This Is Tomorrow: Twentieth-Century Britain and Its Artists

by Michael Bird

Book Overview

This is the story of how the lives of British artists, from the late-nineteenth century to the present day, reflected and refracted the profound changes and historical events in the wider world. In a brilliant narrative that vividly evokes the personalities who populate and drive this story--including Aubrey Beardsley, Damien Hirst, and Barbara Hepworth--author Michael Bird reevaluates how we look at the history of modern Britain.

Bird illuminates...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 050002443X
• ISBN13: 9780500024430
• Release Date: November 2022
• Publisher: Thames & Hudson
• Length: 352 Pages
• Weight: 2.20 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.4" x 6.4" x 9.5"