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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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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Arasse, Daniel (Author)
Other Authors: Waters, Alyson, 1955- (Translator)
Format: Electronic eBook
Language:Inglés
Francés
Published: Princeton : Princeton University Press, 2013.
Series:Book collections on Project MUSE.
Subjects:
Painting > Themes, motives.
Painting > Appreciation.
ART > Criticism & Theory.
ART > Techniques > Painting.
Peinture > Appreciation.
Peinture > Themes, motifs.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Texto completo
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Summary: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.
Item Description:Includes index.
Physical Description:1 online resource (176 pages): illustrations
ISBN:9781400848041

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