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Um guia fidedigno e de fácil consulta para nos levar através das tradições mitológicas, religiosas, históricas e literárias que têm inspirado artistas de todas as épocas até aos nossos dias. Contém uma análise pormenorizada de mais de 75 grandes quadros, assim como uma síntese fascinante da história de 500 figuras, símbolos e alegorias ao longo de 700 anos de criação artística. Oferece informação sobre as personagens reais ou imaginárias, cujas vidas inspiraram artistas ao longo de séculos - de Apolo, Zeus e todos os outros deuses e deusas do Olimpo a Jesus Cristo, à Virgem Maria, aos Apóstolos e aos Santos. Inclui caixas com informação específica, ilustradas com pormenores de obras de arte de grandes mestres como Caravaggio, Miguel Ângelo, Botticelli, Bosch, Klimt, Chagall ou Picasso, por exemplo, com a explicação de como interpretar um vasto leque de temas artísticos, desde as Nove Musas aos Sete Pecados Mortais. Conclui com um índice dos quadros citados ou que ilustram a obra, com referência explícita ao museu ou galeria onde se encontram.
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Sarah Carr-Gomm studied History of Art at the University of East Anglia and took an MA in the Renaissance at Birbeck College, University of London. She was head of Art History at Mander Portman Woodward college, one of London's leading tutorial colleges, from 1976-1988 and in 1983 she founded Art History Abroad, a company which organises courses in Europe.
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