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Title:

A CLOSER LOOK: FACES

By:

Alexander Sturgis

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Paperback

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ISBN 10:

1857094646

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9781857094640

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Publisher:

NATIONAL GALLERY COMPANY LTD

Pub. date:

20 November, 2009

Series:

A Closer Look

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Description:

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.

Synopsis:

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.

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100 colour illustrations

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National Gallery Company Ltd

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