Gainsborough

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Gainsborough

edited by Michael Rosenthal and Martin Myrone ; with contributions by Rica Jones ... [et al.]

Tate, 2002

  • : hbk
  • : pbk

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Published by order of the Tate Trustees on the occasion of the exhibition at Tate Britain, London 24 October 2002 - 19 January 2003

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Volume

: pbk ISBN 9781854373977

Description

This work looks at the art of Thomas Gainsborough, widely acknowledged as one of the great masters of the 18th century. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the Tate Britain the text aims to demonstrate the sheer range, quality and originality of this artist's work. It intends to present a new angle of the artist, exploring his studio practice and innovative use of colour as well as highlighting the inventiveness and complexity of his techniques. Gainsborough shunned the theory-led practice of the Royal Academy in preference for an art based on pleasure over convention, this volume draws on the view that his work has a continuing significance for British culture today.

Table of Contents

  • Gainsborough's studio, Martin Postle and Rica Jones. Catalogue: exhibition pictures
  • landscape and the poor
  • portraiture
  • sensibility and fashion
  • late works.
Volume

: hbk ISBN 9781854374448

Description

Gainsborough is widely acknowledged as one of the masters of eighteenth-century art. Published to accompany a major exhibition at Tate Britain in the Autumn of 2002, this book demonstrates the sheer range, quality and originality of Gainborough's ouevre, from his naturalistic landscapes to his glamorous yet highly sophisticated portraits. Alongside some of the most familiar images in British art, epitomising the elegance and charm of the age, these are rarely seen examples that contibute a new and perhaps surprising vision of the artist's work. Favouring visual pleasure over convention, yet producing works that are intellectually rewarding and vibrant, Gainsborough, as this book reveals, has a continuing significance for British culture today.

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