Learn about the National Gallery's masterpieces through the eyes of leading cultural figures and contemporary artists, photographed inside the Gallery and behind the scenes. TASCHEN's coffee table book "The National Gallery: Paintings, People, Portraits" is organized chronologically and tells the story of 700 years of art history through a selection of more than 200 paintings in the collection, from Margarito d'Arezzo to Claude Monet.

Since its founding in 1824, the National Gallery has become a beacon for visitors and residents of London. From its founding in the home of John Julius Angerstein in Mayfair to its current home in Trafalgar Square, it has expanded both its collection and its size to become one of the world's leading galleries. This book includes photographic portraits by David Dawson and Mary McCartney and photography of the gallery by Massimo Listri. It brings together more than 200 paintings from the Gallery made between the 13th and 20th centuries, including memorable masterpieces by both famous and forgotten artists.

These pages tell the history of painting in the Western European tradition through the National Gallery's collection. You'll take a visual journey through the centuries, with works by Duccio, Van Eyck, Raphael, Titian, Rembrandt, Vigée Le Brun, Gainsborough, Morisot and Matisse, to name a few. This story is graced by contributions and photographic portraits by 25 cultural figures, including Frank Auerbach, Alvaro Barrington, Edward Enninful, David Hockney, Kim Jones, Damian Lewis, Sahara Longe, Chris Ofili, Ai Weiwei, Rachel Whiteread, Annabelle Selldorf and Flora Yukhnovich.

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Title: The National Gallery: Paintings, People, Portraits
Author: Christine Riding, Annetta Berry
Publisher: TASCHEN
Size: 215 x 140 x 27 mm
Size: 582 pages
Weight: 6.31 kg
Language: English
Material: Hardcover
ISBN: 9783836597135

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