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A Great Artist
I was totally amazed at the extra-ordinary talent of Thomas Gainsborough. He is truly one of the all-time great artist. I appreciated the fact that his paintings were shown in color. This book also gave a thorough description of his life. I am happy I purchased this book!
To remember past emotions...
This catalogue contains beautiful reproductions of all the drawings and paintings from the last great Gainsborough's exhibition. It helps to remember the emotions I've felt in front of the true works. Every notice is sensitive and informative. And all texts are from eminent specialists. I just regret that bibliography doesn't refer to the old great Paris exhibition. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - General    5. Essays    6. European    7. Exhibitions    8. Gainsborough, Thomas,    9. Individual Artist    10. Art / History / General   

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Gainsborough's Vision - An informative read
An extremely good book. I'm not seriously into Art but I saw this book at a friend's house and I was very impressed. - Very interesting and informative

A superb book on Gainsborough
I thoroughly enjoyed this interesting and informative look at Gainsborough's work.It is ideal for students, art lovers or anyone who simply loves beautiful books.A must for every trendy coffee table.I canonly congratulate the authors and say I will be looking out for their nextpublication.

Gainsborough's Vision
Excellent read. A must for Gainsborough fans, and anyone who loves true art. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. European    4. History - General    5. Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers    6. History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800    7. Individual artists    8. Painting & paintings   

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A best loved book, for best loved paintings!
I love art history and I got some old prints of these paintings.However, I wanted to learn more about them.After much time and research I finally came across this book.It helped me out more then any other resource.I fell in love with it when I read it.It answered all my questions I had about the paintings, like why they are displayed together even though they were painted by different artists? or, Who was bluleboy and pinkie?The book also touches on other paintings by the same artists, which I found helpful and made me want to learn more.I highly recommend this book to anyone who loves art, or art-history.It would be a good source for art-history teachers too! ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. 1727-1788.    3. 1769-1830.    4. Art    5. Art & Art Instruction    6. Blue boy    7. Criticism and interpretation    8. Gainsborough, Thomas,    9. History - General    10. Individual Artist    11. Individual Painters - 18th Century    12. Individual Painters - 19th Century    13. Lawrence, Thomas,    14. Pinkie    15. Sir,    16. Art / General    17. Gainsborough, Thomas    18. Humanities    19. Lawrence, Thomas   

Subjects:  1. 18th century    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Exhibition techniques    5. Genre painting, English    6. History    7. History - General    8. Individual Artist    9. Rural poor in art    10. Art / Individual Artist    11. Individual artists   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions - Museum    4. European    5. History - General    6. Individual Artist    7. Europe    8. Individual artists   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Artists, Architects, Photographers    3. Biography / Autobiography    4. Biography/Autobiography    5. History - General    6. Individual Artist    7. Art / Individual Artist    8. Art and Architecture   

Subjects:  1. Gainsborough, Thomas    2. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900    3. Individual artists    4. Painting & paintings   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Blank Books / Diaries / Memory Books    3. Individual Artist    4. Non-Classifiable    5. Art / Fine Arts    6. Stationery items   

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The sympathetic and agreeable Mr. Gainsborough
This is an inexpensive and well-written introduction to one of the most beloved of British painters. Gainsborough emerges as a very human and fun-loving artist who above all else wanted to paint landscapes. He was an important influence on such painters as Constable, Turner, Goya and Delacroix, and is one of the greatest landscape painters of all time (see his lyrical Suffolk landscape c. 1750 now hanging in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in Vienna).
orsaylady
Wonderful overview of Gainsborough's life in 18th century England.Highly recommend it if you are a Georgian art fan like I am. ... Read more

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Biography    5. England    6. European    7. Gainsborough, Thomas,    8. History - General    9. Individual Artist    10. Individual Painters - 18th Century    11. Painters    12. Gainsborough, Thomas   

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Catalogs    5. Gainsborough, Thomas    6. Gainsborough, Thomas,    7. History - General    8. Individual Artist    9. Art / General    10. Gainsborough, Thomas,--1727-1788--Catalogs    11. Individual artists    12. Painting & paintings   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Art & Art Instruction    3. Individual Artist   

