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Faces: National Gallery Pocket Guide (national Gallery London Publications) by Alexander Sturgis; National Gallery London is a art available to read on EtoBox.
What is Faces: National Gallery Pocket Guide (national Gallery London Publications) about?
Faces in pictures have much to communicate to us. This Pocket Guide examines a wide array of fascinating faces found in paintings in the Collection at the National Gallery in London. The book explains why artists in file past created faces to look as they do, what painters through the ages have considered the "ideal" face, how faces are painted, and the reasons for the development of portrait painting. Illustrated with seventy pictures and beautiful details, this book provides an insider's view
Who reads Faces: National Gallery Pocket Guide (national Gallery London Publications)?
It is typically read by collectors seeking rare, out-of-print or specialist editions.
Common subject areas: rare and out-of-print works.
- Author
- Alexander Sturgis; National Gallery London
- Publisher
- National Gallery Publications ; Distributed by Yale University Press
- Published
- 1998
- Language
- EN
- ISBN
- 9781857092226
- Category
- art
- Subjects
- Art, History, Technology
- Updated
- 2026-03-25
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