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From the Masterpieces to Rooms Full of Art - and Back?: Watson Gordon Lecture 2015
Robert Storr
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Hardcover. Robert Storr's Watson Gordon Lecture of 2015. Num Pages: 48 pages, 17 colour, 3 b&w. BIC Classification: AC; AGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 160. .
With vivid memories of his first visit to the Scottish National Gallery in the 1970s and his initial encounter with Hugo van der Goes' The Trinity Altarpiece, Rembrandt's A Woman in Bed, Velazquez's An Old Woman Cooking Eggs and Degas' Diego Martelli, Robert Storr discusses the shifting balance of museum collections from historically 'certified' classics to art whose status and significance remains in active contention and from singular 'treasures' to ensembles that speak to the larger scope of an artist's endeavour. Also Available: Unfinished Paintings: Narratives of the Non-Finito Watson Gordon Lecture 2014 (ISBN 9781906270919), 'The Hardest Kind of Archetype': ... Read more
With vivid memories of his first visit to the Scottish National Gallery in the 1970s and his initial encounter with Hugo van der Goes' The Trinity Altarpiece, Rembrandt's A Woman in Bed, Velazquez's An Old Woman Cooking Eggs and Degas' Diego Martelli, Robert Storr discusses the shifting balance of museum collections from historically 'certified' classics to art whose status and significance remains in active contention and from singular 'treasures' to ensembles that speak to the larger scope of an artist's endeavour. Also Available: Unfinished Paintings: Narratives of the Non-Finito Watson Gordon Lecture 2014 (ISBN 9781906270919), 'The Hardest Kind of Archetype': ... Read more
Product Details
Publisher
National Galleries Of Scotland
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
Weight
28g
Number of Pages
48
Place of Publication
Edinburgh, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781911054016
SKU
V9781911054016
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Ref
99-15
About Robert Storr
Robert Storr is an artist, curator and critic and is currently Dean of the Yale School of Art.
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