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A Closer Look
A Closer Look
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Frames often catch the eye of visitors to galleries, yet labels & catalogues rarely comment on them. This informative guide offers insight into the various forms of frame housing some of the finest paintings in the National Gallery Collection. It

Includes:: some of the finest examples of the frame-makers craft.

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A Closer Look
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Materials & working practices influence a painter just as much as contemporary intellectual & cultural developments. This title helps readers develop a painterly eye by learning to recognize different materials & methods of application & to appreciate how these features contribute to how a painting looks. ...
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A Closer Look: Allegory
A Closer Look:
Allegory
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When we say that ' Love is blind' or ' Time flies'
- making concepts sound like living beings
- we are using the language of

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A Closer Look: Angels
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Angels are an integral part of Christian art, performing a multitude of roles. Massed together they may form a heavenly choir, glorifying the Virgin Mary or commenting on the surrounding action. This guide helps readers identify angels & their significance in a painting
- be it from the National Gallery or from other collections.
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A Closer Look: Saints
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A guide that helps readers identify saints & their significance in a painting
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A Closer Look: Still Life
A Closer Look: Still
Life
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Examines the special fascination of still life, & what distinguishes it from other categories of painting. The author discusses its evolution from the trompe l'oeil wall paintings of antiquity, through its revival in the age of Caravaggio & Velazquez, & again in the works of Cezanne & Picasso. ...
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A Closer Walk With
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A collection of personal accounts from those who have felt Jesus' touch, seen a vision of Him or heard His voice. These true stories aims to bring readers to a greater awareness of Jesus in their own lives & encourage them in their own spiritual walk. ...
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A Cloud Of Witnesses
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The book of " Hebrews" has often been the Cinderella of the New Testament, overlooked & marginalized; & yet it is one of the most interesting & theologically significant books in the New Testament. This book examines the theology of the book in the light of its ancient historical context. ...
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A Closer Look: Faces

How faces are captured shows in striking ways the artistic aims of those who painted them. But how can the depiction of a face suggest a personality? This book tackles this and other questions, and introduces such issues as the ideals of beauty and how portrait painters have captured a likeness and convey character.
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How faces are captured shows in striking ways the artistic aims of those who painted them. But how can the depiction of a face suggest a personality? This book tackles this & other questions, & introduces such issues as the ideals of beauty & how portrait painters have captured a likeness & convey character.

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