Art Galleries of the World [Lingua Inglese] - Brossura

Langdon, Helen

Brossura

ISBN 10: 1873429460 ISBN 13: 9781873429464

Casa editrice: Pallas Athene Pub, 2003

Riassunto

This is an invaluable pocket guide to the art of the Western world, covering all the essential places to visit and setting the major works in the collections in their historical and social context. Helen Langdon takes us to the best-loved museums around the world, but also to a vast selection of minor but equally fascinating galleries, churches, villas, and houses, where she draws our attention to outstanding paintings and sculptures. Whether guiding us to the scuole of Venice or the avant-garde galleries of New York, whether to the National Gallery in London or to private collections in Rome, this fascinating work of reference is a must for every traveller and art lover.

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Recensione:

A wonderful companion... this book is both beautiful and useful --Traveller

For the high-minded backpacker or busy professional looking for intelligent inspiration for a week away, this book would be a useful addition to the traveller's library --Country Life

An informed and detailed assessment by someone with a deep understanding of art --Martin Gayford, The Sunday Telegraph

An invaluable book --Sainsbury's Magazine

An invaluable and compact guide... I, for one, am looking forward to taking this colourful companion with me on my next holiday --The LadyA fascinating reference book --The Artist

The usefulness cannot be denied... sufficient breadth of content and clarity of purpose to have wide appeal among the uninitiated, and yet would not be out of place on the shelves of the most knowledgeable art pundit --Art Quarterly

Handy --Wanderlust

L'autore:

Helen Langdon was born in Yorkshire and educated at Newnham College, Cambridge and the Courtauld Institute of Art. She lectures in art history at the universities of Glasgow and Manchester, and as a visiting lecturer in Malta and Australia, and has worked for the education department at the National Gallery, British Museum and National Portrait Gallery.

Helen Langdon's books include an acclaimed biography of Caravagio, studies of Salvator Rosa and Claude Lorraine, and she was editor of the Italian Renaissance and Baroque section of the Macmillan Dictionary of Art.

She lives in London.

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• Editore: Pallas Athene Pub
• Data di pubblicazione: 2003
• ISBN 10: 1873429460
• ISBN 13: 9781873429464
• Rilegatura: Copertina flessibile
• Numero edizione: 2
• Numero di pagine: 526