Why on earth do cars have the same symmetry as dragonflies? Is there really a beautiful swirling pattern lurking in every dripping tap? What do insect eggs have in common with planets, & why? In this beautiful little mathematical history book, Welsh writer & artist David Wade paints a picture of one of the most elusive & pervasive concepts known to man. Introducing the main principles of symmetry, & showing how, despite opinions over exactly what it is, symmetry underlies almost every aspect of nature & our experience of the world, from the subatomic realms of quantum mechanics to the equations of physics, in art, architecture & our concepts of morality & justice. This symmetry book is one of many art books available from the National Gallery, which include art history books, art exhibition catalogues & gift books. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Joseph Mallord William Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire from our collection. About this painting The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1856 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Joseph Mallord William Turner’s The Fighting Temeraire from our collection. About this painting The Fighting Temeraire, 1839 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1856 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Create your own bespoke print of Théodore Rousseau’s Landscape with Stormy Sunset from our collection. About this painting Landscape with Stormy Sunset, possibly 1844 © The National Gallery, London This painting joined our collection in 1910 With our custom print service, you can order your own fully customised reproduction from the National Gallery Collection & exhibitions. Choose your own size, print material & frames & have your masterpiece delivered straight to your door. ...

Is there a secret language all around us? What's so special about the shape of the Great Pyramid? Lavishly illustrated by the author, this small introduction to geometry will forever change the way you look at a triangle, arch, church window, fabric design, graphic or spiral. This mathematical history book is one of many art books available from the National Gallery, which include art history books, art exhibition catalogues & gift books. ...

This work was painted as the high altarpiece of the church of S. Alessandro, Brescia. The solemnity of the central scene of the Nativity is relieved by a vision of rejoicing angels occupying the upper part of the panel. On either side, panels depict Saint Alexander (lower left) & Saint Jerome in penitence (lower right) with his lion, a stone & a crucifix. Above these lateral panels are Saint Gaudioso (upper left) & Saint Filippo Benizzi (upper right). The strongly Venetian character of Romanino's work is most apparent in the heroic & richly coloured figure of Saint Alexander, who is in the place of honour, at the right hand of the Holy Family, as befits the patron saint of the church. Centre panel 265 x 117.2 cm; lower side panels 159.5 x 64.2 cm & 159.1 x 64.8 cm; upper side panels 74.2 x 64.9 cm & 74.2 x 65.2 cm. ...

This painting & ' Saint Paul', to judge by the perspective, were perhaps originally part of the upper tier of an altarpiece in compartments (polyptych). Since the pictures are Milanese, the bishop is likely to be Saint Ambrose who was the patron saint of ...

In the 17th century, a triptych of 1520 was in the Premonstratensian Abbey of Le Parc, near Louvain. It showed the Virgin & Child, Saints Ambrose & Augustine, & Abbot Ambrose. This work may be the right wing of it, & the donor may thus be Ambrosiu ...

The panel depicting the Virgin & Child was the central panel of a polyptych painted by Crivelli in 1476 as the high altarpiece for San Domenico in Ascoli Piceno, east central Italy. The polyptych was composed of the central panel & eight smaller panel ...

This saint is usually identified as Andrew, despite the fact that his cross is usually X-shaped. This work is part of the same altarpiece as ' Christ rising from the Tomb'; other parts are known to have survived. Other compartments show Saints Peter, Paul, ...