Closer Look: Saints

Informationen zum Autor Erika Langmuir, OBE, was Head of Education at the National Gallery, London, and is the author of many books, including Masterpieces and The National Gallery Companion Guide. Klappentext Drawing on the National Gallery's comprehensive collection of religious images, A Closer Look: Saints explains the importance of saints and their role in the history of European painting. >Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press Zusammenfassung A guide that helps readers identify saints and their significance in a painting - be it from the National Gallery or from other collections. It explains! through the National Gallery's collection of religious images! the significance of saints and their role in the history of European painting as well as different types of saints.

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• Authors: Erika Langmuir
• Publisher: Yale University Press Ltd
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Released: 20.11.2009
• EAN: 9781857094657
• ISBN: 978-1-85709-465-7
• No. of pages: 96
• Series: A Closer Look; Closer Look; National Gallery London Publications; A Closer Look; Closer Look
• Subject: Humanities, art, music > Art > Art history