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What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see? And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe? In six engaging, short narrative ""fictions, "" ea...

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Detalles Bibliográficos
Clasificación:Libro Electrónico
Autor principal: Arasse, Daniel (Autor)
Otros Autores: Waters, Alyson, 1955- (Traductor)
Formato: Electrónico eBook
Idioma:Inglés
Francés
Publicado: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
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Acceso en línea:Texto completo
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Sumario:What happens when we look at a painting? What do we think about? What do we imagine? How can we explain, even to ourselves, what we see or think we see? And how can art historians interpret with any seriousness what they observe? In six engaging, short narrative ""fictions, "" each richly illustrated in color, Daniel Arasse, one of the most brilliant art historians of our time, cleverly and gracefully guides readers through a variety of adventures in seeing, from Velázquez to Titian, Bruegel to Tintoretto. By demonstrating that we don't really see what these paintings are trying to sho.
Notas:Includes index.
Descripción Física:1 online resource (167 pages) : illustrations
Bibliografía:Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN:9781400848041
1400848040
1299764886
9781299764880