A Closer Look Allegory by Erika Langmuir, softback published by The National Gallery. ISBN 978-1-8570-9485-5, price 7.99 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
The meaning of allegory is one thing in art that often eludes students. This book clarifies its meaning with the aid of paintings in the National Gallery. Theology, the Bible, the cardinal sins and virtues, astrology and [...]
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Allegory by Erika Langmuir
Angels by Erika Langmuir
A Closer Look Angels by Erika Langmuir, softback published by The National Gallery. ISBN 978-1-8570-9484-8, price 7.99 available from www.yalebooks.co.uk
Part of this excellent series from The National Gallery, Angels takes a closer look at paintings in the gallery with cherubims and angels galore. These pocket guides are the perfect companion to a walk through the [...]
The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art
The Arts of Africa at the Dallas Museum of Art by Roslyn Adele Walker, hardback published by Yale Press. ISBN 978-0-3001-3895-5, price 55.00 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
This is one of my favourite books of the year so far. It’s incredibly beautiful, full of excellent colour plates of African art. It depicts 120 artefacts from the Dallas Museum, [...]
A Closer Look – Faces by Alexander Sturgis
A Closer Look – Faces by Alexander Sturgis, softback from the National Gallery. ISBN 978-1-8570-9464-0, price 7.99 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
This handy pocket-sized book could accompany you on a visit to the National Gallery or be used by armchair lovers of art. It is a guide to some of the portraits that hang in the National Gallery, [...]
The Jaharis Gospel Lectionary
The Jaharis Gospel Lectionary, The Story of a Byzantine Book, by John Lowden, hardback published by The Metropolitan Museum of Art. ISBN 978-0-300-14899-2, price 18.99 from www.yalebooks.co.uk
The illustration on the front cover entices you to look inside this book and indeed it is beautifully produced with similar illustrations inside, but not enough for my taste. [...]