Gainsborough's Vision by Amal; Williamson, Paul Asfour ISBN 13: 9780853238744

Hardback. Very Good.

Liverpool University Press, 1999. Hardcover. Good/Good. Has some light general reading/shelfwear - otherwise this is a clean, tight copy. Quick dispatch from the UK.

Liverpool University Press, 1999-10-07. Hardcover. Very Good. 2.5381 in x 28.9380 in x 20.0548 in. Clean tight illustrated hardcover in jacket, a very good copy in a very good jacket.

Liverpool University Press. Very Good/Very Good. 1999. First Edition. Hard Cover. 4to Dimensions: 19.3 x 3.6 x 27.9 cm 085323874X Dust jacket complete, unclipped. Original cloth boards with bright gilt titling on spine. Previous owner's details on ffep. Numerous colour and b/w illustrations. 320 pages clean and tight. Thomas Gainsborough has been celebrated as a lanscapist whose pictures evoke his love of the countryside, as a portrait painter of exactness and vivacity, and as a rhythmic and spontaneous draughtsman. Such judgements have persistently created a difficulty for art criticism. Gainsborough's work is not satisfactorily accounted for by the classicizing academic criteria which aspired to be the official art theory of his period. It is not sufficient to label him an anti-intellectual, natural genius. Paying equal attention to portraits, landscapes and fancy pictures, this work aims to demonstrate that Gainsborough's work demands an alternative explanatory… Read More

Liverpool University Press, 1999 4to, Hardback with Unclipped Dust Jacket, (xvi + 325pp), Some Light Edge Wear to Jacket, Overall, A Very Good Copy in Likewise Jacket. Extra Postage Costs will Apply.. 1st Edition. Hardcover. Very Good/Very Good.

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999. Book. Fine. Hardcover. 4to - over 9¾ - 12" tall. Dark green cloth with title in gilt on spine. Condition: Fine, Binding sound, no inscriptions Dustjacket condition: Fine with just a very faint hint of shelfwear. 325pp.185 illustrations, many in colour. .

-Liverpool University Press, 1999-. First edition. 285x200mm xvi+325 pages with index. 185 illustrations in color and black and white. Cloth. Very good indeed in dustjacket. Thomas Gainsborough has been celebrated as a lanscapist whose pictures evoke his love of the countryside, as a portrait painter of exactness and vivacity, and as a rhythmic and spontaneous draughtsman. Such judgements have persistently created a difficulty for art criticism. Gainsborough's work is not satisfactorily accounted for by the classicizing academic criteria which aspired to be the official art theory of his period. It is not sufficient to label him an anti-intellectual, natural genius. Paying equal attention to portraits, landscapes and fancy pictures, this work aims to demonstrate that Gainsborough's work demands an alternative explanatory framework. Analysis of individual pictures, supp orted by illustrations and citations, suggest a variety of 18th-century contexts for Gainsborough's achievements: the populist and… Read More

Liverpool: Liverpool University Press, 1999. Book. Near Fine. Original Cloth. First Edition. 11 3/8" x 7 3/4". 325 pages, 185 illustrations in black and white and colour. Well illustrated examination of Gainsborough's achievements. Bibliography..