The National Gallery Companion Guide - Softcover

Langmuir, Erika

Softcover

ISBN 10: 185709218X ISBN 13: 9781857092189

Publisher: National Gallery Company Limited, 1998

Synopsis

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.

About this title

From the Publisher:

Published by the National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press

About the Author:

Erika Langmuir was formerly head of education at the National Gallery, London, and chair of art history at The Open University. She is the author of numerous books, including several titles from the current best-selling National Gallery Pocket Guides series.

About this edition

• Publisher: National Gallery Company Limited
• Publication date: 1998
• ISBN 10: 185709218X
• ISBN 13: 9781857092189
• Binding: Paperback
• Edition number: 2
• Number of pages: 344