Revised and Expanded Edition. This gorgeously illustrated and completely updated book introduces art lovers to the finest works from Londons National Gallery, tracing the history of European paintings from the thirteenth to the twentieth century.

An Illustrated History.

National Gallery Guides.

Featuring over 100 recipes from award winning National Dining Rooms at the National Gallery, London. With a modern interpretation of seasonal British food from Oliver Peyton, restaurateur and Great British Menu judge.

Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600-1700.

This best-selling guide from the National Gallery, is being made available for the first time in bookshops. Featuring thirty-six masterpieces from the Gallery's world-famous collection, it introduces artists such as Van Eyck, Velazquez, Bellini, Rembrandt and Degas through their most renowned works. For this new edition, it has been completely re-designed and has new reproductions throughout.

A Closer Look. Detailed studies of paintings from across the National Gallerys Collection, from van Eyck to Seurat, provide vivid illustrations of the extraordinary variety of colour in the history of European painting.

A Closer Look. This expert guide shows how modern conservation, a central function of the National Gallery, develops in the face of new technology and public controversy.

Art for a City. This is the first major book in English to showcase a breathtaking and diverse range of masterpieces and discuss in depth how art was shaped and sustained to provide a unique artistic language for Sienaprior to the citys possession in 1557 by Cosimo de Medici of Florence, its cultural and political rival.