Authors Michael Bracewell is an author & cultural commentator who has published widely on contemporary art. Marla Prather is Curator of Twentieth-Century Painting at the Metropolitan Museum of Art, New York. Colin Wiggins is Special Projects Curator at the National Gallery, London. Previous publications include The Hoerengracht: Kienholz at the National Gallery (2009) & Ron Mueck (2003). Published to accompany the exhibition Bridget Riley: Paintings & Related Work at the National Gallery, London, 24 November – 22 May 2011. For fifty years Bridget Riley has been regarded as Britain’s greatest abstract painter, renowned for her large paintings, with their complex, repeated geometric shapes & undulating linear patterns. Given the graphic nature of these works, it is fascinating to discover that Riley sees her decidedly modern paintings as following in an Old Master pictorial tradition. This affinity stems from her lifelong passion for paintings in the National Gallery, London, with which she has a long association: first as a young student & later as a Trustee. This book shows how the fluid lines of Renaissance & Baroque paintings, together with their palette of ochres, pinks, greens & light blues, translate into the abstracted shapes that appear in Riley’s paintings. The techniques & approaches of early modern masters such as Cézanne, Seurat & Matisse are also important influences in her work. View spreads of this book (2 MB PDF) ...

This charming h&-painted figurine inspired by Pieter the Elder Bruegel’s iconic painting The Fall of the Rebel Angels, has been individually crafted by experienced & highly skilled craftsmen. Your very own piece of art, this figurine is based on the ‘ Fallen Angel with Clarion’ character in the painting seen to transform himself into a giant insect.  Made of resin, it comes complete with a card featuring the painting, a description of the ‘ Fallen Angel with Clarion’ character & information on the artist Pieter the Elder Bruegel.  The detail is provided in English, French, German & Dutch. A beautiful ornament for the home or an original gift for a loved one, this model is sure to add a touch of character to any space. About the Painting The Fall of the Rebel Angels is an iconic painting by Flemish artist Pieter the Elder Bruegel, from 1562. The painting shows the chaotic battle between the archangels led by St. Michael & the fallen angels, symbolising how the decay of the church & his clergy was brought to a standstill in the sixteenth century. ...

This picture is one of number of similar views of the harbour at Brussels painted by Boudin in the winter of 1870-1, after he had moved there to escape the Franco-Prussian war. ...

The picture, with its pendant ' Buildings & Figures near a River with Shipping', is intended as a decorative landscape & the scene represented is a fanciful invention. Both paintings can be dated towards the end of the artist's short life. ...

As a view painter, Marieschi was influenced by his fellow Venetian, Canaletto. The picture, with its pendant ' Buildings & Figures near a River with Rapids', is intended as a decorative landscape & the scene represented is a fanciful invention. Both pa ...

This portrait is painted in fresco using mineral pigments suspended in water on wet plaster. The technique gives results of great freshness & immediacy. It has been suggested that this picture may be Florentine. There seems once to have been a female por ...

The sitter has not been identified. The portrait has been dated to the years 1545-50 on stylistic grounds. ...

The sitter is probably Count Lupi of Bergamo. The 'annob' & 'XXX' added to either side of the flourish at the bottom of the inscription, probably added soon after the painting was made, inform the viewer that the sitter died aged 30. ...

One of an edition of casts made from the high relief bronze bust of Mantegna & its circular porphyry background which serves as the artist's memorial in his funeral chapel in S. Andrea, Mantua. The memorial was probably designed, the bust was perhaps mode ...

Chiselled on the reverse: LEONARDUS RINALDIUS/ A. VICTORIA. F/ MDXXXXVI. Although his name is chiselled on the reverse, the bust is not in the style of Alessandro Vittoria (1525-1608), the leading sculptor working in Venice in the second half of the sixte ...