The encounter
Subtitle: drawings from Leonardo to Rembrandt
By: Tarnya Cooper & Charlotte Bolland
Contributors: Bolland, Charlotte, author; National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain)
Published: 2017
Language: eng
Number of pages: 192
ISBN-13: 9781855147751
Copyright date: 2017
Subjects: Baroque Drawing; European Portrait drawing; Exhibitions; Renaissance Drawing
Description: This book brings together fifty exquisite observational portrait drawings from the Renaissance and Baroque periods, including works by Leonardo da Vinci, Dürer, Bernini, Carracci, Clouet, Rubens, and Holbein. More than a record of appearance, these works capture a moment of connection between artist and sitter: an encounter. This book includes illuminating essays on drawing practice by the Gallery's Curatorial Director Tarnya Cooper, and on the collecting of portrait drawings in Britain by Jeremy Wood. Exhibition: National Portrait Gallery, London, UK (13.07.-22.10.2017).
Notes: Catalog of an exhibition held at the National Portrait Gallery, London, July 13-October 22, 2017.

Includes bibliographical references (pages 182-184) and index.

"The encounter" : July 13, 2017-October 22, 2017, National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain).
Table of contents: title: Introduction; title: Likeness, presence and the practice of Renaissance portrait drawing / Tarnya Cooper; title: Collectors and the popularity of portrait drawings in Britain / Jeremy Wood; title: Learning to draw and copying from the master; title: Drawing from life; title: Drawing in the studio: artists and assistants; title: Drawing among friends: the Carracci studio; title: Oil sketches: drawing in paint; title: Drawing children; title: Drawing the court: Hans Holbein the Younger; title: Capturing likeness.