The Art Book Tradition in Twentieth-Century Europe

'This book presents fresh interpretations of the unique relationship between word and text, author and artist, and the intersection of art and writing. It offers new and often intriguing insights into collaborations between artists and writers as well sheds light on lesser-known artists of this genre, thus opening up opportunities for additional new scholarship.' ARLIS

'This volume makes a valuable contribution to intermedia studies and succeeds in the editor's aim of showing how the art book tradition exploits "the dynamic relations between contrasting media in order to test and expand their own expressive repertoire".' French Studies

'Le volume . . . offre un échantillon varié et stimulant de contributions à ce champ en plein épanouissement. L'intérêt et les mérites de ce volume collectif, dont grâce au travail très soignée de la directrice l'ensemble vaut plus que la somme des articles qui le composent, sont multiples. [ . . . ] Enfin, le livre dirigé par Kathryn Brown prend soin également de sa valeur d'usage: une excellente bibliographie, un index utile, un choix intelligent d'images parfois surprenantes font de cette publication un outil de travail on ne peut plus utile.' Image & Narrative

'New outcomes in the traditional ekphrastic "war" between word and image are envisaged in these innovative and scholarly essays, most timely in view of current inter-disciplinary trends in research and teaching programmes.' SHARP News