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History of Art

Gordon Dillian

ISBN: HB: 9781857094824, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, May 2011
384 pp., 25x15 cm, 200 colour illus.

The National Gallery houses one of the most important collections of early Italian paintings outside Italy, including works by Cimabue, Duccio, Giotto and the di Cione brothers. Since these were last catalogued there have been four new acquisitions,...

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American Experiment George Bellows and the Ashcan Painters

Corbett David Peters

ISBN: PB: 9781857095272, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, February 2011
56 pp., 23.4x19.3 cm, 32 colour illus.

In the first decades of the 20th century, painters of the Ashcan School, a loosely connected group of gritty, urban realists, created images of New York City from street level. Following older artist Robert Henri's insistence that artists should make...

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Hogarth's Marriage A-la-Mode

Egerton Judy

ISBN: HB + DVD: 9781857095104, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, February 2011
80 pp., 19.6x18.4 cm, 11 black&white illus., 34 colour illus.

Directing his pointed wit at the upper echelons of 18th-century British society, William Hogarth, a painter, printmaker, and social critic, mocked the politics and customs of his day. His series of satirical paintings and engravings, which still abso...

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Renaissance Faces Van Eyck to Titian

Campbell Lorne, Falomir Miguel, Fletcher Jennifer, Syson Luke

ISBN: PB: 9781857094077, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, January 2011
304 pp., 31.8x24 cm, 190 colour illus.

This lavishly illustrated book explores the development of portrait painting in Northern and Southern Europe during the Renaissance, when the genre first flourished. While both regions developed distinct styles and techniques, each was also influence...

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Closer Look Still Life

Langmuir Erika

ISBN: PB: 9781857095005, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2010
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 80 colour illus.

What is still life? We are familiar with the objects portrayed but have difficulty explaining the essence of this popular art form. Erika Langmuir examines the special fascination of still life, and what distinguishes it from other categories of pain...

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Decorative Arts

Closer Look Frames

Penny Nicholas

ISBN: PB: 9781857094404, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2010
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 90 colour illus.

Formerly part of the popular "Pocket Guides" series, "Frames" is published in a new edition as "A Closer Look", with a wealth of beautiful reproductions. This informative guide offers an insight into the various forms of frame housing some of the fin...

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One Hundred Great Paintings

Govier Louise

ISBN: HB: 9781857094930, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, October 2010
208 pp., 32x24.5 cm, 100 colour illus.

This beautiful book presents one hundred great works from the National Gallery Collection, each by a different artist. Arranged in chronological order and accompanied by Louise Govier's lively text, full-page reproductions of these selected highlight...

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Closer Look Deceptions and Discoveries

Wieseman Marjorie E.

ISBN: PB: 9781857094862, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, June 2010
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 90 colour illus.

How do experts spot masterpieces? Paintings are not always signed or noted in historical records, so how can we tell an obscure gem from an altered image? Scientists, conservators and art historians use a range of methods to examine the physical natu...

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Hogarth to Turner British Painting

Govier Louise

ISBN: PB: 9781857094879, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, May 2010
72 pp., 28x23 cm, 80 colour illus.

Innovation is at the heart of the National Gallery's British collection. William Hogarth developed a fascinating new form of satirical narrative painting; George Stubbs turned horse painting into an epic art form; and, Joseph Wright captured the dram...

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Closer Look Allegory

Langmuir Erika

ISBN: PB: 9781857094855, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, May 2010
96 pp., 21x14.8 cm, 90 colour illus.

Formerly part of the popular "Pocket Guides" series, "Allegory" is published in a new edition as "A Closer Look", with a wealth of beautiful reproductions. This informative guide helps readers understand the language of allegory within Western painti...

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