Constable's clouds : paintings and cloud studies by John Constable / edited by Edward Morris with contributions from John Gage ... [et al.].
Published / Created:
[Edinburgh] : National Galleries of Scotland ; c2000.[Liverpool] : National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside, c2000.
Physical Description:
176 p. : ill. (some col.), port. ; 31 cm.
Collection:
Reference Library
Copyright Status:
Copyright Not Evaluated
Classification:
Books
Notes:
Catalog of an exhibition held at the Walker Art Gallery, Liverpool, Apr. 28-July 16, 2000 and at the National Gallery of Scotland, Edinburgh, Aug. 11-Oct. 29, 2000.
Contents:
Introduction : Constable's clouds and the chiaroscuro of nature / Edward Morris -- Clouds over Europe / John Gage -- 'That immense canopy' : studies of sky and cloud by British artists c. 1770-1860 / Anne Lyles -- Constable's meteorological understanding and his painting of skies / John E. Thornes -- Keeping time : clouds and chronometry in Constable's major landscapes / Timothy Wilcox.
Subject Terms:
Constable, John, 1776–1837 -- Exhibitions. | Clouds in art -- Exhibitions. | Skies in art -- Exhibitions.
Contributors:
Morris, Edward. | Gage, John, 1938–2012. | National Gallery of Scotland. | National Galleries of Scotland. | Walker Art Gallery. | National Museums and Galleries on Merseyside.