本书概述了特纳，布莱克，康斯特布尔和惠斯勒等艺术家的水彩杰作，现在出版了弹性版式。这本美丽的书记录了水彩画史上的一个重要时刻，期间它的从业者从有色绘画开始转向创作完全成熟的艺术作品，这些作品的表现力和技术才华与油画相媲美。英国拥有起伏的丘陵，乌云密布的天空和瞬息万变光线，因此是进行这场革命的理想场所，艺术家们将素描本，画笔和颜料装打包，然后前往乡村。作者威尔顿（Wilton）和莱尔斯（Lyles）记录了英国水彩画的演变过程，从更经典的18世纪风景画到自然主义和浪漫主义的生动实验，同时还对光和大气进行了研究。300多幅精美的复制品使读者能够欣赏这些重要作品的细腻色彩和细腻线条，而作者的权威性和**可读的文字提升了见证独立媒介诞生以及水彩作品中一些有史以来最令人叹为观止的例子的整体体验。

Now available in a flexi format, this book is a magnificent survey of watercolour masterpieces from artists such as Turner, Blake, Constable, and Whistler. This beautiful volume documents an important moment in the history of the watercolour, as its practitioners moved from the tinted drawings to the creation of fully fledged works of art that rivaled oil paintings in their expressiveness and technical brilliance. With its rolling hills, cloud-laden skies and ever-shifting light, Britain was the perfect setting for such a revolution, as artists packed sketchbooks, brushes and paints, and headed for the countryside. Authors Wilton and Lyles document the evolution of the British watercolour, from the more classically inspired eighteenth-century landscapes to the vivid experiments in Naturalism and Romanticism, with their concomitant studies in light and atmosphere. Over 300 exquisite reproductions allow readers to appreciate the delicate colours and fine lines of these important works, while the authors' authoritative and eminently readable texts enhance the overall experience of witnessing the birth of an independent medium, and some of the most breathtaking examples of watercolours the world has ever known.