Description
| Product ID: | 9781906270018 |
| Product Form: | Paperback / softback |
| Country of Manufacture: | GB |
| Title: | 100 Masterpieces: National Galleries of Scotland |
| Authors: | Author: John Leighton |
| Page Count: | 240 |
| Subjects: | Travel guides: museums, historic sites, galleries etc, Museum, historic sites, gallery & art guides, Scotland |
| Description: | Select Guide Rating This lavishly illustrated book contains over two hundred of the National Galleries of Scotland's greatest and best-loved treasures, each accompanied by an informative text written by the Galleries' curators. The National Galleries of Scotland comprises three galleries: the Scottish National Portrait Gallery, Scottish National Gallery of Modern Art and the Scottish National Gallery. Together these galleries house one of the finest collections of art to be found anywhere in the world, ranging from the thirteenth century to the present day. Many of the greatest names in Western art are represented by major works, from Titian, Rembrandt and Vermeer through to Picasso, Hockney and Warhol. This lavishly illustrated book contains one hundred of the National Galleries of Scotland s greatest and best-loved treasures. The selection made by the Director-General Sir John Leighton is intended to evoke the special character of the collection at the National Galleries with its distinctive interplay between Scottish and international art as well as the many conversations that it establishes between the art of the past and the present. |
| Imprint Name: | National Galleries of Scotland |
| Publisher Name: | National Galleries of Scotland |
| Country of Publication: | GB |
| Publishing Date: | 2022-12-30 |