Paula Rego Nursery Rhymes by Marina Warner
The bold, distinctive style of Paula Rego’s paintings have an unusually large and enthusiastic following. Available again, Paula Rego’s Anthology of traditional nursery rhymes features around 20 well- known tales, illustrated by her sometimes disturbing, but always arresting engravings. These wonderfully comic and rich illustrations turn classic nursery rhymes into colourful stories about folly and delusion, cruelty, convention and sex.
'A beautifully produced book.. it is to be kept and treasured' - Evening Standard
'In characteristic style, Ms Rego has turned these surreal squibs and childish chants into something mysterious and alarming ... Paula Rego and Marina Warner provide a new filter through which to view their childish subject matter' - Independent
'A handsome volume, more art book than picture book' - Times Educational Supplement
'In characteristic style, Ms Rego has turned these surreal squibs and childish chants into something mysterious and alarming ... Paula Rego and Marina Warner provide a new filter through which to view their childish subject matter' - Independent
'A handsome volume, more art book than picture book' - Times Educational Supplement
Marina Warner’s study of the Arabian Nights, Stranger Magic (2011) won the Truman Capote Award for Literary Criticism and the Sheikh Zayed Book Award in 2013; in 2015 she was awarded the Holberg Prize in the Arts and Humanities and was made DBE. She is a Professor of English and Creative Writing at Birkbeck College, a Fellow of the British Academy and President of the Royal Society of Literature.
| SKU | Unavailable |
| ISBN 13 | 9780500016497 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500016496 |
| Title | Paula Rego Nursery Rhymes |
| Author | Marina Warner |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2010-10-04 |
| Number of pages | 72 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
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