Gainsborough A Portrait English Edition
Télécharger Gainsborough A Portrait English Edition PDF James Hamilton - pb Selected as a Book of the Year in iThe Timesi iSunday Timesi and iObserver ibbr bbbr bCompulsively readable the pages seem to turn themselves John Carey iSunday Times ibbr bBbbrings one of the very greatest artists vividly to life iLiterary Reviewi bppThomas Gainsborough 172788 lived as if electricity shot through his sinews and crackled at his finger ends He was a gentle and empathetic family man but had a volatility that could lead him to slash his paintings and a loose libidinous way of speaking writing and behaving that shocked many deeply He would be dynamite in polite society todayppIn this exhilarating new biography the first in decades James Hamilton reveals Gainsborough in his many contexts the easygoing Suffolk lad transported to the heights of fashion by a natural talent the rakeonthemake in London learning his art in the shadow of Hogarth falling on his feet when he married a dukes daughter with a handsome private income the top societyportrait painter in Bath and London who earned huge sums by bringing the right people into his studio the charming and amusing friend of George III and Queen Charlotte who nevertheless kept clear of the aristocratic embraceppThere has been much art history written about this chameleon of art but with fresh insights into original sources iGainsborough A Portrait itransforms our understanding of this fascinating man and enlightens the century that bore himp
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Details of Gainsborough A Portrait English Edition
| Le Titre Du Livre | Gainsborough A Portrait English Edition |
| Auteur | James Hamilton |
| EAN | B01M8PJF9M |
| Livres Format | eBook, PDF, ePub |
| Langue | EN |
| Nom de fichier | gainsborough-a-portrait-english-edition.pdf |
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