{"product_id":"catching-sight-the-world-of-the-british-sporting-print-paperback","title":"Catching Sight: The World of the British Sporting Print - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMitchell Merling\u003c\/b\u003e (Author), \u003cb\u003eMalcolm Cormack\u003c\/b\u003e (With), \u003cb\u003eCorey Piper\u003c\/b\u003e (With)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis collection sheds new light on a common but often overlooked contribution of British art: the sporting print. Highly sought after during the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, these prints endure today as vivid, direct, and even witty symbols of English culture. \u003ci\u003eCatching Sight\u003c\/i\u003e features more than eighty prints and three essays that go beyond the symbolism to examine these works from both art-historical and social perspectives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMalcolm Cormack details the production and sale of sporting prints; Mitchell Merling explores the aesthetic implications of the sophisticated visual languages employed by sporting artists; and Corey Piper analyzes the meaning of the prints in the larger context of late eighteenth- and nineteenth-century rural society.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eDistributed for the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMitchell Merling is the Paul Mellon Curator and Head of the Department of European Art at the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Malcolm Cormack is Paul Mellon Curator Emeritus. Corey Piper is a PhD student in the History of Art and Architecture at the University of Virginia and former Curatorial Associate for the Mellon Collection.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 124\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.6 x 11.9 x 9 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e December 04, 2013\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53403716649267,"sku":"9781934351031","price":45.83,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/ooeoWrL8C69781934351031.webp?v=1779915345","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/products\/catching-sight-the-world-of-the-british-sporting-print-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}