{"product_id":"artistic-places-susie-hodge-9780711254534","title":"Artistic Places","description":"Explore the landscapes and places that inspired great art: find peace in Monet’s lily-filled garden oasis, climb Mount Fuji on a printmaker’s pilgrimage, sail with Gauguin to the South Pacific to stretch your imagination, or contemplate light and the changing seasons on Chelsea Embankment. \nArtistic Places is a stunningly hand-illustrated, visionary guide for seekers of beauty, rare tales and cultural riches. Find yourself instantly transported to the places where great artists have sought refuge, found their inspiration and changed the course of art history forever.\n Susie Hodge, bestselling author and art historian, presents 25 famous and forgotten artistic destinations around the world, and connects these to the artists they inspired. In keeping with the Inspired Traveller’s Guide series design, each entry is accompanied by specially commissioned illustrations from Amy Grimes which perfectly evoke the wonders that first attracted the masters, while Hodge delves into each location's curious history with insightful stories both in and beyond the canon. So take a leaf out of your favourite artist’s sketchbook and discover the places they loved best.\n Artists and locations include: \nJ.A.M Whistler in London, England\nJohn Constable in Suffolk, England\nBarbara Hepworth in St Ives, England\nPaula Rego in Cascais and Estoril, Portugal\nPablo Picasso and Guernica, Spain\nSalvador Dalí in Catalonia, Spain\nClaude Monet in Giverny, France\nVincent van Gogh in Arles, France\nRene Magritte in Brussels, Belgium\nPaul Klee in Bern, Switzerland\nMichelangelo in Florence, Italy\nCanaletto in Venice, Italy\nJohannes Vermeer in Delft, Netherlands\nAnni Albers in Dessau, Germany\nCaspar David Friedrich in the Elbe Sandstone Mountains, Germany\nGustav Klimt and Lake Attersee, Austria\nEdvard Munch in Oslo, Norway\nHilma af Klint and Lake Mälaren, Sweden\nHenri Matisse in Tangier, Morocco\nHokusai on Mount Fuji, Japan\nPaul Gauguin in Papeete and Papeari, Tahiti\nJean-Michel Basquiat in New York, USA\nGrant Wood in Iowa, USA\nGeorgia O’Keeffe in New Mexico, USA\nFrida Kahlo in Coyoacán, Mexico\n Each book in the Inspired Traveller's Guides series offers readers a fascinating, informative and charmingly illustrated guide to must-visit destinations round the globe. Also from this series, explore intriguing: Spiritual Places, Literary Places, Hidden Places and Mystical Places.","brand":"Quarto Publishing PLC","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50468590747936,"sku":"9780711254534","price":13.59,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0753\/2812\/7264\/files\/9780711254534.jpg?v=1780763671","url":"https:\/\/bookcorner.com\/products\/artistic-places-susie-hodge-9780711254534","provider":"The Book Corner","version":"1.0","type":"link"}