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The National Gallery's collection of European paintings from the 13th to the early-20th century is one of the richest and most comprehensive in the world. The complete illustrated catalogue provides concise and up-to-date information on every work owned by the National Gallery and on permanent or long-term loan.
Botticelli to Van Gogh: Masterpieces from the National Gallery, London explores the history of European art from the Renaissance through to the birth of modern art in the late nineteenth century. Published in conjunction with the exhibition held at the National Gallery of Australia, this book features essays by international experts in Italian, Spanish, Dutch, Flemish, French and British art and 60 paintings by some of Europe's most revered artists, including Titian, Rembrandt, Vermeer, Velázquez, Goya, Turner, Renoir, Gauguin and Cézanne.
Drawing on the outstanding collection of the National Portrait Gallery, this volume celebrates the variety and complexity of portraiture The National Portrait Gallery holds the world's most extensive collection of portraits: a museum of people, a gallery of stories and ideas, and a home of artistic masterpieces. Icons and Identitiesdraws together icons from Shakespeare to Audrey Hepburn alongside less well-known sitters that provide insight into the representation of identity in portraits. It also includes some intriguing surprises to reflect the diversity of the National Portrait Gallery's collection and to introduce audiences around the world to exceptional portraits of many kinds. Icons and Identitiesshows how artists, working across mediums, have revealed the visually stimulating and intellectually vibrant tradition of portrait making. The book is structured around a series of key themes and each section includes a selection of works from a range of periods. Artists include: Peter Paul Rubens, Anthony van Dyck, Joshua Reynolds, Thomas Gainsborough, Andy Warhol, Marlene Dumas and Shirin Neshat.
Since 1994, The National Gallery Companion Guide has introduced thousands of art lovers to one of the richest collections of paintings in the world. This edition has been revised and updated to include new pictures by Titian, Klimt and the American modernist, George Bellows.
"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 over 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."--BOOK JACKET.
An authoritative new account of Titian's remarkable rise to fame and sustained pre-eminence
History of art / art & design styles.
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