A School of Dolphins by Charles Avery
Offers information on dolphins. This book features illustrations that are equally various, showing dolphins not only inspiring artists over several millennia, but miraculously surviving almost unchanged from ancient Knossos to the Thames Embankment.
'This book bears many of the hallmarks of Thames & Hudson … it is elegantly designed, handsomely bound and full of lavishly reproduced pictures… a triumph of picture research.' - Telegraph.co.uk
'Fascinating … the images are plentiful, rich and powerful' - The Art Book
'Scholarship and an impressive knowledge are interspersed with a readable style and humorous touches … delightful' - The Art Newspaper
'Utterly charming' - V&A Magazine
'Fascinating … the images are plentiful, rich and powerful' - The Art Book
'Scholarship and an impressive knowledge are interspersed with a readable style and humorous touches … delightful' - The Art Newspaper
'Utterly charming' - V&A Magazine
Charles Avery is a freelance consultant and was previously Deputy Keeper of Sculpture at the Victoria and Albert Museum. Among his other books is Bernini: Genius of the Baroque, also published by Thames & Hudson.
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| ISBN 13 | 9780500238615 |
| ISBN 10 | 0500238618 |
| Title | A School of Dolphins |
| Author | Charles Avery |
| Condition | Unavailable |
| Binding Type | Hardback |
| Publisher | Thames & Hudson Ltd |
| Year published | 2009-05-05 |
| Number of pages | 224 |
| Cover note | Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary. |
| Note | Unavailable |