John Constable Books

204p large format paperback, frontispiece, notes, catalogue with text, colour plates, very good, this copy published in the year 1976

Traces the life and career of the great English landscape painter and discusses the influence of his background and literature of the period on his work

This exhibition catalog accompanies a major exhibition at The Metropolitan Museum of Art, marking the first showing of John Constable's paintings in the United States. Curated by Graham Reynolds, a leading Constable specialist, it features a range of works from small outdoor oil sketches to large finished paintings, highlighting both the landscape subjects Constable favored and his artistic evolution. During Constable's lifetime, England was divided into thirty-nine counties, and he painted scenes primarily from six: Suffolk, Essex, Middlesex, Wiltshire, Dorset, and Sussex. Unlike his contemporary Turner, who explored a broader geographical scope, Constable focused on a limited area, creating a distinct sense of place in his work. The publication includes an introduction to Constable and his oeuvre, along with catalog entries featuring color illustrations of the exhibited works, organized by location. Additional resources include a biographical summary, a chronology of Constable's life, a sketched map of "Constable's England," a bibliography, and suggestions for further reading. Originally published in 1983, this edition is a print-on-demand version of the original book.

256pp, 231 illustrations including 98 in colour

This volume gives a quick biography, an explanation of the elements of style, and fifty of paintings of John Cibstable.

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Constable [hardcover] Venning, Barry [Mar 29, 1993]

Le romantisme, synonyme d'art moderne, incarne intimité, spiritualité, couleur et aspiration vers l'infini, comme le souligne Baudelaire. Ce mouvement artistique et littéraire, qui émerge au début du XIXe siècle, s'étend à travers l'Europe et le Nouveau Monde. Il marque une rupture avec le classicisme et les enseignements académiques, permettant aux artistes de s'exprimer librement à travers leur sensibilité et leur imagination. L'ouvrage, riche de plus de 450 reproductions, offre un panorama exceptionnel de ce mouvement, explorant des thèmes variés allant du mythe de Napoléon à la nostalgie médiévale, des représentations du sacré à l'orientalisme, ainsi que de l'observation des paysages à l'évasion dans le rêve et le fantastique. Le parcours commence avec le préromantisme à la fin du XVIIIe siècle et se termine vers 1860 avec l'émergence du réalisme. En plus des figures emblématiques comme Delacroix et Géricault, le livre met en lumière des artistes moins connus qui ont également contribué à la diffusion du romantisme. Un tableau chronologique et des biographies d'artistes à la fin de l'ouvrage fournissent des repères précieux, offrant une immersion dans l'une des périodes les plus fascinantes de la culture européenne, dont l'influence perdure aujourd'hui.