This splendid two-volume catalogue of the paintings of Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792), the father of British portrait painting and first president of the Royal Academy, represents one of the most important scholarly projects of recent decades in the field of eighteenth-century British art. Reynolds[...]
Offering new insights into the artistic practice of Sir Joshua Reynolds, this catalogue investigates his radical manipulation of pigmants, oils, glazes and varnishes.[...]
This volume is dedicated to the study of the techniques and materials used by British painter Sir Joshua Reynolds (1723-1792). Some of Reynolds's pictures contain notoriously unstable paint mixes, prone to serious color deterioration or surface cracking-sometimes evident even in the artist's lifetim[...]
In the three decades since the birth of fantasy roleplaying, a host of creatures unique to gaming have burst into dungeon corridors and trapped treasure chambers, eager to devour intrepid explorers and adventurers. Dungeon Denizens Revisited presents an in-depth look at ten of these unusual creature[...]