Football Murals
A Celebration of Soccer's Greatest Street Art: Shortlisted for the Sunday Times Sports Book Awards 2023
(Sprache: Englisch)
SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEARWATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 - SPORT'This book is a work of art about football's works of art... Loved it.' - Kevin Day, broadcaster...
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SHORTLISTED FOR THE SUNDAY TIMES SPORTS BOOK AWARDS 2023 - ILLUSTRATED BOOK OF THE YEARWATERSTONES BEST BOOKS OF 2022 - SPORT'This book is a work of art about football's works of art... Loved it.' - Kevin Day, broadcaster'A beautiful showcase of such a distinctive part of the game's culture... impossible not to get lost in the book' - Miguel Delaney, The Independent'Gorgeous to behold... Unmissable' - Danny Kelly, TalkSPORT radio presenter'I absolutely love this book' - Jules Breach, football presenter On high-rise buildings, street corners and stadium walls in countries around the world, eye-catching murals pay tribute to footballing greats. From Messi and Ronaldo to Rapinoe and Cruyff, these striking displays are remarkable testaments to the awe and affection fans feel for these football legends and cult heroes. Join renowned football writer and broadcaster Andy Brassell as he explores this fascinating phenomenon. Offering a fresh, highly visual perspective on the global game, Football Murals is the first book to celebrate these towering works of art.Beckenbauer and Cruyff, Rooney and Ronaldinho, Totti and Salah, Zlatan and Zidane - being honoured with a mural cements a player's place in a club's heritage and links them to the heart of the community. This richly illustrated book showcases the most impressive examples, explores their inspirational qualities and examines what they say about these icons and their sport.Written and curated by respected football writer Andy Brassell, this ground-breaking book features more than 100 murals from around the world, capturing the scale, grandeur and wit of this powerful and popular art form. Through a series of short essays and extended captions, Andy shares the players' stories, discusses the cultural politics and explains just why these men and women have been immortalised in mural form.Covering such diverse topics as Home Town Glory, Football Fame and The
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Cult of the Coach, Football Murals addresses the issues important to fans worldwide. It spans Marcus Rashford's inspirational mural in a Manchester suburb, the George Best tribute on the East Belfast estate where he was born, the 15-foot depiction of Megan Rapinoe in St Paul, Minnesota, and the Naples 'shrine' to Diego Maradona.'I can't tell you how nice it is for players to see their face on a mural.' - Jermaine Jenas, The One Show
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Inhaltsverzeichnis zu „Football Murals “
ForewordIntroductionChapter 1: Hometown GloryChapter 2: Johan CruyffChapter 3: Wayne RooneyChapter 4: The Good FightChapter 5: PeléChapter 6: Big Moment PlayersChapter 7: Cristiano RonaldoChapter 8: Back to LifeChapter 9: Zlatan IbrahimovicChapter 10: Ada HegerbergChapter 11: Football FameChapter 12: Paul GascoigneChapter 13: Francesco TottiChapter 14: Fifty Years of HurtChapter 15: Lionel MessiChapter 16: This Is My HouseChapter 17: RonaldinhoChapter 18: Soul of the GameChapter 19: Megan RapinoeChapter 20: The Cult of the CoachChapter 21: Diego MaradonaChapter 22: Mohamed SalahChapter 23: When Love Breaks DownChapter 24: Franz BeckenbauerChapter 25: Murals MemorialChapter 26: Lucy BronzeChapter 27: Cult HeroesChapter 26: Zinedine Zidane
Autoren-Porträt von Andy Brassell
Andy Brassell is a highly respected freelance football writer (the Guardian, the Mirror, Blizzard) and a familiar voice on TalkSport, BBC Radio's Monday Night Club, the Football Ramble podcast and the Totally Football Show. @andybrassell
Bibliographische Angaben
- Autor: Andy Brassell
- 2022, 176 Seiten, mit farbigen Abbildungen, Maße: 20,6 x 23,4 cm, Gebunden, Englisch
- Verlag: Bloomsbury Trade
- ISBN-10: 1399402803
- ISBN-13: 9781399402804
- Erscheinungsdatum: 06.10.2022
Sprache:
Englisch
Pressezitat
This book is a work of art about football's works of art, with the added bonus of brilliant slices of social history. Loved it. Kevin Day, broadcaster
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