John Constable: The Making of a Master

Evans, Mark

ISBN 10: 1851778004 / ISBN 13: 9781851778003

Verlag: V & A Publishing, 2014

Publisher's hardback in nearly new condition: firm and square, strong joints, sharp corners, no bumps. Complete with original dustjacket: sharp and bright, no tears, no chips. Contents crisp, tight and clean; no pen-marks. Not from a library so no such stamps or labels. Looks unread. Thus a tidy book in very presentable condition. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 212238

Inhaltsangabe:

The remarkable naturalism of John Constable's paintings has always been acknowledged, and his 'vivid and timeless' (as he called them) oil sketches have been celebrated since the 1890s as precursors of Impressionism, modernism and photographic composition. He remains a powerful influence on contemporary artists, and was famously Lucian Freud's favourite painter. He was also hailed in 1866 as the first painter whose 'art is purely and thoroughly English', and his studio oil paintings have helped to define our idea of the English countryside. Published to accompany a major V&A exhibition, this book evaluates these aspects of Constable's work, placing the artist's naturalism and studio work in the context of his wider practice - in particular his talent for copying, and extensive print collection. A companion volume to John Constable: Oil Sketches from the Victoria and Albert Museum (page6, V&A, 2011), this book shows how the artist's reverence for the Old Masters is not incompatible with his revolutionary handling of paint: where others competed with the Masters, Constable assimilated their ideas and values to imbue his own naturalistic vision with dynamism.

Über die Autorin bzw. den Autor: Mark Evans is Senior Curator of Paintings at the V&A. He has written extensively on painting from the Renaissance to the early twentieth century and is the author of numerous books including: The Painted World: From Illumination to Abstraction (V&A, 2005), Raphael: Cartoons and Paintings for the Sistine Chapel (V&A, 2010) and John Constable: Oil Sketches from the V&A (V&A, 2011).

Bibliografische Details

Titel: John Constable: The Making of a Master
Verlag: V & A Publishing
Erscheinungsdatum: 2014
Einband: Hardcover
Zustand: Like New
Zustand des Schutzumschlags: Like New
Auflage: First Edition.