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Aquatint
How an ingenious printmaking technique became a cross-cultural phenomenon in Enlightenment Europe Driven by a growing interest in collecting and multiplying drawings, artists and amateurs in the eighteenth century sought a new technique capable of replicating the subtlety of ink, wash, and watercolor. They devised an innovative and versatile new medium—aquatint—which would spread in use across Europe within a few decades, its distinctive dark tones making possible a remarkable variety of ingenious imagery. In this illuminating book, Rena M. Hoisington traces how the aquatint technique flourished as a cross-cultural and cosmopolitan phenomenon that contributed to the rise of art publishin...
America's National Gallery of Art
This handsome tribute to the National Gallery of Art in Washington, D.C. traces the history of the museum from conception to construction on the occasion of its fiftieth anniversary. Opened with great fanfare, the National Gallery was "the richest single gift from any individual to any nation ever." That individual was financier Andrew Mellon. Kopper's succinct biography covers Mellon's personal and political life as well as his passion for collecting the paintings of old masters. Mellon's bequest stipulated the museum's name, location, and details of governance, ensuring continued high standards and a vital future. Kopper includes profiles of the architect and various museum directors, including Mellon's son Paul, as well as illustrations that document some of the collection's highlights. ISBN 0-8109-3658-5: $60.00 (For use only in the library)
Veronese : Magnificence in Renaissance Venice
Catalog of the exhibition "Veronese: magnificence in Renaissance Venice" held March 19-June 15, 2014 at the National Gallery, London.
The Nation's Mantelpiece
Jonathan Conlin discusses the history of the National Gallery - one of the greatest collections of art in the world, and an institution that has courted controversy from the day it opened.
The National Gallery Companion Guide
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.
Leonardo Da Vinci
Published on the occasion of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, Nov. 9, 2011-Feb. 5, 2012.
Kastom
This book showcases a unique collection of the National Gallery of Australia. During the early 1970s an impressive array of traditional arts through a program of field collecting on the Islands of Ambrym and Malakula. Central to many traditional practices, better known as 'Kastom', are masked performances and displays of sculpture including iconic upright slit drums.
Eat with Your Eyes
Feast on 14 yummy modern Southeast Asian artworks from National Gallery Singapore. You could even share these tasty nibbles with a friend or two! This is the first title in the Gallery's Art for Tinies series: board books with largerthan-life artworks for little art lovers and their grown-up companions.
Dürer and the Virgin in the Garden
This beautiful volume, companion to the earlier, highly regarded Giotto to Dürer, is a guide to the sixteenth-century paintings of London’s National Gallery. It examines the finest works of such artists as Holbein, Raphael, Cranach, Titian, Gossaert, and Bronzino and provides fascinating insights into the individual masterpieces and their makers. “A readable overview of European painting in the sixteenth century, rich with perceptive commentary.”—Andrew Butterfield, Art News “This fluently written and beautifully produced book serves both as a period survey and as a reference for sixteenth-century European painting in the collections of the National Gallery.”—Jeffrey Fontana, Sixteenth Century Journal
One Hundred Great Paintings
Give the gift of art with this beautifully illustrated volume tracing the development of European painting over six centuries through one hundred pictures--each significant and by a different artist
