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A guide to show the great masterpieces of the collection from the Wilton Diptych painted in the late fourteenth century to Van Gogh's Sunflowers painted at the end of the nineteenth century.
The National Gallery Technical Bulletin is a record of research carried out at the National Gallery, London. Published annually, this illustrated volume covers all aspects of the conservation, technical study and care of the paintings in the collection. Drawing on the combined expertise of curators, conservators and scientists, it brings together a wealth of information about artists' materials, working practices and techniques. It is a resource for conservators, art historians, collectors, museum curators and all those with an interest in old master paintings.
"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.
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, ...
Excerpt from The National Gallery of British Art (the Tate Gallery): Illustrated Catalogue N o. 1523. - A Silent Greeting. Sir L. Alma-tadema, o.m., (by permission o/mr. Stephen T. Wooden, the owner ofthe Copyright.) About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
Trieste Publishing has a massive catalogue of classic book titles. Our aim is to provide readers with the highest quality reproductions of fiction and non-fiction literature that has stood the test of time. The many thousands of books in our collection have been sourced from libraries and private collections around the world.The titles that Trieste Publishing has chosen to be part of the collection have been scanned to simulate the original. Our readers see the books the same way that their first readers did decades or a hundred or more years ago. Books from that period are often spoiled by imperfections that did not exist in the original. Imperfections could be in the form of blurred text, ...
"The National Gallery's collection of European paintings from the thirteenth century to 1900 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. This expanded edition includes a supplement of over 100 paintings acquired by or on loan to the National Gallery since the book was first printed in 1995."--BOOK JACKET.Title Summary field provided by Blackwell North America, Inc. All Rights Reserved