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The National Gallery companion guide / Erika Langmuir.

By: Contributor(s): Publisher: Boston, Massachusetts : Credo Reference, 2016Edition: Revised and expanded editionDescription: 1 online resource (227 entries) : 243 images ; digital filesContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781785398575
Subject(s): Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 759.9407442132 22
LOC classification:
  • N1070 .L255 2016
Online resources:
Contents:
Acknowledgements -- Foreword / by Gabriele Finaldi -- A short history of the National Gallery -- Introduction -- Paintings 1250-1500, the Sainsbury Wing -- Paintings 1500-1600, the West Wing -- Paintings 1600-1700, the North Wing -- Paintings 1700-1900, the East Wing -- Paintings after 1900, the East Wing.
Abstract: The Companion Guide introduces art lovers to one of the richest and most representative collections of Western European paintings in the world, including famous works by the greatest painters -- Piero della Francesca, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velazquez, Ingres, Degas and many others and masterpieces by less familiar artists. Through her commentaries on 200 of the National Gallery's finest works of art, Erika Langmuir enables the visitor and reader to trace the history of European painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth century, to develop an eye for style, technique, imagery and genre, and to appreciate the talents of individual artists producing paintings for different locations and patrons, in a variety of artistic and cultural contexts.
Holdings
Item type Current library Collection Shelving location Call number Status Date due Barcode
Ebook Ebook NMC Library Credo Reference Online N1070 .L255 2016 EBOOK (Browse shelf(Opens below)) Available online - NMC Login required 518789

Previous ed.: 2006.

Acknowledgements -- Foreword / by Gabriele Finaldi -- A short history of the National Gallery -- Introduction -- Paintings 1250-1500, the Sainsbury Wing -- Paintings 1500-1600, the West Wing -- Paintings 1600-1700, the North Wing -- Paintings 1700-1900, the East Wing -- Paintings after 1900, the East Wing.

The Companion Guide introduces art lovers to one of the richest and most representative collections of Western European paintings in the world, including famous works by the greatest painters -- Piero della Francesca, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velazquez, Ingres, Degas and many others and masterpieces by less familiar artists. Through her commentaries on 200 of the National Gallery's finest works of art, Erika Langmuir enables the visitor and reader to trace the history of European painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth century, to develop an eye for style, technique, imagery and genre, and to appreciate the talents of individual artists producing paintings for different locations and patrons, in a variety of artistic and cultural contexts.

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