这本书讲述了苏格兰在过去的5000年中如何通过自己的艺术定义自己，从蚀刻在Kilmartin Glen野外的最早的神秘的新石器时代符号到格拉斯哥作为当今艺术创新中心的名声。Lachlan Goudie带着自己作为一名执业艺术家和广播员的观点和激情叙述了千百年来艺术家们的快乐和奋斗。他们努力实现自己的愿景以及他们的艺术作品所描绘的苏格兰社会的巨大转变。

《苏格兰艺术的故事》的精美插图来那些构成苏格兰大胆创意的悠久传统的各种各样的艺术作品：用皮克特语雕刻的石头和凯尔特人的金属制品，文艺复兴时期的宫殿和教堂，霍雷肖•麦卡洛克（Horatio McCulloch），大卫•威尔基（David Wilkie）和琼•埃德利（Joan Eardley）创作的描绘苏格兰生活和风景的绘画，建筑大师Charles Rennie Mackintosh的设计，以及波普艺术先驱Eduardo Paolozzi的拼贴艺术和雕塑。Lachlan以引人入胜的方式讲述了这些以及其他许多苏格兰杰作的创作过程和原因，以及它们对世界的影响。

This is the story of how Scotland has defined itself through its art over the past 5000 years, from the earliest enigmatic Neolithic symbols etched onto the landscape of Kilmartin Glen to Glasgow s fame as a centre of artistic innovation today. Lachlan Goudie brings his perspective and passion as a practising artist and broadcaster to narrate the joys and struggles of artists across the millennia striving to fulfil their vision and the dramatic transformations of Scottish society reflected in their art.

The Story of Scottish Art is beautifully illustrated with the diverse artworks that form Scotland s long tradition of bold creativity: Pictish carved stones and Celtic metalwork, Renaissance palaces and chapels, paintings of Scottish life and landscapes by Horatio McCulloch, David Wilkie and Joan Eardley, designs by master architect Charles Rennie Mackintosh, and collage and sculpture by Pop Art pioneer Eduardo Paolozzi. Lachlan tells the compelling story of how and why these and many other Scottish masterpieces were created, and the impact they have had on the world.