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This book, published to coincide with a major exhibition at the
National Maritime Museum, explores and celebrates Turner's lifelong
fascination with the sea. It also sets his work within the context
of marine painting in the 19th century. Each chapter has an
introductory text followed by discussion of specific paintings.
Four of the chapters conclude with a feature essay on a specific
topic.
The Armada Portrait is perhaps the most immediately recognisable
depiction of Elizabeth I and, arguably, of any British monarch. It
captures both the drama of a pivotal moment in Britain's history -
the defeat of the Spanish Armada in 1588 - and the majesty of the
Tudor monarchy. But while the image it presents is one of
assuredness, success and might, the portrait both overstates
English power and downplays the real dangers the Armada presented
to England and its queen. By understanding the portrait and its
symbolism, the history of the Armada and the turbulent Elizabethan
age come to life.
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Gainsborough's Blue Boy (Paperback)
Christine Riding; Contributions by Susanna Avery-Quash, Melinda McCurdy, Imogen Tedbury, Jacqueline Riding
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R561
Discovery Miles 5 610
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This richly illustrated publication explores the lasting influence
of Gainsborough's Blue Boy on British art and culture Marking the
return of Gainsborough's Blue Boy to the UK exactly 100 years since
it left for the United States, this richly illustrated publication
will explore the lasting influence of this iconic painting on
British art and culture. During the nineteenth century, the
painting's fame grew and full-length portraits by Gainsborough and
his contemporaries became much sought after by wealthy American
collectors. The sale of The Blue Boy to the American railroad
magnate and collector Henry E. Huntington in 1921 was
unsurprisingly viewed as a national tragedy-emblematic of a shift
in economic and cultural power. However, its afterlife, as a
permanent ambassador for British art, has undoubtedly fed into
ideas of Britain and Britishness-its history, society, culture and
character-that still resonate today. Including a select group of
paintings that demonstrate the profound influence of Sir Anthony
van Dyck and the old master tradition on Gainsborough's practice
and identity, Gainsborough's Blue Boy will examine this masterpiece
within the context of the National Gallery's collection. Published
by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
Exhibition Schedule: The National Gallery, London January 25-May
15, 2022
Presenting new work by American artist Kehinde Wiley, as he
explores the European landscape tradition through film and painting
The American artist Kehinde Wiley (b. 1977) is best known for his
spectacular portraits of African Americans with knowing references
to the grand European tradition of painting. He was commissioned in
2017 to paint Barack Obama, becoming the first Black artist to
paint an official portrait of a president of the United States. His
work makes reference to old master paintings by positioning
contemporary Black sitters in the pose of the original historical
figures, raising issues of power and identity, and the absence or
relegation of Black and minority-ethnic figures within European
art. For his first collaboration with a major UK gallery, Wiley
will depart from portraiture to explore the European landscape
tradition through the medium of film and painting, casting Black
Londoners from the streets of Soho. His new works will explore
European Romanticism and its focus on epic scenes of oceans and
mountains, drawing inspiration from the National Gallery's
masterpieces in landscape and seascape. Published by National
Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition
Schedule: The National Gallery, London (December 10, 2021-April 18,
2022)
An exploration of Turner as an artist-traveler, in relation to two
important European harbor scenes This publication marks the return
to the United Kingdom, for the first time in over a century, of two
groundbreaking oil paintings by J. M. W. Turner (1775-1851), on
loan from The Frick Collection in New York: Harbour of Dieppe:
Changement de Domicile and Cologne, the Arrival of a Packet-Boat:
Evening. They were acquired by wealthy American industrialist Henry
Clay Frick in 1914 and have remained in the USA ever since. Painted
in the mid-1820s, Dieppe and Cologne exemplify Turner's lifelong
fascination with the subject of ports and harbors -past and present
-as dynamic, transitional places. Exhibited at the Royal Academy in
1825 and 1826 respectively, they represent in powerfully visual
terms the outcomes of Turner's regular sketching tours within
Europe that were central to his fame as an artist-traveler, as well
as his radical approach to color, light, and brushwork. This
sumptuously illustrated publication examines Turner's creative
process, and his use of sketchbooks and watercolors to capture his
ideas as he traveled. Published by National Gallery
Global/Distributed by Yale University Press Exhibition Schedule:
The National Gallery, London November 3, 2022-February 19, 2023
An accessible introduction to American painter Winslow Homer,
examining his work through the lens of conflict A fresh exploration
of the work of iconic American painter Winslow Homer (1836-1910)
through the lens of conflict, a recurring theme in his prolific
career. A persistent fascination with struggle permeates Homer's
art -from emblematic images of the Civil War and Reconstruction to
dazzling tropical works and monumental marines -and reveals his
lifelong engagement with the charged subjects of race, nature, and
the environment. This publication illuminates Homer's preoccupation
with the complex social and political issues of his era-war,
slavery, imperialism-as well as his broader concerns with the
fragility of human life and dominance of nature. These powerful
themes are present in his earliest Civil War and Reconstruction
paintings, which explore the effect of the conflict on the
landscape, soldiers, and the formerly enslaved. They continue
through his later images of rural life, dramatic rescues, and
hunting -paintings that grapple with the often uneasy relationship
between humans and the natural world. Toward the end of his life,
human figures were reduced to tiny, irrelevant presences, while the
ocean acquired a pivotal role. This richly illustrated volume will
be published to accompany a retrospective at the National Gallery,
organized in collaboration with the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New
York. Published by National Gallery Global/Distributed by Yale
University Press Exhibition Schedule: The National Gallery, London
September 10, 2022-January 8, 2023
With its unprecedented focus on the history of Orientalism in
British art, this handsome book places the British within the story
of how the genre was established in the 19th century--a story
heretofore dominated by the French. Featuring both well-known and
rarely seen paintings, together with sketches and photographs, this
volume examines the work of British artists who engaged with Middle
Eastern themes over three centuries, from the 1620s to the eclipse
of the Ottoman Empire in 1922. Included are works by Joshua
Reynolds, J. F. Lewis, W. H. Hunt, David Wilkie, John Singer
Sargent, William Holman Hunt, J.M.W. Turner, Roger Fenton, Andrew
Geddes, and Edward Lear. Many of their images are, or purport to
be, the result of direct observation of actual places in the Middle
East. The book spotlights numerous topics of timely cultural
interest, including the cross-pollination of British and Islamic
artistic traditions, as well as Western myths about the Islamic
world in relation to artists' actual experiences.
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