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Considers the many ways in which artists, at different times and from different cultures, have presented the story of Christ and explains how the likeness of Jesus that we now all recognise has emerged. Includes 70 colour illustrations.
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This reference work deals with all aspects of Western art from 1300 to the present day. It provides information on painters, sculptors, and graphic artists, technical processes, terminology, theory, schools, movements, patrons and collecting, and much more.
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Demonstrates that no historic period has a monopoly on the 'discovery of childhood'. This book illustrates not only Western society's perennially ambivalent attitudes to children, but also the many and varied functions that works of art have played throughout its history.
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Presents thirty-six masterpieces from the National Gallery's remarkable collection, introducing major artists through their most renowned works. This work discusses each of the featured paintings, which together outline the main innovations in art history.
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Presenting commentaries on over 200 of the National Gallery's finest works of art, this work enables you to trace the history of European painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth century, and to appreciate the talents of individual artists producing paintings for different l ...
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A guide that helps readers identify saints and their significance in a painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. It explains, through the National Gallery's collection of religious images, the significance of saints and their role in the history of Eur ...
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Angels are an integral part of Christian art, performing a multitude of roles. Massed together they may form a heavenly choir, glorifying the Virgin Mary or commenting on the surrounding action. This guide helps readers identify angels and their significance in a painting - be it ...
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When we say that 'Love is blind' or 'Time flies' - making concepts sound like living beings - we are using the language of allegory. Painters have long relied on allegory to create 'message pictures'. This guide helps readers understand the language of allegory within Western pai ...
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Examines the special fascination of still life, and what distinguishes it from other categories of painting. The author discusses its evolution from the trompe l'oeil wall paintings of antiquity, through its revival in the age of Caravaggio and Velazquez, and again in the works o ...
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