- Paperback: 192 pages
- Publisher: Prestel; Illustrated Edition 2006 edition (18 Sep 2006)
- Language English
- ISBN-10: 3791336452
- ISBN-13: 978-3791336459
- Product Dimensions: 26 x 23.2 x 1.6 cm
- Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars See all reviews (1 customer review)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 254,288 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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'A must for name-droppers, culture vultures and cocktail party chat...Quirky.' Image Magazine, August 1, 2006 'The book takes us on a whistle-stop tour of the world. As seen through the eyes of notable photographers, fim-makers, composers, painters, sculptors and philosophers.' Wexas Traveller, Autumn 2006, p.11'The perfect guide to different places all over the world ... enlightening and inspiring.'Independent on Sunday, March 2007
Eve Magazine, October 1, 2006
‘a beautifully photographed travel guide to life-changing
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This travel book takes readers on a whistle-stop tour of the world, as seen through the eyes of writers, photographers, filmmakers, composers, painters, sculptors and philosophers.
The global and artistic odyssey flies from the tropical paradise of Gauguin's Tahiti to the Beatles' hippie enclave in Rishikesh, from the ghoulish wilderness of Arthur Conan Doyle's Dartmoor to Wittgenstein's snow-bound fjord hideaway, and from the hashish dens of Paul Bowles' Morocco to the Wild West of Sergio Leone. Each entry features colour photographs, practical travel advice, and information on how to get closer to the artist through exhibitions, festivals, performances and museums.
50 Great Escapes also features a global directory of 21st-century hotspots, allowing budding artists to experience a creative epiphany of their own.
The global and artistic odyssey flies from the tropical paradise of Gauguin's Tahiti to the Beatles' hippie enclave in Rishikesh, from the ghoulish wilderness of Arthur Conan Doyle's Dartmoor to Wittgenstein's snow-bound fjord hideaway, and from the hashish dens of Paul Bowles' Morocco to the Wild West of Sergio Leone. Each entry features colour photographs, practical travel advice, and information on how to get closer to the artist through exhibitions, festivals, performances and museums.
50 Great Escapes also features a global directory of 21st-century hotspots, allowing budding artists to experience a creative epiphany of their own.
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A winning set of recommendations.
12 Dec 2006
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FIFTY GREAT ESCAPES: A GLOBAL GUIDE TO CREATIVITY is the next best thing to hitting the road yourself: it focuses on the places that inspired the world's finest artists, and offers viewpoints through camera, art piece, composition, painting and writer. From urban settings to natural, Tahiti to India, color photos of these selected inspirational locales blend with practical travel advice and details on local cultural attractions. Add the full-page color photos and you have a winning set of recommendations.
Diane C. Donovan
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Diane C. Donovan
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