Author: Joseph Darracott
Publisher:
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Category : Artists
Languages : en
Pages : 154

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Author: James Hamilton
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1639362738
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 425

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A fresh and lively biography of the revolutionary landscape painter John Constable. John Constable, who captured the landscapes and skies of southern England in a way never before seen on canvas, is beloved but little-understood artist. His paintings reflect visions of landscape that shocked and perplexed his contemporaries: attentive to detail, spontaneous in gesture, brave in their use of color. His landscapes show that he had sharp local knowledge of the environment. His skyscapes show a clarity of expression rarely seen in other artist's work. The figures within show an understanding of the human tides of his time. And his late paintings of Salisbury Cathedral show a rare ability to transform silent, suppressed passion into paint. Constable was also an active and energetic correspondent. His letters and diaries reveal a man of opinion, passion, and discord. His letters also reveal the lives and circumstances of his extended family who serve to define the social and economic landscape against which he can be most clearly seen. These multifaceted reflections draw a sharp picture of the person, as well as the painter. James Hamilton's biography reveals a complex and troubled man. Hamilton's portrait explodes previous mythologies about this timeless artist and establishes him in his proper context as a giant of European art.

Author: W. Jeffcott
Publisher:
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Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 82

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Author: Mary Sturge Gretton
Publisher: Bloomsbury Academic
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 338

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Author: Freda Constable
Publisher: Lund Humphries Publishers Limited
ISBN:
Category : Art
Languages : en
Pages : 108

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Acknowledged as one of the greatest English wood-engravers, Eric Ravilious was also a serious landscape watercolourist. This aspect of his oeuvre was generally neglected until the publication of The England of Eric Ravilious, a study hailed on publication as 'an irresistible book about a still underrated artist'.

Author: Gareth P. Jones
Publisher: Hot Key Books
ISBN: 1471400123
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 284

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A darkly comic Dickensian ghost story from Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones: it's not the dead you'll need to worry about! Sam Toop lives in a funeral parlour, blessed (or cursed) with an unusual gift. While his father buries the dead, Sam is haunted by their constant demands for attention. Trouble is afoot on the 'other side' - there is a horrible disease that is mysteriously imprisoning ghosts into empty houses in the world of the living. And Sam is caught in the middle - will he be able to bring himself to help? Blue Peter Award winner Gareth P. Jones has woven a darkly comic story, a wonderfully funny adventure that roams the grimy streets of Victorian London.

Author: William Henry Ireland
Publisher:
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Category : Kent (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 804

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Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
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Category : Law
Languages : en
Pages : 638

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Author: Great Britain
Publisher:
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Category : Great Britain
Languages : en
Pages : 1026

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Author: William Henry Ireland
Publisher:
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Category : Kent (England)
Languages : en
Pages : 814

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