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Paperback. Zustand: New. A focus on Wright of Derby's hugely atmospheric 'candlelight' paintings, which have become his most popular works.Renowned for his depictions of dramatic contrasts between darkness and light, Joseph Wright of Derby created a significant series of paintings 'by candlelight' between 1765 and 1773. Centred around masterpieces including An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump from the National Gallery and A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery from Derby Museum and Art Gallery, this publication explores the social and artistic context of these pictures, foregrounding them as outstanding examples of European painting.The candlelight scenes offer a wealth of insights into Wright's own thinking as well as contemporary preoccupations during the 'Age of Enlightenment', reflecting the artist's concerns with death, melancholy, scientific progress and scepticism. The publication also discusses aesthetic debates concerning the sublime, as well as childhood wonder, curiosity and the loss of innocence. In addition to paintings and mezzotints, it considers related objects, such as contemporary scientific instruments.Published by National Gallery Global Ltd/Distributed by Yale University Press. …

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Paperback. Zustand: New. A focus on Wright of Derby's hugely atmospheric 'candlelight' paintings, which have become his most popular works.Renowned for his depictions of dramatic contrasts between darkness and light, Joseph Wright of Derby created a significant series of paintings 'by candlelight' between 1765 and 1773. Centred around masterpieces including An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump from the National Gallery and A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery from Derby Museum and Art Gallery, this publication explores the social and artistic context of these pictures, foregrounding them as outstanding examples of European painting.The candlelight scenes offer a wealth of insights into Wright's own thinking as well as contemporary preoccupations during the 'Age of Enlightenment', reflecting the artist's concerns with death, melancholy, scientific progress and scepticism. The publication also discusses aesthetic debates concerning the sublime, as well as childhood wonder, curiosity and the loss of innocence. In addition to paintings and mezzotints, it considers related objects, such as contemporary scientific instruments.Published by National Gallery Global Ltd/Distributed by Yale University Press. …

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Paperback. Zustand: New. A focus on Wright of Derby's hugely atmospheric 'candlelight' paintings, which have become his most popular works.Renowned for his depictions of dramatic contrasts between darkness and light, Joseph Wright of Derby created a significant series of paintings 'by candlelight' between 1765 and 1773. Centred around masterpieces including An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump from the National Gallery and A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery from Derby Museum and Art Gallery, this publication explores the social and artistic context of these pictures, foregrounding them as outstanding examples of European painting.The candlelight scenes offer a wealth of insights into Wright's own thinking as well as contemporary preoccupations during the 'Age of Enlightenment', reflecting the artist's concerns with death, melancholy, scientific progress and scepticism. The publication also discusses aesthetic debates concerning the sublime, as well as childhood wonder, curiosity and the loss of innocence. In addition to paintings and mezzotints, it considers related objects, such as contemporary scientific instruments.Published by National Gallery Global Ltd/Distributed by Yale University Press. …

Paperback. Zustand: New. A focus on Wright of Derby's hugely atmospheric 'candlelight' paintings, which have become his most popular works.Renowned for his depictions of dramatic contrasts between darkness and light, Joseph Wright of Derby created a significant series of paintings 'by candlelight' between 1765 and 1773. Centred around masterpieces including An Experiment on a Bird in the Air Pump from the National Gallery and A Philosopher Lecturing on the Orrery from Derby Museum and Art Gallery, this publication explores the social and artistic context of these pictures, foregrounding them as outstanding examples of European painting.The candlelight scenes offer a wealth of insights into Wright's own thinking as well as contemporary preoccupations during the 'Age of Enlightenment', reflecting the artist's concerns with death, melancholy, scientific progress and scepticism. The publication also discusses aesthetic debates concerning the sublime, as well as childhood wonder, curiosity and the loss of innocence. In addition to paintings and mezzotints, it considers related objects, such as contemporary scientific instruments.Published by National Gallery Global Ltd/Distributed by Yale University Press. …

Zustand: Good. 8 x 10 in., [8]pp., illustrations. Gray, textured paper card covers with titling on the front cover, saddle stiched. Includes important bibliographic information for the limited edition books of the press by John Ashbery, Galway Kinnell, W. S. Merwin, L. M. Rosenberg, Dave Smith, John Barth, Donald Barthelme, Samuel Beckett, Thomas Berger, Ray Bradbury, Raymond Carver, Robert Coover, Hary Crews, James Dickey, William Everson, Gerald R. Ford, John Gardner, Gunter Grass, John Hawkes, Laura (Riding) Jackson, Ken Kesey, Stephen King, Ursula K. Le Guin, Ross Macdonald, Norman Mailer, Joyce Carol Oates, Edna O'Brien, Robert B. Parker, Walker Percy, Reynold Price, James Purdy, Michel Tournier, Garry Trudeau, John Updike, Eudora Welty, and Diane Wakoski. From the estate of Herb Yellin (1935 - 2014), publisher of the Lord John Press.…