From the caves at Lascaux to the European race tracks of Degas to the American West of Frederic Remington, the horse has never ceased to inspire the human imagination. Once omnipresent—on the battlefield, in agricultural work, and in transport—horses have little by little disappeared from our immediate environment, but they remain fixtures throughout our museums, atop pedestals in our town squares, and in the landscapes of memory. Transcending genres, places, and eras, specialists on the history of the horse and its representation in art create an ideal panorama on the subject, guiding us through the rich legacy of The Horse: From Cave Paintings to Modern Art. With these scholars we cross the principal continents from east to west and from prehistory to the present day, examining an ever-surprising gallery of images that illustrate how dearly horses have been prized by all human societies fortunate enough to encounter them. The artistic styles represented in this book offer something for every taste. There are cave paintings and sculptures, medieval illuminated manuscripts and photographs, depictions of battle, and scenes of leisure. Uccello, Rubens, Van Dyck, Velásquez, Géricault, Stubbs, David, and Picasso are among the 137 artists featured in this in-depth study. As the more than 300 images in The Horse diversely illustrate, the horse is as beautiful an animal as it has been useful—indeed, central—to the development of human society.

The Horse: From Cave Paintings to Modern Art

Arts & Photography

Gouraud, Jean-Louis

Woronoff, Michel

Francfort, Henri-Paul

History & Criticism

Abbeville Press

The most visually stunning book ever produced about horses, in a portable new format. This sumptuous tribute to the earth's most beautiful animal has been redesigned in a new mini format that is 100 pages longer than the original. Renowned photographer Yann Arthus-Bertrand—master of light and shadow, angle and exposure—etches these magnificent creatures and their human partners in photographs shot on location and around the globe, from Montana to Russia, central Asia to Argentina, Mongolia and Cameroon, and points in between. Each moment captured offers a glimpse of the breath of humanity, and man's powerful and moving relationship with the horse. Full of tribal costume, local color, and panoramic scenery—accompanied by the text of equine expert Jean-Louis Gouraud—Horses is a project of unparalleled ambition and scope.

Horses

Arthus-Bertrand, Yann.

Individual Artists

Artisan

Les chevaux de Sauvat

Bartabas

Ouest-France *

Si la photographie aérienne a fait sa renommée internationale, Yann Arthus-Bertrand s'est toujours passionné pour les animaux : des grands fauves d'Afrique qui furent les héros de son premier livre Tendres Tueurs, en passant par les bestiaux qui peuplent nos étables, jusqu'à nos compagnons les plus fidèles, les chiens et les chats. Avec Les Chevaux, Yann Arthus-Bertrand nous propose un panorama des races chevalines, du plus petit spécimen existant - le « morettino » qui mesure 0,76 m au garrot - au plus grand, un « shire » de 2,19 m. Le tour d'horizon est complet, du robuste ardennais au poney Shetland, sans oublier le pur-sang anglais à la peau satinée... C'est aussi un voyage dans le temps avec le cheval de Prjevalski, cheval archaïque découvert en 1879 dans le désert de Gobi par un colonel russe qui lui a donné son nom, ou le « pottok », poney basque qui rappelle un cheval des plateaux préhistoriques. Plus près de nous, les chevaux lourds, anciens chevaux de traits dont certaines races sont presque introuvables aujourd'hui. Un tour du monde, enfin, qui nous entraîne de la pampa argentine aux plateaux de Mongolie, des haras lusitaniens aux élevages de yearlings australiens, où la valeur d'un étalon se chiffre en millions de dollars ! Pour cette nouvelle édition six doubles pages ont été rajoutées pour mettre en vedette âne, mulets, bourricots, cousins sympathiques de la plus belle conquête de l'homme.

Chevaux

Sports & Outdoors

Hockey

LE CHENE

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