{"product_id":"gilbert-stuart-metropolitan-museum-of-art-series-9780300104950","title":"Gilbert Stuart (Metropolitan Museum of Art Series)","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe most successful and resourceful portraitist of Americas early national period  Gilbert Stuart (17551828) possessed enormous natural talent  bringing his witty and irascible manner to bear on each of his works. This handsome book highlights Stuarts achievements by presenting more than ninety portraits of exceptional quality  ranging from the early works he produced in Newport  Rhode Island  to those he executed just before his death in Boston. Carrie Rebora Barratt and Ellen G. Miles show how Stuart developed and maintained a distinctive portrait style  tailoring his portrayals to fit his subjects. They trace the development of his art from his hometown of Newport  where he proved his talent  to his years in London and Dublin  where he mastered the techniques of the English late-eighteenth-century Grand Manner  to his return to America (no longer the Colonies but now the United States)  where he dealt with clients in New York  Philadelphia  Washington  and Boston. The authors provide a short essay about Stuart in each of the sites of his production  which introduces the works painted there. There is also a special section devoted to Stuarts famous and popular portraits of Washington  the so-called Vaughan  Athenaeum  and Lansdowne portraits. These works are discussed in terms of patronage  technique  chronology  and interpretation. The most comprehensive book on the artists work to date  Gilbert Stuart is essential for anyone who admires American art and history.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"My Store","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45646779285557,"sku":"ByrdShop_0300104952","price":72.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0627\/8139\/0901\/files\/9780300104950.jpg?v=1781678376","url":"https:\/\/atxbooks.com\/products\/gilbert-stuart-metropolitan-museum-of-art-series-9780300104950","provider":"ATX Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}