Prospects, Thresholds and Interiors: Watercolours from the National Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum - Hardcover

Johnson, Lewis

9780521444880: Prospects, Thresholds and Interiors: Watercolours from the National Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum

Hardcover

ISBN 10: 0521444888 ISBN 13: 9780521444880

Publisher: Cambridge University Press, 1994

This catalog accompanies an exhibition of watercolors from the National Collection at the Victoria and Albert Museum. A selection of one hundred works are illustrated and discussed, ranging from the mid-eighteenth century to the mid-twentieth century and showing the wealth and variety of this often neglected sphere of British painting. Through a critical reading of the works, Johnson examines and challenges notions of the relations between painting and history, criticism and theory.

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Book Description:

Ranging from the mid-eighteenth to the mid-twentieth century, a selection of one hundred water-colors are illustrated and discussed in a catalog accompanying a Museum exhibition that shows the wealth and variety of this often neglected sphere of British painting.

About the Author:

The Victoria and Albert Museum is a museum ofthe decorative arts founded in 1852 to support and encourage excellence in art and design. The V&A is located in London, England.

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