Frames
By: Nicholas Penny.
Series: Pocket guides; Pocket guides (National Gallery (Great Britain))
Publisher: National Gallery Publications; Distributed by Yale University Press
Published: 1997
Place of publication: London; [New Haven, Conn.]
Language: eng
Number of pages: 64
Subjects: National Gallery (Great Britain) -- Guidebooks.; Picture frames and framing.
Description: Frames often catch the eye and arouse the curiosity of visitors to galleries and museums, yet labels and catalogues rarely comment on them. In this elegant survey, Nicholas Penny conveys his passionate interest in the history of frames, the design and techniques of frame-making, what frames do for paintings, and the part they play in the decoration and often the architecture of an interior.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 63-64).