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ISBN-10: 0-674-63862-X
ISBN-13: 9780674638624
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Year: January 31, 1991
Edition: 2nd
Number of pages: 120
Binding: Hardcover
ISBN-10: 0-674-63862-X
ISBN-13: 9780674638624
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Country:
Year: January 31, 1991
Edition: 2nd
Number of pages: 120
Binding: Hardcover
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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.
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.
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Whatever catches your eye … 
The fearsomely learned art critic and former National Gallery curator Kenneth Clark juxtaposes details from paintings with one another, and compares and contrasts them. The original 1938 work was in black and white; this book is in color, and the paintings have been restored in the interim, too.
The fearsomely learned art critic and former National Gallery curator Kenneth Clark juxtaposes details from paintings with one another, and compares and contrasts them. The original 1938 work was in black and white; this book is in color, and the paintings have been restored in the interim, too.
It's an educational if idiosyncratic package. Clark provides straightforward analysis in many cases, like contrasting a pair of contemporaneous masters, or drawing a connection between a technical aspect of painting from different eras. And he does have a sense of humor: one pair of paintings shows a little girl peering around a corner into a landscape from the following century.
This book is good for casual dipping, for instant erudition, and will spark interest in further study of the paintings--and further respect for Kenneth Clark.
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