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Wilton Diptych

Gordon Dillian, Roy Ashok, Wyld Martin, Barron Caroline M.

ISBN: HB: 9781857095838, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2015
144 pp., 26.7x21.6 cm, 130 colour illus.

The Wilton Diptych is a comprehensive account of one of England's greatest surviving medieval treasures, now in the collection of The National Gallery, London. The painting depicts King Richard II (1367-1400) being presented to the Virgin Mary and Ch...

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Paintings by Peder Balke

Riopelle Christopher, Ljogodt Knut, Lange Marit Ingeborg

ISBN: HB: 9781857095821, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2014
128 pp., 26x24.1 cm, 93 colour illus.

In 1832, the Norwegian painter Peder Balke (1804-1887) traveled to the far north of Norway to the dramatic coastline of the North Cape. The experience was so profound that he built his career painting isolated Arctic Circle seascapes. His pictures we...

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Dutch Painting

Wieseman Marjorie E.

ISBN: PB: 9781857095791, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, September 2014
96 pp., 21.5x21 cm, 43 colour illus.

The National Gallery, London is home to a world-renowned collection of Dutch paintings that includes masterpieces by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Hals, Cuyp and Ruisdael, among many others. Still lifes painted with painstaking attention to detail, sublime lan...

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Sixteenth Century Netherlandish Paintings, with French Paintings Before 1600

Campbell Lorne

ISBN: HB: 9781857093704, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, July 2014
900 pp., 28.5x21.6 cm, 700 colour images, 175 black&white illus.

The National Gallery, London possesses an important collection of paintings by 16th-century Netherlandish artists, including Joachim Beuckelaer, Hieronymus Bosch, Pieter Bruegel the Elder, Jean Gossart, and Quinten Massys. They are grouped here with...

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Veronese

Salomon Xavier F.

ISBN: HB: 9781857095531, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, March 2014
272 pp., 28.5x24.5 cm, 140 colour illus.

Paolo Veronese (1528-1588) was one of the great Venetian artists of the Renaissance, whose works were admired for their rich colours and mastery of theatrical narrative. His paintings ranged from decorative fresco schemes and portraits to allegorical...

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Facing the Modern The Portrait in Vienna, 1900

Blackshaw Gemma, De Waal Edmund, Gronberg Tag, Johnson Julie, Lehmann Doris, Shapira Elana, Wieber Sabine, Costello Mary

ISBN: HB: 9781857095616, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, November 2013
216 pp., 28.9x22 cm, 140 colour illus.

During the great flourishing of modern art in fin-de-siecle Vienna, artists of that city focused on images of individuals. Their portraits depict artists, patrons, families, friends, intellectual allies, and society celebrities from the upwardly mobi...

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Vermeer and Music The Art of Love and Leisure

Wieseman Marjorie E.

ISBN: PB: 9781857095678, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, June 2013
72 pp., 26.7x19.7 cm, 60 colour illus.

Johannes Vermeer (1632-1675) is one of the world's most captivating artists. Renowned for his sublimely beautiful depictions of everyday Dutch life, Vermeer created exquisite paintings that are sought out by any art lover. Music was a key facet of 17...

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Contemporary Art

Saints Alive Michael Landy in the National Gallery

Wiggins Colin, Cork Richard, Sliwka Jennifer

ISBN: PB: 9781857095609, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, May 2013
72 pp., 26.7x21 cm, 80 colour illus.

British artist Michael Landy (b. 1963) is known primarily as an installation artist. His work, along with others associated with the Young British Artists (YBAs), was first catapulted to the world spotlight when it was featured in the notorious Sensa...

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Photography

Seduced by Art Photography Past and Present

Kingsley Hope, Riopelle Christopher

ISBN: HB: 9781857095456, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, October 2012
208 pp., 27.9x22.9 cm, 150 colour illus.

Today's photography is part of our own cultural moment, but it also arises from artistic traditions of the past. Seduced by Art looks at the effects of art and its history on the creation of photographs, tracing continuities in aims, visual style, an...

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Titian A Fresh Look at Nature

Mazzotta Antonio

ISBN: PB: 9781857095449, Yale University Press, National Gallery London, March 2012
80 pp., 21x21 cm, 60 colour illus.

Titian is acknowledged as the greatest of the sixteenth-century Venetian painters, best known for his portraits, mythological pictures and religious subjects. Yet his first great achievement as a painter, schooled in the workshop of Giovanni Bellini,...

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