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The Sacred Made RealSpanish Painting and Sculpture 1600–1700Art 41Xavier Bray, Alfonso Rodriguez G. de Ceballos,Daphne Barbour and Judy OzoneWith contributions by Eleonora Luciano, Maria Fernanda Morón de Castro,Maria del Valme Muñoz Rubio, Rocio Izquierdo Moreno,Ignacio Hermoso Romero and Marjorie TrustedThis book is the first serious study in English to reappraise an art formcrucial to the development of Spanish art. In sixteenth- andseventeenth-century Spain, sculptors such as Juan de Mesa, JuanMartínez Montañés, Alonso Cano and Pedro de Mena worked in aunique relationship with painters, combining their skills to depict, withastonishing realism, the great religious themes. Wooden sculptures ofthe saints, the Immaculate Conception and the Passion of Christ werepainstakingly carved, gessoed and intricately painted, even embellishedwith glass eyes and tears and ivory teeth. Sometimes shockingly graphicin their depiction of Christ’s sufferings, or beautifully clothed, as ifbrought to life, these were objects of divine inspiration to the faithful,whether on altars, or processed through the streets on holy days.Exhibition scheduleThe National Gallery, London,10/09 – 1/10National Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.,2/10 – 5/10October224 pp. 297x230mm.185 colour illus.ISBN 978-1-85709-422-0 £35.00*Velázquez’s teacher and father-in-law, Francisco Pacheco, often paintedthe flesh and drapery of wood carvings by the celebrated sculptorJuan Martínez Montañés, and taught a generation of students.The skill of painting these hyperrealistic sculptures was an integralpart of an artist’s training, enhancing his sensitivity to visual impactand physical presence—evident in paintings of the period byFrancisco Ribalta, Jusepe di Ribera, Velázquez and Zurbarán.Xavier Bray is Assistant Curator of Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-centuryPainting at the National Gallery, London. Alfonso Rodriguez G. de Ceballoswas formerly Professor at the Universidad Autonoma, Madrid.Daphne Barbour and Judy Ozone are Senior Objects Conservators at theNational Gallery of Art, Washington.DVDThe Sacred Made Real • Spanish Painting and Sculpture 1600–1700Leah KharibianOctober • plays worldwide • running time approx 40 minutes DVD ISBN 978-1-85709-466-4 £15.00i*The National Gallery: An Illustrated HistoryAlan CrookhamThe National Gallery started life in 1824 when the British government purchased thecollection of 38 pictures from the estate of banker John Julius Angerstein. Originallythe pictures were displayed in Angerstein’s former home in Pall Mall. It was only in1838 that the collection moved to its current site in Trafalgar Square. The buildingand collection have continued to expand ever since; today, the National Galleryhouses one of the world’s greatest collections of western European paintings.This book brings together the stories behind the founding and growth of the NationalGallery: the generous benefactors, the architectural controversies, the acquisitions, thededicated staff and the visiting public. Richly illustrated, with archive photography, itprovides insights into the history of the people and events that have helped shape this much-loved national institution.Alan Crookham is the archivist at the National Gallery, London, and a board member of the Museum and GalleriesHistory Group.The National Gallery • LondonOctober 128 pp. 255x205mm. 180 illus. Paper ISBN 978-1-85709-463-3 £12.99*Translation rights for all National Gallery, London titles: The National Gallery Company Limited, London