This book traces some key developments in British 18th- and 19th-century painting, focusing in particular on the outstanding portraits and landscapes in the National Gallery’s collection. Compare what rival portrait painters Thomas Gainsborough and Sir Joshua Reynolds offered their sitters: the choice between shimmering colours and expressive brushwork, or ennobling classical references. Their techniques and philosophical ideals would be challenged and developed even further by the next generation. The ground-breaking landscapes that Constable and Turner produced inspired the French Impressionists, and are still among the world’s favourite paintings today.
- ISBN10 1857094875
- ISBN13 9781857094879
- Publish Date 1 June 2010
- Publish Status Out of Print
- Out of Print 12 March 2021
- Publish Country GB
- Imprint National Gallery Company Ltd
- Format Paperback (US Trade)
- Pages 72
- Language English
- URL http://wiley.com/remtitle.cgi?isbn=9781857094879