HOW TO READ A PAINTING: Lessons from the Old Masters
Language: English
Published by Harry N. Abrams/The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York, 2004
- Softcover
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(2004), 383pp, illus., light shelfwear to cover, contents clean & unmarked.
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- Title
- HOW TO READ A PAINTING: Lessons from the Old Masters
- Author
- de Rynck, Patrick
- Publisher
- Harry N. Abrams/The Museum of Modern Art, New York, New York
- Publication year
- 2004
- Condition
- Very Good +
- Dust jacket
- No Jacket
- Binding
- Soft Cover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 0810955768
- ISBN 13
- 9780810955769
Covering the works of the Italian, Netherlandish, German, and Spanish Old Masters, from 1450 to 1750-paintings by artists such as Giotto, Botticelli, El Greco, Bruegel, Holbein, Rubens, and Vermeer, all held in public collections-How to Read a Painting not only helps the viewer to understand the significant details of a picture but also explains the relationship with similar imagery in other works. The guide to Old Master paintings that every art lover has always wanted, this indispensable museum companion will open the reader to a whole new experience of Western art's most praised and visited paintings.
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