This revised edition of the National Gallery's popular and successful Companion Guide includes paintings recently acquired by the Gallery and long-term loans.

The National Gallery Companion Guide [Illustrated]

Arts & Photography

Langmuir, Erika

Collections, Catalogs & Exhibitions

National Gallery Publications, London

This reference work deals with all aspects of Western art from 1300 to the present day. It provides information on painters, sculptors, and graphic artists, technical processes, terminology, theory, schools, movements, patrons and collecting, and much more.

The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists

LYNTON, Norbert

Yale University Press

When we say that 'Love is blind' or 'Time flies' - making disembodied ideas sound like living beings - we are using the language of allegory, and incidentally bringing abstract notions within the scope of the visual arts. Painters in the past, and commercial artists in our own day, have relied on allegory to create 'message pictures'. Once thought to rival literary works or political oratory in influence and prestige, such paintings, with their references to ancient myth, the Bible or medieval astrology, all too often puzzle modern viewers. This Pocket Guide illustrates and explains the main types of visual allegory in Western art, and the contexts in which they were originally created and viewed, through some of the most beautiful and intriguing pictures in the National Gallery, London.

Allegory: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

Individual Artists

National Gallery London

This Pocket Guide shows how artists in past centuries translated outdoor space and light into paint, and how landscape imagery evolved from mere ornament into a visual metaphor of the human condition. The story is told from its beginnings in Roman mural decoration, through the Renaissance transformation of landscape into an ambitious vehicle for feelings and ideas, to the impressionist 'revolution' and beyond. The continuing relevance of art to how we see the world, and our place in it, is demonstrated through a practical discussion of optics of real and painted landscape, illustrated with works from the National Gallery, London.

Landscape: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

History & Criticism

This gorgeously illustrated and completely updated National Gallery Companion Guide introduces art lovers to one of the richest and most representative collections of Western European paintings in the world. Erika Langmuir offers enlightening commentary on more than two hundred of the London National Gallery's finest works by such painters as Piero della Francesca, Titian, Rembrandt, Rubens, Velázquez, Ingres, and Degas as well as masterpieces by less familiar artists. With this Guide, readers can trace the history of European painting from the thirteenth to the twentieth century; develop an eye for style, technique, imagery, and genre; and learn to appreciate the talents of artists in a variety of artistic and cultural contexts. The book takes into account the latest scholarship from the Gallery and includes discussions of the Gallery's newest high-profile acquisitions.

The National Gallery Companion Guide: New Revised Edition (National Gallery London Publications)

As we look at some of the best known and most engaging religious paintings in the Western tradition, it becomes clear that angels can have many intriguing characteristics--they need not be winged, their gender and age are uncertain, they may not even be good (Satan is a fallen angel). This original Pocket Guide examines the surprisingly complicated history of angels in Christian art.

Angels: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

Religion & Spirituality

This fascinating Pocket Guide examines the place of saints in Christian religious practice and in devotional art. Illustrated with paintings from the collection of the National Gallery, London, the book discusses the institutionalization of saints in the early Christian church, different types of saints, the process of canonization, veneration of local saints, internationally famous modern figures, and more.

Saints: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

Without contemporary accounts of Jesus' appearance, artists through the ages have been free to create many images of him--images that sometimes reflect the spiritual world of the artist and other times the desires of the patron or the needs of the spectator. In this magnificently illustrated book, Neil MacGregor traces the life of Christ and the development of Christian culture in the work of artists from different times and diverse cultures. Copublished with the National Gallery, London

Seeing Salvation: Images of Christ in Art

MacGregor, Neil

Religious

The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists isa superb reference work dealing with all aspects of Western art from 1300 to the present day. It provides information on painters, sculptors, and graphic artists, technical processes, terminology, theory, schools, movements, patrons and collecting, and much more. There are also extended conceptual entries ranging over such subjects as abstraction, allegory, genres, iconography, illusionism, minimalism, realism, and symbolism. Written by Erika Langmuir and Norbert Lynton, the 3,000 entries are unusually readable and lucid, providing vivid characterizations of artistic styles and artists. Entries vary between short and encyclopedic; major artists and artists whose careers or talents have recently been reassessed or who seem to merit reassessment are given a fuller treatment. There is extensive cross-referencing between entries.

Virtually everybody knows what kinds of things are represented in still life, but has difficulty explaining precisely what still life is. We are familiar enough with the subject matter - flowers, fruit, vegetables, pots and pans, tableware, books and musical instruments. Sometimes they are beautiful, ornate and desirable objects in themselves; very often they are commonplace household items. It is their representation in paint that makes them seem remarkable, and a source of special enjoyment.In this Pocket Guide Erika Langmuir examines the special fascination of still life, and what distinguishes it from other categories of painting. She discusses its evolution from the trompe l'oeil wall paintings of ancient Rome, through its revival in the age of Caravaggio and Velazquez, and again in the works of Cezanne and Picasso. The subject is more complex than it seems, going to the very heart of the relationship between art and reality, perception and representation, and touching on how artists view their role in society.

Still Life

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The National Gallery Companion Guide [Illustrated]

The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists

Allegory: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

Landscape: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

The National Gallery Companion Guide: New Revised Edition (National Gallery London Publications)

Angels: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

Saints: National Gallery Pocket Guide (National Gallery London Publications)

Seeing Salvation: Images of Christ in Art

The Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists

Still Life