The
Art of Thomas Gainsborough : 'a Little Business for the Eye'
by Michael Rosenthal
The
Dark Side of the Landscape : The Rural Poor in English Painting 1730-1840
by John Barrell (Author)
(Paperback - October 1983)
Gainsborough
(Colour Library)
by Nicola Kalinsky, Thomas Gainsborough
(Paperback - September 1995)
Thomas
Gainsborough: A Country Life
by Hugh Belsey
(Hardcover - October 2002)
Thomas
Gainsborough (British Artist Series)
by Martin Postle
(Paperback - February 2003)
Thomas
Gainsborough
by Michael Rosenthal (Editor), Martin Myrone (Editor)
(Hardcover)
Gainsborough
in Bath
by Susan Sloman, Susan Legouix
(Hardcover)
The
Letters of Thomas Gainsborough
by Thomas Gainsborough, John Hayes (Editor)
(Hardcover - April 2001)
Gainsborough
(World of Art)
by William Vaughan
Book Description: Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) is one of
the most appealing English artists of the eighteenth century. Renowned
for such elegant portraits as The Blue Boy and Countess Howe, he also pioneered
a new form of landscape with a moody sensibility that prefigured the Romantic
movement. A brilliant draftsman, his art is full of inventiveness and visual
delight. Drawing upon recently discovered material, William Vaughan provides
a fresh perspective on both the life and art of this master. He shows how
closely Gainsborough's innovative manner can be connected to social and
political developments in Britain, in particular the celebration of original
genius in a time of burgeoning entrepreneurial commercialism. Above all,
he demonstrates how, beneath the artist's charm, there lay a bedrock of
shrewd observation and pictorial intelligence that gives his work a value
for all time. 176 illustrations, 61 in color.
Paperback: 224 pages ; Dimensions (in inches): 0.56 x
8.36 x 6.04
Publisher: Thames & Hudson; (June 2002)
ISBN: 050020358X
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