ISBN 978-1-60606-675-1

Red-Figure Kalpis

lead white—no pigment from the artist’s broad and diverse palette escapes Finlay’s shrewd eye in this breathtaking exploration

The richly illustrated narrative is complemented by a series of technical appendices and a full bibliography

the rest of the book is divided into three parts: positives

Lives of Gainsborough spectrum ISBN 978-1-60606-675-1Philip Thicknesse, William Jackson, and Sir Joshua Reynolds Thomas Gainsborough (17271788) was a leading English landscape and portrait painter, draftsman, and printmaker who is now considered one of the most important British artists of the eighteenth century. This volume illuminates his life, career, personality, and passions through three diverse character sketches by Philip Thicknesse, an eccentric British adventurer, businessman, and writer;