A Closer Look: Faces

by Alexander Sturgis

Book Overview

Faces are everywhere in the National Gallery's collection: in portraits and narrative scenes, in allegories and paintings of everyday life. It is often the faces shown that communicate most directly in a picture; their expressions may reveal the drama of a story, or the character of a sitter in a portrait.

A Closer Look: Faces examines a wide array of fascinating faces found in paintings at the National Gallery. It explains...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1857094646
• ISBN13: 9781857094640
• Release Date: January 2010
• Publisher: National Gallery London
• Length: 96 Pages
• Weight: 0.50 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 5.8" x 8.1"