Livre - The National Gallery London

The National Gallery in London was established in the early nineteenth century for the instruction and delight of artists and the general public, then and in the future. It is home to one of the most comprehensive but compact collections of Western European painting in the world and includes celebrated masterpieces... Nicholas Penny has selected 52 paintings that appeal particularly to him and describes some of the special qualities of line and colour, handling of paint and construction of space which are inseparable from the content of these works of art"