A Closer Look: Faces
Book Details
Format
Paperback / Softback
Book Series
A Closer Look
ISBN-10
1857094646
ISBN-13
9781857094640
Publisher
National Gallery Company Ltd
Imprint
National Gallery Company Ltd
Country of Manufacture
US
Country of Publication
GB
Publication Date
Jan 5th, 2010
Print length
96 Pages
Weight
216 grams
Dimensions
21.00 x 14.90 x 0.80 cms
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How faces are captured shows in striking ways the artistic aims of those who painted them. But how can the depiction of a face suggest a personality? This book tackles this and other questions, and introduces such issues as the ideals of beauty and how portrait painters have captured a likeness and convey character.
Faces are everywhere in the National Gallery’s collection: in portraits and narrative scenes, in allegories and paintings of everyday life. It is often the faces shown that communicate most directly in a picture; their expressions may reveal the drama of a story, or the character of a sitter in a portrait. A Closer Look: Faces examines a wide array of fascinating faces found in paintings at the National Gallery. It explains why artists in the past created faces to look as they do, what painters through the ages have considered the "ideal" face, how faces are painted, and the reasons for the development of portrait painting. Illustrated with seventy pictures and beautiful details, this book provides an insider's view of the many faces in Western European art. Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
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