THE ARTIST'S STUDIO

Tracing a history that extends far beyond the bohemian, romantic and renaissance cults of the artist, each chapter focuses on key de velopments of the studio space as seen in a variety of familiar and unfamiliar images. Mythical and divine makers, and some amateurs, are included, and so too are craftspeople workers in metal and wood, potters, illuminators, weavers, embroiderers and architects to name a few. Each carefully chosen example is placed within a cultural and political context, with the aim of correcting the historical imbal...[Llegir més]