If The Paintings Could Talk by National Gallery

About If The Paintings Could Talk

A fascinating miscellany of facts, quotes and tales. Dip in or find yourself engrossed in an alternative tour of the great art and artists in the National Gallery, London.This is not your usual art gallery guide. Instead, this volume gets you up close and personal to individual masterpieces in the National Gallery. Meet some of the colourful characters captured in portraits and the people who brought these treasures to the National Gallery. Read about the painting that took flight down a mountainside, the portrait which made a cameo appearance in a James Bond film, the paintings that conceal paintings, only discovered years later.This book unlocks the hidden history of masterpieces in the National Gallery, until now buried in larger books, articles or archives. Immerse yourself in a treasury of facts, discoveries and anecdotes. Many are touching, some highly amusing, while others are surprising, but all are addictive reading. If the Paintings Could Talk presents these accounts in an A-Z format, richly illustrated and skilfully cross-referenced with other entries in the book, leading art lovers on an intriguing journey.

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The National Gallery Shop brings the world's great paintings into everyday life through a beautifully curated range of art-inspired products, all connected to the collection housed in one of the world's finest art museums on Trafalgar Square in London. For art lovers around the world who can't make it to London in person, the online shop offers a way to own a piece of the collection's legacy. The range includes high-quality art prints and posters of paintings from the National Gallery collection — Van Gogh's Sunflowers, Vermeer's Young Woman Standing at a Virginal, Seurat's Bathers at Asnières — available framed or unframed in a range of sizes. Beyond prints, the shop stocks exhibition catalogues and art books, stationery and notebooks featuring famous works, scarves and accessories inspired by the collection, mugs and tote bags, jewellery, and a wide range of gifts suitable for art lovers of all ages. The children's range is particularly charming. The shop ships internationally and is an excellent source for thoughtful, culturally meaningful gifts that are genuinely connected to one of the world's great art institutions.