Cut and Paste: 400 Years of Collage

by Patrick Elliott (Author), Freya Gowrley (Author), Yuval Etgar (Author)

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  Illustrated
  2019

  $26.06

  -There are no other affordable books available on this important subject -This is the only book that looks closely at the early centuries of Collage -Collage is popular, fascinating and historically revealing -Accompanies an exhibition at the National Gallery of Modern Art in Edinburgh from June to October 2019 Collage is one of the defining subjects in Modern Art. It is as important and popular today as it has ever been. This definitive survey of collage and 3-D sculpture (made from bits and pieces stuck and nailed together) spans the whole period from about 1600 to the present day. Each page of this book is filled with fascination. The lavish illustrations include images of items such as books with fold-out flaps, Victorian collage, Valentine and greeting cards, double exposure photographs, album covers such as Sgt Peppers, the Hungry Caterpillar, many curiosities and items from Cubism, Dada, Surrealism, Pop, 70s counterculture, video and computerized collage. Contents: Introductory essay by Patrick Elliott; Collage before modernism by Freya Gowrley; Definitions of Collage and use of the word in modern times by Yuval Etgar; Published to accompany an exhibition at the National Gallery of Scotland, June-November 2019.