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What Great Paintings Say. Masterpieces in Detail
25Edizione: IngleseDisponibilità: DisponibileSe pensavi di conoscere questi dipinti, guardali di nuovo e osservali meglio. In parte storia dell'arte, in parte lavoro investigativo, questa affascinante raccolta esplora 100 opere d'arte famose in tutto il mondo attraverso dettagli ingranditi, rivelando le mode e gli stili di vita, gli amori e gli intrighi, la politica e le persone che rendono un’opera un vero capolavoro.
Copertina rigida, 5.5 x 7.7 in., 2.24 lb, 664 pagine

What Great Paintings Say. 100 Masterpieces in Detail
25Under the Microscope
Paintings’ hidden secrets revealed
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.
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.
Gli autori
Rose-Marie Hagen è nata in Svizzera. Ha studiato storia e lingua e letterature romanze a Losanna. Dopo aver proseguito gli studi a Parigi e a Firenze, ha insegnato presso varie istituzioni, tra cui la American University a Washington, D.C.
Rainer Hagen è nato ad Amburgo. Si è laureato in letteratura e studi teatrali a Monaco di Baviera e in seguito ha lavorato per la radio e la televisione, ricoprendo il ruolo di direttore di un’emittente pubblica tedesca.
Insieme i due autori hanno collaborato alla realizzazione di diversi volumi per TASCHEN, tra cui What Great Paintings Say I e II e le monografie Pieter Bruegel e Francisco de Goya.
What Great Paintings Say. Masterpieces in Detail
Copertina rigida, 14 x 19.5 cm, 1.02 kg, 664 pagineISBN 978-3-8365-5926-3
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Para los amantes del arte
2 febbraio 2022
Un recorrido historico guiado por los cuadros. Para los amantes del arte.Los secretos de las obras de arte
22 dicembre 2021
Libro perfecto para conocer mas profundamente el arte y desgranar partes desconocidas del proceso creativo de la obra. muy recomendable.Sehr interessantes und informatives Nachschlagwerk
10 dicembre 2021
Die Auslieferung erfolgte innerhalb kürzester Zeit. Die Bücherqualität ist top, und ich freue mich auf hochinteressante Lesestunden.Well worth it
28 ottobre 2021
I have learned so much from this book. I'm amazed at the detail of information and quality of this book. I read it cover to cover.Je recommande
27 ottobre 2021
Très intéressant, traitant d oeuvres moins courantes qu habituellementJe recommande
27 ottobre 2021
Très intéressant, traitant d oeuvres moins courantes qu habituellement