Gainsborough. (John Constable.) [With Plates, Including Portraits.].
Author: George Moss Brock ARNOLD
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 128
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Author: George Moss Brock ARNOLD
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 128
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: John E. Thornes
Publisher: A&C Black
Published: 1999-01-01
Total Pages: 292
ISBN-13: 9781902459028
DOWNLOAD EBOOKJohn Constable is arguably the most accomplished painter of English skies and weather of all time. For Constable, the sky was the keynote, the standard of scale and the chief organ of sentiment in a landscape painting. But how far did he understand the workings of the forces of nature which created his favourite cumulus clouds, portrayed in so many of his skies over the landscapes of Hampstead Heath, Salisbury and Suffolk? And were the skies he painted scientifically accurate? In this lucid and accessible study, John Thornes provides a meteorological framework for reading the skies of landscape art, compares Constable's skies to those produced by other artists from the middle ages to the nineteenth century, analyses Constable's own meteorological understanding, and examines the development of his painted skies. In so doing he provides fresh evidence to identify the year of painting of some of Constable's previously undated cloud studies.
Author: James Hamilton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2022-11-01
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 1639362738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fresh and lively biography of the revolutionary landscape painter John Constable. John Constable, who captured the landscapes and skies of southern England in a way never before seen on canvas, is beloved but little-understood artist. His paintings reflect visions of landscape that shocked and perplexed his contemporaries: attentive to detail, spontaneous in gesture, brave in their use of color. His landscapes show that he had sharp local knowledge of the environment. His skyscapes show a clarity of expression rarely seen in other artist's work. The figures within show an understanding of the human tides of his time. And his late paintings of Salisbury Cathedral show a rare ability to transform silent, suppressed passion into paint. Constable was also an active and energetic correspondent. His letters and diaries reveal a man of opinion, passion, and discord. His letters also reveal the lives and circumstances of his extended family who serve to define the social and economic landscape against which he can be most clearly seen. These multifaceted reflections draw a sharp picture of the person, as well as the painter. James Hamilton's biography reveals a complex and troubled man. Hamilton's portrait explodes previous mythologies about this timeless artist and establishes him in his proper context as a giant of European art.
Author: Graham Reynolds
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Published: 1984
Total Pages: 450
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: George Moss Brock-Arnold
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Published: 1881
Total Pages: 188
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKThis biography features the life of British painter Thomas Gainsborough.
Author: Robert George Windsor-Clive earl of Plymouth
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Published: 1903
Total Pages: 302
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Graham Reynolds
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Published: 1996
Total Pages: 30
ISBN-13: 9780300063370
DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Robert George Windsor Clive (Earl of Plymouth.)
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Published: 1903
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: Charles John Holmes
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Published: 1921
Total Pages: 68
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DOWNLOAD EBOOKAuthor: James Hamilton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Published: 2022-11-01
Total Pages: 425
ISBN-13: 1639362738
DOWNLOAD EBOOKA fresh and lively biography of the revolutionary landscape painter John Constable. John Constable, who captured the landscapes and skies of southern England in a way never before seen on canvas, is beloved but little-understood artist. His paintings reflect visions of landscape that shocked and perplexed his contemporaries: attentive to detail, spontaneous in gesture, brave in their use of color. His landscapes show that he had sharp local knowledge of the environment. His skyscapes show a clarity of expression rarely seen in other artist's work. The figures within show an understanding of the human tides of his time. And his late paintings of Salisbury Cathedral show a rare ability to transform silent, suppressed passion into paint. Constable was also an active and energetic correspondent. His letters and diaries reveal a man of opinion, passion, and discord. His letters also reveal the lives and circumstances of his extended family who serve to define the social and economic landscape against which he can be most clearly seen. These multifaceted reflections draw a sharp picture of the person, as well as the painter. James Hamilton's biography reveals a complex and troubled man. Hamilton's portrait explodes previous mythologies about this timeless artist and establishes him in his proper context as a giant of European art.