{"product_id":"9780500480328-constables-skies","title":"Constable's Skies","description":"\u003cmeta content=\"text\/html; charset=utf-8\" http-equiv=\"Content-Type\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003ePaintings and Sketches by John Constable\u003cbr\u003eA beautifully designed gift book devoted to John Constable’s studies of skies.\u003cbr\u003eJohn Constable is one of the greatest painters of the English weather. His depictions  of the sky are essential components of all his landscape paintings, from famous works  such as  The Hay Wain  and  Salisbury Cathedral from the Meadows  to his numerous cloud  studies painted on Hampstead Heath, culminating in paintings in which the landscape  beneath the ever-changing sky is completely absent.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Constable kept a weather diary and was endlessly fascinated by the sky. In a letter  written in 1821 to friend John Fisher, Bishop of Salisbury, Constable commented, ‘That  landscape painter who does not make his skies a very material part of his composition,  neglects to avail himself of one of his greatest aids . It will be difficult to name a  class of landscape in which the sky is not the key note, the standard of scale, and the  chief organ of sentiment.’\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e      Written by Mark Evans, a leading authority on the work of John Constable,  Constable’s Skies  captures the artist’s fascination with the sky and brings together his  depictions of the English weather from throughout his career. It will appeal to a broad  readership of museum visitors and art lovers, as well as practising landscape painters  keen to learn new skills by studying the work of one of the most enduringly popular  English artists of all time.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rarewaves","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":56450573566326,"sku":"9780500480328","price":12.97,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0092\/7504\/8033\/files\/orig_29542653.jpg?v=1760453473","url":"https:\/\/www.rarewaves.com\/products\/9780500480328-constables-skies","provider":"Rarewaves.com","version":"1.0","type":"link"}