Items related to 100 Details from Pictures in the National Gallery 2e

100 Details from Pictures in the National Gallery 2e - Softcover

 
9780674638631: 100 Details from Pictures in the National Gallery 2e
View all copies of this ISBN edition:
 
 
This catalogue of an exhibition held at the National Gallery, London, focuses on 32 of the paintings by Guercino remaining in Britain, most of which are illustrated in colour. It includes an essay by Francis Russell, a director of Christie's, London, on the collecting of, and taste for, Guercino in Britain, and an outline of Guercino's career by Michael Helston, Curator of Spanish and later Italian painting at the National Gallery.

"synopsis" may belong to another edition of this title.

Review:
Kenneth Clark's "100 Details..".provides a panoply of fine details from great masters of the past. This stroll through one of the world's greatest museums with one of the most erudite connoisseurs of this century delivers a master class in how to look at pictures. By isolating passages and comparing images, the book demonstrates how a cultivated eye distinguishes the great from the ordinary. Kenneth Clark's "100 Details,.".provides a panoply of fine details from great masters of the past. Art lovers will delight in this reissue, which was originally written in 1938 while Kenneth Clark was director of the National Gallery. Presented for the first time in faithful full-color reproduction, the randomly chosen details from 71 of the Gallery's best-loved paintings are arranged in pairs of iconographic similarity. Some of the comparisons are obvious...and others are inspired...Clark's highly readable comments are typical of the style that endeared him years ago to a wide audience of art connoisseurs and amateurs alike.--J. William Shank "Leonardo " "This stroll through one of the world's greatest museums with one of the most erudite connoisseurs of this century delivers a master class in how to look at pictures. By isolating passages and comparing images, the book demonstrates how a cultivated eye distinguishes the great from the ordinary." --"Philadelphia Inquirer""Kenneth Clark's "100 Details."..provides a panoply of fine details from great masters of the past." --"Christian Science Monitor""Art lovers will delight in this reissue, which was originally written in 1938 while Kenneth Clark was director of the National Gallery. Presented for the first time in faithful full-color reproduction, the randomly chosen details from 71 of the Gallery's best-loved paintings are arranged in pairs of iconographic similarity. Some of the comparisons are obvious...and others are inspired...Clark's highly readable comments are typical of the style that endeared him years ago to a wide audience of art connoisseurs and amateurs alike." --J. William Shank, "Leonardo""Affecting and illuminating." --"Times Educational Supplement"

"About this title" may belong to another edition of this title.

  • PublisherHarvard University Press
  • Publication date1991
  • ISBN 10 0674638638
  • ISBN 13 9780674638631
  • BindingPaperback
  • Edition number2
  • Number of pages120
  • Rating

Other Popular Editions of the Same Title

9780674638624: 100 Details from Pictures in the National Gallery 2e

Featured Edition

ISBN 10:  067463862X ISBN 13:  9780674638624
Publisher: Harvard University Press, 1991
Hardcover

Top Search Results from the AbeBooks Marketplace

Stock Image

Clark, Kenneth
Published by Harvard University Press (1990)
ISBN 10: 0674638638 ISBN 13: 9780674638631
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldenWavesOfBooks
(Fayetteville, TX, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Fast Shipping and good customer service. Seller Inventory # Holz_New_0674638638

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 52.67
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.14
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Clark, Kenneth
Published by Harvard University Press (1990)
ISBN 10: 0674638638 ISBN 13: 9780674638631
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
Wizard Books
(Long Beach, CA, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New. Seller Inventory # Wizard0674638638

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 84.66
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 2.75
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Clark, Kenneth
Published by Harvard University Press (1990)
ISBN 10: 0674638638 ISBN 13: 9780674638631
New Paperback Quantity: 1
Seller:
GoldBooks
(Denver, CO, U.S.A.)

Book Description Paperback. Condition: new. New Copy. Customer Service Guaranteed. Seller Inventory # think0674638638

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 84.11
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.34
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds
Stock Image

Clark, Kenneth
Published by Harvard University Press (1990)
ISBN 10: 0674638638 ISBN 13: 9780674638631
New Softcover Quantity: 1
Seller:
BennettBooksLtd
(North Las Vegas, NV, U.S.A.)

Book Description Condition: New. New. In shrink wrap. Looks like an interesting title! 1.2. Seller Inventory # Q-0674638638

More information about this seller | Contact seller

Buy New
£ 83.56
Convert currency

Add to Basket

Shipping: £ 3.94
Within U.S.A.
Destination, rates & speeds