Painting in Scotland : the Golden Age / Duncan Macmillan

Oxford : Phaidon Press in association with the Talbot Rice Art Centre, the University of Edinburgh, and the Tate Gallery, London, 1986. First Edition. Softcover. Fine paperback copy. Particularly well-preserved; tight, bright, clean and especially sharp-cornered. Physical description; 206 pages : illustrations ; 29 cm. Notes; ""Published for the exhibition Painting in Scotland: the golden age (1707-1843), organized by the Talbot Rice Art Centre with the support of the Scottish Arts Council."" -- Title page verso. ""Talbot Rice Art Centre, University of Edinburgh: 8-31 August 1986, Tate Gallery, London: 15 October 1986-4 January 1987."" -- Title page verso. Includes bibliographical references (page 199) and index. Contents; Preface -- Artists and the Union -- Empirical portraiture -- The epic style -- An Ossian's fancy and a Fingal's fire -- A vision of pastoral simplicity -- The portraiture of common sense -- The landscape painters -- Scenes of Scottish life and character -- Artists and evangelicals -- Notes -- Catalogue of exhibited works -- Bibliography -- List of lenders -- Photographic acknowledgements -- Index. Subjects; Tate Gallery (London, England) ; Exhibitions. Talbot Rice Gallery (University of Edinburgh, Scotland) ; Exhibitions. 1600-1899. Painting, Scottish 17th century ; Exhibitions. Painting, Scottish 18th century ; Exhibitions. Painting, Scottish 19th century ; Exhibitions. Painting, Modern ; Exhibitions. Painting, Modern 17th-18th centuries Scotland. Painting, Modern 19th century. Paintings critical studies. Painting British Isles Scotland.