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What Great Paintings Say. 100 Masterpieces in Detail

Bibliotheca Universalis

Format: Hardback
Publisher: Taschen GmbH, Cologne, Germany
Published: 19th Apr 2023
Dimensions: w 151mm h 197mm d 53mm
Weight: 1375g
ISBN-10: 3836559269
ISBN-13: 9783836559263
Barcode No: 9783836559263
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Synopsis
This important addition to our understanding of art history's masterworks puts some of the world's most famous paintings under a magnifying glass to uncover their most small and subtle elements and all they reveal about a bygone time, place, and culture. Guiding our eye to the minutiae of subject and symbolism, authors Rose-Marie and Rainer Hagen allow even the most familiar of pictures to come alive anew through their intricacies and intrigues. Is the bride pregnant? Why does the man wear a beret? How does the shadow of war hang over a scene of dancing? Along the way, we travel from Ancient Egypt through to modern Europe, from the Renaissance to the Roaring Twenties. We meet Greek heroes and poor German poets and roam from cathedrals to cabaret bars, from the Garden of Eden to a Garden Bench in rural France. As we pick apart each painting and then reassemble it like a giant jigsaw puzzle, these celebrated canvases captivate not only in their sheer wealth of details but also in the witness they bear to the fashions and trends, people and politics, loves and lifestyles of their time. About the series Bibliotheca Universalis - Compact cultural companions celebrating the eclectic TASCHEN universe!

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"An informative, stylish book, full of intriguing detail. The authors' sheer love of art shines through each text and the reproductions are sumptuous." * The Good Book Guide *