{"id":23601,"date":"2022-11-06T21:48:26","date_gmt":"2022-11-06T21:48:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/?p=23601"},"modified":"2022-11-06T21:52:56","modified_gmt":"2022-11-06T21:52:56","slug":"art-history-book-recommendations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/2022\/11\/art-history-book-recommendations\/","title":{"rendered":"Art History Book Recommendations"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the lead-up to Christmas, students may be thinking about gifts that are suitable for others who share a love or interest in art of all kinds. Art History tutor, Stewart Roberts (Stu) has a few suggestions for novels that are themed around a painting or artist. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>His LAC course focusses on a series of artworks to help students understand how they reflect the society in which they were created and to give them a framework for looking at art of all kinds. Art History books can sometimes be dry, academic works that assume a prior knowledge of\u00a0history and art movements so some students might prefer a lighter, human introduction.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Over the next few weeks he will highlight some novels that focus on the artworks discussed in the course, which he considers well-researched, imaginative approaches to their respective subjects:<\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/9781844089635.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23602\" width=\"144\" height=\"226\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Artwork examined in the course: The Bull Leaping Fresco<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The King must Die &#8211; Mary Renault<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Renault melds the original legend of the Minotaur, sacrificial victims and a deadly labyrinth with the images of acrobatic bull-leaping found in Minoan art.&nbsp;<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-king-must-die\/mary-renault\/bettany-hughes\/9781844089635\">Purchase online from Waterstones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/9781905005390.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23603\" width=\"149\" height=\"231\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Artwork examined in the course: The Bayeux Tapestry<\/em> \u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>The Needle in the Blood\u00a0 &#8211; Sarah Bower\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Here Sarah Bower imagines how the Bayeux Tapestry may have been created, within a sophisticated novel about love, ambition, fury, forgiveness, misunderstanding and again and always, love.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/the-needle-in-the-blood\/sarah-bower\/9781905005390\">Purchase online from Waterstones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"alignleft size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.london-artcollege.co.uk\/news\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/9780998131603.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-23604\" width=\"151\" height=\"227\"\/><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<p><em>Artwork examined in the course: La Primavera<\/em> <em>(Spring)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Botticelli\u2019s Muse &#8211;\u00a0 Dorah Blume <\/strong>\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Sandro Botticelli, a confirmed bachelor, enters into a turbulent relationship with Floriana, a headstrong artist in her own right.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.waterstones.com\/book\/botticellis-muse\/dorah-blume\/deborah-bluestein\/9780998131603\">Purchase online from Waterstones<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-alpha-channel-opacity is-style-wide\"\/>\n\n\n\n<p>Stu will recommend other novels in the next blog but also invites students to comment on these or other art-themed novels that they have read.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-white-color has-text-color has-background\" style=\"background-color:#4f697e\">If you would like to receive a roundup of all of our blog posts once a week to keep you inspired in your inbox, why not sign up to our newsletter. You can access our sign up at the top of our page. If you are a London Art College student and you would like your artwork featured here, <a href=\"mailto:techsupport@londonartcolllege.co.uk\">drop us a line<\/a> at any time. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the lead-up to Christmas, students may be thinking about gifts that are suitable for others who share a love or interest in art of all kinds. 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