Author: Robert L. FellerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists' materials
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Hand-book for the National Gallery
Author: Felix SummerlyArtists' Pigments
Author: Robert L. FellerPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Artists' materials
Languages : en
Pages : 240
Book Description
Hand-Book for the National Gallery ... Fourth edition
Author: Felix SummerlyNational Gallery of Art
Author: National Gallery of Art (U.S.)Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 10
Book Description
National Gallery of Art
Author: John WalkerA Popular Handbook to the National Gallery
Author: CookFelix Summerly's hand book for the National gallery
Author: sir Henry ColeCapital Culture
Author: Neil HarrisPublisher: University of Chicago Press
ISBN: 022606784X
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 649
Book Description
American art museums flourished in the late twentieth century, and the impresario leading much of this growth was J. Carter Brown, director of the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, from 1969 to 1992. Along with S. Dillon Ripley, who served as Smithsonian secretary for much of this time, Brown reinvented the museum experience in ways that had important consequences for the cultural life of Washington and its visitors as well as for American museums in general. In Capital Culture, distinguished historian Neil Harris provides a wide-ranging look at Brown’s achievement and the growth of museum culture during this crucial period. Harris combines his in-depth knowledge of American history and culture with extensive archival research, and he has interviewed dozens of key players to reveal how Brown’s showmanship transformed the National Gallery. At the time of the Cold War, Washington itself was growing into a global destination, with Brown as its devoted booster. Harris describes Brown’s major role in the birth of blockbuster exhibitions, such as the King Tut show of the late 1970s and the National Gallery’s immensely successful Treasure Houses of Britain, which helped inspire similarly popular exhibitions around the country. He recounts Brown’s role in creating the award-winning East Building by architect I. M. Pei and the subsequent renovation of the West building. Harris also explores the politics of exhibition planning, describing Brown's courtship of corporate leaders, politicians, and international dignitaries. In this monumental book Harris brings to life this dynamic era and exposes the creation of Brown's impressive but costly legacy, one that changed the face of American museums forever.
A Popular Handbook to the National Gallery, Volume I, Foreign Schools
Author: National Gallery (Great Britain)Publisher: Litres
ISBN: 504096322X
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 2011
Book Description
The National Gallery
Author: Erika LangmuirPublisher:
ISBN: 9781857097030
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
The National Gallery Companion Guide celebrates over 200 masterpieces from one of the finest art collections in the world. The reader is guided through the history of the Western European painting tradition, from the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, with engaging commentaries that illuminate each artist's unique contribution. This comprehensive, newly designed edition has been revised and expanded to feature recent acquisitions by Artemisia Gentileschi, Edgar Degas and Thomas Lawrence, alongside much-loved works by artists ranging from Leonardo and Raphael to Van Gogh and Picasso.