Picture titles : how and why western paintings acquired their names /

A picture's title is often our first guide to understanding the image. Yet paintings didn't always have titles, and many canvases acquired their names from curators, dealers, and printmakers--not the artists. Taking an original, historical look at how Western paintings were named, Picture...

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Bibliographic Details
Call Number:Libro Electrónico
Main Author: Yeazell, Ruth Bernard (Author)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Published: Princeton, New Jersey ; Oxfordshire [England] : Princeton University Press, 2015.
Subjects:
Titles of works of art.
Painting.
Titres d'œuvres d'art.
Peinture.
painting (image-making)
paintings (visual works)
ART > General.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
Table of Contents:
  • Frontmatter
  • CONTENTS
  • ILLUSTRATIONS
  • Prologue (This is not a title)
  • I. Naming and Circulating: Middlemen
  • II. Reading and Interpreting: Viewers
  • III. Authoring as well as Painting: Artists
  • ACKNOWLEDGMENTS
  • NOTES
  • INDEX.

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