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ROSENTHAL, MICHAEL & LYLES, ANN - Edited by PARISSIEN,STEVEN: : TURNER AND CONSTABLE SKETCHING FROM NATURE. - Works from the Tate Collection

LONDON.MILLBANK,TATE PUBLISHING/a division of Tate Enterprises Ltd.,2013.

ISBN 9781849762069.

UK,slim Qrto wraps,illustrated,1st edn.FINE+. Owner's handwritten ink neat,small initials+date to top right-hand corner of half-title but no price removal from card cover.Bright,crisp, clean,sharp-cornered,matt,longitudinal colour pictorial landscape artwork detail by Constable [Harnam Ridge,Salisbury,1820 0r 1829] at top edge and J.M.W. Turner [The Thames near Walton Bridges,1805] at bottom edge - separated horizontally by a grey background band with capitalised,white-lettered part-title and other white-lettered sub-title to front cover; grey spine/backstrip with capitalised,white-lettered part-title as front's and publisher's capitalised,white-lettered name to foot of same, rear cover with white-lettered synopsis. Negligible shelf-wear to edges and corners - no nicks,tears or splits present.Top+fore-edges bright crisp and clean without blemish; contents bright,tight,clean,solid and sound - pristine - no dog-ear reading creases to any pages'corner tips - appears unread,other than my own collation.UK,slim Qrto wraps,illustrated,1st edn,7-120pp [paginated] includes a Foreword by Steven Parissien,an essay/article each,by Rosenthal and Lyles; catalogue of both artist/ subjects' 90 paintings entries by Rosenthal,a Bibliography,artists' biographies,and an Index; plus [unpaginated] half-title with colour frntis to its reverse [John Constable: The Sea near Brighton,1826 (detail from)],a title page and Contents list/table.                              Visually the exterior appearance is exceptional and particularly internally,is also in an exceptional condition/ state of preservation and presentation,for a book of its 10 year-old age and nature, i.e. an ephemeral softback/ wrappered Exhibition catalogue.It is only the owner name+date that prevents the higher grade of Near MINT.It really is an exceptional copy for its cleanliness,brightness and lack of detracting faults.                                The landscape oil sketch first appeared in British art in the 1770s and flourished during the first two decades of the 19thC,pioneered by J.M.W. Turner and John Constable. By the 1810s the widespread habit of painting in oil and watercolour from nature had led some British landscape painters to aspire to create a direct naturalism of a kind unprecedented in the history of British art,though by the 1820s the practice of taking oil paints into the countryside had effectivelydisappeared.This book explores the development,variety and innovation of this important phenomenon. Taking oil paints into the countryside was something very new for British art.These departures are explored in detail here by art historians Michael Rosenthal and Anne Lyles,alongside full-colour illustrations on ninety oil paintings from Tate's substantial collection.                    Please contact seller,for correct shipping/P+p quotes - particularly ALL overseas customers - BEFORE ordering through the order page!          N.B. ALL buyers please note,stocks' actual shipping/P+p costs are adjusted and any difference is refunded,after order's receipt and before the order's despatch,especially if the item(s) are offered either P+p included/FREE.    ** N.B. US/Canada customers please be aware: Standard AIRMAIL postage from UK to these destinations can now cost more than the price of the book! If speed is not of the essence,then Economy rate is recommended - at approx. anything from a 1/3rd to 1/2 of the standard US AIR quote/rate - sometimes arriving sooner than the 42 days - but not always. **

UK,slim Qrto wraps,illustrated,1st edn.
Not SIGNED.

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