If the Paintings Could Talk
If the Paintings Could Talk reveals the hidden histories of paintings in the National Gallery, London. With a treasury of fascinating facts, discoveries, and tales, this book describes the flight a work took down a mountainside and the portrait that appeared in a James Bond film, among many other entertaining events and stories. An engaging, accessible, and highly original gallery guide that cross-references entries throughout, the book provides a unique tour of this remarkable collection.




Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
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If the Paintings Could Talk
If the Paintings Could Talk reveals the hidden histories of paintings in the National Gallery, London. With a treasury of fascinating facts, discoveries, and tales, this book describes the flight a work took down a mountainside and the portrait that appeared in a James Bond film, among many other entertaining events and stories. An engaging, accessible, and highly original gallery guide that cross-references entries throughout, the book provides a unique tour of this remarkable collection.




Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press
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If the Paintings Could Talk

If the Paintings Could Talk

If the Paintings Could Talk

If the Paintings Could Talk

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Overview

If the Paintings Could Talk reveals the hidden histories of paintings in the National Gallery, London. With a treasury of fascinating facts, discoveries, and tales, this book describes the flight a work took down a mountainside and the portrait that appeared in a James Bond film, among many other entertaining events and stories. An engaging, accessible, and highly original gallery guide that cross-references entries throughout, the book provides a unique tour of this remarkable collection.




Published by National Gallery Company/Distributed by Yale University Press

Product Details

ISBN-13: 9781857094251
Publisher: Yale University Press
Publication date: 02/17/2009
Series: National Gallery of London (Paperback)
Pages: 176
Product dimensions: 6.20(w) x 8.20(h) x 0.70(d)

About the Author

Michael Wilson is former head of Exhibitions and Display at the National Gallery, London, and author of numerous books on 18th- and 19th-century French art.

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