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224 pages : illustrations (chiefly color), portraits (chiefly color) ; 29 cm |
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| Contents |
Thomas Gainsborough : the modern landscape / Christoph Martin Vogtherr -- Gainsborough and Netherlandish painting / Sandra Pisot -- 'A very great genius in that way': Gainsborough: Becoming a landscape painter / Mark Bills -- Gainsborough's portrayal of social reality in the countryside / Josephine Karg -- Gainsborough as modern artist: Figure and landscape - light and colour / Bettina Gockel -- Experiment and variation: Painting's possibilities / Katharina Hoins -- Gainsborough at work on his landscapes / Rica Jones -- A double capacity: Gainsborough at the summer exhibition / Mark Hallett. |
| Summary |
Thomas Gainsborough (1727-1788) is one of the great European painters of the 18th century. This volume is the first to present the English artist as a pivotal figure in the development of 'modern' landscape painting, a genre in which his painterly experiments were particularly innovative. Gainsborough himself favoured landscape painting, a field to which he made important contributions, over his well-known portraits. His works are fascinating for their painterly subtlety and technical variation. This volume brings together German and British traditions of viewing, interpreting, and studying Gainsborough. It looks at the connections to the Dutch landscapes, explains Gainsborough's unusual and experimental techniques from an art technological point of view, and situates his landscapes in the context of the social tensions of early industrialisation. Exhibition: Hamburger Kunsthalle, Germany (02.03. - 27.05.2018). |
| Bibliography |
Includes bibliographical references (pages 216-221). |
| Language |
Translated from the German. |
| Exhibitions |
Exhibited: "Thomas Gainsborough-the modern landscape", Hamburger Kunsthalle, March 2-May 27, 2018. |
| Subject |
Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788 -- Exhibitions.
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788. (OCoLC)fst00035624
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Landscapes in art -- Exhibitions.
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Landscape painting, English -- 18th century -- Exhibitions.
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Landscape painting, English. (OCoLC)fst00991986
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Landscapes in art. (OCoLC)fst01899801
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| Chronological Term |
1700-1799
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| Genre/Form |
Exhibition catalogs. (OCoLC)fst01424028
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Exhibition catalogs.
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| Added Author |
Vogtherr, Christoph Martin, editor.
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Hoins, Katharina, editor.
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Gainsborough, Thomas, 1727-1788.
Paintings. Selections.
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Hamburger Kunsthalle, host institution.
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| Added Title |
Modern landscape |
| Translation Of: |
Translation of: Thomas Gainsborough : Die moderne Landschaft (Exhibition : 2018 : Hamburg, Germany). Thomas Gainsborough 9783777429960 (OCoLC)1029071070 |
| ISBN |
9783777429977 (English edition) |
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377742997X (English edition) |
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9783777429960 (German edition) |
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3777429961 |
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9783777429960 |
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