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Product details
- ISBN 9781797234243
- Weight: 149g
- Dimensions: 114 x 152mm
- Publication Date: 05 Jun 2025
- Publisher: Chronicle Books
- Publication City/Country: US
- Product Form: Hardback
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Journey into your own pocket-sized museum, filled with a collection of charming art-historical pups!
Artist and writer Jessica Poundstone has scoured the world's museum collections for these hidden treasures and offers fun and informative commentary on each. Her bite-sized text gives historical context and celebrates each dog’s sweet, noble, or wacky personality, which transcends history to hit us right in the feels. This delightful volume offers pure delight for dog lovers and art lovers alike.
Ready to meet a pack of very good dogs immortalized in painting and sculpture? This quirky and fascinating little book collects the best canines in art history, including:
- Rustic figurines carved in ancient Greece
- Elegant porcelain pooches handcrafted in 19th-century Russia
- A tiny Japanese netsuke in the shape of a puppy
- A portrait of a spaniel woven by a beadwork artisan in Mexico
- And so much more!
Artist and writer Jessica Poundstone has scoured the world's museum collections for these hidden treasures and offers fun and informative commentary on each. Her bite-sized text gives historical context and celebrates each dog’s sweet, noble, or wacky personality, which transcends history to hit us right in the feels. This delightful volume offers pure delight for dog lovers and art lovers alike.
Perfect for:
- Animal lovers
- Art and art history buffs
- Gift-giving to dog owners, artists, and collectors
- Fans of art/humor crossovers like Men to Avoid in Art and Life and William Wegman: Being Human
- Fans of clever art history like Art Dog and A History of Art in 21 Cats
Jessica Poundstone is an artist, designer and writer living in Portland, Oregon with her family and her precious pug/chihuahua (aka chug) mix, Stanley. See more of Jessica’s work at www.jessicapoundstone.com and on Instagram @jessicapoundstone.
