{"product_id":"2026200017041-secondhand-contemporary-british-art","title":"Contemporary British Art","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eCondition remarks:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBook: Good\u003cbr\u003eJacket: No dust jacket\u003cbr\u003ePages: Good\u003cbr\u003eCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAt the crossroads of modernism and national identity, Contemporary British Art by Herbert Read stands as one of the most authoritative and incisive surveys of twentieth-century British artistic production ever committed to print. Read, himself a towering figure in the world of art criticism and a tireless champion of the avant-garde, maps the landscape of British art with the precision of a scholar and the passion of a true believer, charting the trajectories of painters and sculptors who dared to reshape the visual culture of their time.\n\nWritten with characteristic clarity and intellectual rigour, the work presents a sweeping panorama of movements, personalities, and ideologies that defined British art in the post-war era, from the raw psychological intensity of Francis Bacon to the restless formal experimentation of the St Ives school. Read's critical voice is both authoritative and deeply personal, anchoring broad cultural argument in close, perceptive readings of individual works. For anyone seeking to understand how Britain found its place in the wider story of modern art, this essential volume leaves the most tantalising question unanswered: was this a renaissance, or merely the beginning of one?\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Secondhand Stock","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49269353644251,"sku":"2026200017041-SECONDHAND","price":10.0,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/cdeeb30a-6c25-4211-a82a-f78ff7413641.png?v=1788999258","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/2026200017041-secondhand-contemporary-british-art","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}