diversely illustrate, the horse is as beautiful an animal as it has been useful--indeed, central--to the development of human society.
Contents
Foreword: The Art of the Horse INTRODUCTION: The Horse in the Imagination The Horse in Prehistoric Art The Horse in the East: The Origins of the Achaemenid Empire The Horse in China before the Han Dynasty The Horse in Greek and Roman Antiquity The Horse in Medieval Art (4th to 14th century) The Horse in Arab Manuscripts The Horse and War (15th to 20th century) Carriages (16th to 19th century) Art of Sport and the Leisure Class: The Cult of Superfluity (18th to 19th century) The Furusiyya, an Enchanted Horse: The Eastern Gallop (18th to 19th century) The Horse in Art from 1848 to 1914 The 20th Century and the Horse in Conflict CONCLUSION: The Religion of the Horse Appendix Notes, Bibliography, Index of Works and Artists
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