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National Portrait Gallery : a portrait of Britain / edited by Tarnya Cooper ; with a foreword by Sandy Nairne ; with an introduction by Robin Francis.

National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain), (owning institution.). Cooper, Tarnya, (editor,, writer of added text.). Nairne, Sandy, (writer of foreword.). Francis, Robin (Art historian), (writer of introduction.). Eade, Jane (Curator), (writer of added text.). MacLeod, Catharine, (writer of added text.). MacGibbon, Rab, (writer of added text.). Peltz, Lucy, (writer of added text.). Barlow, Clare, (writer of added text.). Burns, Emily (Curator), (writer of added text.). Funnell, Peter, 1956- (writer of added text.). Heath, Elizabeth (Art book editor), (writer of added text.). Moorehouse, Paul (Curator), (writer of added text.). Pepper, Terence, (writer of added text.). Atienza, Georgia, (writer of added text.). Broadley, Rosie, (writer of added text.). Freestone, Clare, (writer of added text.). Lyons, Imogen, (writer of added text.). Nicolaides, Constantia, (writer of added text.). Trompeteler, Helen, (writer of added text.). Howgate, Sarah, (writer of added text.). Fraser, Inga, (writer of added text.). Bolland, Charlotte, (writer of added text.).

Summary:

"A national pantheon of the greatest names in British history and culture, the collections of the National Portrait Gallery contain more than 11,000 paintings, sculptures and works on paper and over a quarter of a million photographs. There are kings and queens, courtiers and courtesans, politicians and poets, soldiers and scientists, artists and writers, philosophers and film stars individuals from every sphere. This book presents a broad selection of the personalities that have shaped the last four centuries of British life, from Elizabeth I to David Beckham, from Shakespeare to Seamus Heaney, portrayed by artists as diverse as Hans Holbein, David Bailey, Joshua Reynolds and Paula Rego. Special features ... provide insights into particular areas of the Collection, and an introductory essay explains the history and purpose of this great public institution"--Publisher's description.

Record details

ISBN: 9781855144859
Physical Description: 288 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 28 cm
Publisher: London : National Portrait Gallery Publications, [2014]
Copyright: ©2014

Content descriptions

General Note:

Includes index.

Formatted Contents Note:

Tudor portraits / Tarnya Cooper, Jane Eade -- Stuart portraits / Catharine MacLeod, Rab MacGibbon -- Georgian portraits / Lucy Peltz, Clare Barlow, Emily Burns -- Victorian and Edwardian portraits / Peter Funnell, Clare Barlow, Emily Burns, Elizabeth Heath -- Twentieth-century portraits / Paul Moorhouse, Terence Pepper, Georgia Atienza, Rosie Broadley, Clare Freestone, Imogen Lyons, Constantia Nicolaides, Helen Trompeteler -- Contemporary portraits / Sarah Howgate, Rosie Broadley, Inga Fraser -- How early portraits were made / Tarnya Cooper and Charlotte Bolland -- Miniatures / Rab MacGibbon -- Sculpture / Rosie Broadley -- Early photography / Clare Freestone -- Self-portraits / Rosie Broadley -- Portrait photography in the twentieth century / Terence Pepper -- Celebrity / Sarah Howgate -- Innovation in Portraiture / Inga Fraser.