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The Treasure Houses of Britain Five Hundred Years of Private Patronage and Art Collecting

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Author(s)	Gervase Jackson-Stops
Editor	Yale University Press	Place	Londra
Year	1985	Pages	680
Measure	24x29 (cm)	Illustration	ill. a colori e b/n n.t. - colour and b/w ills
Binding	bross. ill. colori - paperback illustrated	Conservazione	Usato accettabile - Used Acceptable
Language	Inglese - English Text	Weight	3000 (gr)
ISBN	0300035330	EAN-13	9780300035339

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Catalog of the National Gallery exhibition of nearly 600 objects from British country house collections, this vast book begins with very brief essays by the stable of Country Life writers (Mark Girouard on power of the gentry, Sir Oliver Millar on portraiture, Francis Haskell on British collecting, etc.). Entries on the objects follow, arranged by broad periods or themes (Tudor Renaissance, Sporting Life, the Highlands, etc.). Many of the objects are outstanding, but without any unifying theme this collection appears to be more successful as an exhibit than as a book with something overall to say. The color illustrations are very good, but the tone of the entries varies from author to author. Attractive, but not essential; prefer the works by Girouard or Luke Herrmann. Jack Perry Brown, Art Inst. of Chicago Libs. Usato accettabile, segni d'uso e del tempo.