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The Circus: A Visual History (Hardcover) (ISBN-13: 9781350043107)
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xWinner of 2019 British Book Design & Production Award for Scholarly, Academic & Reference Books
This beautiful book charts the development of the circus as an art form around the world, from antiquity to the present day. Using over 200 circus related artworks from the French National Library's private collections, celebrated cultural historian Pascal Jacob tells the story of travelling entertainers and their art and trade. From nomadic animal tamers of the Dark Ages to European jugglers and acrobats of the 1800s, from the use of the circus as Soviet propaganda to the 20th-century Chinese performance art renaissance, this is an exhaustive history with a uniquely international scope. Jacob draws on both rare and famous artworks, including prints dating from the 13th century, and paintings by Picasso and Doré. In doing so he demonstrates the circus to be a visual and physical masterpiece, constantly moving and evolving, and just as exciting an experience for audiences now as it was 1,000 years ago.Author: Pascal Jacob
ISBN-10: 1350043109
ISBN-13: 9781350043107
Publisher: Bloomsbury Visual Arts
Language: English
Published: 08/09/2018
Pages: 240
Format: Hardcover
Weight: 2.75lbs
Size: 11.50h x 8.30w x 0.90d
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Choice 06/01/2019
By Pascal Jacob
xPascal Jacob is a prominent circus arts historian and lecturer at the Sorbonne, France. He has published over thirty popular and scholarly books on the circus, and is the artistic director of both the Cirques Phénix and the Festival Mondial du Cirque de Demain.
Marius Kwint is a leading academic who has held research fellowships at Harvard University and the Royal College of Art. He lectured in history of art at the University of Oxford for nearly ten years, and has curated exhibitions for the Wellcome Collection in London and the Palazzo Grimaldi in Venice.Recently Viewed Products
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