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ISBN-10: 0-674-63863-8
ISBN-13: 9780674638631
Publisher: Harvard University Press
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Year: February 1, 1990
Edition: 2nd
Size: 26.67 x 26.67 x 1.52cm
Number of pages: 120
Weight: 544gr
Binding: Paperback
ISBN-10: 0-674-63863-8
ISBN-13: 9780674638631
Publisher: Harvard University Press
Country:
Year: February 1, 1990
Edition: 2nd
Size: 26.67 x 26.67 x 1.52cm
Number of pages: 120
Weight: 544gr
Binding: Paperback
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0.) One Hundred Details from Pictures in the National Gallery
Sir Kenneth Clark
Harvard University Press; 1991
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100 Details offers Kenneth Clark's personal choice of details of painting in the National Gallery, London, and gives his responses to them as well. The former director of the National Gallery chooses the pictures he likes best, and the result is like a stroll through a glorious art collection. 100 color illustrations; 75 halftones.
100 Details offers Kenneth Clark's personal choice of details of painting in the National Gallery, London, and gives his responses to them as well. The former director of the National Gallery chooses the pictures he likes best, and the result is like a stroll through a glorious art collection. 100 color illustrations; 75 halftones.
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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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