Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace by Desmond Shawe-Taylor

Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace by Desmond Shawe-Taylor

In this beautifully designed book, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures, and Assistant Curator of Paintings, Isabella Manning, examine 65 of the most celebrated paintings from the Picture Gallery, which sits at the heart of Buckingham Palace.



With masterpieces by such artists as Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens, Titian, Jan Steen, Claude, and Canaletto, this publication offers new insights into these world-famous works of art. The authors encourage readers to look at the works in a new way and to consider how Claude paints a sky; how Rubens models the landscape through his use of color; and how Titian uses contrast to add gravitas to a portrait. Rather than re-treading the old boards of provenance and attribution, the authors seek to engage with different, perhaps riskier and more subjective, questions: asking not when were they painted and by whom, but why should we concern ourselves with them? A short introduction gives an account of the creation of the Picture Gallery and tells the story of the monarchs who curated this extraordinary collection of paintings and how the works entered the Collection.

Manning, Isabella: - Isabella Manning is assistant curator of paintings, Royal Collection Trust.

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ISBN 13	9781909741737
ISBN 10	1909741736
Title	Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace
Author	Desmond Shawe-Taylor
Condition	Unavailable
Binding Type	Hardback
Publisher	Royal Collection Trust
Year published	2020-11-26
Number of pages	44
Cover note	Book picture is for illustrative purposes only, actual binding, cover or edition may vary.