{"product_id":"ice-skating-in-art-timeline-cristina-berna-9785664929430","title":"Ice Skating in Art Timeline","description":"\u003cp\u003eIce skating is a fascinating subject for a timeline study of the development of Western art, mainly painting.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNot covered here are sculptures, reliefs and similar art forms.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSkating scenes were popular in Old Dutch and Flemish paintings due to a period of colder winters known as the Little Ice Age (circa 1550-1700). Artists like Pieter Bruegel the Elder (1526\/1530-1569) and Hendrick Avercamp (1585 - 1634) depicted these frozen waterways as a setting for lively genre paintings.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThese works of art captured the social life of the time, showing people of all classes engaged in skating, games like \"kolf\" (an early form of golf), and other activities on the ice, often with humorous and detailed anecdotes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe language of art changed quite a lot since then even when the subject is rather well defined.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe timeline is organized by the year of birth of the artist.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is something completely different compared to skiing in art, covered by the authors in a companion volume - and which although has examples much, much older Sleighs in art which has many more modern artists engaged and is also covered in a separate volume.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Cristina Berna,Eric Thomsen\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 566492943X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9785664929430\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Missys Clan\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 11\/09\/2025\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 178\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.47lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 8.50h x 5.50w x 0.41d","brand":"Cristina Berna","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48460282724607,"sku":"9785664929430","price":59.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_21d9dd2c-23c9-49e9-9edd-568cc69ed74d.jpg?v=1777413732","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/ice-skating-in-art-timeline-cristina-berna-9785664929430","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}