Constable's Clouds: Paintings and Cloud Studies by John Constable.

Edward Morris

ISBN 10: 1903278058 / ISBN 13: 9781903278055

Published by National Galleries of Scotland, 2000

About this Item

Softcover; paperback; size: 30 x 24.5 x 1.5 cm; pp. 176. English text in double columns; illustrated throughout. Excellent condition.

Seller Inventory # MFR1057

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Constable's Clouds: Paintings and Cloud Studies by John Constable.
• Publisher: National Galleries of Scotland
• Publication Date: 2000
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1903278058
• ISBN 13: 9781903278055
• Binding: Soft cover
• Condition: Very Good
• Seller catalogs:
  • Non-Fiction
  • The Arts
  • Academic

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Synopsis

This publication examines Constable's dramatic studies of clouds and places them in their intellectual, scientific and artistic contexts in a series of fascinating essays. 80 oil sketches and paintings are fully discussed and illustrated in colour and are supplemented by a selection of meteorological instruments. The contributors are Professor John Gage, University of Cambridge; Anne Lyles, Tate Gallery; Edward Morris, formerly of the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool; Professor John Thornes, University of Birmingham; and art historian, Timothy Wilcox.