Masterpieces from the National Gallery (National Gallery Company)

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This handsomely designed and illustrated book presents thirty-six masterpieces from the National Galleryx2019;s remarkable and unparalleled collection, introducing major artists through their most renowned works. Each of the featured paintingsx96;x96;which together outline the main innovations in art historyx96;x96;is discussed in fascinating detail. Among those included are Van Eyckx2019;s Portrait of Giovanni Arnolfini and his Wife, Piero della Francescax2019;s The Baptism of Christ, Botticellix2019;s Venus and Mars, Leonardo da Vincix2019;s The Virgin of the Rocks, DxFC;rerx2019;s Saint Jerome, Michelangelox2019;s The Entombment, Titianx2019;s Bacchus and Ariadne, Bronzinox2019;s An Allegory with Venus and Cupid, Caravaggiox2019;s The Supper at Emmaus, Rembrandtx2019;s Belshazzarx2019;s Feast, Poussinx2019;s A Bacchanalian Revel before a Term of Pan, VelxE1;zquezx2019;s 'The Rokeby Venusx2019;, Vermeerx2019;s A Young Woman Standing at a Virginal, Turnerx2019;s The Fighting Temeraire, Ingresx2019; Madame Moitessier, Monetx2019;s Bathers at La GrenouillxE8;re, Degasx2019; Miss La La at the Cirque Fernando, CxE9;zannex2019;s Self Portrait, Seuratx2019;s Bathers at AsnixE8;res, and Van Goghx2019;s Sunflowers.

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Erika Langmuir was head of education at the National Gallery from 1988 to 1995. She is co-author of the Yale Dictionary of Art and Artists and author of the National Gallery Companion Guide, several titles from the best-selling National Gallery Pocket Guides series, and the forthcoming Imagining Childhood: Themes in the Imagery of Childhood, all published by Yale University Press.