John Constable : the making of a master / Mark Evans ; with Stephen Calloway and Susan Owens.
John Constable : the making of a master / Mark Evans ; with Stephen Calloway and Susan Owens.
John Constable : the making of a master / Mark Evans ; with Stephen Calloway and Susan Owens.
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Full title
Call Numbers
GQ 2015/145
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MMS ID
Language
English
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Physical Description
Physical content
223 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portrait ; 25 x 29 cm.
Content type
text
still image
Media type
unmediated
Carrier type
volume
Contents
Foreword -- Introduction -- Origins: seeking the truth at second hand -- Outdoor oil sketches and studies: faithful and brilliant transcriptions of the thing of the moment- nature caught in the very act -- Collector: the interesting and valuable collection formed by the late John Constable, Esq. R.A...
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Edition
Hardback edition.
Place of Publication
England
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Scope and Contents
Summary
Criticized in his lifetime for his rough handling of paint, John Constable's (1776-1837) paintings have long defined the idea of the English countryside, its geography fully captured by his remarkable naturalism. His vivid and timeless oil sketches, as he called them, have been celebrated since the 1890s as precursors of Impressionism, Modernism, a...
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Full title
John Constable : the making of a master / Mark Evans ; with Stephen Calloway and Susan Owens.
Authors, Artists and Contributors
Notes
General note
Published to accompany the exhibition of the same name held at the Victoria and Albert Museum, London, 20th September 2014 - 11th January 2015.
Includes notes.
Includes bibliographical references (pages 215-219) and index.
Identifiers
Primary Identifiers
Call Numbers
GQ 2015/145
Record Identifier
74VKJNwZa3Jd
Permalink
https://devfeature-collection.sl.nsw.gov.au/record/74VKJNwZa3Jd
Other Identifiers
ISBN
1851778004 hardbound
9781851778003 hardbound
DDC
759.2
MMS ID
991022241379702626
