Horses in Art
Tate Publishing · Hardcover · March 18, 2025
Illuminating and insightful glorious exploration of horses in art Horses have appeared in works of art throughout history and across the globe, frequently as depictions of the horse in battle, as a form of transportation, or within the settings of racing, hunting, or breeding.
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- Who it’s for
- Explore over 50 artworks tracing horses’ changing roles in art across the last 260 years.
- Themes
- Horses in art, Human–horse relationships, Art across history
- Genres
- Animals & Plants in Art, Art Themes, Contemporary Art History (1945-)
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Illuminating and insightful glorious exploration of horses in art Horses have appeared in works of art throughout history and across the globe, frequently as depictions of the horse in battle, as a form of transportation, or within the settings of racing, hunting, or breeding. Culturally, the horse is significant across the world.
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This book is a beautiful exploration of the long and rich trajectory of art focusing on horses and equestrian art from their historic use in battle or as tools in agricultural labor up to their representation as an allegory for wildness and power in modern art to the current fascination with horse racing and breeding. Offering in-depth explorations of over 50 artworks from the last 260 years, mostly in Western art, it explores the changing and fascinating relationship we have had with horses, from the classical paintings of George Stubbs to the subversive feminist performances of Rose English.
Horses Across Art
Explore over 50 artworks tracing horses’ changing roles in art across the last 260 years.
Come here for
- Artworks by George Stubbs and Rose English
- Horses in battle, agricultural labor, racing, and breeding
Expect
- Mostly Western art, from classical paintings to contemporary performances
- Horses represented as tools, allegories, and subjects of racing and breeding
Where it sits
| Animals & Plants in Art | 79% |
|---|---|
| Contemporary Art History (1945-) | 25% |
| Art Themes | 20% |
Percentages are BookFrontier’s reading of the book.
Publisher categories
- Permanent Collections
- Animals & Plants in Art
- Horses
- Authors
- Chiedza Mhondoro
- Publisher
- Tate Publishing
- Published
- March 18, 2025
- Format
- Hardcover
- Theme
- Horses in art · Human–horse relationships · Art across history
- Reading lane
- Permanent Collections