Nature's Engraver - A Life of Thomas Bewick

Informationen zum Autor Jenny Uglow grew up in Cumbria and now lives in Canterbury. Her books include prize-winning biographies of Elizabeth Gaskell and William Hogarth. The Lunar Men , published in 2002, was described by Richard Holmes as 'an extraordinarily gripping account', while Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick , won the National Arts Writers Award for 2007 and A Gambling Man: Charles II and the Restoration was shortlisted for the 2010 Samuel Johnson Prize. The Pinecone , published in 2012, tells the story of Romantic visionary Sarah Losh and was described as 'a quiet masterpiece'. Jenny's most recent book, In These Times: Living in Britain through Napoleon's Wars, 1793-1815 was longlisted for the 2014 Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction. Jenny is Chair of the Council of the Royal Society of Literature. Klappentext Tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who revolutionised wood-engraving and influenced book illustration for a century to come. Winner of the National Arts Writers Award, Nature's Engraver: A Life of Thomas Bewick is Jenny Uglow's beautifully illustrated biography of Thomas Bewick, the man whose wildlife illustrations shaped the way we view the natural world. Zusammenfassung Tells the story of the farmer's son from Tyneside who revolutionised wood-engraving and influenced book illustration for a century to come.

Product details

• Authors: Jenny Uglow, Uglow Jenny
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 06.09.2007
• EAN: 9780571223756
• ISBN: 978-0-571-22375-6
• No. of pages: 480
• Dimensions: 135 mm x 197 mm x 27 mm
• Subjects: Humanities, art, music > Art > Plastic arts; Non-fiction book > Philosophy, religion > Biographies, autobiographies; Illustration, ART / Subjects & Themes / Plants & Animals, CRAFTS & HOBBIES / Carving, ART / European, ART / Subjects & Themes / Landscapes & Seascapes, ART / Prints, 18th century, c 1700 to c 1799, Individual artists, art monographs, Nature in art, History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800, Carvings: artworks, Prints and printmaking