A new book exploring the history and importance of the artist’s brush is now available to purchase on Amazon, making it the perfect gift for art enthusiasts this Christmas.
“THE ARTISTS’ BRUSH – World History, Theory & Practice” by Dr. Philip Bayliss Brown is a comprehensive study of the brush in all its forms. Angel of the North sculptor Sir Antony Gormley RA praises the book, saying “This impressive study of the brush in all its multiple forms is exhaustively examined in this extraordinary piece of scholarship which, in its diversity, becomes a celebration of human creativity…a panoply of human inventiveness as interesting to anthropologists as to art historians and to artists themselves.”
The book examines the evolution and use of the brush from deep history to modern day, placing it in the context of the cultures in which it was used. It is richly illustrated and includes chapters on brush anatomy, physics and mark making, making it essential reading for any artist or historian.
Professor Paul Fieldsend-Danks, Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Fine Art, Arts at University Plymouth, adds: “This book opens our eyes, bringing to light arguably one of the most important instruments in creative expression – the artists’ brush. This fascinating book provides valuable scholarship in the history, manufacture, and physics of the humble brush, and interrogates the elegance of this tool.”
Published by The Cloister House Press ISBN-10 1913460738, the book is available in paperback and hardback, and can be pre-ordered on Amazon from 30th November for delivery by 12th December 2023.
Dr. Philip Bayliss Brown, who studied medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London before pursuing a career in General Practice and a series of Medical Informatic academic appointments, is a lifetime scholar of historical art techniques and a practising painter. His passion for the subject matter, experience as an academic writer and a practising painter, has serendipitously placed him in the fortuitous position to author this definitive account of The Artist’s Brush.
A new book exploring the history and importance of the artist’s brush has been released in time for Christmas. “THE ARTISTS’ BRUSH – World History, Theory & Practice” by Dr. Philip Bayliss Brown explores the evolution and use of the brush from deep history to modern day, describing works on rock, walls (murals and frescoes), ceramics, textiles, panels (stone, wood), codices, calligraphic manuscripts and other peinture d’objets [painted objects].
The book has been praised by Angel of the North sculptor Sir Antony Gormley RA, who enthuses that it is “exhaustively examined in this extraordinary piece of scholarship which, in its diversity, becomes a celebration of human creativity…a panoply of human inventiveness as interesting to anthropologists as to art historians and to artists themselves.”
Professor Paul Fieldsend-Danks, Vice-Chancellor and Professor of Fine Art, Arts at University Plymouth, adds: “This book opens our eyes, bringing to light arguably one of the most important instruments in creative expression – the artists’ brush. This fascinating book provides valuable scholarship in the history, manufacture, and physics of the humble brush, and interrogates the elegance of this tool.”
The book is authored by Dr. Philip Bayliss Brown, a lifetime scholar of historical art techniques and a practising painter who studied medicine at St. Bartholomew’s Hospital, London before pursuing a career in General Practice and a series of Medical Informatic academic appointments.
Published by The Cloister House Press ISBN-10 1913460738, the book is available in paperback and hardback, and can be pre-ordered on Amazon from 30th November for delivery by 12th December 2023. Review copies for journalists can be requested by email from theartistsbrush@mail.com.
A new book exploring the history and importance of the artist’s brush is now available to purchase in time for Christmas, making it the perfect gift for art enthusiasts.
“THE ARTISTS’ BRUSH – World History, Theory & Practice” by Dr. Philip Bayliss Brown is a comprehensive study of the brush in all its forms, examining its evolution and use from deep history to modern day. Angel of the North sculptor Sir Antony Gormley RA praises the book, saying “This impressive study of the brush in all its multiple forms is exhaustively examined in this extraordinary piece of scholarship which, in its diversity, becomes a celebration of human creativity…a panoply of human inventiveness as interesting to anthropologists as
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