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! John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own ✓ PDF Download by ! Anthony Bailey eBook or Kindle ePUB Online free. John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own Today, Constable's reputation is on the rise once again, as witnessed by the exhibitions of his most famous paintings at Tate Britain, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Huntington Gallery in California. A major new biography of the great English landscape painter, by longtime New Yorker writer Anthony Bailey. Anthony Bailey's important new book explores Constable's life and work, highlighting throughout the dramatic tension between the two.. Born in 1776, John Constab
| Title | : | John Constable: A Kingdom of his Own |
| Author | : | |
| Rating | : | 4.35 (851 Votes) |
| Asin | : | 0701178841 |
| Format Type | : | paperback |
| Number of Pages | : | 384 Pages |
| Publish Date | : | 2017-01-28 |
| Language | : | English |
Bailey's meticulous scholarship at times overwhelms with detail disproportionate to its larger relevance, and interesting issues, such as contemporary criticism of Constable, invite further analysis. (Feb. Bailey (Vermeer: A View of Delft), a longtime New Yorker contributor and prolific author, seeks to expose both the chiaro and scuro in the painter's life and work—a perspective, argues Bailey, left largely unrealized in the only other full-length biography of Constable, Charles Leslie's 1843 Memoirs of the Life of John Constable. Color and b&w illus., maps. Bailey writes with
Today, Constable's reputation is on the rise once again, as witnessed by the exhibitions of his most famous paintings at Tate Britain, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Huntington Gallery in California. A major new biography of the great English landscape painter, by longtime New Yorker writer Anthony Bailey. Anthony Bailey's important new book explores Constable's life and work, highlighting throughout the dramatic tension between the two.. Born in 1776, John Constable was destined for his father's milling business, but he was obdurately opposed to this and persuaded his family he should become an artist. In the same determined spirit, he persisted in painting landscapes at a time when history paintings and portraits were the fashion
hmf"an engaging chronicle of Constable's private life" according to hmf22. Anthony Bailey's biography of John Constable is, I believe, the first full-scale biography of Constable in over a century. Bailey did a fine job of sifting through the sources and constructing a meticulous account of Constable's private life, yet this book is more of a chatty chronicle than a rigorous analysis of Constable's life and work. Reading it, I learned something about Constable's education, his relationships with patrons and other artists, and his experience of marketing his paintings, a great deal about his relations wit. "an engaging chronicle of Constable's private life" according to hmf22. Anthony Bailey's biography of John Constable is, I believe, the first full-scale biography of Constable in over a century. Bailey did a fine job of sifting through the sources and constructing a meticulous account of Constable's private life, yet this book is more of a chatty chronicle than a rigorous analysis of Constable's life and work. Reading it, I learned something about Constable's education, his relationships with patrons and other artists, and his experience of marketing his paintings, a great deal about his relations wit. said an engaging chronicle of Constable's private life. Anthony Bailey's biography of John Constable is, I believe, the first full-scale biography of Constable in over a century. Bailey did a fine job of sifting through the sources and constructing a meticulous account of Constable's private life, yet this book is more of a chatty chronicle than a rigorous analysis of Constable's life and work. Reading it, I learned something about Constable's education, his relationships with patrons and other artists, and his experience of marketing his paintings, a great deal about his relations wit
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