The nation's mantelpiece : a history of the National Gallery / Jonathan Conlin

Author:: Conlin, Jonathan
Published:: London : Pallas Athene, 2006.
Physical Description:: xx, 555 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm

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Contents:

I: History -- 1. Origins -- 2. Possessed by the people, 1824-1914 -- 3. Opulence and austerity, 1914-1974 -- II: Themes -- 4. The experiment -- 5. A special feast -- 6. A much loved and elegant friend -- Epilogue 1974-present.

Subject(s):

National Gallery (Great Britain)—History

ISBN:

1843680181
9781843680185
1843680203 (pbk.)
9781843680208 (pbk.)

Note:

"Supported by: Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation" --Colophon.

Bibliography Note:

Includes bibliographical references (pages 480-486) and index.

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