{"product_id":"catching-sight-mitchell-merling-9781934351031","title":"Catching Sight: The World of the British Sporting Print","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Mitchell Merling\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1934351032\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781934351031\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Virginia Museum of Fine Arts\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 12\/04\/2013\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 124\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.60lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 11.90h x 9.00w x 0.60d","brand":"Mitchell Merling","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48440141349119,"sku":"9781934351031","price":35.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_6a6ff1b7-3267-478e-a9ce-3286b60dd24b.jpg?v=1777180482","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/catching-sight-mitchell-merling-9781934351031","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}