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Creative license : from Leeds college of art to Leeds polytechnic, 1963-1973
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""On the road up to the University, the gleaming new purpose-built Leeds Polytechnic awaited the arrival of the students and staff of the art college. All the latest facilities were in place. The o...
""On the road up to the University, the gleaming new purpose-built Leeds Polytechnic awaited the arrival of the students and staff of the art college. All the latest facilities were in place. The only thing missing was any concept of what to expect."" 'Creative License' describes what happened next and the continuum leading up to this moment. In this ground-breaking study, James Charnley reveals the personalities and events that ignited an explosion of radical creativity such that a contemporary observer, Patrick Heron, could describe Leeds College of Art as ""an unprecedented inventive powerh
Details
- Creator
- James Charnley
- Format
- Books
- Language
- English
- Publication
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- Cambridge, England : The Lutterworth Press, 2015
- ©2015
- Physical Details
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- 1 online resource (300 p.)
- ISBNs
- 9780718843212, 9780718843205, 0718843207, 9780718893477, 0718843215, 0718893476
- OCLC
- ocn908062900, ocn904518405
- Description based upon print version of record.
- Includes bibliographical references.
- English
- Front cover; Half title; Title page; Copyright; Dedication; Contents; List of Illustrations; Acknowledgements; Foreword; Introduction; Part 1. Leeds College of Art Rising; 1: A State of Flux; 2: The Ascent of the 'Avant-Garde'; 3: Excavating the Academy; Part 2. Pirates of the Polytechnic; 4: Into the Hangar; 5: More Circus Than Studio; 6: Some Students Observed; 7: Some Tutors Considered; Part 3. The Author, the ICA and After; 8: Delinquent Days; 9: Playing Away at the ICA; 10: The Final Art Show; 11: Conclusion; Appendix A; Appendix B; Endnotes; Bibliography; Back cover