{"product_id":"9781529309249-looking-to-sea","title":"Looking to Sea","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eWhat Coastal Art Tells Us About Modern Britain\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eLooking to Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is an alternative history of Britain in the twentieth century, told through the prism of ten iconic artworks of the sea, one for each decade.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e'A remarkable and compelling book . I loved it'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eEdmund de Waal\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Ambitious . a chronicle of British art, unfurled against the panoramic backdrop of 20th-century history'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eSunday Telegraph\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIn this remarkable modern history of Britain, the ebbs and flows of the twentieth century are explored through ten pivotal artworks. Each coastal piece, created between 1912 and 2015, opens a window onto the ideas that have shaped our society, from the impact of the world wars and colonialism to conceptions of class and nationhood.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eBold and imaginative, \u003ci\u003eLooking to Sea\u003c\/i\u003e is an exquisite work of cultural storytelling, and a fascinating portrait of our island nation.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'At once bold and delicate, far-reaching and fine-tuned'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAlexandra Harris\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e'Empathy and intelligence lift memoir into cultural history'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIain Sinclair\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":53566602510710,"sku":"9781529309249","price":10.16,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_33152607.jpg?v=1739436446","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9781529309249-looking-to-sea","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}