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British painting : in the National Gallery of Art / Hereward Lester Cooke; National Gallery of Art.
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TextLanguage: English Publication details: Washington : National Gallery of Art, 1960.Description: 43 páginas : ilustraciones a color ; 19 cmSubject(s): DDC classification: - 759.2 C66b
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Summary: Britain, which throughout her long history has produced men of literary genius in such profusion, in the visual arts for centuries lagged behind her European neighbors. Although during the age of Chaucer, English, builders, stonemasons, stained-glass workers, ivory carvers and manuscript illuminators, as skilled as any in Europe, had created many works of art across the length and breadth of the land, this art was in large measure derivative from French and other continental artistic traditions. Partly because of the strength of this medieval heritage, which was combined with a persistent feudalism, a geographic remoteness on the periphery of European civilization, and a decline of the power and artistic patronage of the Church, England did not play a significant part in the surge of creative activity which marked the early Renaissance of other countries. During the age of Shakespeare English Painters were content to follow the time-honored customs of of the manuscript illuminators using flat patterns of color, precise outlines, and stiff heraldic poses.
Blake William -- Constable, John -- Crome, John ("Old Crome") -- Gainsborough, Thomas -- Hoppner, John -- Lawrence, Sir Thomas -- Morland, George -- Raeburn, Sir Joshua -- Romney, George -- Stubbs, George -- Turner, Joseph Mallord William.
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Galería Santa Fe General | Biblioteca | 759.2 C66b | 1 | Available | 038674 |
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