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. 18th century    3. Art    4. Art & Art Instruction    5. Bath (England)    6. Biography    7. Civilization    8. England    9. European    10. Gainsborough, Thomas,    11. General    12. Individual Artist    13. Individual Painters - 18th Century    14. Painters    15. Art / History / European   

Subjects:  1. Biography/Autobiography    2. History - General    3. Individual Artist    4. Sale Books - Adult    5. Sale Books   

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. Gainsborough, Thomas,    6. History - General    7. Individual Artist    8. Art / Individual Artist    9. England    10. History of art & design styles: c 1800 to c 1900    11. Individual artists    12. Painting & paintings    13. c 1700 to c 1800   

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. Artists, Architects, Photographers    3. Biography & Autobiography    4. Biography / Autobiography    5. Biography/Autobiography    6. Correspondence    7. England    8. Gainsborough, Thomas,    9. Individual Painters - 18th Century    10. Painters    11. Biography & Autobiography / Artists, Architects, Photographers    12. Biography: general    13. Gainsborough, Thomas    14. History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800    15. Individual artists    16. Other prose: 16th to 18th centuries    17. Painting & paintings    18. United Kingdom, Great Britain    19. c 1700 to c 1800   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. Cards - Playing / Tarot    3. Individual Artist    4. Art / Fine Arts    5. Stationery items   

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Skip this book
The book cover states that the book is lavishly illustrated; the cover is but not the book. It is not up to Yale standards.The photographs are small and blurry, often the colors are incorrect.Please wait for a good CatalogueRaisonne. As for the text, so many years of good research wasted. The textis ponderous, poorly written with endless sentences full of quotes andinserts.The author is critical , judgemental and constantly makesassumptions or gives personal and mostly unsubstanciated opinions. It isanother book for Art History students (the author is an Art Historyteacher) not for lovers of paintings. I returned the book to Amazon.

Much more than "A Little Business for the Eye"
Both the serious art scholar and the general reader will appreciate this visual and textual treat of a book which is truly "The Art of Thomas Gainsborough." Many of the plates I had not seen reproduced inprevious books on Gainsborough, and Rosenthal's view of Gainsborough, thathe was much more serious an artist and business man than he or hiscontemporaries saw him. I first went through this book, feasting my eyes onall the plates(most of which are in color and beautifully reproduced),which are roughly divided between Gainsborough's portraits, which hepainted to meet market demand and pay the bills and his landscapes which hepainted for pleasure.Rosenthal's plates also include details from certainpaintings, so that the reader can study Gainsborough's brushwork and seeclearly why much of his work suffers when hung from the wrong height or isviewed too close to.Read more

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. Art    3. Art & Art Instruction    4. Criticism and interpretation    5. European    6. Gainsborough, Thomas,    7. Individual Artist    8. Individual Painters - 18th Century    9. Techniques - Painting - Specific Subjects    10. Art / Individual Artist    11. England    12. Gainsborough, Thomas    13. History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800    14. Individual artists    15. Painting & paintings    16. c 1700 to c 1800   

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. Artists, Architects, Photographers    3. Biography    4. Biography & Autobiography    5. Biography / Autobiography    6. Biography/Autobiography    7. England    8. Gainsborough, Thomas,    9. Historical - General    10. Individual Painters And Their Work    11. Painters    12. Gainsborough, Thomas   

Subjects:  1. Art    2. History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800    3. Individual artists    4. United Kingdom, Great Britain    5. Painting & paintings   

Subjects:  1. 1727-1788    2. 1727-1788.    3. 18th century    4. Art    5. Art & Art Instruction    6. Criticism and interpretation    7. European    8. Exhibitions    9. Gainsborough, Thomas,    10. Hon. Mrs Graham    11. Portrait painting, English    12. Subjects & Themes - Portraits    13. Techniques - Painting    14. History of art & design styles: c 1600 to c 1800    15. Individual artists    16. Painting & paintings