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About the Book

"Harp Art: Great Portraits" features the artists the musicians and their instruments; 36 colour portraits - 16 of them at full-page size; and, 13,000 words of fascinating text. The book includes the most famous harpist portraits as well as stunning pictures by great artists that are less well known. Leading art galleries and private collections in Britain, USA, France, Portugal, Germany, and Italy are represented. This book contains 64 pages with dimensions of 210mm x 270mm. It also features a high quality gloss silk cover. It is the ideal gift for the Coffee Table!!

Table of Contents:
CONTENTSIntroduction: The first 4000 yearsMusic and Mountaineering: Holbein, 1520The Naked Harpist: Lanfranco, 1632A Family Affair: Nuvolone, 1662What He Saw was What You Got: Hogarth, 1732A Quizzical Gaze: Greuze, 1759A Pretty Young Woman: Reynolds, 1777Georgian Sensuality: Gainsborough, 1778Revolution and Excitement: Giroust, 1790Tuning, Interrupted: Ducreux, 1790Peasants and Penillion: Ibbetson, 1792American Glamour: Sully, 1818Sir Walter Scott's Muse: Raeburn, 1820The Royal Mistress: Lawrence, 1822Exiled from France: David, 1824Postscript: The Victorian Drawing RoomReferences and Further ReadingImages and Citations

About the Author :
Tim Stuart is a professional musician with a life long interest in art. This is his first book. A second, 'Music in Art' a hard back book with full page reproductions of greatest music themed paintings of all kinds, is currently in progress and is due for publication late in 2008.

Review :
'...most excellent book.Beautifully produced and good comments'John PilgrimProprietor of Pilgrim Harps'...wonderful and interesting book'Professor Malou HaineCurator of the Musical Instrument Museum, Brussels'...lovely book. Excellent photographic material and choice of pictures, interesting background information (plus comments from harpists) immaculate edition, etc. Congratulations!Edward WitsenburgHarpist and harp teacher, The Hague, Netherlands'...your beautiful book Harp Art'Mary PeemoellerHarplore, Australia'It is beautiful'Ingrid Janse van RensburgAvondale Harps, Johannesburg, South Africa


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Product Details
  • ISBN-13: 9780955610806
  • Publisher: We Do Music
  • Publisher Imprint: We Do Music
  • Height: 270 mm
  • Sub Title: Great Portraits
  • Width: 210 mm
  • ISBN-10: 095561080X
  • Publisher Date: 23 Jul 2007
  • Binding: Paperback
  • Spine Width: 7 mm
  • Weight: 320 gr


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