The Royal Academy's popular Summer Exhibition has been an annual event since 1769. Today, around a thousand works are selected each year from over 10,000 entries. The exhibition includes paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, architectural design and models, and continues to be the largest open exhibition in the UK. First published in the 1870s, the "Royal Academy Illustrated" presents the highlights of each years show and is a fascinating barometer of changing artistic tastes. A wide cross-section of the works on display is included, accompanied by installation shots of the galleries that reveal the individual nature of each years show. This books illustrations, selected this year by the Academician Humphrey Ocean together with an introduction by the art historian Frank Whitford make this book a handsome and informative document of this most popular event.
- ISBN10 1905711123
- ISBN13 9781905711123
- Publish Date 30 June 2008
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 11 August 2014
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint Royal Academy of Arts
- Format Paperback
- Pages 192
- Language English