Gainsborough: 150 Colour Plates

Description: Please refer to the section BELOW (and NOT ABOVE) this line for the product details - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Title:Gainsborough: 150 Colour PlatesISBN13:9781506128719ISBN10:1506128718Author:Kirov, Blago (Author), Tsaneva, Maria (Author)Description:(This is a RePrint) - Thomas Gainsborough Was The Most Versatile English Painter Of The 18Th Century, Inventive And Original, Always Prepared To Experiment With New Ideas And Techniques He Alone Among The Great Portrait Painters Of The Era Devoted Serious Attention To Landscapes Unlike Reynolds, He Was No Great Believer In An Academic Tradition And Laughed At The Fashion For History Painting; An Instinctive Painter, He Delighted In The Poetry Of Paint In His Letters Gainsborough Shows A Warm-Hearted And Generous Character And An Independent Mind His Comments On His Own Work And Methods, As Well As On Some Of The Old Masters, Are Very Revealing And Throw Considerable Light On Contemporary Views Of Art Gainsborough Was Noted For The Speed With Which He Applied Paint, And He Worked More From Observations Of Nature Than From Application Of Formal Academic Rules The Poetic Sensibility Of His Paintings Caused Constable To Say, On Looking At Them, We Find Tears In Our Eyes And Know Not What Brings Them Binding:Paperback, PaperbackPublisher:Createspace Independent Publishing PlatformPublication Date:2015-01-07Weight:0.39 lbsDimensions:0.17'' H x 11.02'' L x 8.5'' WNumber of Pages:66Language:English

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Location: USA

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