{"product_id":"masterpieces-from-buckingham-palace-desmond-shawe-taylor-9781909741737","title":"Masterpieces from Buckingham Palace","description":"In this beautifully designed book, Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures, and Assistant Curator of Paintings, Isabella Manning, examine 65 of the most celebrated paintings from the Picture Gallery, which sits at the heart of Buckingham Palace. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e With masterpieces by such artists as Vermeer, Rembrandt, Van Dyck, Rubens, Titian, Jan Steen, Claude, and Canaletto, this publication offers new insights into these world-famous works of art. The authors encourage readers to look at the works in a new way and to consider how Claude paints a sky; how Rubens models the landscape through his use of color; and how Titian uses contrast to add gravitas to a portrait. Rather than re-treading the old boards of provenance and attribution, the authors seek to engage with different, perhaps riskier and more subjective, questions: asking not when were they painted and by whom, but why should we concern ourselves with them? A short introduction gives an account of the creation of the Picture Gallery and tells the story of the monarchs who curated this extraordinary collection of paintings and how the works entered the Collection.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Desmond Shawe-Taylor, Isabella Manning\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-10:\u003c\/b\u003e 1909741736\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9781909741737\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Royal Collection Trust\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 01\/23\/2021\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 160\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Hardcover\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.90lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 10.20h x 8.30w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eDesmond Shawe-Taylor\u003c\/b\u003e is Surveyor of The Queen's Pictures, Royal Collection Trust. His previous publications include \u003ci\u003eMasters of the Everyday\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e The First Georgians\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003e Dutch Landscapes, \u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Conversation Piece\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003cb\u003e Isabella Manning\u003c\/b\u003e is Assistant Curator of Paintings, Royal Collection Trust.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Desmond Shawe-Taylor","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":44047605137663,"sku":"9781909741737","price":25.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_9a824430-a31b-456c-baea-e17701c497a0.jpg?v=1684991173","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/masterpieces-from-buckingham-palace-desmond-shawe-taylor-9781909741737","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}