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OverviewThis title brings together some of Gainsborough's finest landscape oils and works on paper and examines them by looking at 'themes and variations' within his landscape oeuvre. The oil paintings chosen represent six principal landscape types which are explored through drawings and prints that show how the artist developed the finished works. Full Product DetailsAuthor: Susan SlomanPublisher: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd Imprint: Philip Wilson Publishers Ltd Dimensions: Width: 24.00cm , Height: 1.50cm , Length: 21.00cm Weight: 0.519kg ISBN: 9780856676970ISBN 10: 0856676977 Pages: 120 Publication Date: 14 September 2011 Audience: General/trade , General Format: Paperback Publisher's Status: Out of Print Availability: Awaiting stock  Table of ContentsForeword Author's acknowledgements Gainsborough's Landscapes: Themes and Variations 1. 'Nature is modest' 2. 'Quietness & ease' 3. 'Charity and humane feelings' 4. 'The mild Evening gleam' 5. 'Avoiding great subjects' 6. 'Rocks and Water-falls' List of lenders Catalogue [with thumbnail images] BibliographyReviewsAuthor InformationSusan Sloman is a specialist in English eighteenth-century art and was formerly Keeper of Collections at the Victoria Art Gallery in Bath. Since 1998 she has worked as a researcher for Agnew's and WS Fine Art. Her publications include Gainsborough in Bath (2002) and numerous articles in The Burlington Magazine and elsewhere. She contributed an essay to Sensation and Sensibility edited by Ann Bermingham (2005), the book published to coincide with an exhibition studying Gainsborough's cottage door subjects. Tab Content 6Author Website:Countries AvailableAll regions |
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