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Author Chesneau, Ernest, 1833-1890.

Title English painting / Ernest Chesneau
Published New York : Parkstone Press International, ©2013

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Description 1 online resource (255 pages) : illustrations
Contents THE OLD MASTERS (1730-1850); Portrait, Historical, and Genre Painting; LANDSCAPE AND WATERCOLOUR PAINTING; Painting in Watercolour; THE MODERN SCHOOL (1850-1882); THE PRE-RAPHAELITES; Pre-Raphaelite Landscape; LANDSCAPE, GENRE, AND HISTORICAL PAINTING; Landscape and Rural Life; Genre Painting; Historical Painting; NOTES; INDEX
Summary The English school of painting was officially recognisedat the beginning of the 18th century through the work ofWilliam Hogarth. It includes works by the most famousEnglish artists, such as Thomas Gainsborough, JosephMallord William Turner, John Constable, Edward Burne-Jones, and Dante Gabriel Rossetti. This subject is introducedwith a very unique text, published in 1882: a French studyof English pictorial art. The author, Ernest Chesneau, washighly-cultured, an art historian and inspector of Fine Arts. He explains the beginnings of this school which excels inportraiture and landscapes, and rem
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Subject Painting, British.
Painting.
Paintings
ART -- History -- General.
Painting
Painting, British
Form Electronic book
ISBN 9781780428888
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9781783107919
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