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The great age of British watercolours, 1750-1880

The great age of British watercolours, 1750-1880

Wilton, Andrew, author.
Book 1993

"The revolution in watercolours of the later eighteenth century and its Victorian aftermath is acknowledged to be one of the greatest triumphs of British art. Its effect was to transform the modest tinted drawing of the topographer into a powerful and highly flexible means of expression for some of the Romantic era's greatest artists, among them Thomas Girtin, J.M.W. Turner and John Constable. The painters of the next generation were no less ambi...

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ISBN:
9783791312545
3791312545
Description:
339 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 31 cm
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Notes:
"First published on the occasion of the exhibition 'The Great Age of British Watercolours, 1750-1880', held at the Royal Academy of Arts, London, 15 January-12 April 1993, and at the National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C., 9 May-25 July 1993"--T.p verso
"The exhibition was organized by the Royal Academy of Arts and the National Gallery of Art"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references (pages 333-335) and index
Contents:
Introduction : Ambition and Ambiguity : Watercolour in Britain
I. The structure of landscape : Eighteenth century Theory
II. Man in the Landscape : The Art of Topography
III. Naturalism
Iv. Picturesque, Antipicturesque : The Composition of Romantic Landscape
V. Light and Atmosphere
VI. The Exhibition Watercolour
LCCN:
98171298
Control Number:
46535
Other Authors:
Lyles, Anne
National Gallery of Art (U.S.)
Royal Academy of Arts (Great Britain)
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