The collection of Early Renaissance painting in the National Gallery in London is one of the finest and most comprehensive in the world. This book provides a survey of European painting between 1260 and 1510, in both northern and southern Europe, based largely on the National Gallery collection, and is at the same time a guide to the paintings in the Gallery. It is published to coincide with the opening of the Sainsbury Wing in which the Early Renaissance collection will be exhibited. The authors explain the background of relious belief and devotional practice for which many of the paintings were created, and the secular requirements and ambitions which influenced them. They discuss the social context in which art was created and then displayed in the street, the palace or the church; and consider the role of the patron and the dealer. They describe the artist's workshop, consider the role of apprentices and assistance, discuss the influence of guilds and courts and explore the reasons for the introduction of new subjects and techniques and also the survival of traditions. The book goes on to supply an account of the materials and techniques of the early Renaissance artist. The preparation of panels, the application of gold leaf, the use of tempera and oil paint are all explained on the basis of research. After this introduction, some 70 of the finest and best known paintings in the gallery are examined in detail, including masterpieces by Duccio, Van Eyck, Mantegna, Piero della Francesca, Bouts, Bellini, Memling, Raphael and Leonardo.

Giotto to Durer: Early Renaissance Painting in the National Gallery (National Gallery London Publications)

Arts & Photography

Dunkerton, Professor Jill

History & Criticism

Yale University Press

Michelangelo`s first stay in Rome was a crucial period in his artistic production, a time when he created the life-sized marble sculptures Bacchus and the celebrated Piet... and worked on at least two important paintings now in the National Gallery, London-the Entombment and the Manchester Madonna. In this handsome book Michael Hirst presents the first coherent narrative of these years in Rome, and his perceptive comparison of the paintings and sculpture is supported by Jill Dunkerton`s lucid technical description of the making of the two National Gallery pictures. Published to accompany a major exhibition at the National Gallery in October.

The Young Michelangelo: The Artist in Rome, 1496-1501 and Michelangelo as a Painter on Panel; Making and Meaning (National Gallery London Publications)

Hirst, Michael

Individual Artists

National Gallery London

The main body of the book is a fully illustrated examination of eight important works of the period between 1270 and 1370, including large altarpieces consisting of many painted panels.

Italian Painting Before 1400: Art in the Making (National Gallery London Publications)

Kirby, Jo

Roy, Ashok

Bomford, David

Gordon, Ms. Dillian

This beautiful and eagerly awaited volume, companion to the earlier, highly regarded Giotto to Drer, is a guide to the sixteenth-century paintings of London`s National Gallery. The sumptuously illustrated book examines the finest works of such artists as Holbein, Raphael, Cranach, Titian, Gossaert, and Bronzino and provides fascinating insights into the individual masterpieces and their makers.

Durer to Veronese: Sixteenth-Century Painting in the National Gallery (National Gallery London Publications)

Foister, Professor Susan

Penny, Dr. Nicholas

This beautiful volume, companion to the earlier, highly regarded Giotto to Dürer, is a guide to the sixteenth-century paintings of London's National Gallery. It examines the finest works of such artists as Holbein, Raphael, Cranach, Titian, Gossaert, and Bronzino and provides fascinating insights into the individual masterpieces and their makers.

Durer to Veronese: Sixteenth-Century Painting in the National Gallery

Foister, Susan

Dunkerton, Jill

Penny, Nicholas

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