The National Gallery Companion Guide

Cover Type: Softcover
Book Condition: As New
Jacket Condition: None Issued
Publisher: National Gallery Company Ltd
Publisher Place: London
Publisher Year: 2002
Edition: Reprint

Description: 344 pages. Book appears to have hardly been read and is in As new condition throughout.

Publishers Description: This gorgeously illustrated and completely updated National Gallery Companion Guide introduces art lovers to one of the richest and most representative collections of Western European paintings in the world. Erika Langmuir offers enlightening commentary on more than two hundred of the London National Gallery's finest works by such painters as Piero della Francesca, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velázquez, Ingres, and Degas as well as masterpieces by less familiar artists.With this Guide, readers can trace the history of European painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth century; develop an eye for style, technique, imagery, and genre; and learn to appreciate the talents of artists in a variety of artistic and cultural contexts. The book takes into account the latest scholarship from the Gallery and includes discussions of the Gallery's newest high-profile acquisitions.

ISBN: 9781857092189