One hundred great paintings
Publisher: London : National Gallery
Published: 2010
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 216
ISBN-13: 9781857094930
Description: The National Gallery in London houses one of the richest collections of Western European paintings in the world, ranging from the 13th to the 20th century. In this beautiful book, one hundred of the greatest works from the collection, each by a different artist, are presented in chronological order, and accompanied by a lively, informative text and full-page color reproductions. From the earliest--a remnant of an Italian altarpiece dating from around 1265--to the most recent--Paul Cézanne's great Bathers, of about 1894--1905--each painting has been carefully chosen for the unique significance it holds; whether representing a particular artist, _place or time, or simply for its beauty and the pleasure it provides to the viewer. The painters featured here include some of the most famous names in European art--Duccio, Giotto, Dürer, Holbein, van Eyck, Botticelli, Leonardo, Michelangelo, Raphael, Titian, Rubens, Rembrandt, El Greco, Velázquez, Zurbarán, Goya, Caravaggio, Claude, Poussin, Hogarth, Gainsborough, Reynolds, Constable, Turner, Courbet, Manet, Monet, Renoir, Degas, Rousseau, and Van Gogh--and some of the most iconic paintings in the world--The Wilton Diptych, The Arnolfini Portrait, The Ambassadors, and Sunflowers. These selected highlights introduce some of the most inspiring paintings ever made. The reader can dip in to explore individual paintings, or read from cover to cover for a full survey.
Table of contents: title: Virgin and child enthroned / Margarito of Arezzo ** Virgin and child with angels / Cimabue ** Healing of a man born blind / Duccio ** Coronation of the Virgin with adoring saints / Di Cione ** Wilton diptych ** Virgin and child / Masaccio ** Vision of Saint Eustace / Pisanello ** Saint Francis renounces his earthly father / Sassetta ** Battle Of San Romano / Uccello ** Annunciation / Lippi ** Baptism of Christ / Della Francesca ** Portrait of a lady / Baldovinetti ** Arnolfini portrait / Van Eyck ** Man and a woman / Campin ** Entombment / Bouts ** Deposition / Master of Saint Bartholomew altarpiece ** Saint Michael triumphs over the devil / Bermejo ** Agony in the garden / Mantegna ** Tobias and the angel / Verrocchio ** Martyrdom of Saint Sebastian / Pollaiuolo ** Venus and Mars / Botticelli ** Annunciation, with Saint Emidius / Crivelli ** Fight between the lapiths and the centaurs / Di Cosimo ** Three panels from an altarpiece, Certosa / Perugino ** Penelope with the suitors / Pintoricchio ** Doge Leonardo Loredan / Bellini ** Donne Triptych / Memling ** Saint Jerome / Dürer ** Christ mocked / Bosch ** Virgin of the rocks / Da Vinci ** Entombment / Michelangelo ** Madonna of the pinks / Raphael ** Mass of Saint Giles / Master of Saint Giles ** Virgin and child with saints and donor / David ** Adoration of the kings / Gossaert ** Saint Jerome in a rocky landscape / Patinir ** Joseph with Jacob in Egypt / Pontormo ** Madonna and child with saints / Parmigianino ** Cupid complaining to Venus / Cranach the elder ** Ambassadors / Holbein the younger ** Diana and Actaeon / Titian ** Giovanni Della Volta with his wife and children / Lotto ** Portrait of a young man / De Brescia ** Allegory with Venus and Cupid / Bronzino ** Family of Darius before Alexander / Veronese ** Origin of the Milky Way / Tintoretto ** Adoration of the kings / Breugel the elder ** Four elements: fire / Beuckelaer ** Samson and Delilah / Rubens ** Equestrian portrait of Charles I / Van Dyck ** Concert / Brugghen ** Young man holding a skull / Hals ** Self portrait at the age of 34 / Rembrandt ** Large dort / Cuyp ** Courtyard of a house in Delft / De Hooch ** Interior of the Buurkerk at Utrecht / Saenredam ** Still life with drinking horn / Kalf ** Effects of intemperance / Steen ** Young woman standing at a virginal / Vermeer ** Landscape with a ruined castle and a church / Van Ruisdale ** Avenue at Middelharnis / Hobbema ** Seaport with the embarkation of Saint Ursula / Claude ** Adoration of the golden calf / Poussin ** Cardinal de Richelieu / De Champaigne ** Alexander and his doctor / Le Sueur ** Supper at Emmaus / Caravaggio ** Christ appearing to Saint Peter on the Appian Way / Carracci ** Dead Christ mourned by two angels / Guercino ** Perseus turning Phineas and his followers to stone / Giordano ** Christ driving the traders from the temple / El Greco ** Saint Francis in meditation / Zurbarán ** Toilet of Venus / Velázquez ** Heavenly and earthly trinities / Murillo ** Still life with oranges and walnuts / Meléndez ** Duke Of Wellington / Goya ** Stonemason’s yard / Canaletto ** Allegory with Venus and Time / Tiepolo ** Scale of love / Watteau ** House of cards / Chardin ** Madame de Pompadour at her tambour frame / Drouais ** Portrait of Jacobus Blauw / David ** Marriage a-la-mode: 1, the marriage settlement / Hogarth ** Mr. and Mrs. Andrews / Gainsborough ** Colonel Tarleton / Reynolds ** Whistlejacket / Stubbs ** Hay wain / Constable ** Fighting Temeraire / Turner ** Execution of lady Jane Grey / Delaroche ** Peasants under the trees at dawn / Corot ** Madame Moitessier / Ingres ** Young ladies on the bank of the Seine / Courbet ** Execution of Maximilian / Manet ** Bathers at La Grenouillere / Monet ** Umbrellas / Renoir ** Boulevard Montmartre at night / Pissaro ** Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando / Degas ** Bathers at Asnieres / Seurat ** Sunflowers / Van Gogh ** Surprised! / Rousseau ** Bathers (Les Grandes Baigneuses) / Cezanne.