{"product_id":"9780241682203","title":"Ink, Paper, Chisel, Grain","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A fascinating account of the hidden history of the humble woodcut' \u003c\/b\u003e\u003ci\u003eSUNDAY TIMES\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eInk Paper Chisel Grain \u003c\/i\u003eis a dazzling journey through 500 years of art, ideas and human imagination, told through one of the most enduring and versatile artistic mediums ever created.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAt its simplest, a woodcut begins with a piece of wood, a cutting tool, ink and paper. Yet from these humble materials artists have created some of the most powerful images in human history. In \u003ci\u003eInk Paper Chisel Grain, \u003c\/i\u003eartist and printmaker Paul Coldwell invites us into intimate encounters with the works and makers who transformed woodcut from a practical technology into a vehicle for beauty, revolution, protest and wonder.\u003cbr\u003eTravelling across centuries and continents, Coldwell guides us from Albrecht Dürer's apocalyptic visions and Hokusai's \u003ci\u003eGreat Wave \u003c\/i\u003eto Käthe Kollwitz's searing anti-war prints and the monumental contemporary works of William Kentridge. Along the way we meet artists, printers, collectors, curators and craftsmen; step inside museums, archives and studios; and discover how a simple process of cutting into wood helped shape the visual culture of the modern world.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart history, part travelogue, part meditation on art and making\u003ci\u003e, Ink Paper Chisel Grain \u003c\/i\u003ereveals how woodcut has survived every technological revolution thrown at it, celebrating the enduring human impulse to leave a mark.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Coldwell, Paul","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56851422839170,"sku":"9780241682203","price":25.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0936\/6575\/5522\/files\/9780241682203.jpg?v=1786962663","url":"https:\/\/archwaybookshop.co.uk\/products\/9780241682203","provider":"Archway Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}