BP Portrait Award 2011

• Author(s): Alison Weir, National Portrait Gallery (Great Britain),
• Publisher: National Portrait Gallery
• Pages: 80
• ISBN_10: 1855144492
  ISBN_13: 9781855144491
  
• Language: en
• Categories: Art / Collections, Catalogs, Exhibitions / General , Art / Techniques / Painting , Art / Subjects & Themes / Human Figure , Art / Subjects & Themes / Portraits ,

Description:... Featuring works from an international list of artists, the BP Portrait Award presents the diverse range of styles in contemporary portraiture. Historian and novelist Alison Weir's essay explores what makes a good painted portrait, the reasons why portraits are painted and their appeal to writers past and present.