The basis of the collection "Dogs in Art", created by British authors, are the works of artists of different centuries and artistic directions. Flipping through the pages of this book, we see realistic, sometimes conventional, even decorative and ornamental images. But the main characters of each reproduction reproduced in the book belong to one kind of animal, moreover to the most ancient companions of people in their journeys through space and time. These are dogs. Different - big, small, ordinary, rare, on ceremonial portraits of their owners, emphasizing the essence of the character of the person next to them, each of them is unique, has a recognizable look and own character.
The authors devoted separate articles to some breeds, such as pugs and poodles.
Every dog owner will look through the pages of this book with interest in search of an image of their pet, every art connoisseur will enjoy a book dedicated to animal studies, and every reader will find in it a somewhat new perspective on familiar things. For example, David Hockney's dogs are actually portraits of individuals who happen to be dogs.
Thanks to the combination of the attention that artists focus on their characters for the audience and the relaxed naturalness of their models, that amazing effect of kinship between the painting and the viewer, the pure pleasure and joy that art gives, arises.
