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John Constable : a kingdom of his own / Anthony Bailey.

By: Material type: TextTextPublisher: London : Vintage Books, 2007Copyright date: ©2006Description: xvii, 366 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of col. plates : illustrations, maps ; 22 cmContent type:
  • text
Media type:
  • unmediated
Carrier type:
  • volume
ISBN:
  • 184413833X
  • 9781844138333
Subject(s): DDC classification:
  • 759.2 22
LOC classification:
  • ND497.C7 B35 2007
Online resources:
Contents:
Day-Spring (1776-99) -- A hero in distress (1799-1802) -- Nature's proper interest (1802-10) -- A cure for love (1810-13) -- Avoiding notice (1812-15) -- Ready to marry, perhaps (1815-17) -- Housekeeping (1817-19) -- All but the clouds (1820-21) -- Skying (1821-22) -- At the summit of earthly ambitions (1822-23) -- Trying the sea (1824) -- The leaping horse (1825-26) -- Life slips (1826-28) -- Darkness visible (1828-29) -- Seven children (1830-31) -- English landscape (1830-32) -- Clouds overhead (1831-32) -- A summer's morning (1833-34) -- Fever and fire (1834) -- The appearance of the day (1833-36) -- A portion of England (1835-37) -- Two monuments (1836) -- Engaged with the assassin (1837) --The other side of the grave (1837- ).
Summary: "Born in 1776, John Constable was destined for his father's milling business, but he was obdurately opposed to this and persuaded his family he should become an artist. In the same determined spirit, he persisted in painting landscapes at a time when history paintings and portraits were the fashion. Today, Constable's reputation is on the rise once again, as witnessed by the exhibitions of his most famous paintings at the Tate, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Huntington Gallery in California. Anthony Bailey's important book explores Constable's life and work, highlighting throughout the dramatic tension between the two."--Publisher description.
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Originally published: London : Chatto & Windus, 2006.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Day-Spring (1776-99) -- A hero in distress (1799-1802) -- Nature's proper interest (1802-10) -- A cure for love (1810-13) -- Avoiding notice (1812-15) -- Ready to marry, perhaps (1815-17) -- Housekeeping (1817-19) -- All but the clouds (1820-21) -- Skying (1821-22) -- At the summit of earthly ambitions (1822-23) -- Trying the sea (1824) -- The leaping horse (1825-26) -- Life slips (1826-28) -- Darkness visible (1828-29) -- Seven children (1830-31) -- English landscape (1830-32) -- Clouds overhead (1831-32) -- A summer's morning (1833-34) -- Fever and fire (1834) -- The appearance of the day (1833-36) -- A portion of England (1835-37) -- Two monuments (1836) -- Engaged with the assassin (1837) --The other side of the grave (1837- ).

"Born in 1776, John Constable was destined for his father's milling business, but he was obdurately opposed to this and persuaded his family he should become an artist. In the same determined spirit, he persisted in painting landscapes at a time when history paintings and portraits were the fashion. Today, Constable's reputation is on the rise once again, as witnessed by the exhibitions of his most famous paintings at the Tate, the National Gallery of Art in Washington, DC, and the Huntington Gallery in California. Anthony Bailey's important book explores Constable's life and work, highlighting throughout the dramatic tension between the two."--Publisher description.

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