The National Gallery: London
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Standing as one of the world's great repositories of Western European painting, the National Gallery in London houses a collection that spans seven centuries of artistic achievement — and Philip Hendy, writing as its Director, presents an authoritative and richly informed survey of its treasures. This volume chronicles the Gallery's origins, its curatorial philosophy, and the masterworks that define its walls, from the gilded altarpieces of the Italian primitives to the shimmering canvases of the French Impressionists, guiding the reader through rooms that have shaped the public understanding of art in Britain and beyond. Hendy writes with the intimate authority of a man who shaped the institution itself, bringing both scholarly rigour and genuine passion to his subject. His prose illuminates not merely the paintings, but the ideas and histories embedded within them, arguing implicitly for the Gallery as a living, democratic space where great art belongs to everyone. A landmark work in the literature of museum studies and art history, this is an indispensable companion for anyone who has stood before a canvas in Trafalgar Square and wished to understand more deeply what they were seeing — and why it matters.
Author: Philip Hendy
Format: Hardback
Published: 1960, Thames and Hudson
Genre: History of arts
Edition: First ed.
Condition remarks:
Book: Fair
Jacket: N/A
Pages: Good
Standing as one of the world's great repositories of Western European painting, the National Gallery in London houses a collection that spans seven centuries of artistic achievement — and Philip Hendy, writing as its Director, presents an authoritative and richly informed survey of its treasures. This volume chronicles the Gallery's origins, its curatorial philosophy, and the masterworks that define its walls, from the gilded altarpieces of the Italian primitives to the shimmering canvases of the French Impressionists, guiding the reader through rooms that have shaped the public understanding of art in Britain and beyond. Hendy writes with the intimate authority of a man who shaped the institution itself, bringing both scholarly rigour and genuine passion to his subject. His prose illuminates not merely the paintings, but the ideas and histories embedded within them, arguing implicitly for the Gallery as a living, democratic space where great art belongs to everyone. A landmark work in the literature of museum studies and art history, this is an indispensable companion for anyone who has stood before a canvas in Trafalgar Square and wished to understand more deeply what they were seeing — and why it matters.